Iβm engaged to a Slavic man and weβre living in Western Europe. We would like to start a family in the next few years and we both really like the name Vladimir. It first peaked my interest when I was a kid reading fantasy/horror for kids, because it was often used for vampiric characters and I thought vampiric stuff was cool. As I met my partner and visited his home country (where it is a regular name, not hyper common for new babies currently, but still everyone knows it, think maybe like Richard in the USA? ) I met multiple nice, generic men and boys, and just all-around like the name as one does through positive experiences.
However, any friends and family I have in my country associate the name with Vladimir Putin, who they usually consider a βscary dictatorβ from βintimidating Russiaβ. That, or maybe Vlad the Impaler, or βgeneric negative connotations to vampiresβ. They hate it. Haaaaate it. Out of any potential future baby name Iβve ever casually or enthousiastically mentioned to them, if I say Vladimir I get a unanimous βewww nooo, you canβt do thatβ in return.
Now Iβm aware that close family tends to grow to at least like a name once itβs attached to a real life cute (grand)baby, but that doesnβt remove the fact that if our potential son grows up in my country like expected, most people around him would probably also have the same negative associations with the name. Think teachers, potential employersβ¦. Do you think it is ungivable to a child in the west in the 2020s?
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Iβm engaged to a Slavic man and weβre living in Western Europe. We would like to start a family in the next few years and we both really like the name Vladimir. It first peaked my interest when I was a kid reading fantasy/horror for kids, because it was often used for vampiric characters and I thought vampiric stuff was cool. As I met my partner and visited his home country (where it is a regular name, not hyper common for new babies currently, but still everyone knows it, think maybe like Richard in the USA?) I met multiple nice, generic men and boys with the name. Silo nowadays I just all-around like the name as one does through positive experiences.
However, any friends and family I have in my country associate the name with Vladimir Putin, who they usually consider a scary dictator. That, or maybe Vlad the Impaler, or βgeneric negative connotations to vampiresβ. They hate it. Haaate it. Out of any potential future baby name Iβve ever mentioned to them, if I say Vladimir I get a unanimous βewww nooo, you canβt do that to a childβ in return.
Now Iβm aware that close family tends to grow to at least like a name once itβs attached to a real life cute (grand)baby, but that doesnβt remove the fact that if our potential son grows up in my country like expected, most people around him would probably also have the same negative associations with the name. Think teachers, potential employersβ¦
Do you think it is ungivable to a child in the west in the 2020s?
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