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If I call my kid Abaddon can he join in with other kids called Nurgle, Khorne, Slannesh, or Sneezetch?

My wife has pretty much vetoed Sanguinius, Horus, Marnesus, Tigirus, Vulkan, Sarkhan, Asmodeous, Nicol and a plethora of regular names such as Tiberius, Albert, Kevin, Paul, John.

Not sure why I am even commenting on this thread (maybe its like a train wreck and I just can't look away).

As a father of 3.6 children (yea about to pop-out the 4th) I can tell you that I wouldn't name my kids anything specifically from wargaming. Heck good luck convincing a pregnant woman with half a brain that it would be even remotely a good idea.

Whenever I see that parents have given their kid some deliberately weird or mad name, it's the kid I feel sorry for. As for the parents...well, they ought to know better.

First day in school: "We've got a new boy joining us today, everyone, this is Snikrot."

I pushed for "Danger" as a middle name for my son, The Wife didn't think it was a good idea. 6 years later she agrees with me, but it's a little late to change it now.

When selecting names, If we had a girl, I was pushing for Elanor (with one of those accent things) which are the golden flowers that grow in Lothlorien. I think I had The Wife almost convinced. It helps that a more conventional spelling was my grandmother's name. But I like the hobbit tradition of naming lasses after flowers.

In the end we just went with something normal. Part of the reason for that is I have a long and slightly unusual last name, so didn't want to burden the boy with anything outlandish. Remember, they have to deal with their name for life, so it's not the best place for a joke. It's a big decision, and we had a rough time hammering it out. There are enough odd names out there that you can stray from normal a little and not scar the kid, but keep it in check.

Crimson-King2120 wrote:
not wargame related but me and my partner are naming our 2nd son Bane or if its a girl Ivy (soul caliber)

"We both know I have to kill you now. You will just have to imagine the fire"

Giving kids names is stupid gak. Its another one of those ridiculous things that really annoys me, right up there with every Tom Dick and Harry (There's three good names!) who say gak like "Oh.. he/she is really advanced for her/his age" or bombarding my facebook with pictures of their utterly normal and entirely uninteresting child that is one of billions.

Jonathan, Paul, Phil, Dave, Robert, Roger, Alan, Chris, Matthew, Mark, Luke, Neil, Nigel...

feth me, its not hard to think of hundreds of normal ones, just fething pick one and don't put a kid through needless years of name calling growing up just because you feel the need for attention off people.

Just really sit down and think about it for a moment, why name a kid something ridiculously uncommon? What purpose does it serve? And would anybody at all think it was a good thing?

And I fething love 40k, but if I met a bloke and he said "My son is called Sanguinius" I wouldn't think "wow we love 40k and you named your kid that..you are totally awesome!" I would think "You are a proper fething bell end" and lets be honest, so would almost everyone else, so I wouldn't recommend it.




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 Zande4 wrote:

Crimson-King2120 wrote:
not wargame related but me and my partner are naming our 2nd son Bane or if its a girl Ivy (soul caliber)

"We both know I have to kill you now. You will just have to imagine the fire"

Considering the dictionary definition is "person or thing that ruins or spoils" I would also avoid that one, he will get to about 8 and think you and his mother fething loathe the poor kid and you called him that because you never wanted him.

I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy!

I might be partial to calling one of them "You", for the ease of shouting, "Oi, You!" but around this area, especially during the evenings, there seem to be a lot of people called "You", and they're often unknowingly acquainted with drunkards and persons of questionable moral standings, so it might not be the best name...

Really, the only odd sort of name I would consider would be calling a prospective daughter Kahlan. Yes, it's out of a book series, but so what? I like the name and it doesn't sound bad at all; I think it sounds quite sweet. At least my argument isn't "because I like the character". It also sounds slightly normal once you get used to it; almost like Caitlin, but softer (Kay-lun as opposed to Kate-lyn).

But then again, it depends on how my prospective spouse feels.

Part of me really hopes that Jervis named his son Lionel.

I love this thread so damn much. I think it's my favourite yet.

Sorscha is a perfectly normal and alright name. Calling your kid Loken may be ok, but calling it Lelith or Ferrus Manus would be a bit much. You may as well call your kid "Asswipe Supreme the Third".

 mattyrm wrote:
And I fething love 40k, but if I met a bloke and he said "My son is called Sanguinius" I wouldn't think "wow we love 40k and you named your kid that..you are totally awesome!" I would think "You are a proper fething bell end" and lets be honest, so would almost everyone else, so I wouldn't recommend it.

You are, as always mattyrm, such a pleasant person.

At least, at least, If you choose a weird name, give the kid a second name. A decent one.

That's what I did.

Not to mention the name Lelith most likely came from Lilith. Not a good idea to name your child the mother of demons.

 heartserenade wrote:
Not to mention the name Lelith most likely came from Lilith. Not a good idea to name your child the mother of demons.

I didn't see that when looking at the name! Thanks for that. In a Christian community, in that situation, you may actually be better calling your kid Asswipe Supreme the Third!

Crimson-King2120 wrote:not wargame related but me and my partner are naming our 2nd son Bane or if its a girl Ivy (soul caliber)

Agreed with above posts - you do realise that Bane isn't just some cool character from a comic, but an actual real word which only has negative connotations?

It would be like calling your child Ruin or Destruction or something.

Ivy's nice, though

I do like the names Kaya and Sorscha
For boys, I really like the name Allister

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 mattyrm wrote:
And I fething love 40k, but if I met a bloke and he said "My son is called Sanguinius" I wouldn't think "wow we love 40k and you named your kid that..you are totally awesome!" I would think "You are a proper fething bell end" and lets be honest, so would almost everyone else, so I wouldn't recommend it.

