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No offense taken. I also hear the Lucius from Gladiator and Batman's tech guy as well as Lucius Malfoy but someone I play 40k with brought up Lucius the Eternal (the sword guy right?)

I quite like the name Loken for a son it's kinda like a variation of Logan.

 Grimgob wrote:
No offense taken. I also hear the Lucius from Gladiator and Batman's tech guy as well as Lucius Malfoy but someone I play 40k with brought up Lucius the Eternal (the sword guy right?)

That is correct.

Also, Lucius Malfoy wears a cape and carries a cane so he qualifies as a bona fide pimp.

No one would mess with a kid named "Arjac Rockfist (last name)"..... but just in case, teach him how to fight and accept every challenge issued to him...

Arjackoff Cockfist.

That settles that, then.

 Monster Rain wrote:

 Grimgob wrote:
No offense taken. I also hear the Lucius from Gladiator and Batman's tech guy as well as Lucius Malfoy but someone I play 40k with brought up Lucius the Eternal (the sword guy right?)

That is correct.

Also, Lucius Malfoy wears a cape and carries a cane so he qualifies as a bona fide pimp.

Funny, I wanted to name his middle name Danger but the wife vetoed it. Lucius Danger totaly sounds like a pimps name.

I actually had the idea of naming my son (if i will ever have one) after the Luna Wolves.
just more Icelandi-fied, like Úlfur Máni.

Ok, So okay names
1:Amberly
2:Logan
3: Kayvaan
Questionable
1: Horus
2:Sanguinis.
3: Ciaphas
Definitly No
1:Ferrus Manus.
2: The emporer of mankind
3: Mortarion.

Ugh, 40K has the worst names. You'd think after 38000 years they would be more than just derivations of 20th century names, or really hammer on the head latin-esque names.

I'd say the worst thing about naming a kid after one would be the lack of creativity.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Ferrus Manus.

I don't think anyone is really seriously considering Ferrus Manus as a potential name, any more than Sanguinius.

You could always go with Perturabo and Roboute and then you can argue for days on the proper way to pronounce them!

If you give a child a wierd name they will definatly have the gak bullied out of them, I'd say, as a rule don't name kids something to out-there, that said ciaphas (sp?) is a pretty cool name, probably won't look great on a name badge tho

Possible names to consider calling a child (if you don't like them)

CREEEED
The Swarmlord
St.Celestine
Marbo
Angrath the unbound
Abaddon the despoiler
Fuegan - The Burning Lance
CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSUALT TRANSPORT
Space Pope
Trazyn the Infinate
Shas O'Riley...
The Night Haunter

Weirdly, I quite like the name Kharn. But the downside is
the kids would take the .... out of him at school with start trek references - KHAAAAAN!

On the other hand, I could shout for them to do stuff with star trek references... - KHAAAARN!

Personally, I think mine (when/if) will have normal names. They'll get enough grief off my surname as it is.

And thinking about it, you could probably get away with calling them Maugan. People would just think you couldn't spell Morgan.

Celestine's an actual name! Albeit it's a male name, notable for there being five Popes and an Antipope under the name and a bunch of Catholic officials, a politician or two and a cricketer from Bermuda.

The real down side to naming your potential daughter (not really a lad's name in this day and age) Celestine is the confluence with the character Princess Celestia from the My Little Pony TV show. Which depending on your point of view might make "Kharne the Betrayer" look slightly better eh?

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Celestine's an actual name! Albeit it's a male name, notable for there being five Popes and an Antipope under the name and a bunch of Catholic officials, a politician or two and a cricketer from Bermuda.

The real down side to naming your potential daughter (not really a lad's name in this day and age) Celestine is the confluence with the character Princess Celestia from the My Little Pony TV show. Which depending on your point of view might make "Kharne the Betrayer" look slightly better eh?

I know it's an actual name, but calling your kid Saint Celestine as an all in one first name? they wouldn't get too abused by other kids would they...

Can you imagine the register at school?

Dave? Here
Steve? Here
Tom? Here
St Celestine?

Saint is a title, not part of her name.

 Matt.Kingsley wrote:
Saint is a title, not part of her name.

Yes I know, but I meant just literally naming the kid, Saint Celestine as a first name.

For eg

Mr.SaintCelestine.Smith.

