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[morphinae.livejournal.com]

I am annoyed at the movie industry.

Since about a year and a half ago, my SO and I decided that we'd name the next boy we had (if we had one) Tristan. I've been in love with the name since I was a teenager after reading the fable, Tristan and Isolde. Now I fear this new movie (which, incidentally, I can't WAIT to see) will make the name unbearably popular. Growing up as 1 of a zillion Jennifer's in the 80's has turned me off completely to anything extremely popular. I don't want to name my child that and it become the new "Aiden". So it leads me to this question, should I automatically dismiss it if it does become insanely popular? Should popularity matter quite so much when choosing a name? Ideally I won't have to worry about this when it comes time to think about it (we're not even trying yet, probably late this year,) but I was just wondering about it while trying to avoid working.

Opinions?

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[krosp.livejournal.com]

It depends on the kid's personality how they cope with a popular name, but I think that unless a name is something easy to tease, or so obscure/bizarre that people have trouble remembering it, that any name should be fine.

I was one of many Claires in high school, and although I didn't like always turning around and finding out that they were talking to a different Claire, it was only a mild annoyance - it's not like I was seething with a deep inner rage that has caused me permanent emotional scarring. The inconvenience of sharing a name was very slight, in the grand scheme of things...

(PS - I also turn around when people say: yeah, there, chair, where, etc, which is even more annoying)