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corpsesarefun wrote:


I feel this is relevant.

That made me realize I almost never get referred to by my name.

Its usually "Hey you." or "Hey." with various intonations.

Phototoxin wrote:My wife has a veto on any warhammer, dnd, or mtg related names.

No Marneus Do'Urden for me..

You can adopt me and change my name to that, if you like.

People always used to ask me, at gaming conventions when I was a kid, for my "real name". I still get Space Wolf cracks, occasionally. It can be a little awkward growing up with an unusual name, but I wouldn't trade it. It helps a bit if it's at least a real name, with some historical/familial connection, rather than something completely fictional.

I could never understand why the black community is so adamant on giving their children idiotic names. I know too many "shaneyneys" and "queuepashas" and "dariqs". It doesn't occur to the parents that they could possibly be dooming their children to mediocrity and failure based on something they have no control over. I think it's sad really.

I will admit that my name is pretty "creative", and it really doesn't fit a white person at all. I do resent my mother, although my last name is cool enough that I don't really mind if people just call me by just that. I'm considering having it legally changed, although that's a big PITA.

I'm all for classic, boring names. I've got a couple normal names picked out for my future children, and if their mother decides to be "creative and unique", I'll have to curb-stomp her. I don't feel that there's anything unique about anyone, especially not children, and I refuse to give them a metaphorical Tattoo for everyone to judge them on.

My wife wants Saoirse( pronounced Seer-sha) an Irish girls name.

I don't really know what I wish to name any of my spawn.

I've got a few female names lined up ready to fire at my future better half, but not nearly as many male ones.

That said, up until a while ago I had a funky idea to call a girl "Luna Elysia Aurelia <Insert last name here>" obviously replacing <Insert last name here> with her actual last name, but i'm not sure my daughter would appreciate it, and it seems a bit too... you know...

So i'm just considering 'Luna' from that name at the moment; it's hardly unique, but I like it. Sure, someone could use Harry potter as inspiration and call her 'Loony' in the playground, but a scant few names can't be turned into things like that, and besides, my last name is already easy enough to mock.

I've got others lined up too, but cba sharing them.

So yeah, just stuck for male names. Already decided that my parents get an honourable mention in the middle names, so can't pinch my dad's name for one, but my grandfathers' names are a bit too... old, for lack of a better word, and wouldn't really fit well in today's society.

Oscar is going to be used if we get a cat, because i've always wanted a cat called Oscar (I had a Nightstalker pet on my Draenei Hunter called Oscar too).

Naming him after myself is a bit egotistical, even for me. Can't really think of any fitting male names, so perhaps that can be my better half's forté; at least i hope it is, otherwise we're screwed if we only have sons.

EDIT: On the subject of sons... anyone think Ahriman is a bit much?

While I agree that really far out names are a bad idea to give your kid (like shaneyney), its nice to have a semi unique name. I literally have 5 people with the same name as me just in one class, let alone my school. Thus, people have taken to calling me by my last name

In my opinion, kids really should be able to choose their own first names...with a filter of course to make sure it isn't something ridiculous. Then again, I also think kids should have legal rights. YMMV.

I have no middle name and went through a period when I was ten or eleven when I was trying to pick one out, with my parents' support. Most of the names on the list wound up being from comic books, cartoons, or fantasy novels. I finally decided I'd rather go without. Both of my younger siblings have them, though.

DarkCorsair wrote:While I agree that really far out names are a bad idea to give your kid (like shaneyney), its nice to have a semi unique name. I literally have 5 people with the same name as me just in one class, let alone my school. Thus, people have taken to calling me by my last name

In my opinion, kids really should be able to choose their own first names...with a filter of course to make sure it isn't something ridiculous. Then again, I also think kids should have legal rights. YMMV.

Eh, I hated my name (Frank) for most of my childhood, now it doesn't bother me. In part because, as I said above, no one really uses it; but mostly because everyone outgrew the "Is your real name Francis?" phase.

When I was a little kid, our family doctor's last name was Harms.
My first name is Christopher, and my middle name is Robin. Anybody makes a joke about that to my face is swallowing some teeth.
There was a serial killer in Kansas City, Missouri in the 80's or 90's, I'm not sure which decade, whose name was Shy Bland. If that's not predestination, I don't know what is.

warpcrafter wrote:When I was a little kid, our family doctor's last name was Harms.
My first name is Christopher, and my middle name is Robin. Anybody makes a joke about that to my face is swallowing some teeth.
There was a serial killer in Kansas City, Missouri in the 80's or 90's, I'm not sure which decade, whose name was Shy Bland. If that's not predestination, I don't know what is.

