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[etoile33.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone,

So, I'm pregnant (due in late August) and it's a girl! Yay for girls! You've all got to tell me what you think of the name Belladonna Rose honestly, okay? By the way, I would rarely call her Belladonna; I'm going to choose either Belle/Bella or Donna and pretty much stick with that one as what she'll go by. Here are my three reasons for choosing it:

1. My favourite band is Belle & Sebastian. I want to name my daughter after them, but Belle is kind of... too short and too common for me.

2. (Yes, I am a massive fangirl. I can't help it!) One of my favourite fictional characters and role models ever is Donna(tella) Moss from The West Wing and I would love to name my daughter after such a strong, beautiful, compassionate, intelligent and funny woman (yeah, I'm aware she's not real!), but I'm not big on the name Donna by itself.

3. It means "beautiful woman" and what girl wouldn't like to be called that?

So yes, there you are. Rose as the middle name because it's my best friend's name. Do you guys think it's all right?

Comments

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

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Malaria was used to cure syphilis for a time - that doesn't make Malaria a good thing, or anything to name after.

I should think that the porn star connotation would really be enough, though.

[etoile33.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but malaria means "bad air" and Belladonna means "beautiful woman". Also, it's not a disease. So really not the same thing at all.

As for the porn star, as I've said elsewhere, I couldn't care less about that. I honestly don't mix with the sorts of people who know anything about porn stars. Seriously, if you google any name, you're definitely going to come up with pictures of a porn star (well, maybe not a star...) who also has that name. It doesn't matter.

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

I am still completely astonished, but I'll just hope your daughter sees things your way.

[etoile33.livejournal.com]

I don't understand what you're completely astonished about. It doesn't really matter, though. I don't mean that as a rude comment, by the way. It's just... well, obviously, everyone has different opinions!