Is it to selfish.....to name your childs....

Question

I met twin girls once named Mary-Kate and Ashley(not the olsens though), and I was wondering if it is to selfish for the mom to have named her kids after the olsens for her own liking?

Answer 1

No I would never give twins those names. I would not want them to grow up with a name  attached to someone else's identity.

I'm wondering if the mother is regretting it now.

Answer 2

Well, those names are very cute, but i would never name my kids mary kate and ashley, just because i dont want people thinking it was because of the olsens.  I dont think its selfish, just a little bit odd....

Answer 3

It strikes me as bizarre or unoriginal rather than selfish, but it might be unfair to assume that they were named after the Olsen twins.

Answer 4

no i would never name them that. i don't even like the names.

Answer 5

YES! How stupid..thats like people whos last name is Jackson that name their son Michael. DONT ever name your kid after a celeb...years down the road when they get accused of doing things to  children or taking drugs and being anorexic, youll regret it. Plus its super annoying and immature.

Answer 6

I wouldn't call it selfish, but rather an invitation for those kids to be compared to the Olsen twins all their lives, not sure they would like that...but not selfish,,unless that is your intent

Answer 7

no.cause i think mary kate and ashley is a good name..

as long the name wouldn't be bad...

Answer 8

I would never name my twins that. It is stupid.

I also hate it when parents name their twins rhyming names.  

Answer 9

I think it just means that she didn't have any imagination to choose original names for the twins - it probably seemed cute at the time she did it, but when those girls grow up they are going to get some flack for it

Answer 10

mam, it is not selfish for you to name your children anything you like! And if it so happens to sound like the Olsens, so be it! Name your children mam, whatever! Whatever you name them mam, will be right because they belong to you!

Answer 11

selfish no...

but

I would not knowingly do that.

However,

Some people are named before a person becomes famous and shares that name, so is it possible that the twins you met are older than the olsen twins??? haha!  

I can't imagine looking at my girls named this because I would allllwwwaaayyyyys  see two freakishly skinny celebrities. or the quote phrase "you got it dude" from Full House. They are quite rich though and good businesswomen who marketed their names well....it is everywhere...on tv, movies, clothes.

ON another note....

I may name like 2 goldfish that or something....cheesiness works when naming fish :)

Answer 12

I don't think it is selfish but it's kind of creepy and I don't think they little girls would like it so much! But to each is own and no I wouldn't name my twins that sorry

Answer 13

I don't think its selfish. They are cute names and she liked them.  

Answer 14

I don't think it's selfish. I just think it's odd. If it's selfish to name your kid what you want, then all parents are selfish.

Answer 15

I think it's a little bit weird....I don't know if I would call it selfish but its definitely strange.

no.

Answer 16

Its got nothing to do with being selfish. Clearly their mother was stupid.

Answer 17

No she has a right to do as she pleases. By the time her kids are in high school the olsen twins will be old news.  

Answer 18

Well it depends. If the mom wanted them named after the famous twins, or if she really liked how the name is. You see marky-kate and ashley is very smooth, and its not fair that the only set of twins in this world that are named mary-kate and ashley should be the olsen twins. this name doesn't belong to them, and if they expect people not to name their children by these names, than they are selfish. Many people in this world are named Mary-kate and many named ashley, nothing wrong with an infamous pair set of twins named after the olsen twins. maybe their mother admires them alot. all i can tell u is hat it is more selifish to say that someone is selfish to name their kids after them. its  better than naming ur kid star bucks. both of them.if she likes the name, its fine. and its perfectly normal. because they are realistic names. by law mary-kate and ashley is for anyone too chose, and those two names are highly popular anyways. what difference would it make, everyone will know anyways that they arnt the olsen twins.  

Answer 19

No. A bit lazy perhaps, but it's not selfish. People can find name inspiration from anywhere. They're both cute names. It probably would have been nicer if she thought up some nice twin names of her own, but if she loves them it's perfectly fine to use them. Names can be used by anybody. :-)