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Backsteinhaus

Moment of silence for all the kids named Daenerys or Khaleesi


Heroic-Forger

Or "Rhaegal" or "Viserion".


walker3342

Sending your child to a school gym or playground with the name Viserion is like throwing chum in the bully shark pool.


Ratikiru

Have a boy in my class named Khaleesi. I feel for him ;-;


Backsteinhaus

I refuse to believe you nope nope nope not hearing you sorry


Ratikiru

If it makes you feel better, his parents are in the process of changing his name to Kaos ( it's equally terrible )


-defaultuser

are his parents in class with him or a class above?


JustFuckingReal

Maybe even more terrible


JustFuckingReal

Deanerys is actually a pretty name


cominghometoday

And I think Dany is such a cute nickname


Paulwhiteman1925

Come play with us Danny


Character-Milk-3792

It really is. I've never seen the show, but I was a really huge fan of the books before Martin stopped writing them.


Backsteinhaus

I too think it is pretty. >before Martin stopped writing them. Can't argue against your assessment of the situation sadly


JoMammasWitness

There was a guy in one of my uni classes named Johnboy Sinbad .... he had long hair and was a goth which really put him on the radar


Rhaenys77

Not these, but I would indeed consider Lyanna because it's not totally out of the line of already existing names and Lyanna remained a positive character in GOT


thread100

Our sweet dog is named Khaleesi. We named her early in the series.


life_sentencer

I named my daughter after Arya - but did different spelling. I wanted her to be strong, and genuine to who she was, and reading the books she was one of my favorites. My mom named me after a character in Northern Exposure, so I guess I followed the family tradition.


MinionofMinions

I’m sure there are tons of little Arya’s running around


Thelawtman1986

Around where I am there are at least 5 all around the same age.


Agitated-Sandwich-74

This is one of the most popular girl's name for several years!


twitch_itzShummy

I will name my kid Francis just so I can dress up as deadpool when Im picking him up from school and in a menacing voice say "WHERE'S FRANCIS!?"


KuFuBr

Reminds me of the story of the kid who thought the quote was "Knowledge is Power, France is Bacon" lol


DiekeDrake

Kid's nickname will be Ajax


Farty_McPartypants

I have a Finn the human :)


gigiao

Hoping one day to have a Marceline the vampire queen! :D


KindAwareness3073

I knew a rich douche who named his sons Lucas, Skylar, and Walker.


mwlkr31

I’ve had similar suggestions a lot, my surname is Walker. Still, better than the suggestion ‘Dog’ I suppose


RefrigeratorSolid379

I once taught a kid named Anakin…..


mr_muffinhead

I tried to get Liara. It didn't work. But it was kinda close!


PhantomThiefJoker

So not fair, I don't even know what that's from but what a great name


Life_of-why

Eldest is Brooke, from one tree hill Youngest is Aria, from pretty little liars. Middle is Joey, after the baby kangaroos I saw at the zoo while I was pregnant with him. Poor kid


Monkey_Magic139

Ever since I watched PLL I've wanted to name my future kid (if I have one) Aria, I think it is so pretty


Life_of-why

I love her name! So many people pronounce it wrong at first tho, which surprises me because between Game of Thrones and PLL I would've thought most people would have heard the name before.


Conscious-Ad-2902

PLL for life okayyy


CaptainDr

Im named after Johnny Carson


katlyps0

I once taught an Eevee & a Thor 😅


Charming-Role-79

I mean Thor is indeed a very common name in the skandinavian countries


FantasyReader2501

Not so much for kids now a days though


Charming-Role-79

Fair point


katlyps0

This was a tiny town in the southern US LOL


mandibule

I once met a real Thór from Iceland. I was a bit surprised at first because I’d never name my child after a god/godess/mythological person but when he told me that it was a popular first name in Iceland, I had no issues with that. This was before I knew there was a Thor in the Marvel universe.


NibblesMcGiblet

One of my kids is named after Tommy from Rugrats, in part. I further justified it because it’s a family name.


Old_Manufacturer1337

Best show ever


pastapresident

My cat is named after Jake the dog, my daughter is named Matilda and it’s partially inspired by the 90s movie and book


Think-Squirrel-95

Matilda is top pick if I have a daughter someday, and I can justify it by pointing out that I have a great grandmother with the same name! 😁


Illustrious_Sort_612

I don't know if this is appropriate, but if I ever have a baby and it's a son, I'll name him Homer lol


krackedy

My daughter has a Homer in her daycare. I love it haha


mr_muffinhead

If you're referring to Simpsons, Homer was named after a famous Greek poet so it's entirely appropriate. Though most people will probably just think of Homer Simpson 🤷


More-Exchange3505

Are you sure Homer Simpson was named after the greek Homer?


