Amory
Member
God that thread was so good.
Anyway, I wouldn't go with Ben Lada. It does sound a lot like Bin Laden and kids are the worst with name teasing anyway
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Is this name too similar to Bin Laden?
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Anyway, I wouldn't go with Ben Lada. It does sound a lot like Bin Laden and kids are the worst with name teasing anyway
He's not going to be a big deal to kids in ten years. They'll read his name as a footnote about an attack that happened almost 20 years before they were born and remember him as well as kids remember most other historical figures that they learn about in school and probably get him confused with Saddam Hussein.
Mastermind Vade
Banned
Came for this
7DollarHagane
Banned
While funny, its not a real.
https://www.cato.org/multimedia/media-highlights-tv/2008/2
As for the kid - I would probably pick something else. Bin Laden is one of the extreme examples where you wouldn't want any commonality with a kid's name.
CrimzonSamurai
Member
It's really fine, I don't think the (fairly remote) phonetic similarity to "bin laden" will make any actual difference in his life whatsoever. I mean, Barack Obama's middle name is "Hussein" and he still got elected twice.
And don't listen to people saying he'll get bullied because of it. I mean, maybe he will once or twice but little kids will find a way to make fun of any name no matter what it is. I mean my name is Cameron and in kindergarten a few kids got a kick out of calling me "camera" and it was about as psychologically scarring as a butterfly landing on me.
Which is to say not at all.
And don't listen to people saying he'll get bullied because of it. I mean, maybe he will once or twice but little kids will find a way to make fun of any name no matter what it is. I mean my name is Cameron and in kindergarten a few kids got a kick out of calling me "camera" and it was about as psychologically scarring as a butterfly landing on me.
Which is to say not at all.
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Just name him Benjamin Bin Laden Lada. Then you don't have to worry about his first and last name sounding like Bin Laden.
CrimzonSamurai
Member
You guys will make fun of me
Aw c'mon no we won't.
You can't just tease us like that.
We're just strangers on the internet, it will have no bearing on your life posting it here.
I actually do remember thinking in 2007 that Obama sounded a lot like Osama, but I was a dumb kid at the time.
Oyashrio-Sama
Member
Name him Ace Blazer Lada.
He will thank you later when he becomes the best Mecha pilot Japan has ever seen!
He will thank you later when he becomes the best Mecha pilot Japan has ever seen!
Prodigal Son
Member
Don't name your kid Ben Lada, dude.
It's been 70+ years since WWII. How many Adolfs do you know?
I wouldn't do it. It's a bully magnet.
Benjamin Lada.. Even without shortening it my first thought is That dudes name. That kid would face an upwards battle.. No need for it.
Chainsawkitten
Member
My name's Albin and after the attacks some kids called me Al bin Laden. I thought it was funny and sounded cool.
QuantumSquid
Member
Name him Ben Liftin, and convince him to lift weights from an early age so that later in life he can go up to girls and say "I'm Ben Liftin, can you tell I've been liftin'?"
NiiloPielinen
Member
Lada is a russian car brand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada
Night Angel
Member
If I knew him as a kid, I'd have called him Ben "insert 9/11 joke" Laden for sure.
I think you should pick another name. Don't name him Oscar and make Ben his middle name, either.
I think you should pick another name. Don't name him Oscar and make Ben his middle name, either.
Earthpainting
Member
The obvious solution is give him a middle name that sets up a soft-ball lightning rod to distract from your Bin Laden tribute. I suggest "Benjamin Sia Lada". Either that, or train your environment and kid to abbreviate his name to "Benji". I wouldn't worry too much about it either way. Just pick the names you two like.
Because there wasn't mass outrage over that fact? Nor was it continuously brought up in a negative way by right-wing talk radio and Fox News...
Massingberd
Member
I look forward to his double-act with Tony Skoda.
You going for "ben see a lotta...?" or expecting people to take liberties and go the "see ya lata[later]" route?
Earthpainting
Member
I'm thinking the latter. If the name spoken out loud, no one's going to think of Bin Laden when you hear "Benjamin Lotta". The shitty jokes could appear when it's being read aloud by someone who doesn't know how it's pronounced.
Haunted
Member
Kids and teenagers will find a way to make fun of someone if they want to, whether it's the name or something else.
Benjamin Lada seems completely fine to me, OP.
Duane Cunningham
Member
Man, I thought SOMEBODY would get this.
ClayKavalier
Banned
Kids are going to have a field day with that when he's in school.
There's plenty of lame puns on the internet that don't require research.
One Eyed Willy
Member
OP, name your kid how you want but you are very smart and forward thinking to consider what other people/kids might nickname or tease your kid with. More parents should think ahead.
To answer your question, Yes.. it sounds very similar to Bin Laden. I would not name my kid this, but its your kid not mine.
To answer your question, Yes.. it sounds very similar to Bin Laden. I would not name my kid this, but its your kid not mine.
cpp_is_king
Member
Seriously OP, do not fucking do it. You are setting your kid up for a life of hardship if you name him Ben
boiled goose
good with gravy
Ben Ladda does invoke bin laden to me.
Vicetrailia
Member
My name is Ben Lada or Benjamin Lada.
That's like an actors name, and I like it lot. If he has brown skin it will cause some undue bullying though, I would avoid as awesome as it is.
That's like an actors name, and I like it lot. If he has brown skin it will cause some undue bullying though, I would avoid as awesome as it is.
Moggelicious
Banned
😂 best worst name combo 2017
Exactly. I'm sure your child will have the same temperament and testicular fortitude as Osama Hussein Brobama.
PlayALLtheGames
Banned
No it's fine.
See you, Lada.
See you, Lada.
Imp the Dimp
Member
what the hell is this
Wait, for real? How statistically cool.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
The search?! Look through the damn thread, my guy. A million good names ITT.
OrangeGrayBlue
Member
Almost verbatim what I came to say.