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The difference with asphodel and Tom is that Tom has dozens of other associations, and asphodel has only one or two.

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Tom- St. Thomas, my dad, one in my cousin's class, a local reporter, Tom Thumb, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Tom Arnold, Tom Sellack, Tom Brady, Doubting Thomas, Peeping Tom, Nicholle Tom, Tom and Jerry, tom cats and turkeys, the musical Tommy, etc

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Asphodel- a plant that was mentioned in a potions class in Harry Potter. It could have been mentioned in herbology or some other discussions too, but was part of Snape's speech the first day of class as first years. Yes, I probably do remember more from the books and movies than I should, but my mind works that way.

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I'm sure people are sick of 'Oh, that's a HP name" but some names will always have that stigma. I possibly have a Minerva in my tree who died long before the books, but if I named a daughter Minerva, she'd hear "Oh, like Professor McGonnagall" for her entire life. If you're sick of hearing that from a couple of comments and you're only asking about the usability of a name, you probably shouldn't use the name, because the kid would have it even worse.

This message was edited 7/28/2013, 9:03 AM