*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

[mortaine.livejournal.com]

At least they didn't go with their first choice for a little girl (Stephen).

From experience, let me just state that the VERY WORST THING YOU CAN NAME A LITTLE GIRL is a boy's name. ANY boy's name. It seems like a nice way to honor an uncle, until the little girl is four years old and the only "Lee" she knows is a frickin' lumberjack, and she's all about the dresses and very femme.

It's not that boy or neutral names are bad for women. It's just that a woman ought to be allowed to decide that she wants that name, not have it shoved onto her like an ugly hat.

[wakasplat.livejournal.com]

True, but super-frilly girly names can have the same effect on a girl.

[mortaine.livejournal.com]

Yes, well. Just name her something NORMAL and let her choose a boyish nick-name if she wants to. It's far more common for girls to be girlish than for them to be boyish; your odds of not traumatizing your child are lessened if you don't give your little girl a boy's name.