*blinks*

[conuly]

Aside from the absurdity of "OMG! SOMEBODY MIGHT STEAL MY NAME!!!" I have this to ask...

She named her daughter Sonnet? What was going through her head? She named the kid after a friggin' type of POEM. What's next, Limerick? Haiku? Five bucks says she can't quote from a single sonnet.

Sonnet.

Other names I object to, on principle:

Regan/Reagan: this either commemorates King Lear's ungrateful daughter, or one of the worst presidents we've ever had. I do not see the logic in giving this name to your little girl.
Dymphna: Yes, yes, patron saint of Belgium. Yes, yes, patron saint of the insane. Do you really want to give the "insane" name to a little girl?
Robert: This is my dad's name. I can't let anybody have this name, because if I ever have a little boy, that's what I'll call him. So don't steal it from me!

Honestly, why would you want to steal that name? It's not a name. It's a type of poem!

*sighs*

Of course, I think Magrat is perfectly fine, so maybe I'm not the best judge :)

Comments

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

Hey, at least "Sonnet" is a pleasing kind of concept -- somebody on a community I hang out on said a couple of months ago that she works with a young woman actually named LaTrine... :-o

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

LaTrine?
My goodness. What did that poor woman do to her parents?

Magrat is a fine name, yes. Though everyone around here would mis-spell it Margret. A bit like with Elanor and Eleanor.

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

I also had a co-worker named LaTrina.

My cousin once called a woman named Malaria.

And snopes.com has a confirmation of a woman named Vagina.

As far as Regan/Reagan goes, they may be Exorcist fans. I do have the issue with Rosalie... who is the woman Romeo dumps in Romeo and Juliet. It's a fairly common name, but it always suprises me when I hear it.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

I've never seen it with Rosalie. Rosalind and Rosaline, sure. But never Rosalie.

I've just been doing King Lear and every time I see Goneril (abbreviated to Gon. in the text) I read it as gonorrhea. Not helpful.

[ahsirakh.livejournal.com]

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