"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
- Juliet, Romeo and Juliet
You may be able to call a rose by another name and it would still smell sweet but let's face it, we all associate certain feelings or qualities with specific names. One of the biggest challenges when naming a baby is choosing a name that does not have a negative connotation for one or both of the parents. Childhood friends, former love interests, past bosses/employees- it is wonder that there are enough safe names available from which to choose!
There are three people with whom our family is acquainted that share the same name - two children, one adult - and our experiences with two of those people have been less than pleasant. So less than pleasant that we avoid saying their names at all.
One day last week, Aidan and the other child with the same name got into a spat* at school and she said some
very nasty things to him. When he came home that afternoon, he remarked about
our less than stellar experience with people of that name and said: “If I ever have a
little girl, I am not going to name her -------!”
*Last week’s encounter also taught him that an offense committed by the child
of a teacher is not treated as equally as the same offense committed by any other
student. No, my dear boy, life is not fair.
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