Fidel?

[Jennifer13]

I hope our kids do know who both Che and Fidel are! Our education system is supposed to be getting better, not worse. It's a bit like saying everyone will have forgotten Mao, Hitler, Atilla, Saddam, Bin Laden, Pol Pot, etc. Some might be forgotten by some people, but not in the next hundred years for a lot of people. I certainly hope not, anyway.

Regardless of whether anyone else knows, does it bother you and your family to have that name association?

[LionsandBears]

Of course the best warlord name is Genghis! His original name was Temujin.

Then there's Sitting Bull or Crazy Horse, but that's just getting silly

[Inanna]

I am with you Jennifer! Immy's teacher is probably about 10 now too... Very scary thought... OMG - I am certainly "maturing"....

[Kitt3n]

I hope our kids do know who both Che and Fidel are! Our education system is supposed to be getting better, not worse. It's a bit like saying everyone will have forgotten Mao, Hitler, Atilla, Saddam, Bin Laden, Pol Pot, etc. Some might be forgotten by some people, but not in the next hundred years for a lot of people. I certainly hope not, anyway.

Regardless of whether anyone else knows, does it bother you and your family to have that name association?

I hope so too!

DD2 was going to be Nikita until the Polish in laws stepped in.

I love Che - the revolutionary connotations are strong and that is pretty cool!

LOVE Atila too. If we have a son I want to name him Amadeus <3 <3