FallingEdge
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Ben Bin Laden Lada
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Is this name too similar to Bin Laden?
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Ben Bin Laden Lada
I agree it does sound a bit like it, especially if people shorten it to Ben, which will happen with the name Benjamin. Not sure how much of a problem it poses, but to answer your question, yes, the name can sound similar depending on one's manner of speech. But if it does turn out to be a problem, he can always adopt the maternal family name I think.
HawksWinStanley
Member
You'd be surprised how many names remind you of people you hate or names that you just plain don't like. When both you and your significant other have to like the name that list of thousands gets short real quick.
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
Have you considered Bennifer?
Bennifer Lada?
Bennifer Lada?
terrdactycalsrock
Member
Its only similar if you shorten Benjamin to Ben and say Lada really fast. I wouldnt put it past a grade school bully to figure this out. I also wouldn't expect a grade school bully to know who Ben Laden was. I think its a nice name, and I wouldnt worry about it too much
A name like that will teach your son to grow up tough; just like a boy named Sue.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Just call him Benny, then "Benny Lada" sounds more like "Benihana".
I have a friend whose last name is Wood, and they had a daughter a few years back.
He jokingly suggesting naming her Morning.
Of course she ended up with "Holly", which isn't much better.
I have a friend whose last name is Wood, and they had a daughter a few years back.
He jokingly suggesting naming her Morning.
Of course she ended up with "Holly", which isn't much better.
When I first started reading I thought you were afraid that someone would mispronounce Benjamin Ben-JAH-min
Do you want the other kids to throw chairs at him?
Do you want the other kids to throw chairs at him?
Amazing
The guy that orchestrated the biggest attack on US soil? Yeah, I'm pretty sure a bully will figure that out. A bully, his friends, and every other person in grade school and high school.
Like that Hitler guy. Who's he? I don't know. Before my time.
This is real is it
John Kowalski
Banned
What does your faith in america tell you
Literally no kid will give a fuck.
Golden_Pigeon
Banned
On a more serious note: don't do it. Even if it's dumb, he will probably suffer for it. Nobody should have an offensive/laughable name.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
By the time the child is in school, his peers won't even know who Bin Ladin is. Been dead for the better part of a decade now, and the coming generation won't think about him unless they're history buffs.
Get this: I have a friend with a daughter named Isis... and she was born 2 years ago. This is long after ISIS was a thing and my friend should have known better (I wasn't around to say "dude...")
Get this: I have a friend with a daughter named Isis... and she was born 2 years ago. This is long after ISIS was a thing and my friend should have known better (I wasn't around to say "dude...")
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
A little similar. How about Adam Hussein?
Adam_Vania
Banned
i dont think you can consider it non-offensive if when the full name is said allowed it sounds like the name of the most famous terrorist of the 21st century
Unless there's a bigger attack on the US between now and then...
Dude Abides
Banned
The "ben" in Benjamin has the same root as the bin in "bin laden," both meaning "son of".
Honestly I wouldn't do it OP. I couldn't name my child that with that scenario in the back of my mind.
My best friend and his wife struggled to name their son up until he was born, and they were thinking about it probably every day for the duration of the pregnancy.
My best friend and his wife struggled to name their son up until he was born, and they were thinking about it probably every day for the duration of the pregnancy.
krackerjack
Member
If a local bar has to change their name from "Saluté" because people were calling it "Sluts," then Ben Lada is just asking for it. "Ben Lada" is a beautiful name though, but people are dicks.
mariachi507
Member
He's going to learn about Bin Laden in school. The kids will call him Bin Laden.
krackerjack
Member
You guys would be awesome to call him "Cole," though!
"If you like pina Cole-Ladas
and getting caught in the rain..."
"If you like pina Cole-Ladas
and getting caught in the rain..."
Aquavelvaman
Banned
I really don't think that people of your child's generation will know the name "bin laden". How many of today's tweens know who Timothy Mcveigh is?
This. Definitely this!
TetraGenesis
Member
Hahahaha, yeah, it's pretty close. Fuck it, lean into it.
Pyroclastic
Banned
Call him Benito instead of Benjamin, and insist that the former is always said in full. problem solved
Sora the Cat
Member
Would the name "Bin Laden" even be important when your kid grows up? I don't think kids will know who he is, they don't know him now already. (I'm not from the USA tho, so maybe people still talk a lot about him over there)
Aquavelvaman
Banned
Guys I'm thinking of naming my kid Ronald, but our last name is "Trunp". Do you think it will be an issue?
Oh no, no one will know Donald Trump in 20 years. Thats after they were born.