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Election-Name crisis
| Fri, 01-27-2006 - 1:21pm |
My husband and I are expecting our second this summer. We have had Harper picked out for a girl since I was pregnant with my son (Rhett). I am Canadian and we elected a new Prime Minister last week and his name is Stephen Harper. Can I still use Harper or will everyone think I am a die-hard conservative naming my daughter after our leader? I guess not too many people had this problem in the US...Bush isn't the prettiest girls name.

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Theresa
LOL no I haven't met any baby boys or girls named Bush, but there are plenty of Kennedys, Carters & Reagans running around
I would say depending on what kind of leader Harper (the politician) turned out to be would have an affect on your baby & unfortunately that is something you wouldn't know until the end of his term
I mean in the states I have never met a baby with the name Nixon & I'm sure in Germany there aren't a lot if any poeple with the first name Hitler
michele
edd 5-4-06
Edited 1/27/2006 4:27 pm ET by fourthboyinaugust
I'd pick another name if I were you. Good Luck.
**Andrea
I LOVE Harper. My first daughter is going to be Caroline Harper.
If you really love it and have for years, tell people that if they ask about the political connection. What if you had named her this six months ago? Would you be considering changing your mind now and changing her name? If people make any comments about the connection, you can point them to a better connection
Ooh, that's a tough one. However, plenty of people here have used Clinton, Kerry, Madison, Hillary, etc. and haven't meant to honor those presidents/politicians. If DD#2 had been a boy, we were talking about using both John and Paul in the name (both important family names), but we were afraid of looking like super-Catholics and trying to honor the Pope, so I kinda know how you're feeling. ;-)
I'm sure that some people will think that Harper is in reference to the PM, but he won't be the PM forever, and eventually people will stop mentioning it. ;-) Really, if you love the name and have planned to use it for a long time, then I think you should go ahead.
Good luck!
LOL! Wow, that is a predicament, maybe you could use Harper as a middle? George Bush's middle name is Walker and my dh and I happen to love that name. But, again, I don't want people thinking I named my child after Bush! But, on the other hand, if I liked the name enough I wouldn't let it stop me from using it. I guess it just depends on how much you like that name.
Good luck,
Sunny
Wendy
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