Do you know anyone named Disney?

[robinb]

I'm not a big fan of tryndee names, so "Disney" anywhere is the name would be out for me.

 

[Nancyg56]

I was reading the thread to my teen son and his reaction was, " wow, she better be ready to really put up with a lot of grief at school.". Sorry but i think he might be right. i like unique names and wanted to name my son Tyson (yes, like the chicken), and everyone talked me out of it. My son now thanks everyone that helped talk me out of it. I also wanted to name my DD (it was had one) Kreighton.

She might be the type of child that can handle the strong name and love it or she might really have a hard time, i think i would use it as a middle name or choose a less bold statement of her wonderful start in life.

I agree that the child better be tough. Kids are cruel and they pick n all kinds of things that a parent would never even think about, give them a Name like Disney to work with and you might as well put a sign on their back that says "Beat me up and steal my lunch money".

I know that parents have the right to name their children any name that they fancy but in reality their child must live with that name. My DD's name is Marisa and I cannot count how many times I heard about that. Pretty name but no pencils. I cannot imagine what she would have said if I had given her a name that people could ridicule.

 

[_queenie_]

My B-in Law is Patrick John but everyone calls him John now but he was Patty growing up.

Too funny, we also have one with that name!

 

[2Kds2K9]

I just have to share. We were in Disney and my DD was 7 at the time. We were by the statue of Walt Disney and Mickey in MK. My DD looked at the statue and stated, quite loudly, "Who would name their kid after an amusement park".

Please keep in mind that at school, kids can be quite mean. If you really want to use the name, I'd keep it as a middle name.

Enjoy!

 

[two-foxes]

Yeah, but Miles is a name that won't cause folks to ask what time is the 3 0'clock parade every time he turns around. Or hey baby, how's about a fast pass.

You are assuming everyone the baby comes into contact with will have some sort of passion towards Disney or even a moderate knowledge of it, for instance posting hundreds of posts on some board that has Disney obsessed people on it. Or actually know (or care) there is a 3 oclock parade. Long shot one will be asking her for a fast pass....kinda funny tho. There are plenty-o-Miles jokes one can come up with...none having to do with a "special interest" group, for lack of a better term.

Again OP, go with your gut! I guess maybe coming up with a nickname won't be such a bad idea, tho.

But no matter what name you choose, unless you go with a "basic" name, people will say that it reminds them of something else or that this or that nick name will come out of it. When I was deciding what to name DS, whose name is Merrick, I had people tell me "it reminds me of Merck, the drug company" or "kids will call him "Mary" on the playground"...." For goodness sake. I named him Merrick and he is a perfect Merrick!

 

[NotUrsula]

OT, I know, but ...

My B-in Law is Patrick John but everyone calls him John now but he was Patty growing up.

Paddy (note the D's) is an extremely common nickname for Patrick, both in Ireland and elsewhere. Patty (with t's) is nearly unheard of for a man; that's always short for Patricia in Ireland. I've got 2 uncles and NINE first cousins nicknamed Paddy, and none of them feels any embarassment over the nickname.

(Moral of the story is that if you're going to use a pet name for Patrick, stick with the traditional spelling.) BTW, the spelling got that way because in Irish Gaelic, Patrick is spelled Padraig. While it's more common now to use the English spelling for the full name, the nickname retains the D's that make it masculine.

 

[Aliceacc]

) BTW, the spelling got that way because in Irish Gaelic, Patrick is spelled Padraig. While it's more common now to use the English spelling for the full name, the nickname retains the D's that make it masculine.

How funny; I was going to say that!!

My old friend from Ireland went by the name Patsy, and NO ONE I met ever gave him a hard time!!!

 

[Anc96]

I LOVE the name Disney Claire. I wouldn't worry about what kids could make out of the name Disney to tease your child. There are very few names that can't be twisted around, or made to rhyme with something offensive. Kids need to learn to deal with that in their own way.

My daughter has a bit of an unusual name too... it's very rare we meet someone with her name, I think we have twice. But one time, in a payless shoe store, we met a little girl, same age as my dd, with not only the same first name, but the same middle name too (not an unusual name). When her mother and I started talking about the coincidence of their first names, and how we never meet any other girls by that name, she mentioned her middle name and I think my jaw hit the floor! We spell the middle name differently (middle name is Nikole, my spelling. She spelled it I think Nichol ?), but the fact that they had the same name, and the same age... now that was eerie!

Oh, back to the subject, sorry.
If you named your little girl Disney, it wouldn't take long at all for that name to be "normal". Friends and family will get used to it and say it as if it were "Mary". But it won't be Mary, she'd be unique with the name of someone you admired and respected.

Go for it!

 

[ChristusG]

I say go with what you like. I have two daughters with unique names. I dont want them to be in a class with three other children with the same name and have to be differentiated to by the first letter of their last name. And people WILL get used to it. When we told our families the names we picked for our daughters, both times they said "We will have to get used to that." Now, of course, they cant see them as anything else."

 

[Liberty Belle]

I know a lady with the first name of Dooder...seriously...DOODER.

I think only you can make the choice...I personally wouldn't name my daughter Disney...but I like it that you want to. I wanted something different for my daughter and named her Elsa...

