DH has thrown in a last minute contender for a girls name (actually I think I was the one to mention it but DH picked up on this one instead of the hundred others I put out there recently) - it is Cecilia. I also kind of like it BUT am having a problem disassociating the Simon and Garfunkel song from the name. I am not a fan of the song, in fact you could probably say hate the song. I've always been the type of person who says that pop culture references should not really taint your decision on choosing a name but I am really afraid that I will hear this song repeatedly sung back to me/my daughter (especially from my MIL and annoying DH uncles as well as random people). This song (actually the artists) really does my nut in which is something that was passed down to me from my late father who considered them (how do I put this politely) as the bane of popular music. He took his music seriously and so do I and I feel like I would be dishonouring him.
Am I being irrational here? Please tell me that people will not sing this back upon hearing her name or is this name so tightly associated with the song that it cannot be untangled?
P.s. Cecily is not an option and DH doesn't like Celia. Oh, and he likes the song.
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SimplySara · 12/04/2014 13:13
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