Is it funny if someone's name is 'Cinderella'?

I think "Cinderella" would sound odd to most native English speakers. This name pretty much only exists in the fairy tale; it hasn't made it into our standard name set. read more

I agree Cinderella as a name would be a bit strange. Cinderella's real name was Ella, (or Eleanor or Ellen). The"Cinder" part was added by the mean step-sisters to make fun of her as she had to sleep in the kitchen by the fire to keep warm. So she slept among the cinders, or ashes, which made her clothes dirty. read more

Cinderella is not just a name (a name that was chosen by her step-family as another way to humiliate her), but it's a very, very specific animated character. I would worry that any young girl named Cinderella today would always have people she met mentally comparing her to that late-1940's ideal of beauty in cartoon form. read more