Walking into a store this morning I passed a little girl, 3 years old at the most, and her mom. The girl was named Bella. I found myself wondering if the tyke was named after the "heroine" of Stephane Meyer's Twilight books. Sure, it's possible the kid is named after someone like the late American feminist Bella Abzug, but given her age it's rather more likely she's named after Bella Swan. I would imagine there will be a lot of kids shaking their heads in a couple of decades when they get around to reading about the doormat character they're named after.
But hey, it could be worse. At least is supposed to be the heroine of Twilight. Imagine the kids who might be named Draco, after Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter books. The actor who played him in the movies, Tom Felton, appealed to a lot of the female fans, and the result was what is actually a rather nasty character being quite popular. You can be sure that someone will name their kid after him.
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