Say Hello to Baby Dovahkiin

[Virmire]

I can imagine the baby being born and the Father shouting 'HE IS DOVAKIIN, DRAGONBORN!' and holding the child up lion king style.

Odd name, but a fantastic one.

 

[walrusaurus]

His parent's better see to it that his first word is FUS.

 

[Zom-B]

Why is the baby so red?

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

And this is why parenting needs licensing.
"Hey, let's use our child to get free games!!!! We are going to be the best parents EV0R!"

Sick.

Really? I hardly think a name like Dovahkiin warrants parent licensing. Things like Abcde or naming your kid after an STD are far worse. Dovahkiin is certainly unusual, but sounds Russian or some such.

 

[Aethren]

My little brother's classmates have names like Liberty, Shaniqua, Faith, and Peytre. I think he'll be fine. It's the mutant-red skin I'm more worried about.

 

[DarklordKyo]

I wonder what "Dovahkiin" would shorten out to.

My guess is "Keen."

or Doe

 

[upgray3dd]

I think this isn't as big a deal as you are all saying. Other than the moral issues of giving up the naming rights of your baby for videogames, this isn't likely to affect the boy's life in any significant way.

Case in point, my boss's name is Tamogen Hribar (Tamogen is apparently genghis khan's birth name). Everyone call's her Kate. Seriously, if you don't like your name you can just make up a new one.

 

[fanklok]

Still mad at a guy at work, his kid had the audacity to be born on the tenth. If Dovahkiin's first words are Fus Ro Da then I'll be slightly less angry about this.

Why is everyone worried about him being bullied, he is Dovahkiin dragonborn. All those who stand against him will quake at the power of his voice.

 

[emeraldrafael]

he may get lucky if he grows to be a good enough liar and the peiople havent heard of skyrim/arent interested in it (like me). He could just say he's got some norse blood and hope that passes.

Though something tells me he's gonna be living with the nickname Dov for a while.

...

I wonder if they still win if the kid legally changes his name...

 

[MisterDyslexo]

This name actually works out well.

a) Its an unheard-of name. As opposed to naming your kid "Obi-Wan" or something like that.

b) Its just a pretty cool name on its own, and can be abbreviated in a lot of ways.

I don't see him getting harassed too much. Reminds me of a kid I know named "Kimo". Was tortured for like the first two week when he moved to our school (the jokes were some of the most awful and tasteless I've ever heard) but then he became fairly popular for his popularity.

 

[Watchmacallit]

I got shit in school for being named Remington...I fell for this kid. You're gonna need those keys for the future games.

You're named after a gun manufacturer? Why the hell would people bag on you , then?

Kids forget the manufacturer part but conveniently realise Remington has a series of women's bathroom appliances.

Also, just having a different name opens kids up to ridicule.

 

[Mad World]

Sort of seems like they sold him out for video games. It's not a terrible name, but I dunno... just doesn't seem right.

 

[AdamRBi]

If it was a normal last name sure, but "Kellermeyer?" That's an epic last name. Dovahkiin Tom Kellermeyer... beats Dovahkiin Smith or something.

I don't know, I like it. Screw bullies.

 

[Tourmeta]

Everyone is going bully mad. What kind of school did you go to?

A public school

Well that's a vague one, I've barely even experienced teasing of names and we had some cool ones in our class. If all of these "bullied!" outcries are coming from big experience then wherever you're all from is pretty crazy.

 

[Fishyash]

Why are people assuming stupid things over a name is beyond me. MASSIVE overreaction over a name.

Honestly, I don't see anything wrong with this name.
If it IS an issue, just call him Tom in public and in business when he's older. He can tell his mates that his actual first name is dovahkiin, I would personally think it's awesome.

Hell, on my birth certificate my my first name and middle name are swapped around. I rarely use the first name on my birth certificate, and only a few people actually know it.

Honestly, pretty interesting decision, and it won't really impact him in any way. And he basically has the perfect fit for a haloween costume of the guy in the trailer! Or his skyrim character that he may make when he grows up...

Okay silliness aside, he basically has a really awesome nickname since birth.

"Hi I'm Tom, but my friends call me Dovahkiin."

But yeah if people discriminate or his parents will think so, Tom is a pretty common name so there is absolutely no problem with his name at all...

I have to agree. I do understand peoples concern with the naming of the child in question because as a person who does not have a English/American name it did cause some issues when I was growing up.

However as it is short and easy to pronounce I have learned to deal with it. In my adult life and so far there have been no "attacks" made at me because of my name.

My friend on the other hand calls himself "Andrew" when he has a name from China. He prefers everyone here to call him Andrew instead of his real name.

The baby can do the same as he grows up. Like you said. At this point its all about how the parents teach him to deal with this if it starts to become a issue for him. Especially at a early age.

I almost forgot about it. There was a chinese guy I knew by the name of Jack, and a thai man by the name of Jeff. I almost forgot that some people from the east tend to change their name when they move to england or america (for example).

 

[Strazdas]

well lets look at it this way, better than "blitzz" (and yes i saw that one).
also for those talking about bullying, its not the fault of parents who give the name but the idiots who bully.

 

[uzo]

Well, at least he doesn't have some faggy J-RPG name like Cloud or Squall or Rainbow Fruitcups.

Edit: My trouble is that my family name is a decidedly French name. I grew up in Australia, the land of 'Pronounce It How It Looks' (as opposed to America, the reverse, where it's 'Spell It How It Sounds'). The result is an abhorrent Anglicised name that is 99% mispronounced. Frankly, you can tell someone's level of classical education when they look at my family name and even have the vaguest hint that 'OIS' does not sound like 'OYZ'.

 

[6_Qubed]

I wonder what "Dovahkiin" would shorten out to.

My guess is "Keen."

My guess is 18 years of being bullied.

Well yeah, obviously. But kids are vicious little fuckers. If they couldn't find some clever angle to make fun of his name, they'd just call him "******" or something.

Gweneth Paltrow named her kid "Apple". Argument invalid.

But seriously, games are becoming a bit more mainstream, what with Kobe Bryant showing up in Call Of Duty commercials and whatnot. He'll be fine as the years progress. People have been named after video game/movie characters before. Look at Zelda Williams.

1.Gweneth Paltrow is a smug ****, Kathy Griffith said so. Perhaps Kathy is not the most trustworthy source on such a topic, but she didn't kill everybody in a movie by touchin' them Asian people.

2. Who the fuck is Zelda Williams? (Yeah I know I can Google it, I'M ASKING ANYWAY BECAUSE SERIOUSLY WHO IS THAT)

 

[noble cookie]

Right now, you all feel the child should have been named otherwise, but what about when dragons start burning whole citys to the ground?
Who shall save us?

There will be Dovahkiin! Dragonborn!

Nah but seriously, you shouldn't call your child Dovahkiin.