Our eldest daughter is [name_f]Aurora[/name_f]. We obviously knew of the Disney association but didn’t care as we loved the name (and still do - it’s my favourite name) and thought it fit her best but now we’re really struggling to find names that don’t ‘enhance’ that association.
We have two other children and are expecting [name_f]Di[/name_f]/[name_f]Di[/name_f] twins (our last babies) so it would mean two out of five children would have a ‘Disney name’ but we’re considering [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] for a boy… Is it too much?
I don’t really want to come across as a huge Disney fan through my children’s names… I mean, we like Disney (the LOs watch the films, know the characters, etc) but I wouldn’t class us as fans lol. We have gotten quite a few “oh, like the princess?”, with [name_f]Rora[/name_f]’s name, over the years so I wonder if that’ll change to “oh, [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] and [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]… Are you Disney fans?” :-? lol
I don’t think you need to worry about having [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] and [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], especially as you’ve got other names in between them and [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] will likely be paired with his twin’s name more than he’ll be paired with his eldest sister’s. Also if you have [name_f]Rora[/name_f] and Bash or [name_f]Rora[/name_f] and [name_m]Seb[/name_m], then I think very few people will pick up on it.
If you wanted to name the twins [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] and [name_m]Eric[/name_m] or [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] and [name_u]Ariel[/name_u] or something similar, then maybe I’d suggest avoiding that, but if the other twin has a non-Disney name and the other Disney name is the eldest child with others in between her and these babies, I don’t think you need to worry.
I don’t think 2/5 Disney names is too much at all. If every child had very obvious Disney names, I’d think it was deliberate theme, but [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] has many other associations, and I more connect [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] with the [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] Borealis than the princess (in fact I forgot about it until you mentioned it).
I wouldn’t think of either name as a Disney reference. Does anyone ever comment on your daughter’s name in that way?
I think of the [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] Borealis and the [name_f]Goddess[/name_f], and [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] is a modern classic to me.
A Disney reference to me would be a name that was either invented by Disney or that was almost unheard of before they used it. [name_u]Ariel/name_u for a girl is one name where I could conceive of such an association, and would be mindful of it.
Thanks guys. I personally would never see [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], on it’s own, and think of Disney but I worried it would be obvious when alongside [name_f]Aurora[/name_f]. I guess some will see it and some won’t… [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] is in the top 100 here so I guess it’s popularity will be on our side with this one.
We have had some people associate her name with the princess but it does mostly comes from her peers… A child is only going to associate [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] with Sleeping Beauty, I guess. It’s not a very common name where we live either. It’s currently at #241 but it was well over 450 places below that when we named her… I’m actually glad it’s climbing the charts as it feels as if it’s being recognised as a name within its own right.
As a huge disney nerd/fan I would make the connection, but I don’t think it’s a huge deal, especially when your other kids don’t have Disney related names
Additionally, [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] and [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] are from two completely different Disney movies. In order to get the reference, you would need to think awfully hard, or have just happened to have seen Sleeping Beauty and the [name_m]Little[/name_m] Mermaid recently. Definitely don’t think it’s a problem, love the names together!