Celebrity names

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

The last post about celebrity baby names made me think of another question:

Does your opinion of a celebrity make you change how you feel about the names that they choose for their children?

For instance, Sunday Rose is not usually the kind of name that I would like, but I'm a huge fan of Nicole Kidman, and the name has really grown on me, and I think it's cute. But I wonder if some other celebrity had had a child with that name, would I have felt the same way?

Similarly, there are other celebrities that I dislike, and some names that I didn't really feel strongly about either way before, I now find myself disliking them.

Comments

[italyatmidnight.livejournal.com]

It does to me, a bit. I love Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton, and they named their daughter Nell. Ordinarily, I'm not fond of the name, but I think it's adorable on their little girl.

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

not really. a celebrity i am indifferent about choosing a stupid name makes me dislike them, though.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I think it does, to me.
I was neutral to many names before they were used by my favorite celebrities.
Examples: Jordan, Taylor, Ezra from Hanson; Liron from Xtina Aguilera, Mia from Kate Winslet.

[fangirlism]

Does your opinion of a celebrity make you change how you feel about the names that they choose for their children?

Totally. If any other celebrity had named their son Baylee (granted, Bailey is a cute name, but that spelling only), I'd look at them like they grew a second head. But because Brian Littrell did, I love it!

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

I think Nell works SO well for that couple's child. And I love Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter so I'm kind of ashamed that I didn't know they were together for real, confirmed. I'd always suspected it since he uses her in all his movies.

[chirpygirly.livejournal.com]

Does your opinion of a celebrity make you change how you feel about the names that they choose for their children?


No, why should it. To me that implies they're special just because their job is acting, which to me isn't really a job. To me acting is a hobby more than it is a job.

There's celebrities who's acting I like, but if they give their kid a name I don't like, then I don't like the name, period. I really don't see how liking someone based on something they do, affects taste in names. To me that infers wishy washiness, someone easily swayed in their thinking. I'm a pretty firm person. Most things I like or dislike, I'm pretty set on. Someone else liking something, doesn't make me like it.

[krysteener.livejournal.com]

Not really. But I have softened on Kingston though.

[silvergirl22.livejournal.com]

Same here.
For instance I really really love 'No Doubt' and Gwen Steffani (sp?) as a solo artist, but naming her kid "Zuma Nesta Rock" did nothing for me and I gasped when I heard it!

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

yes, it definitely does.

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

The only one that this applies to for me is the same name you mentioned, but because I'm a big Keith Urban fan (though I do like NK, too).

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I can see what you're saying ... for me, I don't think this would happen if I already loved or hated a particular name, only if I didn't really feel all that strongly one way or the other, so I don't see it as being quite so wishy-washy as you do.

For me it isn't just about celebrities, it's just that those are the most widely accessible names that everyone knows and can relate to. The same thing happens to me when it comes to people I like or dislike in my day-to-day life.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Well, I hate Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, but I really like Sunday. Nicole and Keith have yet to grow on me because of it.

Zuma Nesta Rock makes me look at Gwen Stefani like she's on crack.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

I actually really like the name Sunday Rose but I suppose it grew on me even more because I like those two celebrities.

If I really dislike a celebrity and they choose a stupid name I guess that would be more ammo for me not to like them, but generally it doesn't affect my opinion of the celebrity.