Unfortunate name choice

[dsandhisname]

DS shares his name (first and surname) with a fairly well known person, who unfortunately has disgraced himself since.

I don’t really think I can change DS’s name but wondering if others would. The spelling is a bit different. But the name is identical.

Honestly, I think Huw Edwards will be completely forgotten in 5 + years. What he did was bad, but he was just a boring newsreader IYSWIM, rather than a high profile celebrity. Think how many newsreaders from the past that you can remember the names of - I can’t think of any really.

Would you call a girl Rose if your surname was West?

I think the point of the OP is that the DS shares both first and last names with someone famous at the moment for the wrong reasons.

@dsandhisname

HE has been almost completely forgotten now that the Greg Wallace train wreck is under way.

You could call him Hughie if you really want to distance yourselves, but I don't think it's necessary.

I’ve know a James Saville, a Peter Sutcliffe, and a Michael Jackson over the years. I’m sure they’ve all heard all the jokes and (as far as I know, for them) it really wasn’t ever a big deal.

@mathanxiety , I thought OP's DS was Hugh, so it's not really worth changing it to something else that's also similar. It would make more sense to use the full name. Hugh Arthur Edwards or whatever.

Jan Leeming, Angela Ripon, Trevor Macdonald, Moira Stuart (off the top of my head).

Ann Leuchars, Julia Somerville, John Craven, George Alagiah, Peter Woods, John Humphrys, Fiona Bruce, Katie Dereham, Kirsty Young, ...

Reggie Bosanquet

You could call him Hugo as a nn.