Has Twilight Ruined My Favorite Baby Names?

I completely understand. I had my daughter, Jazelle, a few months after "Enchanted" came out. I had always loved that name, but I did not wwant my daughter named after a Disney princess. So far, so good. I've never even had anyone mention the movie when I tell them her name and it's a fairly unique name. While Jasper is somehwat unusual, Edward is a pretty standard name, so I doubt anyone would make the connection. I would stick with your gut - I stuck with mine and it's fine.

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Despite the fanaticism, most people haven't read or seen Twilight. I'm a college student and even I didn't know that any of those names, except Edward and Jacob, were the names of characters in Twilight.

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I'm sorry, didn't we read this column LAST week?

Or am I just having a deja vu moment?

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Mimi, I'm sorry to tell you that most of the world has not heard of Twilight. But since we are talking about the United States, and not most of the world, I will agree with you that they have heard of it. That doesn't mean, though, that most people have read it or seen the movies or know the names of the characters.

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Our little boy is four months old, and his name is Edward. He's not named for Edward Cullen, and so far no one has asked me if the fictional character is his namesake.

For the record, I love both the book and movie series, but it had nothing to do with our son's name. And really, though my husband also loves the name Edward, there is no way he would have agreed to name our child such if it had anything to do with Twilight, lol. Honestly, when I read a Twilight book or see the movies, the sameness of the names doesn't even register for me, because I can separate life from fantasy.

I wouldn't waste time worrying about what other people think; if you love a name, then go for it. Twilight (or whatever the fad may be) is not going to last forever, and people will forget about it if they even notice at all.

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My grandfather, Father and brother are named Edward and it has nothing to do with the movie. Even though I did read all the books and seen both movies. Name your son what you feel is right I knew my sons name when it was a couple months into my pregnancy. We named him brody and I love it even though it seems like everyone is using that name now.

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I'm not interested in vampire stories or movies. Jasper is an old name, and it was common amongst African American since the days of slavery until the 1960's. When I was a high school senior, I dreamed of naming my first son Stephen Craig. I wasn't sure if I would pronounce it like Steven. Lo and behold, a few years later, my brother introduced me to a friend of his from Germany named Stefan. It is pronounced like Stephon Marbury's name. Now, I see the name Stefan pop up everywhere, and there are even a few folks on social websites who also share my son's complete name. There is nothing new under the sun. Stefan was born at Harlem Hospital in NYC, and will be 26 years old in a few days. He and his wife plan to name their son, due in March, Harlem Stefan H-------. Although I'm not crazy about their choice of a first name, it could've been worse.

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i ended up having a lil girl that we named angel which i am soooo happy to have a lil girl to play dress up with, but if it was a boy we would have named him edward b/c its my husbands grandfathers middle name and my husband lost his grandfather when he was 10 so we were doing for him but also i do love twilight and im for edward so we were going with the middle name anthony for that.

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My fiancee loves Edward, but hates Twilight (especially since it has stolen his favorite name.) His fear is partly that people will think he's named his kid for that, but also that his kid will be surrounded by other little Edwards who's parents were Twilight fans. I do agree that Twilight will go away, and while Jack Sparrow may have made Jack and Sparrow a little more popular as kids names, I doubt that it has made that much of a difference. People asking if our child is named after Twilight would only be a good excuse to gush about why he's really chosen it (He likes it because it sounds "steampunk" and well... Edwardian!) Ironically his reasons for liking it are probably the same reasons why Stephanie Meyer chose it for her vampire.

Here's a question. Will Harry Potter ever go away enough for me to use my two favorite names, Fred and George?

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My 1 year old granddaughter is named Bella, who knew it was a characters name from Twilight?
A totally awesome name.

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