Would you name your child after a famous person/character deliberately?

[maz]

Hell yes.

Mateauz was born on Elvis' birthday and Jed and I had contemplated Memphis for ages.....so it became a middle name PLUS I love themovie gone in 60 seconds and Memphis Rain.....love it

[smiles4u]

Interesting Maz cause my Mum's due date to have me was on Elvis's birthday but i ended up being way 6days over due

I have a friend who's twin girl's first names are after Sophia Loren & the other after Ava Gardner.

My SIL whom recently past away, her Mum was a huge fan of the old T.V show Little House on the Prairie & named my SIL & her sister after the two older girl characters in the show

... I would name rather my child's middle name after someone famous/well known then a first name

*** Jessey ... there was a little girl named LYLA in the Mothers Group i use to go to, it was the 1st i had ever heard it and i fell in love with the name, and i much prefer it spelt as you have Lyla

[kirsty_lee]

I dont really think there's a problem. Dp wants to name our next child (if it's a boy) Lemmy after the singer from Motorhead, im trying to convince him away from that lol not sure i want a baby named after a drunken drug addicted rocker who by all rights should of died a looong time ago from all the crazy things he does

[Arimeh]

I dont really think there's a problem. Dp wants to name our next child (if it's a boy) Lemmy after the singer from Motorhead, im trying to convince him away from that lol not sure i want a baby named after a drunken drug addicted rocker who by all rights should of died a looong time ago from all the crazy things he does

PMSL @ Lemmy.. I'd love to name my kid after Layne (Alice in Chains) because I think its so tragic that a talent like that felt so alone as to take his own life - and nobody found his body for 2 bloody weeks!!!

Anyhoo - it doesn't really go with DH's surname... so its out..