Well it sounds pretty stupid. If you liked the name so much you can write fanfics with it. Burdening a real life person with it sounds a little conceited.
Add in catelyn to that list.Soede Stuff said:To that I say Kaitlyn, Caitlin, Katelyn, Katelin, Kate-Lyn, Caytelyn
People MAY have trouble pronouncing her name initially, but I can assure you that once they know it, it's far more memorable than the more common names.
When you call out Tali'zorah in the park, ONLY your kid will come running.
She'll never accidentally answer a stranger calling out a name in a mall cause, dude, she doesnt have to Share her name.
Ooh, I remember that.Whatislove said:I will make a new thread at some point within the week when I get back home so I have access to a computer, I don't fancy typing everything on my phone lol.JoJo said:Ah, so you did go through with the change in the end, I remember voting in your thread last year. Out of interest, which name did you end up picking, was it the Prince Vegeta one?Whatislove said:Coming from my perspective, which is: A guy who changed his name to a video game name FROM a perfectly normal, common name.
I have no idea what that book is and nor would most potential class bullies. So yeh it's gonna fall under a unique and cool sounding name rather then one to be teased at.Shim3d said:One of my best friends is called Erekose (the protagonist from a standard fantasy setting novel called The Eternal Champion) so you can't get much nerdier than that.
...Valderis said:Cool name for a kid.
But yes, you are crazy.
Still, all this will do is add a little extra splash of crazy to an already insane world, difference is that its the good kind of crazy that will make the world a little bit brighter and more fantastical.
Or the child will hate you forever because you gave her a weird fucked up name which will ostracize her for the rest of her life.
But hey, what are you supposed to do? Giver her a boring normal name that is shared by ten's of thousands of other boring people? Just so she can fit in?
Name her 'Edward'. Keep 'em guessing.DrunkOnEstus said:Sorry if this somehow belongs in gaming discussion.
Anyway, tomorrow my daughter is scheduled to be born. I'm freaking out and all that, but that's not why I'm here. Since day 1, her first name was always going to be Tali'Zorah. It's not necessarily "named after Mass Effect", but rather my wife fell in love with the name during our first playthrough of ME1 many years ago. Confused friends and relatives are told "we wanted a nice Quarian name" just because it's funny to see the confusion become worse.
All that aside, a couple of people have told me that we're nuts for giving a child that name. I like it a lot, I'm assuming she'll like it, and I don't think she'll get teased for it or anything like that. Out of curiosity, am I totally off base about that? For further discussion value, this thread can be about the entire concept of video games being used to inspire names.
Well, "Zelda" is an actual name; ever heard of Zelda Fitzgerald? In other words, you can be named Zelda without being named for Princess Zelda, which is probably part of why a Zelda probably won't mind having that name. (In fact, Princess Zelda was actually named after Zelda Fitzgerald, I believe because Miyamoto thought the name was pretty.)Gvaz said:There's a Zelda Williams and she's okay with it.
Yeah but see, kids are not replicas of their parents. They may have similar mannerisms but they are in fact individual people with their own like and dislikes. What if this kid plays the game and decides they fucking hate Tali as a character? What if they aren't into video games at all?SaneAmongInsane said:Really? There isn't something neat to finding out the origin story to your name and finding out "Oh this is the character my parents thought very highly of to name me after"?
Yes as a parent you have every right to call your kid what you want, but remember that it's their name, and they're going to have to carry it around for the rest of their life (or fork out hundreds of dollars to change it).DrunkOnEstus said:snip
Massive points for sticking to your guns about it, I'll give you that. Maybe it should have been considered to be a first and middle name before hand. Thinking of how the kid will have to have that name for the rest of her life should always be considered heavily. With that said, it's by no means a bad name. And of course, it will be shortened by pretty much everyone.DrunkOnEstus said:To everyone else I couldn't quote right now - Holy balls this thread got insane quickly. The name is not and cannot change, my wife was deadset on it years ago and it's already on official papers and what not, not that I even want to change it. Now I'm unsure why I even asked, considering that I can't do anything about it and I'm apparently a bad person who's ruining a life. It's alright though, I've got bigger things to worry about right now. Thanks everyone.
Come now, it can't be THAT bad if it's fairly common... Right? (PM me it, out of curiosity? I won't tell a soul!)Blow_Pop said:If you potentially want your child to hate you later in life, then by all means name them that.
My name is fairly common. I STILL get shit for it. I hate my parents for the name. And fucking despise my name. I can't figure out a name I like enough to change it to So for now I am stuck.
Tali is a good name but seriously think about the possible ramifications. Girls are evil, vile, vicious creatures from personal experience. Especially to each other (thanks hollywood and society you fucks) so be prepared for possible coming home from school in tears days/months/years. On the flip side, your child name her what you want. It could work out well. And could prevent her from gaining employment because employers are shallow assholes.
Eeeeeyup... Weird. It's just some help trying to be given from the GAMER side of the world. Nothing to be seen as horribly negative, more as something that a spectrum of the world will see it as. I think that's good stuff to have at your side, as mixed as responses have beendelta4062 said:I love how the OP thinks that the logical sounding people here are just insane.
Really?