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HelpRe: No, I don't
in reply to a message by BrilliantBlue
Okay, but what about Anders, Bell, Benedikt, Hailey, Amelia, or Benjamin? These are all names shared by diseases, birth defects, learning disabilities, and children.
Sensibly, there's a big difference between naming a child "born without a limb" and naming a child Amelia. The name Amelia isn't going to do a child any harm just because it's associated with a genetic/medical condition and (as much as I hate the name) neither will Addison. They're both accepted, unremarkable names.
Sensibly, there's a big difference between naming a child "born without a limb" and naming a child Amelia. The name Amelia isn't going to do a child any harm just because it's associated with a genetic/medical condition and (as much as I hate the name) neither will Addison. They're both accepted, unremarkable names.
This message was edited 4/16/2009, 10:50 AM
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I was going to say them same thing. There's lots of FNs names (mostly surnames) that are names for diseases as well. There's Cooper's Disease, does that mean no one should name their son Cooper? Okay so I had to google that to know it exists, but still there's way too many names for diseases that are also FNs to know them all and avoid bad associations.
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