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Is this name too similar to Bin Laden?
- Thread starter Alcander
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Yes, it sounds a bit like Bin Laden, but Ben Lada is a solid, good sounding name. Benjamin Lada sounds good too.
To your unborn kid's peers, Bin Laden will be a dude they'll learn about in history books who did something 25 years ago (to them). That's like me learning about the Vietnam War as a kid. Ancient history.
Go for it.
To your unborn kid's peers, Bin Laden will be a dude they'll learn about in history books who did something 25 years ago (to them). That's like me learning about the Vietnam War as a kid. Ancient history.
Go for it.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Obi-Wan Lada
Haha, I've heard that one a lot. Believe me Lada is really easy to pun off of.
This thread is definitely not helping me make a decision, but entertaining. I'm white by the way, to whoever asked if I was brown.
Martinski43
Member
Yes, name him Donald or Keith.
Now there's an idea. Name your kid something like Asmodai or Belial. No one's going to get that confused.
Or Valefar. Kids won't make fun of Valefar.
CountAntonius
Member
Name him Jacob.. Jacob Lada..GET IT!
Bin Laden and Hitler aren't even close in historical significance. When OBL was assassinated I remember seeing people a couple years younger than me asking who he was.
fluffydelusions
Member
My first thought as well.
newdayrocks
Member
It will absolutely be a source of ridicule as he grows up. Don't do it, OP.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Kids can be very cruel with that type of stuff but will they even know Bin Laden's name by the time your kid is in school? I guess it depends on the country, if you're in the US, it might be problematic. It's a tough decision. I have a somewhat weird first name and ended up switching to my middle name in my professional life for various reasons, so I'd advise to make it easy for your kid.
Randolph Freelander
Member
Gracious, our education system sucks.
OK, so if someone names a kid Ben Lada, we just have to rely on kids remaining stupid and poorly educated. Seems like a reasonable bet in America, come to think of it.
Spiritwalker
Member
People are dumb and will absolutely call him Bun Laden. I'd pick a different name.
super-famicom
Member
Name him Thor 2: The Dark World
I have the sneaking suspicion that bin Laden is more forgettable than Hitler.
Yeah, in the US. California
cr0w
Old Member
I actually met a girl named Enchilada once. She was interesting.
Jesus Carbomb
From Water into Guinness
You guys are underestimating the douchiness of grown ass adults. People will snicker
Skellig Gra
Member
Give them the whitest name ever
Like
Barack Obama or something
Please tell me this isn't real.
Like
Barack Obama or something
Please tell me this isn't real.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
As someone with a son who has a 9/11 birthday, do not name him Ben Lada.
If not, then Bin Laden will be his new name in school. Not even by just the people making fun of him. That'll be his new assigned name. That's the way teenagers and high school works.
There's no name you can pick that is bully proof. For instance, if your kid is at all overweight, he will Larda. Kids are jerks.
Just pick something you like.
Indrid Cold1
Member
It does a bit. And your GAF name sounds a bit like al qaeda too.
ColonialHawk
Member
Go for Piña. Piña Cole Lada.
Its gotta a good ring if you ask me.
Maybe dont call him Ben if you are set on the name "Benjamin". Maybe go with Benny or just Benjamin, or Benji. Ben Lada might be fine buuut theres a chance.
Its gotta a good ring if you ask me.
Maybe dont call him Ben if you are set on the name "Benjamin". Maybe go with Benny or just Benjamin, or Benji. Ben Lada might be fine buuut theres a chance.
Al Cander would be a good name for baby too.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Just because no name is bullet-proof doesn't mean all name puns and jokes are equally harmful. I'd rather be the subject of a few dick jokes than be compared to Osama Bin Laden.
This is definitely true, but I've been amazed at how difficult it is to actually land on the same page on any specific name with an SO.
Damon Bennet
Member
Ben Lada Sounds pretty cool. Don't let the terrorists win 
Robdraggoo
Member
If you think there's a chance the kid might come from school crying one day. Then probably don't.
I named my first daughter Mercedes. We picked it becuase because it sounded pretty and it was the first name me and my wife agreed on.
When she was very little she liked it too, we would nickname her mercy or Mercules.
But when she got in school she would get made fun of because she was named after a car. Which she wasn't.
Just remember, he'll have to live with it every day and you don't.
I named my first daughter Mercedes. We picked it becuase because it sounded pretty and it was the first name me and my wife agreed on.
When she was very little she liked it too, we would nickname her mercy or Mercules.
But when she got in school she would get made fun of because she was named after a car. Which she wasn't.
Just remember, he'll have to live with it every day and you don't.
Ben Lada Sounds pretty cool. Don't let the terrorists win
This.
Please don't tell me this is real, please lie to me if it is.
Bonen no Max'd
Banned
oh my god is this real
D
Deleted member 1235
Unconfirmed Member
Don't worry mate isis will do some wild shit by the time he's old enough that everyone will forget who bin laden even was
FallingEdge
Member
might as well name your kid Hitler McHitler Jr.
andythinkpad
Member
No. Just give him a middle name to break up the flow.
Benjamin Green Lada
Benjamin Green Lada
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Benjamin "Tails" Lada