• gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Why would you do that to your child? I mean, you wanna change your own name, go for it.

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      2 months ago

      Nowadays naming your kid is a way to make a statement about yourself. Like a vanity plate.

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      People have been choosing made up names from fiction for hundreds (thousands?) of years and as far I know, no one has died from it yet. Jessica is just a character from a play.