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The only names I like remotely is Lucille. The rest are nms, and quite a few are just plain - yeuch.

Couldn't Harpo be after Marx?

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Maybe there's a comedy/music link in the family and Harpo was the inspiration.

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Anyway, I have celebrities who have caused me to like names but never use them. Like Bernadette and possibly Elaine (though I was deeply considering Elaine for a very long time.).

Gonna argue that Harpo isn't necessarily named after Oprah. (Unless I'm misunderstanding and his parents specifically said he was.) Harpo Marx is probably a more likely guess. I'm friends with a Harpo and we were all delighted to work out that his name was Oprah backwards and call him that sometimes- but I know it wasn't the inspiration for his name.

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Wait a minute. Harpo Lea? Is said Harpo female? Oy vey.

Well, Lucille Ball and Beyonce Solange seem a little obvious. It's possible that Elvis Preston and Reba McKenzie are coincidences, and I think Harpo may be stretching it. I must admit i've never heard of Philip Brady....

Me and Gaela both love Jason Mraz and Jason Vieaux (I think that's how you spell it). We have a deal that the first one of us to have a son gets to name him Jason.

This message was edited 9/4/2007, 4:16 PM

I was watching Oprah one time and this lady told Oprah that she was going to name her future baby after her (if she had a girl) and Oprah said something like "Don't do it, cos your child will have a hard time with the name"

I don't really like any of those except Lucille, and maybe Reba as a nn. I want to name my daughter Jordana after my fav celeb.

Harpo is a bit too Harpo Marx for me, lol.

One of our noted Canadian figure skaters

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is named Elvis Stoikejko (freely admit the last name may be mis-spelled).
And yes, I'm pretty sure he was named for the late singer.

Ick. I don't like any of them.

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And Harpo Lea sounds dirty to me.