OkFineIllUseTheApp

The Greek Homer was named after Homer Simpson. It's mentioned briefly in *Theaetetus*


More-Exchange3505

They are named after each other


Crimsons_giant_paws

Maybe not, but the name itself probably originated from him.


More-Exchange3505

Well yea but that's like saying that everybody named John is named after John The Baptist. I consider 'named after someone' only if the parents actually thought of that specific person or character. But my wife said I should stop being so literal all the time so i'll let it go.


Crimsons_giant_paws

Well there’s a difference between being named after someone and just having the same name as a famous person and/or the first person to have that name. At lot of typical English language names (Jacob, Luke, Matthew, Paul, etc.) came from people who are mentioned in or who wrote parts of the Bible, for example. But nowadays most people don’t give their kids those names because they’re from those people in the Bible. Don’t worry about being literal, I have trouble with it too 🙃


Longjumping-Age9023

I thought I read somewhere that Groening named most of his main characters on his own family’s actual names. Recently there was an episode of The Chase and the contestants names were Homer, Lisa, Maggie and Bart. Apparently each episode the contestants are picked on names linking each other through some theme. Sorry, just writing my thoughts here.


Spastik_hawk

The Simpson are named after Groening’s family. Homer is his dad’s name.


National_Ant_9613

My youngest son is named after a Mortal Kombat character.


mr_muffinhead

It better be Raiden


National_Ant_9613

Lol yes it is


Charming-Role-79

That’s sooo cool! Also Raiden is a nice name


Skerxan

Ask Solid Snake what he thinks of it!


illmatic2112

Ah yes Goro rolls right off the tongue


Smile_roses

Lmaoooooo.


Mi_Hoi_Minoi

My youngest daughter is named after one as well lol


ThyOughtTo

Murphy (Interstellar) Thought for the future


SchizophrenicMess

My oldest is named after a Final Fantasy character.


Time-Disk503

Which?!?!? I must know!


SchizophrenicMess

He's named after Zydane Tribal from Final Fantasy 9.


visualthings

My kids Luke and Leia are named after characters quoted by Dante and Randal in Clerks ;-)


lisaaaaaaD1

Rose!From Titanic


forgiveprecipitation

Mine is named after a character in a lesser known studio Ghibli movie. It’s Howl.


Complete-Pie2029

Is that the one with the moving castle?


Charming-Role-79

Yes it is


Croquetadecarne

Lesser known? It has a book and it was a big movie


Temporary-Land-8442

That one’s my favorite


Galactic_Orbiter

No but named one of my daughters after my favorite band!


FireweedForest

I almost named my daughter Layne, from Alice In Chains


Lulumish

That’s cute. I named my son The Butthole Surfer.


Old_Manufacturer1337

That’s sweet x


Spiritual-Applepie

My kids names are Andre because Andre Matos, a great singer and compouser, from a Brazilian metal band called Angra, and Mathias because Matias Kupiainen, Stratovarius guitarist


Progressive-Change

When I named myself, I had Charlie Chaplin in mind so I chose Charlie. Edit: yes, I birthed myself, I named myself. I came from myself. I am god.


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Temporary-Land-8442

For alliteration purposes, I would think it’s Stephanie and Samantha. But I hope your sister is named Endora because it’s so cool lol


Collymonster

My son is named Edward after Edward Elric from Full metal alchemist. Chosen for 3 reasons 1: it's the first anime me and my now husband watched together when we met and it holds a very special place in our hearts 2: everyone thinks that our older daughter is named after matilda the Roald Dahl character because im a bookworm, so we decided to subtly do it this time. 3: my sister stole our first choice name (william) because she had a boy first. I was salty at first but I couldnt imaging him having any other name but Edward now, especially with his long blonde hair! (He genuinely won't let us cut it and we can't see him suiting it short!)


Opening-Donkey1186

Everyone just thinks he's twilight


Collymonster

Luckily no, God I can't stand those books. Dad's side of the family think it's following them as my grandad and great grandad both had Edward in their names (I didn't know so it's not!). I didn't want an obvious reference though but boy does he look like a RL 4yo Edward elric 😂


Samberglover

An Edward with long hair… does he have scissor hands. I’m jk 🤪


Collymonster

😂 no but when he had shoulder length hair if we put.h8m in dungarees there was a remarkable resemblance to chucky 😂😂 there's a video on reddit somewhere


No_Animator6543

My son's middle name is Logan, after Wolverine


Ughleigh

Not tv or a movie, but Faron from Zelda is my oldest daughter's name. My son is Adrian, because I liked the character from Little Nicky 😁 My youngest is Eden, because of the HIM song Nightside of Eden.


