Is it for your theoretical daughter? Or is it for yourself?
Do you think she would like having the fairy tale name? Or do you simply think it would be neat to have a daughter with a fairy tale name?
I know she doesn't exist yet, but in the end you should consider her theoretical future perspective above any others, including your own. After all, naming a person is not the same as naming a pet or a video game character ... in those cases the thing being named doesn't care what its own name is, so you can feel cool about making a cool name for it, but a person does care, and has to be called that name, and has to carry that name everywhere they go and in everything they do.
That said, if you're set on the idea, I do suggest making Snow a middle name. I don't really have a problem with unique first names, but this is a different matter, setting up the first name to match with the last that purposefully and flashily is asking for trouble -- the seven dwarves jokes she'd get would only be the start of it. Some kids will grow up to embrace a purposeful name like that (as some grow to embrace unique names), but not every kid will, and you shouldn't name a child based on an assumption about how they are going to grow up.
Do you think she would like having the fairy tale name? Or do you simply think it would be neat to have a daughter with a fairy tale name?
I know she doesn't exist yet, but in the end you should consider her theoretical future perspective above any others, including your own. After all, naming a person is not the same as naming a pet or a video game character ... in those cases the thing being named doesn't care what its own name is, so you can feel cool about making a cool name for it, but a person does care, and has to be called that name, and has to carry that name everywhere they go and in everything they do.
That said, if you're set on the idea, I do suggest making Snow a middle name. I don't really have a problem with unique first names, but this is a different matter, setting up the first name to match with the last that purposefully and flashily is asking for trouble -- the seven dwarves jokes she'd get would only be the start of it. Some kids will grow up to embrace a purposeful name like that (as some grow to embrace unique names), but not every kid will, and you shouldn't name a child based on an assumption about how they are going to grow up.
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After Joel's post about names below, I have a question...a serious one.
03/08/2010 11:12:32 PM
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I rather doubt you'll get many supportive reactions.
03/08/2010 11:20:27 PM
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That's kind of what I figured...
03/08/2010 11:49:37 PM
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That's subtler, at least.
04/08/2010 12:03:04 AM
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I'd suggest Magnum! instead.
03/08/2010 11:25:04 PM
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Snow for the middle name.
03/08/2010 11:27:47 PM
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You'd have to make it a double-barrelled first name, otherwise it'd just be "Yellow White".
03/08/2010 11:30:01 PM
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Sorry to be a spoilsport, but playing silly buggers with your children's lives is just not cool. *NM*
03/08/2010 11:30:54 PM
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I think it's cute but probably a bad idea, she might get married young just to change it *NM*
04/08/2010 12:04:40 AM
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Can I ask why you want to do that?
04/08/2010 12:29:51 AM
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Watermelon Mallet Gallagher. *NM*
04/08/2010 12:32:04 AM
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My parents meant well, but I couldn't live up to the expectations and had to change it. *NM*
04/08/2010 12:36:44 AM
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That's awesome
04/08/2010 12:34:10 AM
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It's true there are some awesome names that have fallen into disuse...
04/08/2010 12:44:55 AM
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In truth, it might be better than Betty ...
04/08/2010 02:25:20 AM
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On a more embarassing note, I love the name Virginia, that would be worse than snow by a mile ...
04/08/2010 02:32:00 AM
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Awesome! Have fun explaining the meaning of "snowballing" to a ten-year-old girl.
04/08/2010 02:48:12 AM
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If you have a son, name him Major Major and change his last name to Major.
04/08/2010 04:24:12 AM
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Re: If you have a son, name him Major Major and change his last name to Major.
04/08/2010 10:24:11 AM
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hopefully you will mary someone smart enough to stop this madness *NM*
04/08/2010 05:43:25 AM
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Everyone is being too nice. It's a stupid idea. And it's selfish. Leave "cute" names for your dog. *NM*
04/08/2010 08:01:35 AM
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And goldfish. Goldfish handle terrible names really well. Mine have never complained. *NM*
04/08/2010 08:37:24 AM
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Don't. Have it as her nickname, but not her real name. It's charming but also charmingly silly. *NM*
04/08/2010 09:47:34 AM
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My vote: no. Too much teasing. Nobody wants that. It'll be cool til she's 4. But that's it. *NM*
04/08/2010 03:02:15 PM
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I don't think this is a terribly good idea, for many of the reasons posted - but I have a suggestion
04/08/2010 06:03:44 PM
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