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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hmmmmm. OP here. Much food for thought. It’s my third child, so it’s my last chance to really choose! [b]My husband and I battled it out for the last two.[/b] Okay, so the bottom line seems to be that Paloma is divisive, Juliet is good but trendy, and Alice is a dark horse, along with Gwendolyn. I am going to have to puzzle this one more. What do people think is a good middle name for Juliet?[/quote]

Who won those battles?  If he's picked the first two kids' names, it's your turn.  If you have named the first two, it's his turn.  If you each got one, back to the drawing board.

I don't think Paloma is divisive, I think DCUM only likes "ethnic" names if the ethnicity screams Whitey Von Whiterson.  They'll recommend Aoife and Linnea and then tell you "ugh, naming a kid Paloma is like naming her Margarita" without even realizing they're outing themselves as ignorant drunks.[/quote]

Disagree, I think it's that a lot of white people have become wary of anything that looks like it could be cultural appropriation, and worry about giving their kid a name that seems like cultural appropriation. Actually, not limited to white people. I know people who gave their kid an Indian name about 10 years ago and didn't really even think about it being an issue as they are a mixed race couple who travels a lot and it didn't seem disrespectful to them. And now their child gets asked constantly about her Indian heritage and it is pretty awaked when she has to explain she doesn't have any.

So I don't think people are being racist (in this case). I think they are responding to some cultural sensitivities and just wary of wading into it. Though in this case the kid would be a quarter Mexican, so I personally don't see an issue at all, I get why people are sensitive about it.[/quote]

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