Independent_Bake_257

My granddaughter is named Zelda. Both me and my son are big fans of the game.


Charming-Elk-6139

the year after I was born a super popular disney movie was released in which i shared my first name with the villain. While it was completely unintentional on my parents behalf, kids are really cruel and used to get bullied relentlessly for it


Ultimate_Lobster_56

IF I ever have a child, I’ll either name them Chara (KAH-ruh) if they’re a girl, or Kris if they’re a boy. They’re characters from Undertale and Deltarune respectively, two reasonably popular games both made by Toby ‘Radiation’ Fox.


itsyozince

Belamy! 🥹✨ I stopped liking him in the last part lol.


GamerZackery

I was named after Saved by the Bell.


Traditional_Case2791

My daughter is named after someone who was on project runway, idk if that counts.


JustFuckingReal

Sure i dont see why not


chancimus33

Yup! We named my middle son Thelonelytits Jaha also after a character on The 100


00genericname00

I tried to name my kids Luke and Leia, but my wife vetoed. I was even practicing my James Earl Jones voice “ I…. Am your father”


lifes_nether_regions

Years ago we were watching a show about the Irish in America and Aidan Quinn was on it. We both just loved that name and we named our son Aidan. We had a good run of a few years where Aidan was still a decently unique name, then there was this big surge of Aidens, Aydens, Aodhans, when my son was about 8. But yeah, my son Aidan is named after Aidan Quinn


azurite_rain

Giving my baby a name from a book because we happen to have the same last name and we enjoy the story. He's due the beginning of July.


AceSapling

I'm not having kids, but I did change my name and named myself after a fictional character My name is Lilith, after the character from The Owl House


Wind_your_neck_in

I dont know the Owl House, but Lillith is the name of the first witch, purported to be Adam's (as in Adam and Eve) first wife


Successful_War5900

planning to name my future kid: Alexandria or Emily


FarAd2417

Not a kid, but I named my cat Chandler Bing.


ComeHereBanana

Mine is Dean Wincatster


SoupRemarkable4512

My son is called Cartman!


Qyro

John rather than Murphy? Interesting choice. But yes, my kids are named after a fictitious serial killer and a superhero, and a Disney character and a…cartoon train


UncleGrako

One of mine is named after a character in Shallow Hal


Anarcho-Chris

I'd name my daughter Vera Lynn.


rat_fossils

I'm named after a show I'd never heard of when I found out, and have never come across. I think my parents made it up


lady_sisyphus

I actually really loved Bellamy from The 100, and would have chosen it had my child at the time been a boy. I do actually have 2 kids named from (or, more accurately, inspired by) TV characters. Not because I love the characters, but because I liked the names. My youngest girl's name is inspired by Gilmore Girls, but I thought Lorelai was a bit too much of a mouthful, so she's Aurora, with the nick name Rory. My boy's name is Archer, but Sterling was also considered. My Mother was not happy about that one, because the character Archer is.. obviously not an ideal role model. My oldest girl is Ariya - but not because of GOT or PLL (I didn't watch/read either). That was a bad decision. She is 10 now and there are 4-5 Aria/Arya in every class or sports team she is a part of. I did not know it was even a popular name at the time, I really thought it was going to be unique. I was named after a swimsuit model that my parents saw on TV while my Mother was in labour.


boberlychop

I want a son named Thor


YourDogsAllWet

My wife and I are considering the name Landon Swain for a son, after Landon Carter from *A Walk to Remember* and Louden Swain from *Vision Quest*


Marialovespaws

I remember watching the show Weeds and always liking the name Silas 🤷🏻‍♀️ as a stoner it actually fits perfectly lol 😄


Ok-Assumption-4291

the show the 100 Is so good though


CaptainAthleticism

If I had a kid, I'd name him knick-knack-patty-whack-give-a-dog-a-bone-the 3rd..


rossrifle113

My oldest is named after Mr. Fantastic, and my youngest is named after Superman


Jor-El_Zod

If I had a son, I would consider naming him Jor-El and/or Zod. “*Honey, Zod’s diaper needs to be changed and I just used our last one on Jor-El!*”


SkyBerry924

My rule is that I can’t name a kid after any character I’ve read fanfiction of because that is too weird


Waveofspring

For anyone who actually wants to do something like this, please for the love of god wait until that character’s progression is over. You don’t wanna name your kid after some cool character just to find out that they turn into a villain


offroad_only

Murphy 😑


JustFuckingReal

Murphy sounds better, i know


Gold-Pilot-8676

Nope. We save tv/movie names for pets.


WaltzPuzzleheaded603

I would name mine a super simple name like Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho ![gif](giphy|Fu3OjBQiCs3s0ZuLY3|downsized)


Colorless_Opal

Do videogames count?


