Strange request...maybe not? Help me make hubby happy...

Hiya all! I hope this request does not sound too strange. My husband is a huge video gamer and we are prego (well I am) and he wants to name her after a video game character.

I was hoping that I could get some help from gamers on some name-worthy characters that we might have missed. I know there's a lot out there but it's hard to pick them off the top of your head and these names aren't exactly listed in baby name books. Please help! Many thanks in advance for all who respond! :)

The thing with character names is that they're either really offbeat or very common. The offbeat ones I'd think twice about before stamping my child with, and the common ones won't stick out at all.

If your husband is a gamer, he probably already has a few female characters he likes. I'd recommend picking a name from there, it'll have more meaning.

However, here are a few common names: Lara (Croft), Joanna (Perfect Dark), Jill, Claire (Resident Evil), Jade (Beyond Food and Evil),

...and some off ones: Samus (Metroid), any from Final Fantasy 8 (Selphie is a cute name that may work in real life), Rayne (Bloodrayne, cool name), Zelda, Saria (Zelda), Alyx (Half-Life), Kaileena (Prince of Persia)

The thing with character names is that they're either really offbeat or very common. The offbeat ones I'd think twice about before stamping my child with, and the common ones won't stick out at all.

If your husband is a gamer, he probably already has a few female characters he likes. I'd recommend picking a name from there, it'll have more meaning.

However, here are a few common names: Lara (Croft), Joanna (Perfect Dark), Jill, Claire (Resident Evil), Jade (Beyond Food and Evil),

...and some off ones: Samus (Metroid), any from Final Fantasy 8 (Selphie is a cute name that may work in real life), Rayne (Bloodrayne, cool name), Zelda, Saria (Zelda), Alyx (Half-Life), Kaileena (Prince of Persia)

Grieverr

Aww. You're disagreeing with me on "Alyx." Spelling aside, I've seen plenty of women with the name.

If it were me I'd want the name to sound somewhat normal to avoid the child getting picked on or having a name he/she hates the rest of their life. I like Kairi from Kingdom Hearts. It's a normal sounding name with a pretty twist. I'll add two more from WoW -- Tyrande and Jaina although Tyrande's a bit much.

I think Kratos would be a good name.

If I were to name my daughter after a game character, it would be either April (The Longest Journey) or Zoe (Dreamfall) - not only are they lovely names, but they're also the best characters in gaming, period.

Go play Halfife 2 and Episodes 1 and 2.

After that, you will want to name your kid Alyx (if its a girl). Totally respectable name. Plus my roommates name was Alyx and she was a sweetheart, thats two for two for Alyx being a respectable name.

Of course, if I had a kid I would name it JC Denton or Engineer since ive been playing the crap out of TF2 and Deus Ex lately.

Congrats btw! When is he/she/it(?) due?mrbojangles25

Thanks! Due on July 21st. We have a way to go but the whole naming process is so, I don't know, important yet exhausting that a thought an early start would be best.

The thing with character names is that they're either really offbeat or very common. The offbeat ones I'd think twice about before stamping my child with, and the common ones won't stick out at all.

If your husband is a gamer, he probably already has a few female characters he likes. I'd recommend picking a name from there, it'll have more meaning.

However, here are a few common names: Lara (Croft), Joanna (Perfect Dark), Jill, Claire (Resident Evil), Jade (Beyond Food and Evil),

...and some off ones: Samus (Metroid), any from Final Fantasy 8 (Selphie is a cute name that may work in real life), Rayne (Bloodrayne, cool name), Zelda, Saria (Zelda), Alyx (Half-Life), Kaileena (Prince of Persia)

Grieverr

He had a few picked out: Terra (Final Fantasy VI), Rinoa (Final Fantasy VIII), Kairi (Kingdom Hearts), Ayane (Dead or Alive?). But he's played so many and remembering them all would be impossible. We were hoping some of you could come up with ones he was forgetting. I like Claire, Jade, Alyx, and Kaileena. Thanks for your input!

