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Help[Opinions] Wow, you do that to a kid?
in reply to a message by Elaine
I'm sorry. I don't think Lucifer has a connotation that most people could ever get over.
For myself, I don't care how much I loved a name, I couldn't name my son anything that would lead to a lifetime of mocking and ridicule. The child has to live with their name their entire life, not the parent. I don't even think a child could be baptized with the name Lucifer, so the name itself would probably be seen my many as mocking religious beliefs.
For myself, I don't care how much I loved a name, I couldn't name my son anything that would lead to a lifetime of mocking and ridicule. The child has to live with their name their entire life, not the parent. I don't even think a child could be baptized with the name Lucifer, so the name itself would probably be seen my many as mocking religious beliefs.
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Yes, I'd do that. =/ I probably sound like a horrible person but I'm just being honest. If it ended up my son had an unbearable time with the name - and it's possible he wouldn't - but if he did, I'd make sure of leaving him the option of two middle names he could use! :)
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I agree
A child will have to interact with billions of other people in his life other than his parents, and it's not because the parents have chosen to neglect a name's bad associations that everybody else will too or that necessarily the child won't mind, or will like his name just because his parents did.
As for sounding nice, a lot of words/names sound nice but still have connotations that are too negative to ignore. Adolf and Benito would be perfectly legitimate nice-sounding names if they didn't designate two bloodthirsty tyrants who led the world in a destructive war.
A child will have to interact with billions of other people in his life other than his parents, and it's not because the parents have chosen to neglect a name's bad associations that everybody else will too or that necessarily the child won't mind, or will like his name just because his parents did.
As for sounding nice, a lot of words/names sound nice but still have connotations that are too negative to ignore. Adolf and Benito would be perfectly legitimate nice-sounding names if they didn't designate two bloodthirsty tyrants who led the world in a destructive war.
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OT, but I love Benito, with nn Benny!
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Fine. If you want to name a son that, just make sure he never goes to Italy, or everyone will assume he comes from a family of fascists.
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