Read this today....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21229475

A 15-year-old Icelandic girl has won the right to keep her first name, despite it being "unapproved" by the state. Why do some countries restrict baby names?

Parents-to-be often find it hard enough to find a name they both like, let alone one the state might also be in favour of.

Bjork Eidsdottir had no idea when, in naming her newborn girl Blaer 15 years ago, she was breaking the law.

In the eyes of the authorities Blaer, which means "light breeze", was a male name and therefore not approved. It meant that for her entire childhood, Blaer was known simply as "Girl" on official documents.

But Reykjavik District Court ruled on Thursday that it could indeed be a feminine name.

"Finally I'll have the name Blaer in my passport," she said after the ruling.

Icelandic people know the score, we should legislate same as they do.. Have you seen the clip of the British and American names?!

Or..... Number 16 bus shelter?

What?!!

Number 16 Bus Shelter? is that like brooklyn beckham, named after the place he was conceived?

I liked this part of the article

"Strange names are nothing new, he says. Census records in the 18th and 19th Centuries revealed people named King's Judgement, Noble Fall and Cholera Plague.

"In all, there have been 20 people named Noun, 458 named Comma, 18 called Period but only one called Semicolon."
Personally, I always thought chlamydia was a nice name for a girl...

Our local TFG named his son after one of the High Elf special characters.

In some ways even if you name your kid for something other than gaming... i mean, if your favorite sport is rugby, you shouldnt name your kids "loosehead prop" or "hooker" just cuz you like them, same thing goes with movies or whatever, naming a kid John Connor Johnson or something is gonna end badly.

As it was, i won one argument with my wife over naming our daughter... the middle name She wanted to give wouldve given the kid the initials a.s.s. but i argued a better middle name so now they are ars...if theres a joke to be had, i told her, she'll have to marry a bloke whose last name starts with E and then hyphenate

Horus isn't that bad.

Some of these others are pretty crazy though.

Around the turn of the century (1900), it wasn't uncommon to name your sons after US Presidents. My grandfather was Chester Arthur [Last Name], and my father is Chester Arthur [Last Name], Jr.

Thankfully, that ended and I wasn't named Richard Nixon [Last Name] or Abraham Lincoln [Last Name]...

I'm going to have to amend my previous statement because Tyrannofex is an awesome name.

But every name from every other race/faction etc is terrible.

Dakka remind o never ask any of you for names to my own spawn.

 Trondheim wrote:
Dakka remind o never ask any of you for names to my own spawn.

Don't worry, we'll find a way to criticise and debate about it anyway!

I named my golden retriever (who I consider a member of the family) Logan, and I would have no trouble naming a son along the same vein...


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And Russell always gets shortened to Russ... Just sayin'..

 Trondheim wrote:
Dakka remind o never ask any of you for names to my own spawn.

We already voted. It's;

The great Knarloc if it's a boy or Shas'el fish person if it's a girl.

We think there were allot of Tau players online that day but we didn't have time to rerun the poll before you asked. Sorry about that old chap, still best of luck for the next 18 years.

Jaeger wulf wrote:
I named my golden retriever (who I consider a member of the family) Logan, and I would have no trouble naming a son along the same vein...

Let him take it for himself, whatever he's called.
In the same way that Dr Henry Jones, Jr, took the dog's name.

Sanguinius? Seriously? You want to name your kid "Bloody"???
Why not name your daughter "Clamidia"? It sounds pretty doesn't it?


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PredaKhaine wrote:

Personally, I always thought chlamydia was a nice name for a girl...

Damn! You beat me to it...


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strengthofthedragon2 wrote:
No one would mess with a kid named "Arjac Rockfist (last name)"..... but just in case, teach him how to fight and accept every challenge issued to him...

You can name a kid "Shaft" but that's not gonna make him Shaft.
What if your son has muscular dystrophy?
Surely naming your son "Dick Butkis" will make him into a mean football player with violent tendencies, but I wouldn't do it.

All in all, you will find that naming your children is not really your decision. You may give input but your wife has already decided to name him after her grandfather or her dad or something. Unless she is a total fan of GW stuff (not bloody likely) good luck trying to convince her that Darnath, Kor'sarro, or Vulkan is a good Jewish name...

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
so i cant name any kid i have Horus or Bilbo?

You could name your kids "green eggs and ham". They'll have the rest of their lives to question your sanity