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[doctorblurg]

At least nobody is naming their kids cacodemon, i hope, though it wouldn't surprise me if there's someone out there with the name pinkie.

Please dont insult my son CyberDemon and his older brother SpiderMastermind

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

I have a friend whose first name is John Warren. Double first names aren't unheard of.

 

[papo]

Depends on the name.

Nathan Drake was pretty stupid though if used as a first name, it would have been perfect as First and Middle since it could have even kept the original meaning behind it. I wonder what that middle name is thought. Nathan Drake Tonts Rubbish?

So if the name is good then it is ok, some of them might be pushing it, but if it goes as far as naming your kid after a Pokemon, item or a Final Fantasy character you have gone too far.

Zelda is good, but it a weird name because it was a fairly popular name in the past, before LoZ, but now it is mostly associated with the game.

 

[djtiesto]

Nothing is wrong with Nathan or Drake, but coming the two is stupid.

I already have enough terrible friends/acquaintances who are legitimately going by shitty names from games, anime, etc. The worst being a girl who is going by Loli now.... Its creepy as fuck. So the idea of having someone name their kids after games comes with a lot of baggage. Even though some of the names aren't bad at all.

Loli and Lolita are actually legit nicknames for Dolores...

We named our son Luke, it was the only name we could agree on, I'm a massive Star Wars fan and my surname is 3 syllables.

As someone named Luke, I'll sympathize in advance for your son hearing the same tired "use the force" or "I am your father" joke for the 200 millionth time.

Spoiler

I also, non-coincidentally, don't like Star Wars

 

[Semajer]

I don't think it's a problem if they're normal, or normal-sounding names. If I ever have a daughter I'd name her Lilina.

I remember a story about a woman who was a big Sonic fan naming her kid Yujinaka Amber.

Yeah, something has gone terribly wrong when this happens:

 

[Piston Hyundai]

nothing wrong with naming kids after video game characters, I got two myself and they love it

little abobo and mechahitler think their names are the coolest

 

[Fjordson]

There's a Japanese guy in my office with two sons named Ryu and Ken. Dead serious.

 

[Whales]

My cousin's girl name is Talia


I alway mess around and call her ''Talia vas Normandy''

I also did think about naming my boy ( whenever I get one) ''Kaidan'' from mass effect. It's a cool name IMO

 

[ANDS]

In this thread Americans pretend that two first names is some unknown beyond the pale thing, while ignoring the images country of origin.

 

[EYEL1NER]

At least nobody is naming their kids cacodemon, i hope

Seeing that made me think of Glen Benton, lead singer of the band Deicide. He didn't name his son Caco-Daemon but he did name his son Daemon, and then wrote a song about him called "Satan Spawn, the Caco-Daemon" for his album Legion.

 

[Bloodporne]

Seeing that made me think of Glen Benton, lead singer of the band Deicide. He didn't name his son Caco-Daemon but he did name his son Daemon, and then wrote a song about him called "Satan Spawn, the Caco-Daemon" for his album Legion.

That song is about his fucking son? Why'd you have to ruin it for me haha...

I just always assumed it was about Doom for Benton to then deny that and say it came to him in a dream just like Dead By Dawn not being about Evil Dead 2.

EDIT: Wait...that's not even possible. Song came out before Doom. The plot thickens!

 

[Spring Drive]

I'm surprised @KazHiraiCEO hasn't posted something about this

 

[Crayon]

Mmmm. I'll stick to naming them after bible characters, I think.

 

[Brokun]

I like how in 2003 there was one guy that was like, "Nah dawg, I'm OG FF7."

And then 3 years later made a post on NeoGAF about how OG he was, and it caught on for the 10 people that read his post.

 

[Bloodporne]

Naming my kid Gravelord Nito, it'll be so heavy.

 

[EYEL1NER]

That song is about his fucking son? Why'd you have to ruin it for me haha...

I just always assumed it was about Doom for Benton to then deny that and say it came to him in a dream just like Dead By Dawn not being about Evil Dead 2.

EDIT: Wait...that's not even possible. Song came out before Doom. The plot thickens!

