Random question

[lolzabeth.livejournal.com]

What are peoples opinions on naming your child in honour of someone who died young?
My mum wanted to call me Ansley after my great aunt but Ansley died when she was 16 and my mum thoght it was a bad omen. My brother, however, wants to call his daughter Lucy Rose after his friend who passed away a couple of years ago. She was 17.

Sorry if this is a bit depressing but I was just wondering what people thought.

Lovely gesture, nice reminder or bad omen?

Comments

[thepastperfect]

I wouldn't call a name a bad omen, ever. I do think it has something to do with how they died. If it's a family member or someone who died young in a time when it was common to die young(er), then it seems less morbid than naming your child after a friend who was murdered or something. And if the name is going to make you sad every time you yell for your kids to come to dinner, it's probably a bad idea.