Am I dooming my future children?

[Shockolate]

I would be. I want to name my male children Gilgamesh and Malakai.

At the very LEAST they'd be middle names.

 

[Strain42]

I'd say the only problem with the name Maes is you may doom the kid to countless teachers and secretaries at doctors offices who have no idea how to pronounce it.

Hell I might even be mis-pronouncing right now. I'm pronouncing it "Maze" or "Mays"

 

[Norendithas]

Still way too young and foolish to be a father. However, I don't want a John or Bill as my son. I want something unique, yes, but not easily tauntable. I don't see how Lyra will be ridiculed. Maes? I dunno, kids can be creative with their insulting...

I hope I pronunced it correctly in my mind
Maes? More like maize! Corn-boy!
However, if kids start calling each other names like these, it's better than alternatives.
I'd probably have odd names for my kids though, and until other kids get the references, your own are fairly okay.
If you wanted to be mean, make a common name spelled differently (ex Jeff = Geoff) so they're doomed to a life of mispronunciation.

Heh, I don't think many kids nowadays would realize that. The annoying ones who come up with things like that have really gone down in intelligence. But I like your thought process. xD

Anyways, I think those are perfectly fine names. Sure Maes is a little out of the ordinary but it's not too out of the ordinary. Lyra sounds like a great name, too.

As for me, if I ever have kids, I already think I know what their names would be. If it was a boy: Paul. If it was a girl: Elisabeth. If I have double of a gender, they get whatever second-rate name I peg 'em with. =]

 

[BanicRhys]

Those names seem pretty normal to me. But hell, I named my twin sons Malfurion and Illidan.

 

[ChaosDragon]

Maes (i think pronounced "maze") is referring to Maes Hughes, the slain Brigadier from Full Metal Alchemist...

you and your wife ARE nerds...

and i fully support both names as 100% awesome

 

[Foxblade618]

Yes - Lyra is from His Dark Materials
Maes is to be pronounced as 'Mays' and if you know where that's from, kudos

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Lyra is a nice name. Maes, though...that might not be a good idea.

Then again, I like unique nerdy names too. XD

 

[Foxblade618]

Maes (i think pronounced "maze") is referring to Maes Hughes, the slain Brigadier from Full Metal Alchemist...

you and your wife ARE nerds...

and i fully support both names as 100% awesome

Yes! Awesome that you knew that

 

[JMeganSnow]

Taunting is such a dumb thing to worry about in naming your kids. I'd worry a lot more about sending them to some sort of cattle-pen school where the kids are barely supervised and verbal abuse is tolerated or ignored by the staff.

 

[shrekfan246]

Knee-jerk response if I hadn't read the OP: Of course you are, parenting is supposed to be done by the government, haven't you been listening to all of the fear-mongers in the media lately?

OT: I like the name Lyra, it would certainly interest me and make me want to know her better rather than pick on her or something. But as far as Maes goes, it seems just a bit too weird for me. But that may be because everyone mispronounces my last name as it is, so having a strange first name as well would simply exasperate me.
I'd easily know when I'm being called for roll-call though: "All right, I'm probably going to say this wrong..." "Here." "M..M-mais?" "Here!" "Mays?" "HERE!"

 

[Eri]

Another thread has brought up the issue of parents giving their children easily taunt-able and generally goofy names. My question to you all is this: am I dooming my children to the same fate by giving them uncommon names (Daughter: Lyra; Son: Maes - - yes, my wife and I are super nerds)

Also; any of you giving/or gave your children unique names?

I love Lyra. Maes...not so much. Though if you make his middle name Maes Hughes, it might sound better .

 

[theonlyblaze2]

Man, names that are considered "normal" are boring.
I plan to name my son either Rolando or Artyom. As for a dauther...I don't know.

 

[Akytalusia]

my son's first name is Gabriel, middle name Logan. my wife liked it. totaly slipped past her that it was from a game.

 

[Extraintrovert]

If there's one thing I've learned, it's that children are immensely creative in their cruelty. If they are determined to hate someone, it doesn't matter what their name is, they will find a way to mock it (or, conversely, if they are determined to like that child then they will find a way to praise it). Furthermore, making decisions based one what other people will think is precisely the warped mentality that leads to this cruelty in the first place ("Everyone else mocks them, I need to do so as well!"), so from the beginning your argument makes no sense.

Give them a name that fits, and one which they won't have the desire to change as soon as they are legally able. That's basically all there is too it.

 

[Dags90]

A: Daddy, where does my name comes from?

B: It comes from a Japanese cartoon I liked a while ago.

Don't do this to your kids, please.

I was named after Michael J. Fox's character from Family Ties. I honestly don't mind. It's a neat little story.

 

[Foxblade618]

my son's first name is Gabriel, middle name Logan. my wife liked it. totaly slipped past her that it was from a game.

Nice, I used to love Siphon Filter...and that's a good trick 'cause it's a fairly straightup name anyway

 

[Double A]

I wouldn't worry too much about it. A lot more people are giving kids unconventional names, so they might actually end up teasing someone for having a lame name like Bob.

The way I see it, it doesn't matter if you named them after something nerdy like a video game character, as long as:

a) It's reasonable (so no 'Sephiroth' or 'Master Chiefs')
b) It can't easily be turned into a humiliating nickname (e.g. Lester the Molester)
c) It's a decent character. Name them after someone who's cool, or at least likeable.

Lyra is fine; Maes is a little strange, but not, I think, enough to warrant concern. A little strange is good.

I know a guy named Michel Lester.

 

[Anezay]

My advice is as follows: Watch this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4V-N6EEvY&feature=channel_video_title

 

[New Troll]

I named my son Gabriel after Christopher Walken in Prophecy. Old school I know, but I just really like the name.

As for supposedly unique names, unless it's a common word not usually associated as a name, especially compound words like Crawfish or Raindrop, I don't think anyone has anything to worry about.

 

[Tonythion]

I actually like both of your future children's names. Like a lot. The girl's name is pretty and I come from a culture that idolizes corn...unless that's not how you pronounce your boy's name...MAIZ GOD!

I don't think children will find a way to taunt them until they are a bit older and get more creative and by then no one really gives a rat's ass if you get bullied for your name.

In elementary school I used to get so pissed when people used to call me by saying "Paulie wants a cracker, Paulie wants your momma's sweet ass!"

Now I don't give a damn.

My friends actually think I'm crazy for wanting to name my boy Toulouse (from the Aristocats, not after the town in France...) I don't have a girl name yet. This other boy's name is slightly weird, Oak. I feel like it's a strong name and no one can ever get it wrong...but everyone makes fun of me for it.