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parents naming their kids after videogame characters
- Thread starter Psykotik
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.Eh, honestly, it's not that silly when you think about the fact that most names that people consider "normal" are from The Bible or some other source. John is a popular name because there was a famous John, but the first John was named that because it means "Jehovah has favored".
Hades Hotgun
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I think you can have some leeway with a middle name, but really, go big or go home.
Kevin The Sword Saint Thunder God Count Cidolfus Orlandeau of the Order of the Southern Sky Johnson
Also, anyone who names their actual human child "Sephiroth" should be investigated by child services.
Kevin The Sword Saint Thunder God Count Cidolfus Orlandeau of the Order of the Southern Sky Johnson
Also, anyone who names their actual human child "Sephiroth" should be investigated by child services.
But what if their first name is Seth, middle name E and surname Roth?
I won't actually be surprised if someone's done that.
So I guess the plan to call my future kids Lucas -Kai and Leila Skye would probably get them teased.
i can live with that
Here in the southern US, Star Wars would be a distant 3rd as reasons to name your kid Luke (behind the Bible and Dukes of Hazzard).
And no I'm not making that up.
Metalingus5150
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I have a friend of a friend who named his son sephiroth. I have a friend who named her daughter Kairi. My niece named her kid danzig.
Darth_Caedus
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I have no problem with naming your kid after a fictional character. It's just like naming them after a celebrity.
Iva Demilcol
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Good thing I am not Japanese =D
I was thinking once he reaches puberty we could change his name to Raichu.
DiipuSurotu
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It would be funny if someone named their daughter Stella Nox before 2013.
Triggerhappytel
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My son is called Joel and was born a few months before The Last of Us was released, but that was a coincidence.
Seth Edward Roth would actually be a cool name and a subtle hint to the game without being cringeworthy. Although I think 'Seth Roth' is a bit brief and lacks a certain something. Unless Seth can be an abbreviation for a longer name?
Seth Edward Roth would actually be a cool name and a subtle hint to the game without being cringeworthy. Although I think 'Seth Roth' is a bit brief and lacks a certain something. Unless Seth can be an abbreviation for a longer name?
It's quite normal with two first names in Norway too, for example Linda Marie or Tor Erik and so on. It's funny how two first names seems to upset so many!
Link_enfant
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At least it's not Nathan Prescott.
The Artisan
Member
i wonder if i had a kid and i named him/her kiryu
It's also very common in Latin Europe. Not sure what the big deal is.
Nathan and Drake are both fine names, because they already existed previously. See also: Max (Max Payne, Sam & Max) or Zelda (I think you know the source)
However, if you name your child fuckin' Mancomb Seepgood or something, the government should intervene and take your child away from you, because you're a fucking monster. "Greetings, amoral 6 year olds! Our child is DIFFERENT! Please stand by while we hand out cutting knives!"
However, if you name your child fuckin' Mancomb Seepgood or something, the government should intervene and take your child away from you, because you're a fucking monster. "Greetings, amoral 6 year olds! Our child is DIFFERENT! Please stand by while we hand out cutting knives!"
DiipuSurotu
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In France having two first names is also possible but they are hyphenated to avoid ambiguities. For example Jean-Marie, Marie-Jeanne, etc.
Killer Queen
Banned
You know Bloodborne, you really were born of blood.
Well, Blood IS a name that exists. And you could spell the other name Bourne.
However, that's not even the name of a video game character, so it's a bit egregious in that sense.
You should try Protagonist From Bloodborne instead. Or maybe Protagonist Von Bloodborne, if you don't want to make it completely overt.
Similarly, I've been thinking about naming my firstborn The Car From Bump 'N Jump.
Zelda is fine, the games popularized it, not created it. That's actually a case with a lot of these names to be honest.
With that said, one of my sons is called Jago, but it's because of it's origins that I chose it (Cornish and Spanish - it's also a VERY old name, 13th century)
I don't tell people that I first discovered it via a game, and people love it.
Joke post? You know that Zack is a nickname for Zachary, a biblical name?
As far as gaming names go, I always liked the Tales series names. They're not terribly common but at the same time pretty 'normal' (with some exceptions, naming a kid Genis is just asking to get him beaten up). Rita, Colette, Lloyd, Raine, Anise, Jude, etc.
Well, there's always a chance people will think she's just named after the penis creature from Shin Megami Tensei, rather than something hugely embarrassing, like the Star Wars Expanded Universe.
Well, in my defense they were already going to name her Mara, but they had another awful middle name in mind. I jokingly suggested Mara Jade would be an improvement and I liked the way it sounded. Next thing I know I know I'm being introduced to my granddaughter Mara Jade.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Don't, they gonna get robbed too much.
It's a fine name, if I'm honest. I just reflexively become openly hostile to anyone who makes me remember the Star Wars Expanded Universe and all its fucking Death Stars and clones and junkies and misery and fucking Boba "Jesus" Fett. Looking back on it now, the one good thing about the Star Wars EU was all the Moffs going around in their Moffship and holding Mofferences.
Dickface McGee?
Copper
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How about Kos? Or some could say Kosm...
Stairouais
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malikhaing_bayag
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This. I'm from the Philippines and I have 2 first names. My middle name came from my mother's maiden surname my last name came from my father. Never really found it weird when I was growing up since a lot of my friends have 2-3 first names.
To contribute to the thread, a friend who loves DotA too much named his child Illidan Cray. My other friends and I am still shaking my head over that decision.
Funfact: Filipinos really do have fun with naming their children with one kid having 40 words in his name:
"Incredible as it may seem, Ratziel, 15, was born Ratziel Timshel Ismail Zerubbabel Zabud Zimry Pike Blavatsky Philo Judaeus Polidorus Isurenus Morya Nylghara Rakoczy Kuthumi Krishnamurti Ashram Jerram Akasha Aum Ultimus Rufinorum Jancsi Janko Diamond Hu Ziv Zane Zeke Wakeman Wye Muo Teletai Chohkmah Nesethrah Mercavah Nigel Seven Morningstar A. San Juan CCCII."
Another kid's name here is Sincerely Yours '98.
Best female character in Star Wars.
Skiptastic
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My wife and I came up with baby names before we were even engaged, but I still don't blame people for naming their kids after video game characters if the name sounds normal. But giving your kid two first names? I don't cotton to that kind of behavior.
That's just awesome, is what that is.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
She is. A girl I used to know from school named her baby Aeris (with an S). People do it. They are out there, and it's terrifying.
Dargor
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Most people will think that its just a feminine form for Ares. Unless she goes around telling everybody that its from a video game character lol.
davidwhangchoi
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anyone named Chris Redfield?
how about Albert Wesker
how about Albert Wesker