[QUOTE="Grieverr"]

The thing with character names is that they're either really offbeat or very common. The offbeat ones I'd think twice about before stamping my child with, and the common ones won't stick out at all.

If your husband is a gamer, he probably already has a few female characters he likes. I'd recommend picking a name from there, it'll have more meaning.

However, here are a few common names: Lara (Croft), Joanna (Perfect Dark), Jill, Claire (Resident Evil), Jade (Beyond Food and Evil),

...and some off ones: Samus (Metroid), any from Final Fantasy 8 (Selphie is a cute name that may work in real life), Rayne (Bloodrayne, cool name), Zelda, Saria (Zelda), Alyx (Half-Life), Kaileena (Prince of Persia)

angiembfl

He had a few picked out: Terra (Final Fantasy VI), Rinoa (Final Fantasy VIII), Kairi (Kingdom Hearts), Ayane (Dead or Alive?). But he's played so many and remembering them all would be impossible. We were hoping some of you could come up with ones he was forgetting. I like Claire, Jade, Alyx, and Kaileena. Thanks for your input!

ya, I like those last four too. Those other ones are, idunno, a bit too flamboyant and obvious. You should have a name thats middle of the road: something from a game, but its also not so blatantly obvious that it makes your kid a bit of a standout. Let their personality make them unique, not their name. Just my opinion.

Your husband is a huge gamer you say? So he should know most good games right? Do you have a list you formulated yourself? People could fill in missing gaps and have other suggestions that way.SemiMaster

Here are ones we were able to think of thus far:

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider series
Samus Aran, Metroid series
Princess Zelda, The Legend of Zelda series
Princess Daphne, Dragon's Lair
Alyx Vance, Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2 Episodes
Joanna Dark, Perfect Dark and Perfect Dark Zero
Rayne, BloodRayne 1 and 2
Meryl Silverburgh, Metal Gear Solid series
EVA, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
April Ryan, The Longest Journey and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Zoe Castillo, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Jade, Beyond Good and Evil
Kate Walker, Syberia 1 and 2
Jill Valentine, Resident Evil series
Claire Redfield, Resident Evil series
Ada Wong, Resident Evil series
Cate Archer, No One Lives Forever 1 and 2
Sarah Kerrigan, StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War
Victoria, Tribes: Vengeance
Julia, Tribes: Vengeance
Farah, The Prince of Persia series
Kaileena, The Prince of Persia series
Carla Valenti, Indigo Prophecy (a.k.a. Fahrenheit)
Aerith Gainsborough, Final Fantasy
Tifa Lockhart, Final Fantasy series
Rikku, Final Fantasy series
Yuna, Final Fantasy series
Paine, Final Fantasy X-2
Alexandra Roivas, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Jennifer Tate, Primal
Alice, American McGee's Alice
Mona Sax, Max Payne 1 and 2
Cortana, Halo series
Kitana, Mortal Kombat series
Nina Williams, Tekken series and Death By Degrees
Ivy, Soul Calibur series
Sophitia, Soul Calibur series
Taki, Soul Calibur series
Kasumi, DOA: Dead or Alive series
Tina Armstrong, DOA: Dead or Alive series
Annah, Planescape: Torment
Viktoria, Thief series
Elexis Sinclaire, SiN series
Rynn, Drakan 1 and 2
Grace Nakimura, Gabriel Knight trilogy
Jaheira, Baldur's Gate series

You own girl :o! Naming ur baby after a videogame character!

Well Farah means happiness in Arabic. I'd go with Farah...

