Too little women?

[hughthehedgehog]

So have a Dd called Josephine, Josie or probably more commonly Jo for short.

Due DS soon and going through our shortlist of names. One on the list is Laurence, Laurie for short but occurred to me that we'd have named both our children after lead characters from Little women. Would people think this if hearing the names together and think it's a bit twee or am I thinking too much into it?

I made the connection but it's a lovely one.

Absolutely love these two names, and they go beautifully together.

I wouldn't give the connection more than a passing thought and if it did occur to me, I'd think it was nice.

I’d definitely make the connection but it would make me smile in a good way!

Too Little Women.

Heath Ledger was not actually called Heathcliffe.

Overthinking, both lovely names.

I was friends with a girl at school year ago-she was called Jo (sephine) and her sister was called Beth-the mum was a huge Little Women fan!

I would think Little Women, but I always wanted Jo and Laurie to be together!

Absolutely fine and rather a nice allusion for the people who recognise it. You could always use the spelling Lawrence / Lawrie if you wanted to reduce the association.

I vaguely know someone whose four daughters all have the same names as the early Jilly Cooper novels. It makes me smile whenever I hear their names. I don't know the family well enough to ask if it was deliberate and wouldn't want to cause offence in case it wasn't!

I think they're both classic names and there's a chance people could end up with that combo without being aware of the connection. It's not a book I've read. I really don't see it as an issue, but are nice names.

*both are nice names

I'd make the connection immediately, I really wouldn't use them together. If you stick with Josie and Laurie I think that's fine.

If one is a boy, no one will think Little Women!

Eh? Laurie was a boy

Heath Ledger was not actually called Heathcliffe. Yes, they apparently didn't want to saddle him with the full whammy but my point was the Wuthering Heights connection is still obvious to me, but that I don't think it's a big problem (and Heath is a much less common name than Laurence). Jo and Laurie when said together would maybe cause some people to make the (unproblematic) connection, Josephine and Laurence wouldn't for most people I think.

@IamnotwhouthinkIam

Heath Ledger was not actually called Heathcliffe. Yes, they apparently didn't want to saddle him with the full whammy but my point was the Wuthering Heights connection is still obvious to me, but that I don't think it's a big problem (and Heath is a much less common name than Laurence). Jo and Laurie when said together would maybe cause some people to make the (unproblematic) connection, Josephine and Laurence wouldn't for most people I think.

Your name completely confused me because I thought it was me and didn't remember posting

@ImNotWhoYouThinkIam - ha! I chose it as it's my favorite characters line in an obscure 90's TV programme but I'm sorry for the confusion .

Laurence (or Lawrence which is the correct spelling for a surname), was 'Laurie's' surname; his first name was Theodore - Ted.

Don't worry about it, it's a nice enough name.

I came across sisters called Beth and Amy recently, and thought of Little Women. I would definitely make the connection with Jo and Laurie but not in a negative way at all. They are nice names.

I think it’s fine. They are both classic nice names. The connection isn’t hugely obvious.

You could also consider Lorry as a less LW option

It's fine. If ds had been a girl both my dcs would be characters from Wuthering Heights.

@RainingBatsAndFrogs

If one is a boy, no one will think Little Women!

You haven't read it, have you?

It's fine because the names aren't too 'out there,' unlike if they were called say Neo and Trinity.

Laurence/Lawrence is a brilliant name Little women is one of my favourite books ever. Most people wouldn't make the connection.

Just as an aside, my Lawrence absolutely refuses to be called Laurie. Point blank, from the moment he could form sentences "Am Lawens, not Lawwie"

@joystir59

You could also consider Lorry as a less LW option

Or Artic perhaps?

Lorry?? . Why?