My first name is Christopher, but my father is Robin

Talking about baby names with my girlfriend the other day, I said I would like my first son's name to be Ajax, middle name Telamon, after the greatest Greek hero in the Trojan War (my opinion). The lady made a face dnd said "We're not naming our child after a cleaning product." Stupid brand names...

fire4effekt wrote:My wife wants Saoirse( pronounced Seer-sha) an Irish girls name.

My wife and I have considered that, too, as we're of Irish stock and the name also means "freedom." But I don't want my prospective daughter called "Sour ... rise?" all through her life either.

I really like Robin for a boy's name, actually. Or a girl for that matter.

MadEdric wrote:Call me old fashioned but I'm all for the traditional naming of children. Names from the family to pass down. I'm named after my dad, my brother is named after my mother's father. Works well, gives a child a sense of place.

Same with me, I am named after my dad who is named after his dad. It was fun at my middle school graduation (oh so many years ago) because they had my whole name written out, so after mostly pretty normal names, mine comes along and it was like they when introducing a king of a country or something! Got a chuckle out of the parents I hope some day to give a son the name to continue the tradition.

dogma wrote:That made me realize I almost never get referred to by my name.

Its usually "Hey you." or "Hey." with various intonations.

Very true, to the point where when one of my friends says it it sounds out of place. Never feels weird at work though.



I want to have a daughter named Keira-Jade just because I like those two names and can't decide between the two.

Yes there's a whole raft of gak names in this thread..

Seriously.. what's wrong with Dave or Sarah?

A guy in my club has the surname "Cherrie".

He joined the army.

Yes, he copped it for his name. He took it pretty well, really. He'd been copping the same stuff from the time he started school anyway.

chromedog wrote:A guy in my club has the surname "Cherrie".

He joined the army.

Yes, he copped it for his name. He took it pretty well, really. He'd been copping the same stuff from the time he started school anyway.

Surely not.. sensitive, kindly souls soldiers are..

mattyrm wrote:

filbert wrote:Sergeant Serjeant.

Hey I met a Sergeant Serjeant! He wasn't RA was he?

No, RE

filbert wrote:

mattyrm wrote:

filbert wrote:Sergeant Serjeant.

Hey I met a Sergeant Serjeant! He wasn't RA was he?

No, RE

I bet it's the same bloke, I knew it was either 29 commando (RA) or 59 commando (RE)

What years were you in Filbert? It will have been between 2000 and about 2003 I reckon..

mattyrm wrote:

I bet it's the same bloke, I knew it was either 29 commando (RA) or 59 commando (RE)

What years were you in Filbert? It will have been between 2000 and about 2003 I reckon..

He may well have been attached to 59 at some point - I don't know for sure. I was in from 2002 to 2007.

If by some terrifying accident my genes are passed on to some poor helpless soul then it's mum can name it.

I'm named after my mums dad, but according to my dads family tradition I was supposed to be called wilfred.

Nom

The department I used to work at in the hospital dealt with a lot of children... some of the names coming through made you wonder WTF the parents had been smoking/injecting/drinking (or all three at once).


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warpcrafter wrote:When I was a little kid, our family doctor's last name was Harms.

Some of the GP's around here are fantastic; two that I can think of off the top of my head are Dr Pain and Dr Rabies

Why, oh why in this thread was this not posted earlier? You're slipping, Dakka...

Warrior Squirrel wrote:My name is Thor and my second middle name is Oskar. That means thunder in swedish. If I get male twins they will be named Tyron and Tethlis.

I know a guy who is claled Odin, his younger brother is called Thor and his youngest brother is called Loki...

I once met someone named Lysterine, as in the mouthwash.

My name is Forrest so guess what joke was sent my way the most...yep "Run Forrest Run!". Oh how I hated gym class.

As for names for my kids, if I have any, probably going to use Rowan because I like the way it sounds.

filbert wrote:The army does throw up some odd combinations of rank and surname. I have met a Private Parts, a Major Hardon and a Sergeant Serjeant.

Sergeant Airborn (I give you 1 and only 1 guess as to what his job was...) and Major Price here.

I want to name my male child Gabriel. I've always been a fan of the name, its a good traditional name (for a faith that I do not identify with), and it will surely teach the kid some character after the belittling he is no doubt going to receive on the playground >.>

The name "Wilhelm" has also struck my fancy at times, lol

warpcrafter wrote:When I was a little kid, our family doctor's last name was Harms.
My first name is Christopher, and my middle name is Robin. Anybody makes a joke about that to my face is swallowing some teeth.
There was a serial killer in Kansas City, Missouri in the 80's or 90's, I'm not sure which decade, whose name was Shy Bland. If that's not predestination, I don't know what is.

My dentists name was Dr Crack. He might of been Motley Crews "dentist" also.

My last name is Aas...
I'm sure you all can guess how many times people have mispronounced it, both accidentally and on purpose.