Same name as ex-girlfriend?

[Anonymous]

I find a new name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a silly reason to be against the name. But I also think if someone is against a name then that's that.

This is OP. The problem is, all the other names we like are problematic in more significant ways - tragic character in book or play, murderer or victim, used by friends or family.

I am having trouble thinking of a girl's name that is so strongly associated with a murderer or victim that it's a problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a silly reason to be against the name. But I also think if someone is against a name then that's that.

This is OP. The problem is, all the other names we like are problematic in more significant ways - tragic character in book or play, murderer or victim, used by friends or family.

I am having trouble thinking of a girl's name that is so strongly associated with a murderer or victim that it's a problem.

JonBenet?

[Anonymous]

😁😁😁

[Anonymous]

What if you were against a name for whatever reason. Should your partner force it?

You don’t get to pick the name only.

[Anonymous]

Try to reverse it: what if DH wanted to give the baby the name of an ex you felt bad about? Wouldn't be good, however trivial the relationship was in the long term.

There are zillions of girl names.

[Anonymous]

My sons middle name is very similar to an ex boyfriend dh has no idea about. It’s a name… don’t think it’s a big deal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think if one parent is against naming a child something, for whatever reason, the other parent should respect that and find a different name. There are thousands of them.

+1

[Anonymous]

I would not do that; it's really weird. Cringe-level weird.

[Anonymous]

This is OP. It wasn’t a relationship DH felt bad about - just a short one that went nowhere.

We have a very common last name, and the other name we like is the first name of a murder victim who also shares our last name.

[Anonymous]

Pick a different name. I had this issue too and glad I went in a different direction!

[Anonymous]

What’s the name? We need to know how good it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a silly reason to be against the name. But I also think if someone is against a name then that's that.

This is OP. The problem is, all the other names we like are problematic in more significant ways - tragic character in book or play, murderer or victim, used by friends or family.

I am having trouble thinking of a girl's name that is so strongly associated with a murderer or victim that it's a problem.

Sharon makes me think of Sharon Tate.

[Anonymous]

Because DH said no, you have to move on.

One of my kids has the same name as one of my ex boyfriends. But it's also a family name for us. It's also an extremely common name that both DH and I loved. Our son also uses a different form of the name than my ex.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a silly reason to be against the name. But I also think if someone is against a name then that's that.

This is OP. The problem is, all the other names we like are problematic in more significant ways - tragic character in book or play, murderer or victim, used by friends or family.

I am having trouble thinking of a girl's name that is so strongly associated with a murderer or victim that it's a problem.

Sharon makes me think of Sharon Tate.

It’s not that high profile. The problem is, the victim shares our last name as well.