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PrintableCongratulations!!! . I think you should name your child something that means something important to you and it sounds like you do too. Good for you!
I have a cousin who named his son Axl. And a friend whose daughter was named Halen. Never a problem for anyone. So yeah, there is a precident. And I wouldn't be surprised if there are several Princes in the kindergarten class of 2021.
[Edited 9/26/16 21:31pm] "What a thing to have been alive while Prince was making music." - James Corden | |
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Congrats! - I want to name my baby boy Nelson full lips, freckles, and upturned nose | |
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FullLipsDotNose said: Congrats! - I want to name my baby boy Nelson I love the name Nelson so strong Thank you Prince for every note you left behind 💜 | |
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Genesia said: gollygirl said: I dont have a problem what others want to do, but I personally would never name a child after a celebrity - and especially one with the name Prince - because they are stuck with this the rest of their lives and what if they dont like the person they are named after? It is different if you name after a family member as there is a blood tie there.....but that is just how I feel about it. Naming a baby is such a personal thing and one both parents must love and agree on that name.
Not really explaining this well, but I hope you get what I mean.
PS and I kind of think the fact you have asked the question to start with you are not really confident in the choice? I do like the list of alternative names for Prince though - they are great.
[Edited 9/25/16 14:20pm] Wow - really? Yeah think about it. All the Disney movies and cartoons with characters like that  Thank you Prince for every note you left behind 💜 | |
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gollygirl said: Genesia said: Wow - really? Yeah think about it. All the Disney movies and cartoons with characters like that Okay, well...I invite you to think what the reaction would have been had you said "a nappy-headed fat horrible black kid" or a "kinky-haired fat horrible Jewish kid." We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Congrats. I don´t like the name Ahmir and I think Prince maybe would be too much. But I would definitely consider June or Nate (if it´s a boy |
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“Sometimes People Don't Want To Hear The Truth Because They Don't Want Their Illusions Destroyed” — Friedrich Nietzsche | |
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We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Actually, I love the character. He's just an outcast abandoned by his father and not really his mom's interest. My teeth also resemble his full lips, freckles, and upturned nose | |
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Hoping one of my grandchildren will ever be named Nelson. [Edited 10/7/16 3:54am] Will be listening to the Purple One till the day I die. Will dance till I no longer can.. | |
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Nelson is a great first name--I would definitely choose that one as a tribute to Prince. My son's best friend when he was in junior high school was named Nelson. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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No matter the name, congratulations. | |
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Funny this came up. I'm a transgender woman who came out shortly after Prince's visit to Sydney in February. I sort of can't believe my luck that he came here, and I've talked about the amazing experience I had on the org before. Long story short, his show brought my long-repressed identity to the surface. I cried for a month and changed my first name to Joni. Then Prince died and I decided I would take Nelson as my middle name as well. I really liked the idea of carrying on his legacy through my own identity, especially as genderfluidity was such an important part of his work.
Someone said that it made them think of Nelson from the Simpsons. Well, my favourite Nelson moment was when he went to the Andy Williams concert and he just melted. It turned out that he was a total sweetheart and he cried watching "Moon River." He's had a rough life and puts on his masculinity just for show; the music brought out his true self. I really like that scene and I sort of love Nelson, so I don't mind that association either.
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Joni Nelson..you are inspring and So Wonderful of you to share the source of YOUR Inspiration
Thank you
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