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Woman says husband wants to name daughter after name tied to painful past

Original: There’s One Name in This World That Takes Me to a Dark Place. My Husband Wants to Use It for Our Daughter.

A woman writing to Slate's advice column says there is one name she cannot bear because of a dark association in her past, and her husband is pushing to use exactly that name for their unborn daughter. Readers are weighing in on whether a partner's attachment to a name can outweigh the other parent's emotional distress.

Why now: Baby-name disputes rooted in personal trauma spark strong debate among parents and advice-column readers.

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