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What do you guys think of this name?
Do you think that the name Dylan is going to become taboo because of Dylann Roof?
Do you think that the name Dylan is going to become taboo because of Dylann Roof?
This message was edited 6/19/2015, 6:37 PM
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Agreeing with what a few others have stated, Dylan is a well established Welsh name that is unlikely to suffer permanently because of Dylann Roof although the spelling Dylann, which is unusual, may fade out entirely. Dylan is the name of a hero in Welsh mythology, and Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas are other famous Dylans, so the name has some more positive associations. In fact, your post made me look up Dylan Thomas reciting his poem "And Death Shall Have No Dominion."
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I doubt it. It's been falling for a couple of years, so there are plenty of Dylans out there to counter the 'infamy' of this one Dylan. Yes, there's also Dylan Kleebold from Columbine, but he 'faded' from people's memories. (Not completely gone, but still there. I didn't think of him until someone else posted about him.) Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas being famous much longer than these two murderers makes it more usable. But again, it was already falling and dated.
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I think the name Dylan was common enough that people aren't going to automatically associate it with him. Especially since he doesn't spell it the default way.
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Dylan is a "ruggedy" name that was trendy and those are two marks against it in my eyes. I don't think the alleged shooter will have an effect.
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I wouldn't worry about Dylann Roof. Most people won't remember his name for long.
Dylan is a good name. It became trendy with my generation I think (early 90s babies) but it's a trend I approve of. I sometimes wonder if baby boomers got it from Bob Dylan at all (which I'd also approve of). I think people lump it in as just a trend because of the y in the middle and the -an ending, but it's a solid name with a lot of history.
I also don't hate it for a girl, oddly.
Dylan is a good name. It became trendy with my generation I think (early 90s babies) but it's a trend I approve of. I sometimes wonder if baby boomers got it from Bob Dylan at all (which I'd also approve of). I think people lump it in as just a trend because of the y in the middle and the -an ending, but it's a solid name with a lot of history.
I also don't hate it for a girl, oddly.
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No, I really don't think so. That spelling, maybe, but it's not like the spelling was any kind of popular anyway; to be honest, it looks like a clumsy attempt to feminize Dylan, and like it should be pronounced Dill-ANNE.
Dylan's okay, but I never fell for it the way a lot of people seem to. It's nice enough.
Dylan's okay, but I never fell for it the way a lot of people seem to. It's nice enough.
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Dylan is boring and I don't think it will become taboo since it's so common.
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Currently I can't get past the very annoying and frankly downright rude 7 year old at the school I'm working at.
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I can't help wondering if he might have been less unbalanced, less, ostensibly, convinced of his own uniqueness and power, less, actually, damaged as much as damaging, if his parents hadn't partially feminised Dylan with that extra N.
But as far as rendering the correctly written name taboo - I rather think more people, rather than fewer, will be weeping along to "Blowin' In The Wind" right now.
That said, Dylan isn't a name I've ever particularly enjoyed, but it's firmly established. Once there was a cricketer in England who thought his chances of selection to the national side would be improved if he had three initials, so he upgraded himself from, I think, Robert Graham LN to Robert Graham Dylan LN. He used to listen obsessively to Dylan recordings. And, for whatever reason, he did get his colours and played well against Australia, so nothing proves anything.
But as far as rendering the correctly written name taboo - I rather think more people, rather than fewer, will be weeping along to "Blowin' In The Wind" right now.
That said, Dylan isn't a name I've ever particularly enjoyed, but it's firmly established. Once there was a cricketer in England who thought his chances of selection to the national side would be improved if he had three initials, so he upgraded himself from, I think, Robert Graham LN to Robert Graham Dylan LN. He used to listen obsessively to Dylan recordings. And, for whatever reason, he did get his colours and played well against Australia, so nothing proves anything.
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the worst part of his name ...
Isn't the goofy spelling. It's the fact his middle name is Storm and his last name is Roof. Storm Roof ...
Is that like a storm dor, only a roof meant to be extra unlikely to blow off in a hurricane?
Isn't the goofy spelling. It's the fact his middle name is Storm and his last name is Roof. Storm Roof ...
Is that like a storm dor, only a roof meant to be extra unlikely to blow off in a hurricane?
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I used to love Dylan and now I hate it.
There are six Dylans at the school that I teach at and they are all horrible except one. It has seriously put me off the name.
There are six Dylans at the school that I teach at and they are all horrible except one. It has seriously put me off the name.
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I've been seeing the male usage of Ariel appear around here... which, in my opinion, is a name that is far more at risk to be associated with another sickening happening in the United States.
This message was edited 6/19/2015, 11:40 PM
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he isn't even the first Dylan ...
To commit an atrocity in the US. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris shot up Columbine High School way back in 1999. They even racked up a higher body count, but that didn't seem to stop many people using the name Dylan, or Eric too, though I guess Eric is a bit less trendy than Dylan.
There's actually fairly few names that have been rendered unusable via bad associations. Adolf is the main one that comes to mind; not like Adolf was ever popular by any stretch here, but it was fairly well-used in Europe. (I did actually meet an American Adolf years ago, a counselor; he was a very nice man and I thought it was a real shame he'd been saddled with that first name, coupled with a rather fierce-sounding Germanic last name.)
I'm told Myra became unusable in the UK because of serial killer Myra Hindley, but the impression I got was that Myra was already pretty uncommon there in the first place; if she'd been named Mary, say, I doubt it would have seen an abrupt decline.
To commit an atrocity in the US. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris shot up Columbine High School way back in 1999. They even racked up a higher body count, but that didn't seem to stop many people using the name Dylan, or Eric too, though I guess Eric is a bit less trendy than Dylan.
There's actually fairly few names that have been rendered unusable via bad associations. Adolf is the main one that comes to mind; not like Adolf was ever popular by any stretch here, but it was fairly well-used in Europe. (I did actually meet an American Adolf years ago, a counselor; he was a very nice man and I thought it was a real shame he'd been saddled with that first name, coupled with a rather fierce-sounding Germanic last name.)
I'm told Myra became unusable in the UK because of serial killer Myra Hindley, but the impression I got was that Myra was already pretty uncommon there in the first place; if she'd been named Mary, say, I doubt it would have seen an abrupt decline.
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