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Paige Freshwater & Matthew Fulton

Mum worried child will be ridiculed for being named after Star Wars character

May the 4th, also known as Star Wars Day, has one father so excited he wants to name his baby after a popular character from the infamous film franchise. The expectant mother of the child, however, is not so enamoured with the name her husband wants.

A woman took to popular forum Reddit to discuss the "conundrum" with her partner as he wants to honour their incoming child with the name of a character from the global phenomenon after they already named their eldest son after a Lord of the Rings character, reports the Mirror.

But the idea of naming the newborn after the movies' most famous villain, Darth Vader, is not resonating with the mother. That is, of course, if the baby is born a boy as she revealed they have a potential name for a girl is already locked in.

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