would you venture an opinion- i already did and it's gone down like a lead balloon

[sleeplessinstretford]

so, some friends of ours have one child and are thinking of calling their next child a name which will make them an infamous pairing ie it's not Myra and Ian but we're getting there.So, I said, ooh, have you thought of the connections to blah they hadn't but now apparently the name is ruined and they don't like any other.Should i have said anything and if you were in danger of calling your kids 'fred and rose' or something else like that would you rather someone pointed it out?

i would say the Ronnie and Reggie thing was deliberate.
If they'd named her then it's too late-but prior to then i think if someone asks you for an opinion you give one...do you not?

i would never have noticed it and i probably wouldn't say anything either unless it was something really egregious. they are two common names and sorry about the girls' deaths but I don't think the two names together have much notoriety.

Holly & Jessica are beautiful names and they do go together.
I wouldn't have made the connection and I wouldn't have said anything even if I had, because they are not a 'bad'or negative name coupling. Just two beautiful little girls.

However,

Fred & Rose
Myra & Ian
Bonnie & Clyde

Yes - as they are all clearly bad/negative name couplings that you wouldn't want your children associated with.

God, I think Bonnie and Clyde would be totally fabulous names for your kids..

Will it be that way round, ie not Jessica and Holly? Makes a slight difference.

And if they nn Jess I think it would be less obvious... but if they asked for your opinion I think it's fair enough you gave it. YANBU!

I wouldn't have made the connection, so wouldn't have made comment.

I can see why it has ruined the name for them.

i see why the connection might cause comment by other people.

could you suggest similar but equally pretty names?

like if the current girl is Holly, then maybe Erica or Heather as they are both plant names (Erica actually means Heather), or Daisy or Laura?

and if it's Jessica, then Erica goes well with that too, or Eleanor, or Charlotte, Katherine?

My nieces are Hollie and Jessica, and until you pointed it out in this thread I would have never made the connection. i understand why they might be a bit miffed with you, I would feel like it was a bad omen to go ahead with the name after someone had pointed that out...

It's amazing how much of a bubble some people live in. Far better to have it mentioned before they were named.