Would You Consider Naming A Child After A Video Game Character?

If I liked the name enough and it had a deeper feeling to it, I may consider it. But it wouldn't be "Dovakiin".GazaAli

[QUOTE="BranKetra"]Don't be jealous. You know you want to be named Dovakhin.airshocker

I would cry if my parents ever named me from a video game.

My Girlfriend said there was no way in hell she'd let me name our son Cloud(but with a K)...We decided on Karter.

Really only unless the name has any real basis in this world.

and the only name that comes to mind is "Tali" which is used by Jews and Arabs. Though an extremely rare name, that's where the name comes from. Or perhaps "Altair", again an extremely rare used name in the Arab world.

I would never name my kid say... Kratos, Sheik, or Lightning.

For the record. My sister is named after a dinosaur...

I was a toddler at the time and my folks couldn't decide what name to pick. I said "how about Triceratops?", and according to my folks i was talking about Sarah the Triceratops from Land Before Time movie.

and given that you hear "Sarah" in Tri-Cera-Tops. wala, that's how my little sister's name came to be.

Really only unless the name has any real basis in this world.

and the only name that comes to mind is "Tali" which is used by Jews and Arabs. Though an extremely rare name, that's where the name comes from. Or perhaps "Altair", again an extremely rare used name in the Arab world.

I would never name my kid say... Kratos, Sheik, or Lightning.

SaudiFury

[QUOTE="SaudiFury"]

Really only unless the name has any real basis in this world.

and the only name that comes to mind is "Tali" which is used by Jews and Arabs. Though an extremely rare name, that's where the name comes from. Or perhaps "Altair", again an extremely rare used name in the Arab world.

I would never name my kid say... Kratos, Sheik, or Lightning.

Allicrombie

no man, dont play with your kids life like that. Just like those parents who named their kid Dovakilhn to get some free goodies from bethesda....think of what kids at school would say if they found out?

BossPerson

I'll name my kid Issac :D Deticated to Dead Space :D

I am going to name my child link for the lulz

Really only unless the name has any real basis in this world.

and the only name that comes to mind is "Tali" which is used by Jews and Arabs. Though an extremely rare name, that's where the name comes from. Or perhaps "Altair", again an extremely rare used name in the Arab world.

I would never name my kid say... Kratos, Sheik, or Lightning.

For the record. My sister is named after a dinosaur...

I was a toddler at the time and my folks couldn't decide what name to pick. I said "how about Triceratops?", and according to my folks i was talking about Sarah the Triceratops from Land Before Time movie.

and given that you hear "Sarah" in Tri-Cera-Tops. wala, that's how my little sister's name came to be.

SaudiFury

I'd be open to it, but I wouldn't name my kid something weird.

Well, Zelda was a name before the video game- you guys know that, right?

Kratos, Sephiroth, Nariko.. I think I'll go with Matt or Robert.

i wouldn't be against naming a girl Lyndis or a guy Marth, Sothe, or Cloud

I'd consider giving them a middle name.

Like William Visari Smith or whatever.

^This is one of the reasons I'd be an awful mother btw.

Maybe if the kid was conceived whilst playing the video game...spazzx625

[QUOTE="spazzx625"]Maybe if the kid was conceived whilst playing the video game...IcyToasters

It's bad enough the kid'll have the stigma of being related to me, no need to add to his suffering.

Sure, sometimes I think I might call my kid Samus Aran (if its a girl), or Solid Snake.

No, I don't think I would even consider naming my child after a computer game character. Even if it was a fairly normal-sounding name like Jade or Chris, my reason for picking any of those would not be because of a computer game.

Well I do like the name Yuna...but I don't know. It would be weird to name a child after a game character.

sure i'm going to name my first born boy,

Morgan Freeman "insert last name"

[QUOTE="Euaggelistes"]

In discussing possible names for children I mentioned the name of a video game character to my wife. She is a gamer too and thought the name would be great. I am relatively sure that the rest of our families would think the origin of the name would rule it out altogether. I was wondering what the general consensus among other gamers would be though. Do you think that video games could serve as an area of inspiration for selecting the name of a child or do you think that it is just a hobby and should be left at that? Would you consider naming a child after a video game character? If so, why, and if not, why not?

Planet_Pluto

EDIT: While our two month old is named after yours truly, because of some of the cooing sounds he makes, one of his nicknames at the moment is Yoshi. (Thus the little Yoshi plush toy that will be in his stocking this year).

I've always liked the name Colette for a girl, and I first became most familiar with that name wile playing Tales of Symphonia, so no, I'm not totally against naming kids after video game characters, just nothing to obvious.

BATTOSAI76

Yes, I would name my kid Ramirez.

Name my daughter Chun Li. :P

Name my son Akuma :lol: