What will you name your children?

[Not Matt]

Spoiler: congratulation sir. it's a boy - my doctor

if i have a son: Charlie

i just think it sound like a name that goes with everything and still sounds cool. he can also use the name Charles for when he want to sound fancy and he can come of as a warmhearted cool costumer. the people in my life named charlie are smart, funny, they didn't back off, are always trying to be fair, and pleasant. something i hope my son will be

Spoiler: congratulation sir. it's a girl - my doctor

if i have a daughter: Alice

why: i have always though that Alice is a very feminine and adorable, yet very strong name. all the Alices i have encountered through out my life have been strong, hardworking women who knew what they wanted, are nice, sweet, brilliantly clever and don't take crap from anyone. that is the kind of daughter i want

 

[Stasisesque]

Me and my girlfriend said that if we have kids we come to an agreement, I choose the names for boys, and she chooses for girls. Thus, my choices for male names are:
Durante(Dante), Coinin, Bastion and Viktor.
My girlfriend's name choices for girls are:
Melody, Natalie, and Lyla

....Yeah, our kids might be a bit bullied unless we manage to raise them awesome.

Nooooooo. Don't spell your kid's names in stupid ways. Don't do it. It'll just make their life hell, always having to spell it to people, never having it spelled right on school documents because the system will always assume their name is a mistake. Don't. My mom works at an elementary school, and every year she'll send an email to everyone in the family of all the stupid and stupidly spelled names she saw enter the school that year. So don't do it. Don't let your kid end up on a stupid name list. Your kid will never thank you for giving them a name that no teacher or boss will ever say or spell correctly from their first day of kindergarten until the day their death certificate is printed.

Durante is the long form of "Dante".
Coinin is Irish, a lot of Irish names are spelt funny.
Bastion is short for "Sebastian".
Viktor is an alternative for "Victor".

And Melody, Natalie and Lyla are all normal names.

None of those I would class as spelt in "stupid ways", there's just a lot of cross-cultural references going on. Have you never met a Siobhan, an Eoin or a Diarmuid? Now those are bizarrely spelled, but very common names.

As for a "stupid names list", unless I'd named my child something like Xxy'kla or Lampshade, I'd be pretty pissed at such a thing being produced because someone didn't know how to pronounce my kid's name. For example, my boyfriend's surname is Ukrainian, he didn't choose it and nor did his parents (in particular), but he's had to live with people mispronouncing and misspelling it his entire life - this is the fault of the people who didn't bother to learn its correct pronunciation or spelling, not his nor his parents'. My surname has fallen victim to the same, and it's arguably one of the world's most famous surnames. My middle name is Katharine, which is a common spelling and yet it is constantly misspelled. It happens, especially in multicultural societies, but all the names Gunjester listed are actual names with real meanings, they're not just arbitrarily chosen words, or deliberately misspelled common names and I'm sure he has reasons for picking all of them.

 

[TheBlueRabbit]

I'm going to have an invisible baby and name it "Uninterrupted Sleep"

Yeah. No. I'm not having kids.

 

[Frankster]

Names i like for a girl:
Laetitia, Oceane, Julia, Elenor and Laura

Names i like for a boy:
Max, Castor, Lucius

I dont know why i chose the names i did. Also find girls names better overall, could have kept going with them, struggled more on names for sons.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

I don't know what I will call my kids in the future... it's not something I have really thought of... and all depends massively on what my future wife thinks too...

Names I don't really know... All I know is they will be traditional British names, and if I can swing it (or without the wife knowing if she isn't much of a gamer) they will also be named after game characters! (Beatrix, Lara, Daisy, Gordon, Ike(Short for Dwight/Isaac), Nathan, anyone?) I fucking hate this modern trend of weird names for kids! I'd hate it if I had a weird name growing up!

 

[Kyrian007]

I'm not planning to ever have kids, but if I ever did the name would be SOMETHING FREAKING ORDINARY AND SPELLED CORRECTLY. Brad, James, John, Sara, Nancy, Kate... that kind of thing. I know it's all the rage these days for "unique sounding" or "personalized spelling" names... but that is a fad going out of style the very second the kids saddled with these "creative" monikers have kids of their own. I know because I have a "unique" name. Very rare, barely double digit "me's" in the entire US. It's caused me nothing but grief, it's a pain in the ass every single time someone asks me my name (because it begs explanation every single time.) It's not quite easy to pronounce, and I don't even bother even correcting people anymore (just got sick of it) and just answer to any sound roughly close.

