Have you ever "ruined" a name for someone?

[bookity.livejournal.com]

My sister has for a while really liked the name Ethan Alexander. She would write stories and use the name for a character, or mention it whenever there was discussion about possible future names for her kids. Well, recently the name subject came up again and I mentioned how everytime I hear her talk about that name I think "Ethan Allen", the paint brand, or store (I don't remember what it is, but everytime I hear it I think PAINT). Well she has told me since that she can't think of the name the same way she used to. I feel kind of bad for making her lose her love for that name.

So have you ever done something like this?

Comments

[twinklieetoes.livejournal.com]

I was seriously concidering this tonight. It might be a bitchy thing to do on my end but I'm so darn mad!! When I was pregnant with my son I had the name Sophie Violet picked out incase he was a girl. Since he's a boy, my SIL suddenly decided to swipe Violet from me and declare it hers, even though she is not even pregnant. So here I am pregnant with my second and I can't get the damn name out of my head, yet it's "untouchable" because it's "hers"

I feel like telling her I think of Violet the blueberry on Willy Wonka and leave it at that. But we'll see. >:)

[mamasammy.livejournal.com]

Your icon is friggin' hilarious!

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Giiiiiiiiirl, use Violet anyway if you like it, that's ridiculous.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

seriously, you can't have dibs on a name unless you are pregnant, or it's a family name (and in the case of a family name, you should be okay with others using it as well).

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't know about "can't have dibs unless pregnant" but since the name was stolen by the SIL, I say steal it back.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I guess a person can SAY they have dibs, but it doesn't really resonate for me if they aren't pregnant, unless the name has some special meaning to them (i.e. family/friend connection). They may not get pregnant, they may not have a child of that gender, etc. Names are a first come, first served kind of thing in my book.

[blue-roan.livejournal.com]

Fortunately my sister and I have pretty different tastes in names, so I really hope that would never be a problem.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Plus there are SO MANY NAMES to choose from. It's like being mad because someone bought "your" car (the one you wish you had, not the one you actually own). Either you love it enough to use it no matter what, or you pick another dang name that is just as good.