Woman ridiculed after sharing plan to name both children after same Disney character
Choosing a baby name can be tricky, but one woman has shared how she decided to name her two daughters after the same fictional character.
The Disney-mad mom said she already named her first child after Sleeping Beauty and called her Aurora, but she wasn’t going to stop there.
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She shared that she is pregnant with her second child and that she wants to name her Briar Rose.
Disney fans will remember that this is the name the fairies give to Sleeping Beauty when she is hiding from Maleficent.
To go to Redditshe shared: “Weird to name my two daughters after Sleeping Beauty?
“To be clear, I’m not obsessed with Sleeping Beauty.
“I just like the names Aurora and Briar Rose.
“My daughter is named Aurora and I am expecting another girl. Is it weird to call her Briar Rose??
“My husband and I love the name, but we think it might be a little over the top.
“But another part of me doesn’t mind that it’s weird.
“I’d love to hear what you think!”
Asking Internet users for their opinions can be dangerous, but people didn’t keep their opinions to themselves.
One of them said, “Name one of them, no, name both of them is definitely a bit much.”
A second wrote: “Yeah this is really weird. Your kids are not posters for your fandom.”
And a third noted: “This is why people pets.”
She’s not the only one who loves the name Aurora.
Earlier, an expectant mother shared how she went about choosing a name for her baby.
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Besides being the name of a Disney princess, Aurora – the Latin word for “dawn” – is also the name of a Roman goddess who was responsible for announcing the sunrise each day.
“There’s something that draws me to it. And it’s not my usual style,” the expectant mother explained on Mothernet.
However, Mumsnet users pointed out the most common association with the name.
“It’s a bit Disney princess, if I’m honest,” one person wrote.
“This is horrible. You don’t raise a Disney princess,” said another reader.
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“It’s okay, she’s just a bit of a princess to me and I’m not a huge fan of Rory,” said a third parent.
“I don’t like it, it sounds like a yawn and it’s a Disney princess. I would avoid Ariel or Elsa for the same reason,” said another commenter.
“Aurora is a great name for a girl, but I wouldn’t want to be called that as an adult,” wrote one reader.
Others pointed out another possible problem with a child’s unique name.
“I like it. But think about the many people who mispronounce the ‘R’ and call her Ah-waw-wa?” someone said.
“‘R’ is hard for [young children] to say. They’ll be calling themselves ‘Ouch-wo-wo’ for years to come,” said another Mumsnet user.
“A little tricky if your child has trouble saying ‘R’, as many do. Ah-woah-wah,” wrote one commenter.
Are Unique Baby Names Worth It?
You may think that a unique name will make you stand out, but is it really?
Josie Griffiths, deputy editor of Fabulous, talks about the problems she had with her name as a child.
As a child, I wanted nothing more than a personalized keychain with my name on it.
But it wasn’t. The closest I could get were Rosie, Joseph (not so nice for such a little girl) and Joanne.
Josie is short for Josephine, a French first name, and I’ve been in my twenties without ever meeting anyone with the same first name.
When I try to introduce myself to people I get called all sorts of random names like Tracey and Stacey and it can be quite annoying.
Although I’ve met a few Josies in the past year (there are a few around my age), it’s still a much rarer name than most of my friends’ names.
Overall I don’t mind it, at least it’s not crude or spelled weird.
And that means I can get away with ‘doing a Cheryl’ and just calling myself Josie.
I’m getting married this year and some friends are shocked that I’m changing my last name. It’s not considered cool or feminist these days. I explain to them that I’m not that attached to Griffiths because I always just say ‘Hi, I’m Josie’ when I call a friend.
I like being unique and I will definitely try to achieve this when naming my own children.
You have to watch out for the crude names, so after nine years as a lifestyle journalist I will definitely avoid them.
