Does Association make a name bad for you?

[quiritis.livejournal.com]

I'm not referring to extremes like Adolf...but I am looking at many of the names people recommended (which I do appreciate) but I know someone for most of the names.

Like Zachary-the name of a little boy we knew who drowned when his mom wasn't watching him (this past year)

or William-the name of my sisters husband who at times can be really loud and obnoxious.

or Nathanial-the name of this gamer guy we knew that thought he really was a vampire.

I dunno...does anyone else do this? Am I over-analyzing these things? I really did not want my neice named Sarah, because I knew a bully in school names Sarah...but now after knowing my neice I really like that name.

The boys names above are all fine names, but by association, I don't like them (for my child.) I don't know, maybe I'm just weird. I like the name Jeremiah and Daniel, but my sons cousins are named that, so I don't want to copy a name. I'm thinking of using Matthew as a middle name-For first names I like Jacob, Thomas, or Cedric.

What do you guys think of Cedric? Too strange? Why is naming a baby soooo hard?!

Comments

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Association can be important - if I loved a name but cringed every time I heard it because someone I hated had that name, I probably wouldn't use it.
Cedric always reminds me of this James Herriot story about a boxer (dog, not a human that boxes, heh) with a terrible flatulence problem. So right there? It's a name I could never use because of association! Wow, that tied in pretty well, didn't it?
That aside, it's a nice name, but not my style.
I love Thomas. I don't care for Jacob, and I don't know if it matters to you, but on the last list I saw it was the #1 most popular boy's name in the country.

[quiritis.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I like Jacob but it is wayyyy too popular. I read that name in an amish book years ago, and fell in love with it...apparently many other fell in love with it too.

My first borns name is Winston-very old fashioned, so I want something non-trnedy to match his brother.

ps-I had a dog named Cedric!