Every single time... the questions. Is it short for something? Is that really your name? How do you spell that? Neat, how'd your parents come up with that? AHHHHH! Seriously I tried to change it. Went to a college and decided all new setting, new potential friends and classmates, I'm switching to my middle name "Ryan." Got to my dorm... met Ryan my roomate. We lived in the room next to Ryan our RA and there were 2 more Ryans on the floor. So I'm just stuck with my real first name.

Sorry if you're curious, but no I don't use my name online... ever. It's so unusual it would be relatively easy to pinpoint my actual identity by even just mentioning it.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

Spoiler: congratulation sir. it's a boy - my doctor

if i have a son: Charlie

i just think it sound like a name that goes with everything and still sounds cool. he can also use the name Charles for when he want to sound fancy and he can come of as a warmhearted cool costumer. the people in my life named charlie are smart, funny, they didn't back off, are always trying to be fair, and pleasant. something i hope my son will be

Spoiler: congratulation sir. it's a girl - my doctor

if i have a daughter: Alice

why: i have always though that Alice is a very feminine and adorable, yet very strong name. all the Alices i have encountered through out my life have been strong, hardworking women who knew what they wanted, are nice, sweet, brilliantly clever and don't take crap from anyone. that is the kind of daughter i want

Sir, you definitely have my approval!
I really like the name Alice... Problem is I can't use it myself as I have a cousin also named that, and my mum is Allison, which would get confusing!

None of those I would class as spelt in "stupid ways", there's just a lot of cross-cultural references going on. Have you never met a Siobhan, an Eoin or a Diarmuid? Now those are bizarrely spelled, but very common names.

How about Niamh? (Pronounced Neeve)

 

[DanielBrown]

I'd give them Norse names. That's as far as my planning has gone. Nothing too original though, since I can't stand parents who give their kids weird names.

 

[Sacman]

Well, I hate kids, but I like naming things and have thought about Girl's names... and I like...

Lain, Alice, Maya, Elizabeth, Felicia, Marceline, or Fiona...

For boys... well you only really have two options, name them something boring, or name them something stupid... so I'd stick with the Johns and Georges, maybe a Lou, or Leo, after my Grandpa...<.<

Or maybe just J... after mah favorite guitarist, J Mascis... and that way everyone will just think it's a nick name and all I have to remember is one letter...<.<

I'd probably be naming them after different deities:
Female: Athena, Inanna, Anahit, Minerva
Male: Taran, Apollo, Ares
...Yeah, I think my kids are going to hate me, provided my wife even goes along with it.

Conversely I've thought about video game names:
Female: [color= red]Ashley[/color], Fiora, Clementine, [color= red]Elizabeth[/color]
Male: [color= red]Leon[/color], Garrus, Shulk
...Something tells me this is what I'll be forced to go with.

I only really see three options if you don't want your kids to have hell in school...

This just in: Grade school kids are assholes and hate anything that's different...<.<

Also, middle names don;t matter, so I'd save the crazy for that...

 

[MysticSlayer]

I'd probably be naming them after different deities:
Female: Athena, Inanna, Anahit, Minerva
Male: Taran, Apollo, Ares
...Yeah, I think my kids are going to hate me, provided my wife even goes along with it.

Conversely I've thought about video game names:
Female: [color= red]Ashley[/color], Fiora, Clementine, [color= red]Elizabeth[/color]
Male: [color= red]Leon[/color], Garrus, Shulk
...Something tells me this is what I'll be forced to go with.

I only really see three options if you don't want your kids to have hell in school...

This just in: Grade school kids are assholes and hate anything that's different...<.<

That was sort of why I made humorous side comments, as most are just thoughts that will likely never come to be. Besides, I only need to come up with a few names, as I'll likely split the responsibility with my wife. If we have more than six I'm sure I'll think of something after so long, provided I don't go crazy. Still, good to keep things open, as there are certainly worse ideas out there than naming your daughter Minerva.

 

[rob_simple]

I'd call my sons Vincent (after the late, great Vincent Price) and Donut (after delicious, delicious donuts).

For girls I've always liked either Emily or Amelia, but if I do ever have a daughter I'll spend more time fighting every man that looks at her than I will worrying about whether or not I gave her a good name.

 

[UniversalRonin]

I want to give them names from British and Celtic legend/ history. Just to give them a way to always remember their heritage and give them heroes/ heroines to look up to, and examples of chivalry/ braveness/ (insert value here) to emulate. As well as having a name with history to explore. There's nothing quite like exploring history. (Although, quite how I will fit Horatio into a name without the kid looking like a wally is lost on me right now...)

 

[Strazdas]

On topic: i never though about that. Hopefully i will never have to.

