First Honest Thoughts...

[BeeBear2019]

We have a little boy, called Benjamin.
We have a little girl due in September and my Husband and I are both wanting the name Emma.

It might be just me... but does anyone think of Friends and Ross's children, or am I over thinking? 😂 xx

It was not my first thought at all :)

They are such common names (not a criticism) that I don't think it will occur to people. That's the good thing in some way about more traditional names, people have so many associations it kind of dilutes the associations that are there.

Nope, I didn’t click either until you said.
Agree with the above, plus Friends is years old now and whilst a lot of people may be aware of the link, it’s not fresh in their minds.

Fab names. Wouldn’t make the link to friends at all.

I like both names very much, and I did not know about Ross's children.

Nope! Didn't even cross my mind! Lovely names!

I’ve watched Friends about a million times and I didn’t click until you pointed it out think it’s fine, especially since you never see them as a pair. Jack and Erica I probably would click!

No. As another pp has said, they’re such classic names that a particular association doesn’t stand out.

No I wouldn't have made that connection at all.

If you'd named your DC Chandler and Monica or Ross and Rachel maybe I'd say "oh like in friends?" But Benjamin and Emma are very normal names so it's not like an immediate link would be made to a... 20 year old? Sitcom.

Didn't cross my mind at all.

I love both names!

Nope, not until you said it. Two lovely, classic names.

Nope didn't cross my mind either.
I love benjamin,am thinking of using it myself.
And Emma is a lovely name too.

It’s been long enough, I don’t think friends is in the forefront of anyone’s minds anymore. Emma has been having a comeback in the US for a few years now. I know so many under 5 but all American.

Nope didn’t cross my mind at all. I just thought they are two lovely names - classic but not hugely common these days,

Thank you everyone!
I watch a lot of Friends and didn't want anyone to think I had named my children after Ross Geller 😂

I love classic/timeless names and Emma stood out to me immediately ❤ xx

Love both
Didn’t connect them to friends at all

I LOVE friends! It was not my first thought at all. I like the names even more now though!

You're overthinking.

Both lovely names.

Congratulations!

I have seen all episodes of Friends so many times and the didn't make the connection at all. They aren't known as a sibling set really so I wouldn't worry. It's not like Bill & Ben or Max & Ruby where the names are always said together (I have met siblings with these names too)

I didn't make the association.

From memory Ben was barely seen or mentioned in the later series of Friends so I don't think 'Ben and Emma' were mentioned together very often.

Hi OP never watched Friends.
Both very lovely names. Congratulations hope all goes well in September.

Nope not at all. It made me think of people I know called Benjamin and Emma (in the same family)

Yay! I am definitely over thinking then 😂 Thank you everyone ❤ xx

I watched friends on loop breastfeeding 2 kids and I didn't make the connection even if your sons name was shortened to Ben. Lovely sibling names!

I'll be honest, I did make the link but I don't think it matters. It was fleeting and I wouldn't think you'd named them after the show characters, just a coincidence - they're lovely, classic names. It's not like you named them Ross and Monica!

Didn’t think about it until you said, I don’t think there’s a problem.

Besides.. hadn’t Ross basically ditched Ben by the time Emma came along?! 😬😂

I wouldn’t have registered the connection. I watched friends years ago but don’t remember the baby names.

Emma is a lovely name (as is Benjamin). Go for it!