Rebel and Rogue

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Name changed for this as I don't want to be identified.

My cousin is pregnant and has just discovered she is having twin girls. All lovely. But she has announced their names are going to be Rebel and Rogue. And I am absolutely horrified. Sounds dramatic but especially the name Rogue which for me is someone who regularly breaks the law. I feel sorry for whichever baby is going to be landed with this name and who will possibly be ridiculed at school.

Am I in the wrong for having such a visceral reaction to this? I want to say something diplomatic about this but how?

Reverse virtue names😬

Well, she's clearly absolutely fucking nuts, let's hope she regains her senses after the birth.

Oh gosh. They are a bit...much... Especially together! You can't say anything though. She won't thank you for it, and once the babies are here and named hopefully something else they will just grow into their names and it'll be ok.

Sounds like a shoe shop

She is normally such a sane kind person. I don't get how she can't see what a bad idea this is

Didn’t seem to do Rebel Wilson any harm! Pretty sure Rogue was in X Men.

Tough names to live up to though haha

I just don't know if kids in 10 years time or so will make the connection

These are the names of dogs

Is she having X-wings?

Good names for two Labradors.

Are you sure she’s serious?

Someone might have advised her to keep the real names quiet.

Whatever their personalities, those names won’t work. They sound really silly if they don’t live up to them. But then why would you want your children to go through life feeling the need to live up to them either?! Crazy.

I’m fairly relaxed and like unusual names but she may as well just name them little shit and convict.

Dear god......
Lovely names for a pair of hounds.
Awful names for 2 girls. If anything they are more male names for some reason. I don't like either but Rouge is dreadful

Rebel Wilson is just a stage name.

Her real name is Melanie Elizabeth Bownds.

Are they gladiators?

Nope. These are the 'secret' names. She has only told a couple of people and as we are really close I don't think she is lying

Exactly 😭

Jesus!!? That’s awful. Maybe;
Hinge & Bracket
Pot & Pan
Sock & Shoe
Michealangelo & Leonardo

Are they X-Men?!

They’re not so bad on their own (although not my taste) but together are 😦 Like one of those awful double acts you get on a cruise ship.

Shiny & Shite.

Or spoon & fork
Vodka & whiskey
Carrot & Swede 🙄

I don’t think kids in 10 years time will know what rogue means and will probably just accept it as a name.

I think adults have more prejudice against names so this would probably be a future problem.

This is so gonna go viral on social media.. I would ask for this thread to be deleted later if you don't want your cousin to maybe pick this up?

I hope so. I just think we have a responsibility when we name our children so we don't subject them to unnecessary ridicule.