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Help[Opinions] her mother still named her ...
in reply to a message by nothinandnobody
Or had a hand in naming her, so her background and personality do count.
The trouble with basing a name on someone's personality is that quite frankly, none of us have a personality when we are named. It takes some time to develop and of course it changes over time. It's the same problem with choosing an aspect of appearance to name a person after: Scarlett may be born with a headful of bright red hair, but the chances are good to excellent that she'll lose it within a few months and end up a blonde or a mousy brown.
Even naming after a positive trait you hope the child will someday have doesn't always work out. My daughter had a good friend named Grace, (I have no idea if she was named specifically after physical grace, or spiritual grace, or after Grandma Grace or just because) and she is this tall, lanky girl who is clumsy as a giraffe whose shoes don't fit.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
The trouble with basing a name on someone's personality is that quite frankly, none of us have a personality when we are named. It takes some time to develop and of course it changes over time. It's the same problem with choosing an aspect of appearance to name a person after: Scarlett may be born with a headful of bright red hair, but the chances are good to excellent that she'll lose it within a few months and end up a blonde or a mousy brown.
Even naming after a positive trait you hope the child will someday have doesn't always work out. My daughter had a good friend named Grace, (I have no idea if she was named specifically after physical grace, or spiritual grace, or after Grandma Grace or just because) and she is this tall, lanky girl who is clumsy as a giraffe whose shoes don't fit.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
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