I can't find anything to back it up right now, or even find Daemon's birthdate to verify that it was before Legion came out, but I know back at my childhood home I have an old issue of either Revolver or Decible or something that contains an interview where he says something along the lines of "And then I wrote "Satan Spawn, the Caco-Daemon" about my son Daemon being born and rising up and destroying God and ending religion."

 

[MattKeil]

Friend of mine named her kid Jypsie Danger. After the giant robot in Pacific Rim.

First name: Ethnic slur. Middle name: Literally "danger."

 

[dc3k]

I named my son Mr Crow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oai4khp7h9w

 

[Bananastand]

How about your wife?

That said I always want to name my first daughter Clementine.. it's such a cute name.

She likes Wario better but I convinced her Waluigi is the way to go.

 

[Bloodporne]

I can't find anything to back it up right now, or even find Daemon's birthdate to verify that it was before Legion came out, but I know back at my childhood home I have an old issue of either Revolver or Decible or something that contains an interview where he says something along the lines of "And then I wrote "Satan Spawn, the Caco-Daemon" about my son Daemon being born and rising up and destroying God and ending religion."

Well, as much as I'm into old Deicide, Benton IS *special* so no surprise there.

 

[mikefrails]

Might give him/her a gaming middle name as a joke.

Jessie "Total Warhammer" Bridges sounds good.

 

[Zera_Bloodwinter]

While I'd love to name my would be future daughter Widowmaker, something tells me that would be bad for her career.

 

[Platinum Mad]

While I'd love to name my would be future daughter Widowmaker, something tells me that would be bad for her career.

And future marital life.

 

[hwateber]

Don't talk to me or my son Sephiroth ever again

 

[Bloodporne]

While I'd love to name my would be future daughter Widowmaker, something tells me that would be bad for her career.

Not sure what it says about me, but I'd probably find it hot if a girl introduced herself to me legit as Widowmaker.

 

[Dash Kappei]

I'll be dooming my future family by naming my daughter Ellie and changing our family name to The Last Of Us.

So we can really be it.

I'm going for
Wiireally R. Thelastovass

 

[Salty Rice]

I have a friend whose first name is John Warren. Double first names aren't unheard of.

True but double names still sound weird and kinda stupid.

 

[PSqueak]

So the other day, Im at work, and I hear a dad call his kid "Teemo".

So thats a thing.

That might be just a nickname if both of them are into LoL.

 

[Aske]

That song is about his fucking son? Why'd you have to ruin it for me haha...

I just always assumed it was about Doom for Benton to then deny that and say it came to him in a dream just like Dead By Dawn not being about Evil Dead 2.

EDIT: Wait...that's not even possible. Song came out before Doom. The plot thickens!

A cacodemon is an actual thing: it comes from the ancient Greek words for "evil spirit". Neither Doom nor Deicide created the word, although obviously Doom popularized it. Cool to know that the id guys might have been inspired by the Deicide song.

And no way in blue hell was Dead By Dawn not inspired by Evil Dead. The lyrics feature too many specifics from the movies. While the Necronomicon isn't exclusive to Evil Dead, it's a pretty huge coincidence to drop it into a song called Dead By Dawn, and even ignoring that, the castle of Cantar is a direct reference to the place the professor found the book in the movies. The rest of the song might have been dreamt up by Benton, but he clearly dreamt it after falling asleep in a pile of beer cans and Cheeto dust in front of Evil Dead.

 

[Steeped in a Sea of Games]

Some people just have no mercy on their kids. My sister works in a maternity ward and sees some of these crazy names all the time. Recently she met a family who named their newborn Gunsen.

Gunsen Roses. That's his first and middle name. Why.

 

[Cth]

I'll admit, if I had a boy, I'd name him Shaun just so I could do this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFhyZG-l5qY
(Press X To Shaun)

Some people just have no mercy on their kids. My sister works in a maternity ward and sees some of these crazy names all the time. Recently she met a family who named their newborn Gunsen.

Gunsen Roses. That's his first and middle name. Why.

I know the feeling.. my wife's step-sister named her's Remington Gauge.. and yes, they had a shogun wedding.