You are, as always mattyrm, such a pleasant person.

I'm pleasant, almost everyone I have ever met in person says so, I'm just a vocal individual, so I don't beat around the bush in the face of stupidity. I don't have a criminal record, help old ladies carry heavy bags on the tube and always remember to say please and thank-you.

What, so do you actually disagree then? Or are you just talking about my general demeanour?

I mean, I don't see eye to eye with you on many things, but you are past my age, surely to feth you don't think that calling a child something ridiculous is a good idea?

Giving a kid a totally ridiculous name (except to the small number of people who know what it means) is tantamount to child abuse. If your definition of pleasant is "grin and let people act like feth heads" we will have to disagree about who is the pleasant one here. I'm trying to stop a child being bullied, and you appear to be enabling it.

Id also call a wife-beater a gak head in the middle of the pub, or tell a guy who pushes into a queue to feth off to the back and stop being a tit, presumably you would keep your mouth shut on both of those occasions as well... but IM the unpleasant one!

What a topsy turvey world we live in!


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 ArbitorIan wrote:

Crimson-King2120 wrote:not wargame related but me and my partner are naming our 2nd son Bane or if its a girl Ivy (soul caliber)

Agreed with above posts - you do realise that Bane isn't just some cool character from a comic, but an actual real word which only has negative connotations?

It would be like calling your child Ruin or Destruction or something.

Ivy's nice, though

Yeah see, Ian gets it. Ivy is rare but alright, its not the scarcity of the name, its just whether or not it sounds fething daft!

 heartserenade wrote:
Not to mention the name Lelith most likely came from Lilith. Not a good idea to name your child the mother of demons.

I know not one but two couples who did that. (I thought the same thing, btw.) The second couple was even going to go with 'Lucifer' if it had been a boy.

I've got a child coming at the end of February, and my wife gave me final say over the name, although she retained the right for an emergency veto. Tragically, I don't think she'd realized how often she would have to use the emergency veto...

Rejected names for my baby: Gilligan, Dragonslayer, Kirk (I'm all: "What the hell's wrong with Kirk?!"), Talos, Vandred, Sevatar, Malcharion, Smaug, Ratatosk, Ciaphus, Rollo, Remington, G'Kar, Methos, Jasper (I'm all: "What the hell is wrong with Jasper?!"), Glock, Fox, Gregor, Midas, Gideon ("Seriously?!" I said, "This emergency veto crap is bordering on the dictatorial..."), Conan, Vlad, Lon, Fandral, and Roland. (I thought for sure the Gunslinger would bring her around, but no dice...) Final selection: Vincent.



(And as a side note for the two or three people who seemed to take this thread WAY too seriously, no, I wouldn't have actually named my child anything from that list.)



(Except maybe Gilligan.)



(And Methos.)



(Heck, who am I kidding? I would totally have given my kid one of those names.)

Now I don't think it's exactly the best thing ever to name your child after 40k or another wargame, but still, nothing can be as bad as 'Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lilli"

Crimson-King2120 wrote:
not wargame related but me and my partner are naming our 2nd son Bane or if its a girl Ivy (soul caliber)

So long as you get another kid or dog or something and call it robin (since batman as a name is fething horrible, unless its a pet)

If my name was Vulkan I'd be so damn happy.

All I'm going to say it look at Frank Zappa's kids names.

It really isn't a good idea to name a child something unusual out of a pastime you enjoyed. Mainly because, not only to unusual names attract unwanted attention, but it's perfectly possible they will grow up and hate everything you do for fun (hopefully they won't, and in 8 years you'll almost have a worthy opponent) but imagine how annoyed you would be if you parents named you after something you hate (imagine explaining to a kid who detests the original starwars trilogy why he is called greedo)...

Its a long while before i have kids but after reading this list, I have to say the names I have considered before have all been shot down (Most of them star wars or 40k references to annoy the Girlfriend). I mean come on? Whats wrong with:

Leia, Mara, Han, Boba, Ibram , Gideon, Gregor , Crix, Casivek, Cleseo , ect?

I dont see anything wrong here

A kid in my neighbourhood is named Aragorn. He is such a brat, I adore hearing his mom just dress him out in public:

"Aragorn, come over here, what the hell do you think you're doing, you're going to poke someone's eye out with this!"

Oh the entertainment. I asked her once if I had misheard, since Aragon is a French Lit author of some fame and I was hoping that was it. But no, he really was the King of Gondor.

At the store, we had a couple (as caucasian as they come) who had named their son Kenshin. When I pointed it out to them, they seemed rather embarassed. I guess the joke's on them.

Well, Aragorn is alright compared to "Ferrus Manus" or "Sanguinius" - the name is from a work of literature that is very popular and successful. Snagrod, on the other hand, is not.

What's wrong with Gideon?

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
it means "Iron Hands" does it not?

I bet the bullies at school would have a field day with the euphenism "iron hands"

My son's name is James Tiberius Green. It isn't a wargaming name, but nerdy all the same.

My wife wanted James, and I did not, so I said, "If you want James, the middle name has to be Tiberius," and she said okay. So, James Tiberius Green it is.

We decided this before the new Star Trek movies came out. I had figured that by the time he was old enough to care about it, no one would really get it anyhow. Now there's a slim chance I suspect.

 jimbolina25 wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
it means "Iron Hands" does it not?

I bet the bullies at school would have a field day with the euphenism "iron hands"

Although you could tell him to take up boxing in order to repel bullies. "You don't to mess with Ferrus "Iron Hands" Manus, I heard he smashed someone's jaw with a single punch when they tried to make fun of him."

Think it all has to do with how the name flows. Certain last names just don't flow correctly with these first names. So something like Ferrus o Donnell flows okay since Ferris is a name already its close enough