Robin Williams used Zelda, right?
Ain't nothing wrong with that. Could use worse names... like Peach... or something.
Ain't nothing wrong with that. Could use worse names... like Peach... or something.
Zelda was also an established name a long time before the games. Shigeru Miyamoto named the character after Zelda Fitzgerald, who was a novelist in the 1920's.Chaos Isaac said:Robin Williams used Zelda, right?
I realise that right now you're busy exhausted and emotionally rung out but I'm going to ask anyway,can we get an update?DrunkOnEstus said:Anyway, tomorrow my daughter is scheduled to be born.
Very well. Sorry.Your actual argument was more along the lines of "It's not so bad, they can always just have people shorten it.". To which my argument is still: Why not shorten it to begin with?SNCommand said:I'm not predicting a thing
Aside from the fact that she'll be unable to legally change her name until the age of 18 (in my country, yours may vary).SNCommand said:nothing is stopping that person from calling herself something else
Perhaps. Like I said, even if that is the case, most parents have the foresight both to choose a name that they like and to choose a name that won't likely hinder their child. To do otherwise is selfish.SNCommand said:Anyway, names for children are always mostly for benefit to the parents
And this is where I feel neither of us will be able to convince the other. I don't think, frankly, that parents have a right to name their child what they want at all.SNCommand said:I say parents should be free to name their children whatever means the most to them
Of course you can take it into account, along with the likelihood of bullying. If the likelihood is real enough, then it would be negligent not to do so. "Who cares if this name might cause my child grief, I like it?" isn't good parenting. And I'm afraid those studies would seem to trump your wife's anecdotal evidence.SNCommand said:And you can't take into account that it might make getting a job more difficult, it never was a problem for my wife having an Asian name so it shouldn't be something to be considered in my opinion when me or any other parent considers names, if it's that much of a hindrance that person could always legally change their name
You checked my profile but didn't check the link to my facebook which has my actual name on it? Please tell me you are joking that you think my name is actually Blow Pop? (spoiler: It's not. It's a nickname from a job)Elvis Starburst said: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.
Edit: Just checked your profile again. Blow Pop can't seriously be common in some place in the world... Could it?
Agreed. Tali sounds like a reasonable name, but Tali'Zorah is a name I wouldn't even give to a dog. And the dog doesn't care. The kid will.[REDACTED said:]Dude. You're naming a person. Give them a person name. It's not complicated.
Tali would be. Tali'Zorah would not be fine. It would be very, very bad.
As open as I am to breaking naming conventions... this option seems like it would make the most sense and cause your child the least potential "problems." I absolutely love Tali as a first name and, frankly, it's one of the primary options I'd consider for my own offspring, should they be female.Starnerf said:Tali seems fine as a first name. Zora is also a fine name. Perhaps you could split it into first and middle names? That seems like it would be a bit more acceptable. And I suppose the amount of teasing she gets would depend on how popular Mass Effect is in 5-10 years when she gets into school.
Good for your wife that she didn't have problems, but one individual example doesn't disprove all the scientific studies who came to a different conclusion. Besides, as you hopefully know, Asians don't exactly suffer from the same stereotypes as Arabs or Africans do, so your example is of limited relevance anyway.SNCommand said:And you can't take into account that it might make getting a job more difficult, it never was a problem for my wife having an Asian name so it shouldn't be something to be considered in my opinion when me or any other parent considers names, if it's that much of a hindrance that person could always legally change their name
Kids can make fun of any name though [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNSf-KQORRk&t=1m23s]Mikemc said:Tali is a cute name, so is Zorah. Just be sure the bullies don't clue in that
Tali = Taliban
Zorah = King Zorah is a fat, ugly, lazy, fish-face (Zelda 64)
Of course, on the other hand, kids don't tend to hold much empathy in the first place. So if people who are ostensibly adults are getting all riled up and frothy about it on the internet, who knows what will happen with the children who don't have those filters in the first place. But, at the same time...Attercap said:First off, congrats on increasing the population by one!
The vitriol of forums is rarely a good gauge for what true human interaction will be like. One would think that cultural barriers would be lessened by global communication tools, but instead it seems to bring out far more backwater, backwards thinking, knee-jerk reactions. Anonymity is the antithesis to empathy.
This could likely be true as well. Unless we have time travelers on these forums, none of us can really accurately predict exactly what will happen in this child's life due to their name being a bit strange.While it may be from a video game, it's unlikely that her peers will have played the game by the time she's in school and, in the end, most people won't care.