Wind, so I can have the son or daughter with the ferocious name of

[HEADING=1]WIND MILLS![/HEADING]

Take that, ************!

Honestly though, I have no idea.

Keep your kids away from heroic Spaniards.

You mean delusional chivalric knights.

actually things have turned around and Don Kihote (spelling?) is not used as an inspirational motivator of seeking your goars regardless of other things. especially hard pushed in business administration (aka get your business strategy and don't bow to those silly costumer requests).

 

[Korolev]

I would really like to give any child of mine a classic Roman name, like Tiberius or Gaius or Lucullus. But that wouldn't be good for them, and I know that. I would pick regular names like David, Patricia, Eva, Max, George or Arthur.

I might go for names that I make up - like Tolston, Rullus or Pallmen. Some of those might be names in some other countries, but I've never heard of them before.

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

I hope to have twin daughters someday, but I know that eventually comes down to me, a potential partner (which seems unlikely in my case) and genetics should the first two pre-requisites be compatible. The names are, by first then middle:

Tia Matthew
Samus Aran
Terra Branford

Why yes, I am a nerd.

 

[IrishSkullpanda]

Personally, I like Megan for a girl. I'm not really a fan of names that are weird for the sake of weird, though her pronunciation wouldn't be "Mee-gan"- "May-gan" rolls off the tongue better and sounds more mature.

But for a boy, he's gonna get saddled with Balthazar. I will fight till the ends of the earth for this.

 

[mrhappy1489]

I have three names that I really like and would be happy to name my kids, plus a fourth one that I have yet to decide on yet. The names are Jasper, Alice and Heidi. I also like the idea of Odysseus and Ulysses, just because they have so much character to them, though I think my wife wouldn't feel the same. To have two twins named Jasper and Alice though would be fantastic.

 

[Lilani]

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I think there is a fine line between naming your kid something common like "Robert Lee" or "May," and naming your kid something like "Alucard" or "Garrus" or "Selphie" or "Winry" (which, if I recall correctly, was only the name of the character because that was the closest Japanese pronunciation of "Wendy"). I don't mind a name that is common but just happens to reference something. I even realized after I wrote my post that Sophie is the name of a character from Howl's Moving Castle. But don't name your kid something crazy just because it's the name of a character you like.

Durante is the long form of "Dante".
Coinin is Irish, a lot of Irish names are spelt funny.
Bastion is short for "Sebastian".
Viktor is an alternative for "Victor".

Just because the name has a purpose doesn't mean it's going to be any easier to deal with. Until middle school junior high I don't see that kid being called anything but "Doo-ran-te" or "Doo-ran-tee" by anyone who isn't his friend if they spell Dante that way. Coinin is going to make him the snack machine kid "Coin-in," "insert coin," etc. Bastion isn't so bad, but if they spell Victor that way then that kid is never going to see his name spelled right for all of his living days. "Katelynd" is also an alternative for "Caitlin," and a cousin of mine even has that name with that spelling, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea to spell it that way. Victor comes from the word "Victory," which has no K. The K is there for no reason but to make it "unique," and fails at doing even that because at the end of the day the name is still "Victor" and the only difference is the hundreds if not thousands of times he'll have to correct people over his lifetime.

So yes, that is a stupid thing to do with a name. The purpose of a name in a purely practical sense is to facilitate identification, not to hinder it. Also, it's a rather sad thing to say about your kid in general. You don't think they'll be unique enough on their own to make their name stand out, so you had to spell their name in a stupid way to make sure they don't get ignored.

 

[Scarim Coral]

To me there are a few factors when naming my child-

1 Most importantly, I will dicuss the child naming with my wife. The result would either be us agreeing to a name or two or maybe I choose my ideal name for the first/ second child while she choose her ideal name for the first/ second child (if we plan to have more than one child).

2 Saying that name aloud with my surname, I'm not going to name my child that doesn't sound right when saying it with the surname or it's hard to pronounce especially I will be saying that name forever to my child.

3 Looking up the meaning of that selected name online since most of the time, the meanings to those names are true.

4 Also I will be thinking if I already know a person with that name like a relative or someone I knew from school. I prefer not to name my child someone who was a dick at school and no relative I've know has that name. Granted I may make an exemption to this.

Anyway my intial name idea is for a boy, it's James (I liked the name despite I know a jerk from school and a cousin with the same name) or Kelly for a girl.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

If I ever have kids, which I probably won't. Bruce Wayne [Surname] and Clark Kent [Surname] for boys Diana and Kara for girls.

I will buy them capes and they shall be awesome.

I don't think they are too weird for names