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[The Future Mrs B]

After searching through cleaning my room I found some school work from a few years back, in it was the poem Welcome to Holland. I never really thought about using a country as a name but I like the meaning of the poem and have played around with it as a middle name.
However I know that the poem is often sent to parents of special needs kids. Which I think is the first time I ever heard it. I realize it's a middle name and middle names aren't used that often but would most people connect it to the poem and/or special needs children when it is used/heard?

[xxThePumpkinQueenxx]

I love the name Holland
I've always wanted to use Holland as a fn with the nn Hollie.
And I personally have never heard of that poem, so I don't make that connection.
I don't think most people would

[The Future Mrs B]

Thanks for the input.

I like Holland as a middle name for William. I'm not sure on what I'd pair it with for a girl, I've not found a combo that's perfect just yet, I'm kind of just pulling names from other combos that I like. My girls' list is seriously short and lacking names.

Mia Holland (replaced Ashlynn/Aisling with Holland)
Mallory Holland (two names with double 'l's in the middle)
Chelsey Holland
Rylee/Riley Holland
Rebekah Holland (back to back 'h's)

Opinions and suggestions on the above list or anything else?

[Katie-Nana]

I've never heard of the poem, so I'm not sure if it is generally well known.

I think that it is more generally known that Holland is a country and since place names are trending at the moment I think Holland would be identified as a place name over a name in a poem that relates to special needs children.