Would you name your kid after a video game character?

[Gudrests]

yup i'd him squirtle

how could you punish that kid?....you would have to name there brother or sister magikarp...and beat tat kid...im kidding beating children is wrong...hitting them is diffrent

 

[bob-2000]

hell yes, in fact that'd be my first choice.

 

[shinigamisparda]

Sure, as long as it's not too weird. I mean no one would bat an eye at my kid if named him Jack after Bioshock's protagonist. Lloyd might get a "huh" or two, but no one would suspect that I named him after Lloyd Irving of Tales of Symphonia.

 

[Tehlanna TPX]

Yes, and I did. So what? It's not like it's some kind of outlandish name (Pilot Inspektor anyone?). Really kind of sad the number of people who giggle about the mere thought of it. Do you really want to see an endless row of Jennifers, Davids and Brians in the world? Boring!

 

[CRoone]

I might consider it, but only if it was a reasonably realistic-sounding name. Alyx or Raine? Yes. Zelos or Eliwood? Maybe. Praxis or Morrigan? Heck no (though they still sound cool).

 

[ABLb0y]

Ethan if its a boy (Ethan Mars) and Lillith if its a girl (Lillith from Borderlands)

 

[Pharaoh66]

is it bad i am probably the only one who would name my kid Optamis prime?

 

[drbarno]

If I did this I would have to abandon my plan on calling my first-born Chekhov in hopes that it would become important to him in later life.

would that be Anton Chekov, the acclaimed russian short-story writer, or Pavel Chekov, the weapons officer from Star Trek: The Origional Series?

Both are awesome namesakes!

Anton Chekhov. I'm not much of a star trek fan.

 

[dudeman0001]

Roxas is a cool name. I'm not saying yes, i'm not saying no, I'm just Saiyan, I really like the name Roxas.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

Yes, but only something subtle like one of the Spartans from the Halo books. John for a boy, Linda or Kelly for a girl.

 

[thylasos]

No.

I was going to say that I might give a child a name which was coincidentally that of a character of a game, but it's not the same thing.

No, I wouldn't.

 

[ChocoFace]

i wish i could name my son The Matrix.
And then possibly watch his miserable life from an objective stand-point. FOR SCIENCE!

 

[Mirrored Jigsaw]

Middle name only. Even a normal name like Jack. If it's intended as a reference, it belongs in the middle name only.

 

[Rathands]

Raziel. Or if Im feeling especially mean gazing down at my plum red newborn: Melchiah. Dunno for a girl, if I went for Maria from Castlevania, people would think it was a normal name but I'd know the real reason behind...wait a minute...WESKER. Don't care about gender just, WESKER.

'Seven minutes. Seven minutes is all I can spare to play with you'.

I didn't even want kids but now I MUST!

 

[elilupe]

I would as long as its not a wedgie-inducing name like Cloud

 

[Megawizard]

Hello all,

I already have three names picked out, if a girl: Revan, if a boy Carth or Morgan

The only problem with naming a girl 'Revan' will make people that have never played KotoR think you misspelled 'Raven' on the birth certificate.

 

[TimeLord]

Hell yes!

My first born son is going to have either his first name or middle name as Dante!

FOR SCIENCE!

"You monster"

 

[GrimTuesday]

Maybe but as far as I'm concerned I would rather get it out of my baby names book, which is the appendix of A Feast for Crows (because it is the most complete listing of characters as of now). Don't look at me like that, George RR Martian created some very cool names.

 

[Darktau]

Only if the character actually had a realistic name. I wouldn't want to burden my child by naming him something stupid for my own amusement.

What he said.

Yeah waluigi is a silly name, now Wario, much more sensible!

In all seriousness, game influences are good, but within the realms of sensibility is nice

 

[Edavies696]

arhhh yes...little master chief playing in the sand pit