The name Prince...

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Registered: 07-19-2007
The name Prince...
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Sat, 07-21-2007 - 8:09pm
What do you guys think of the name Prince for my son. Its the first name we agree on and both love....

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Registered: 06-29-2007
Sat, 07-21-2007 - 9:21pm
I am sorry, but it is totally not my style and the only thing I think of is Michael Jackson...
Just my opinion though...
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sat, 07-21-2007 - 9:22pm
Flat-out honest? I'm thinking...flamboyant guy in purple velvet suit with an oddly-shaped guitar with a pretentious name. Or both of Michael Jackson's sons. Usually title names--Princess, Duke, King, Baron--are more of a burden than a blessing.
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Registered: 10-13-2005
Sun, 07-22-2007 - 12:29am
Prince as a fn - I'm not sure.
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Registered: 07-03-2007
Sun, 07-22-2007 - 12:38am
No offense but i think naming your son Prince is setting him up for a lifetime of teasing and tourment.
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Registered: 12-09-2005
Sun, 07-22-2007 - 11:42am

It is not my style at all and I strongly dislike it. Why not use it as some sort of a nn?

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Registered: 01-15-2007
Sun, 07-22-2007 - 2:18pm
This name carries a good deal of cultural baggage, as other posters have noted. My first thought is: Prince Fielder - not a bad association, certainly, but probably not most people's first thought. Title names and their kin, such as Prince, General, Noble, etc., seem to have peaked around or just before 1920, which for reasons I cannot explain gives them a certain appeal (to me). But I'm not convinced I would actually use Prince (again, for the reasons other posters have mentioned), even though I find it sort of retro-cool.
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Registered: 07-19-2007
Sun, 07-22-2007 - 8:52pm
Its so funny for you to mention that your first thought was Prince Fielder, because that is where we got the name from!!!!
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Registered: 06-08-2000
Mon, 07-23-2007 - 12:30pm
Is that Cecil Fielder's son by chance? A baseball player?
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Registered: 07-07-2006
Mon, 07-23-2007 - 2:33pm
I agree with PP ... It sounds like Michael Jackson to me.

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Registered: 12-04-2006
Mon, 07-23-2007 - 3:04pm

This gets a big No from me for a few reasons:

1. I wore my "Thriller" t-shirt with pride back in the day, but IMO Prince as a fn is too Michael Jackson for me to like it, not to mention "The Artist...."

2. I hope this comes out right, I don't like when parents name their children virtue or title names (Prince, Duke, King, Dutchess, Chastity, Destiny). IMO it's setting them up for the opposite.

3. We had a dog named Prince when I was a kid.

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