 

[Bloodporne]

And no way in blue hell was Dead By Dawn not inspired by Evil Dead. The lyrics feature too many specifics from the movies. While the Necronomicon isn't exclusive to Evil Dead, it's a pretty huge coincidence to drop it into a song called Dead By Dawn, and even ignoring that, the castle of Cantar is a direct reference to the place the professor found the book in the movies. The rest of the song might have been dreamt up by Benton, but he clearly dreamt it after falling asleep in a pile of beer cans and Cheeto dust in front of Evil Dead.

He literally namedrops numerous names from the movie like you said, it's absurd. Then again, he's from Florida, anything can happen.

EDIT: Let me also put out there that the fact at least two others in this thread know detailed Deicide tidbits is pretty cool.

 

[Doop]

I'm going to be naming my future kid Icon of Sin, and there's nothing you can do to stop me.

 

[EYEL1NER]

True but double names still sound weird and kinda stupid.

I know. Why can't these other cultures and people around the planet just get with the program and do things the 'normal' way?!

 

[tintin1029]

While this isn't video games.

If I ever have a boy, his name is gonna be Simon (Gurren Lagann).

And a girl would be either Amelia or Eileen (Bloodborne).

 

[Rizific]

In this thread Americans pretend that two first names is some unknown beyond the pale thing, while ignoring the images country of origin.

is this not a thing in the US? im Filipino and it wasnt until i met my wife (who is also Filipino/chinese) that I noticed that her and all 6 of her siblings had two first names. i think the whole two first names thing is useless bullshit. growing up, knowing a persons 2nd first name usually meant that you two were pretty close friends. but fucking NO ONE EVER was called by their second first name. so whats the point? so you can run out of space when filling out legal documents? so stupid.

 

[Eusis]

I saw the headline and thought how something like Nathan after Nathan Drake can be nice and normal while paying homage to a game.

So how did they fuck THAT up anyway?

 

[lupinko]

Malolos sounds like a place Nathan would slaughter and pillage. Approved.

Sully used to have adventures in the Philippines and he does wear a barong from time to time.

 

[Schlorgan]

I would name my son Wrex with no regrets.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

All names are made up, some are just older than others.

This is fine.

 

[mStudios]

My best friend's kid is named Zack.

Yeah the black haired guy from Final Fantasy.

 

[Synless]

My sons name is Caius. Everyone loves the name.

 

[Meowtor]

Theres a lady in Boston who named her kid Sephiroth. No idea what happened to them but she used to throw 'baby sephy' parties for him.

 

[UnwrittenZero]

Not game related but my sis has some friends that named their son Corbin Dallas, and another set that named their girl Lelu Dallas.

 

[xxracerxx]

Not game related but my sis has some friends that named their son Corbin Dallas, and another set that named their girl Lelu Dallas.

Lordy.

 

[Rapscallion]

I actually wrote about this trend a few years back.

It's not surprising. Video games are becoming embedded into our culture in such a way that people feel they have special connections to specific games and characters. I just hope it doesn't lead to poor children having names that will haunt them for their entire lives.

"BUBSY, STOP PULLING YOUR SISTER'S HAIR!"

 

[Voost Kain]

Have to question if you should be a parent if you do that. Influence yes, name after????? Ehhhh

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

My fiancee and I agreed a while back that one of our daughters is going to be named Leliana, which I got from Dragon Age. We aren't naming her after the character, but borrowing the name.

 

[ArchersOfAgincourt]

A few folks have mentioned it, but Filipinos have very different naming conventions than other cultures. Most folks have multiple first names. Me and all my brothers have two, so "Nathan Drake" really isn't that crazy for a Filipino. On top of that, Filipinos *love* nicknames: I've got an Uncle Dong Dong, an Aunt Ping Ping, and a cousin Jan Jan (pronounced "Jon Jon").

The history behind it all is pretty interesting, but I think the main takeaway is that Filipinos kinda just have fun with names. That's kinda what happens when Spanish colonists forced their subjects to adopt their naming systems and literally pick whatever name they wanted so they could be taxed easier.

 

[TrueBlue]

I've always considered naming a daughter Zelda. I think it goes well with my surname.

That's as far as it'd go though, plus my SO would have to agree.