Would it put you off a name if a high profile news case involving someone with the same name was in the news around the time your child was born?

[Giltedged]

Probably badly explained - I suppose not dissimilar to using Ghislane just when she was found guilty but obviously Ghislaine is quite an unusual name so when you say it most people do think ‘maxwell.’

Would you just give the name a swerve and find another one?

Yes

Id find another

Depends how unique the name is. The one you’ve used, yes I would find another.

A common name like Thomas, nah I’ll stick with it

People use Maddie or Rose despite them being attached to famous news stories.

I would swerve if my surname was the same - I wouldn't use Rose West but I'd consider Rose with any other surname.

I wanted to call DD2 (born 2007) Madeleine after a family member, but decided not to in the end.

Yes I probably would if it was unusual. It depends a bit if it was a "short lived" news item i suppose.

Yes.

I was going to be Myra... my mum changed her mind on that one!

Lots of things put you off names when my Ds was born I liked the name Samson however Samson dingle was “born” on emerdale so was crossed off the list a name my now exh liked was the name of an ex boyfriend so that went too. Lots of names are dismissed for many reasons

Well I named my DD Jade, three doors before Miss Goody went into the Big Brother House.. so was a bit gutted. But people forget!

3 days, not doors..

Absolutely depends on a case by case basis.

I probably would if it was something like Myra but not if it was Meghan.

no it wouldn’t put me off. The churn of news is so fast most names will be forgotten in a couple of years.

Depends how popular the name is.
I wouldn’t use Myra as I automatically think Hindley but as Fred is such a common name don’t have the same association.

Eldest DD was going to be Madeline, but she was born during the time they were still looking for Madeleine McCann in the resort so I changed my mind. Had she been born now I'd use it. Even though Madeline is still in the minds of many, it is not on the news every hour of every day like it was when I had my DD.

If it was as widely used as e.g. Thomas, then potentially not.
If it was as unusual as your example of Ghislaine then yes.

Depending on the story then I might end up swerving even a common name due to my own mental association.

Very much depend on the story and the name.

I called my daughter her name and a week later the news broke in England of a very high profile murder on a little girl so it was too late. Loved the name though, no regrets, couldn’t have any anyway as didn’t know that would happen.

Oh it’s tricky isn’t it! Especially if it’s a name you love or has some family meaning etc. I think it would put me off, personally. But then again like PPs have said, if it’s an already popular/classic name perhaps not as much as if it was unusual (like your use of Ghislaine for example where I think people will always associate Maxwell) However, in saying that, I was a young teen when Madeleine went missing and whenever I hear Madeleine/Maddie I always think of that poor little girl so I guess it really depends on what your brain conjures up in association to the names xx

I also feel the same about the names Holly & Jessica as a sibset for example but not independently if the surname is not Wells or Chapman. Because, again I was a young child (a little younger I think than those girls when they went missing) and I remember vividly how parents became so much more weary about letting us all out to play and how it was literally everywhere on TV but alone the names don’t bring anything up the same way unless the surnames are the same as those girls. In a similar way if my surname was Payne I wouldn’t name my baby girl Sarah because again I remember so vividly the change in parents around this time when we wanted to go play outside. I guess it totally totally depends but if first name and surname are the same as a case that was ever so high-profile as the above two then I wouldn’t.

I know what you mean @fairycupcakes , it was a very sad case and of course very high profile. I think the equivalent here would be using Maxine or Ian . It’s hard to tell which cases get sort of absorbed into the public mindset and which cause a furore at the time but settle down.

@fairycupcakes

My DD is called April.

Yes exactly!! And I also feel so much for those who existed with the names beforehand - Ian Huntley/Maxine Carr as an example. You’re so right, you never really know what cases will stick around with people forever and which ones will not but these are so vivid for me because, like I said, I was a year or so younger than these girls and loved man united too and so when I saw two little girls on the telly dressed in their shirts who in many ways were just like me and my little friends at the time coupled with our parents sudden worries (they’d otherwise been so carefree as we all really were as the last generation of kids to really go playing out on the street) it has just really stuck with me.

Yes

Well I called my baby Lucy despite the Letsby situation.

That’s the name I want to use @PennyPencils

I am not sure how old your little girl is but my baby (don’t know the sex) is due - could be any day as am 37 + 5. But it looks like the baby could be born the week the jury make their decision and I imagine it might be all over the news.