To each her own! And congrats!!!!!!

I love Elsa. Great choice. Disney? Not so much.

 

[bluesaturn]

My name is very unusual, although it is not the name of place, thing, or another person. It also rhymes with two very unpleasant illnesses. A few boys called me by those illnesses a couple times when I was young, but in general I barely endured any teasing. Certainly nothing that really bothered. I love my name. I always get compliments about my name, even if I have to repeat it a couple times before someone gets it.

So basically what I am saying is that not everyone with an unusual name is teased mercilessly. If your daughter dislikes it, she could always go by her middle name. I know many people who do that.

 

[_queenie_]

This probably won't help much, but here's a short list of disney character names if you're interested.

http://www.babynamebox.com/disney-character-names.html

 

[robinb]

This probably won't help much, but here's a short list of disney character names if you're interested.

http://www.babynamebox.com/disney-character-names.html

BTW, my DD has a Disney Character name. But we named her before the movie came out!

She's the on the RiGHT!

 

[kjetjl]

Wouldn't be my top choice but don't let the fact that kids will tease be the reason you don't choose the name. Kids will find a way to tease.....no matter what the name.

For crying out loud, I wanted Luke but DH was so paranoid that everyone would think we named him after Luke Skywalker. I wanted the name and we finally named one of our boys Luke. The first thing hubby said as he cuddled the baby was "Luke, I am you father." Everyone has their "comments" but we just go with the flow. And the name fits him perfectly.

 

[SplashMountainMama]

Wouldn't be my top choice but don't let the fact that kids will tease be the reason you don't choose the name. Kids will find a way to tease.....no matter what the name.

For crying out loud, I wanted Luke but DH was so paranoid that everyone would think we named him after Luke Skywalker. I wanted the name and we finally named one of our boys Luke. The first thing hubby said as he cuddled the baby was "Luke, I am you father." Everyone has their "comments" but we just go with the flow. And the name fits him perfectly.

I had to laugh at that comment because when we were trying to name our kids my DH would nix so many of them because he would say the kids would get teased, but most of his references were from shows,etc we watched when WE were kids. For instance, I liked the name Ben,but he said all he could think of was the littel brother from Growing Pains and that kids would make fun of him. As if all the kids in school today have stockpiles of 80's references at the ready for teasing the other kids.

 

[drcbpearce]

I had to laugh at that comment because when we were trying to name our kids my DH would nix so many of them because he would say the kids would get teased, but most of his references were from shows,etc we watched when WE were kids. For instance, I liked the name Ben,but he said all he could think of was the littel brother from Growing Pains and that kids would make fun of him. As if all the kids in school today have stockpiles of 80's references at the ready for teasing the other kids.

It's so true, kids can just be mean, no matter what your name is. My last name was unusual, so they teased me about that, which ended up becoming a nickname in high school. but when they werent' teasing me about my name, it was b/c I was taller than the other kids. They'll find a reason to do it if they want to.

When we were going down the list, my DH had some of the same arguments, an ex GF or someone whom he had worked with/knew that he did'nt like, or it rhymes w/.... or whatever. My bro and sis-in-law are going thru it right now, every name she likes he shoots down, and I don't know what they're going to name her, maybe #2 or Baby!

Have you tried the 'Yell test'? You know, open the back door and yell it out loud to see what it sounds like when you're calling her to come home. Sometimes they just don't sound as good or are really long. That might help!

 

[bzzymom]

I say go with your gut. It was easy with DS because I have loved his name for several years and knew that if I had a boy, that would be his name. When I was pregnant with DD, I fell in love with a name that is not common at all. I wanted to use it, but I knew she would never find it at WDW on a necklace, so I made it her middle name. I call her both names regularly because I love the middle name. I often wish I would have used it as her first name. She is 4 and it is too late. I have asked her if I can call her just her middle name, and she tells me no.

BTW, our dog's name is Disney.....and we call her Diz most of the time.

 

[jpaxton1118]

I have not read through all the reply's but I say go for it. I know a girl who had twins and named her daughter Disney Belle and the boy is Jack (don't know the middle name). When she first told me the name I thought it was strange but now she is older and it just fits. I could not imagine her with another name. I don't think that any makes fun of her either. My son asked her if she really liked Disney World since she was named after it but that was it. My kids actually thought it was really cool and they did not seem to think it was strange at all.
I say go for it if it is what you want.

 

[sanapunk]

If I was named Disney, I think it would be one of those things I'd love as a kid, and then once I hit puberty would be begging my parents to change saying "It's associated with baby movies!"

On a similar note, I've always said I wanted to name my kids, when I do have them, Wendy, John and Michael ala Peter Pan. They're normal names, but when my best friend told her coworkers that's what I wanted to name my kids, they all freaked! "Try to talk her out of it, that's cruel!"

So seriously, everyone is going to have their opinions, even on regular run of the mill names. Do what you feel will make your child happy.

 

[palmickey2005]

How about Destiny ? It's kind of close....and all the letters in "Disney" are in the name.

Kids will make up nicknames with any name anyways. I had a friend named Vicky and everyone called her "Vicks coughdrops". I also work with a Melba and they call her "toast".