Disney Dog is Inspirational??

[dingo83.livejournal.com]

I was looking around on Baby Name sites earlier, and on one of them I found a poll asking what people thought about the name Perdita. All I can think of is 101 Dalmations, Pongo and his "wife" (or woof) Perdita.

I was just wondering...aside from very older women or females in Latin speaking countries (since it has that sound to it, like Lolita or Margarita...and "ita" usually means "dear one" when added to the end of a name)...

Does anyone think this name could ever fly in society without being compared to the "female dog" in 101 Dalmations??? Does anyone actually KNOW a Perdita other than the dog, or know anyone who has considered giving this name to a child?

It would be comparable to anyone using the name Dory for their child.

However, I think that people can still get away with Fiona (Shrek) if they wanted to.

Thoughts??

*Edit* Here is where I saw the poll, although I don't know how long it will be up there:
http://www.babynames.com/

Comments

[lolacat.livejournal.com]

I think Perdita is pretty :). I read a book that used the name Perdita... it means little lost one, which I think is sweet. Technically, it's a name from a book (not a movie... but people will know the movie better). And it's not like her name would be ARIEL or something.

What's Dory from? I'm clueless.

[dingo83.livejournal.com]

You're right, the meaning is kind of sweet, although it sounds a little like a lost orphan, and being lost makes me sad in general.

I think Ariel is on the same level, not better or worse than Perdita. One of my professors in college (who should have known better) named her daughter Ariel and the class looked around at each other smiling and she said, "Yes, like The Little Mermaid."

Dory is the fish in my icon from Finding Nemo...she has short term memory problems, which is kind of cute that you either didn't know her or forgot who she was.

;D

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I'd never have known there was a dog named Perdita in that story. I didn't know who Dory was either. (I'm a 30 year who doesn't watch cartoons repeatedly... sorry.)

There's a lot of names I love that are apparently unusuable due to movies, cartoons etc. Linus would be a favorite of mine if it wasn't for that security blanket. Kermit is a name that is so absolutely connected to a green frog. I wonder though, if it hadn't been for Jim Henson, if there'd never been a Kermit the Frog, if that's a name we'd see more these days.

Fiona and Ariel (technically should be Arielle) are beautiful names and I hope people continue to use them in spite of Disney's adoption. I just think it's a shame when good names are eliminated due to stuff like this. :(

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

Perdita has a considerably more esteemed history than a dog from 101 Dalmations. Its the name of a character from Shakespeare, which I suspect will be what most people would think of, and a character from the Terry Pratchett books.

This Page of Perditas (http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/perdita/perdita.html) has a list of a lot of them.

And yes, I know someone with that name. I suspect the biggest risk is that with a name that unusual you tend to end up practically a google-whack - rather like my son Seoras, googling his first and last names will almost exclusively find references to him.

[dingo83.livejournal.com]

I think I might be aging myself by telling everyone I only identify Perdita as the mother dog in 101 Dalmations. I'm 22, and while I have read Shakespeare, I didn't know there was a character named Perdita anywhere in his plays.

I wasn't aware Kermit was a name BEFORE the frog. Hmmm...makes you think!

I think Fiona and Arielle will stay around.

[dingo83.livejournal.com]

As I said above,
I think I might be aging myself by telling everyone I only identify Perdita as the mother dog in 101 Dalmations. I'm 22, and while I have read Shakespeare, I didn't know there was a character named Perdita anywhere in his plays.
Thanks for enlightening me.

I understand what you're saying about googling a very uncommon name. Every newspaper article that ever mentioned your son (or someone in a similar situation) would probably come up.

[dingo83.livejournal.com]

Interesting about your other 1st name. You did have the choice to use it or not though, right? Was your name hyphenated? Did you also have a middle name? That's neat that you identify with Belle from Beauty and the Beast.

LOL about the girl you knew named Dory. ;D

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

See, to me a dory is kind of fish and a kind of boat (my grandfather was a commercial fisherman, he had a dory a few years ago and at 85 he still goes out though he has a lighter, modern boat these days).

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Perdita in One Hundred and One Dalmatians is not the mother of Pongo's puppies. She's the 'lost little girl' that the humans find by the wayside after her puppies are stolen (and before theirs are). Pongo's wife is called Missis.

[dingo83.livejournal.com]

Not in the movie...they're introduced as Pongo and Perdita.

[clare-s.livejournal.com]

I know the fish as John Dory.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

The movie is 101 Dalmatians. The book (which came first, after all) is One Hundred and One Dalmatians. The name is explained in the book, with specific reference to The Winter's Tale, the relevant Shakespeare play.

[kwpdb8.livejournal.com]

In the movie, they're Pongo and Perdy.

[ladyjp.livejournal.com]

Fiona is a lovely, tradtional Scottish name which has been around for centuries. I sincerely doubt that a film would put people off (I know lots of Fionas!).