[QUOTE="SemiMaster"]Your husband is a huge gamer you say? So he should know most good games right? Do you have a list you formulated yourself? People could fill in missing gaps and have other suggestions that way.angiembfl

Here are ones we were able to think of thus far:

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider series
Samus Aran, Metroid series
Princess Zelda, The Legend of Zelda series
Princess Daphne, Dragon's Lair
Alyx Vance, Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2 Episodes
Joanna Dark, Perfect Dark and Perfect Dark Zero
Rayne, BloodRayne 1 and 2
Meryl Silverburgh, Metal Gear Solid series
EVA, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
April Ryan, The Longest Journey and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Zoe Castillo, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Jade, Beyond Good and Evil
Kate Walker, Syberia 1 and 2
Jill Valentine, Resident Evil series
Claire Redfield, Resident Evil series
Ada Wong, Resident Evil series
Cate Archer, No One Lives Forever 1 and 2
Sarah Kerrigan, StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War
Victoria, Tribes: Vengeance
Julia, Tribes: Vengeance
Farah, The Prince of Persia series
Kaileena, The Prince of Persia series
Carla Valenti, Indigo Prophecy (a.k.a. Fahrenheit)
Aerith Gainsborough, Final Fantasy
Tifa Lockhart, Final Fantasy series
Rikku, Final Fantasy series
Yuna, Final Fantasy series
Paine, Final Fantasy X-2
Alexandra Roivas, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Jennifer Tate, Primal
Alice, American McGee's Alice
Mona Sax, Max Payne 1 and 2
Cortana, Halo series
Kitana, Mortal Kombat series
Nina Williams, Tekken series and Death By Degrees
Ivy, Soul Calibur series
Sophitia, Soul Calibur series
Taki, Soul Calibur series
Kasumi, DOA: Dead or Alive series
Tina Armstrong, DOA: Dead or Alive series
Annah, Planescape: Torment
Viktoria, Thief series
Elexis Sinclaire, SiN series
Rynn, Drakan 1 and 2
Grace Nakimura, Gabriel Knight trilogy
Jaheira, Baldur's Gate series

those are my personaly favorites underlined. Sorry, but some are just silly. You really considered naming your daughter Paine or Jaheira?

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those are my personaly favorites underlined. Sorry, but some are just silly. You really considered naming your daughter Paine or Jaheira?

mrbojangles25

LOL! No, they're just ones we thought of. Trying to have fun with it. :)

Please, somebody has to think of the child here! Just don't do it! Put your foot down and say NO! Nobody wants to have a name from some lame video game. You might think it is wonderful and cute now, but wait until she has to apply for a job or something! Seriously, and if the kids at school ever figure out what she is named after, expect her to be made fun of for a very, very long time. All you are doing is making her life worse so that the father can think about how much that name pwns or something.

Then again, it is your kid and nobody will stop you from naming her whatever you want. Just please, if you are actually going to do it, make it a name that won't be instantly recognized as being from a video game. Then at least he gets his way and she isn't saddled with a name from a video game she probably won't even like.

Please, somebody has to think of the child here! Just don't do it! Put your foot down and say NO! Nobody wants to have a name from some lame video game. You might think it is wonderful and cute now, but wait until she has to apply for a job or something! Seriously, and if the kids at school ever figure out what she is named after, expect her to be made fun of for a very, very long time. All you are doing is making her life worse so that the father can think about how much that name pwns or something.

Then again, it is your kid and nobody will stop you from naming her whatever you want. Just please, if you are actually going to do it, make it a name that won't be instantly recognized as being from a video game. Then at least he gets his way and she isn't saddled with a name from a video game she probably won't even like.

AtomicTangerine

First off, kids will be kids and sooner or later all of them will be teased about something. With that being said, I don't plan on naming her something completely out there and I'm sure my husband wouldn't really want that either. We would like to find something middle of the road. I am definitely keeping my child in mind. But any suggestions are welcome. An odd name could be changed into the form of a pretty normal name. For example, Alyx could be a nickname for Alexandra or Elexis could be nicknamed Lexi. Anyway, thanks for your opinion.

Katamari. i know its not a character, but still interesting. i doubt anyone would actually name their child this but i figured id toss it out.OneWingedAngeI

That kid would spend the day rolling in his/her cradle, collecting pillows and milk bottles to increase his/her size. :P