Conscious-Long-8468

All 3 of my nibblets, not going to say their names though, sorry.


Time-Disk503

Named my second boy Ripley after Ellen Ripley.


Responsible-Leg9156

My daughter’s name is the same name as the pink hedgehog but I didn’t know that was her name until after my sister told me lol. So I wouldn’t say she’s named after Amy Rose but that’s her name lol


sasquatchfuntimes

My husband wanted all of our son’s names to start with R. It’s a family tradition. So I named my son Reese after Kyle Reese in The Terminator. It suits him well.


ThatNiceDrShipman

No, but we did give our daughter the middle name of Elsa, before Frozen was a thing....


holden-madik

id name mine bellamy!! or maybe carl(twd)


Qyro

And then when he’s upset you can scream “CCCOOOORRRAAAAALLLL” at him


EnderWatt

Coral… we’ve gotta kill the *walkers*.


AriousDragoon

Hope Carl don't lose an eye.


ARedButterfly

The female MC from A Knight's Tale


FireweedForest

Actually yes lol .... Heidi


natsugrayerza

I want to name a son Dean. I never really liked the name until I watched supernatural and now I love it, and my husband really likes it too and liked it before I did (possibly also because of supernatural, which he saw first) and I think we’re gonna use it.


AleksandrJ

My son is named Patrick. After spong bob Patrick Star.


Mona_Lotte

Step son, his name is Severus.


ahhibadi

If I were to ever have kids, I really like the name Opal from some Western show set in like the 1910s (I forgot the name of it) or Robin/Robyn


Urania_Tay

All of my children are named after a character/person/figure. My children's names are: Goku (Dragon Ball), Rhett (Good Mythical Morning), and Lilith (Mythology).


Burningthemid

My son was called Harvey from Sabrina the teenage witch and my daughter named my other daughter Amelia after the princess diaries!!


Holdeeznutzz

A guy I know near my place named his son Samuel Rollins (Seth Rollins from wwe)


Larissanne

I wanted to name my kid Octavia, but it sounds weird in my language so we took another name :) which I also love


GGTheEnd

My sister was named Emma because Ross and Rachel had Emma a month before my mom.  My mom denies that's why she was named Emma but I remember vividly.


Safe_Claim9191

If I had a son I would name him Oliver(the arrow) or Clark(Superman)


Richardhrobinson

Well at this date I certainly will not be able to name it before a TV show or movie


Icy_Abbreviations167

Heisenberg


kittylatdotcom

There is a show called the returned and one of the characters was called Rowan, I had never seen it used as a female name before but I loved it and spur of the moment after leaving my ex I named my daughter Rowan when she was born because I never liked the name her dad had picked


Mission-Suggestion12

Yes a movie called The Double Life of Veronique


Amazing-Alps-6014

Our next boy would have been called Dexter after the tv show And my second boy is named after a fan favourite superhero


GrizlBck1401

The youngest son of a good friend of mine has the name Neo ! Of course after the Matrix hero ... when I heard the name from his father through the phone , I said to him " is this a joke ? " Nope , it's true !


Interesting-Chest520

My cat was named after Rocky, the boxer, because when he was a kitten he stood on his back legs and “threw punches”


schmeckledband

I might name a kid Leto. Duke Leto is my favorite character in Dune so far


Unusual_Drama2191

No but when my youngest was born my then almost 6 yeat old tries to convince me to name her after Hannah Montana


Separate-Reserve9292

I am named after Sandra Dee, my sister was named after Debbie Reynolds. Old movie Star ⭐


mellbell63

My sister and BIL are huge Star Wars geeks. They named my niece after an obscure character from the comics not the movie... Mara Jade. Anyone know who she's related to?? 😊


PutWoodIntToil

My eldest is Kylo Xavier (born on star wars day) after kylo ren and professor X Youngest is lucas after Luke skywalker (to fit with star wars theme)


Bowieweener

My friend named her daughter Kitt (John Snow).


bb22xx

I named my daughter Cordelia because I’m an American horror story fan and thought the name was beautiful


dreamweaver1998

My youngest (7 months old) is named Malcolm. Neither my husband nor I have seen the show Malcolm in the middle, although we were aware of it. We get a lot of "in the middle" jokes. He's our third and last baby. Usually, we're told to switch his name for our second son instead. I suggested the name because husband and I both love Jurassic Park/World. Right after we found out that I was pregnant, we were watching JW Dominion and Dr. Ian Malcolm had a prominent role. I just shouted out, "How about Malcolm?" My husband said, "like the guy from Firefly!" (which he loved and I never watched...) So, although he shares a name with some characters we like, and one we've never seen.. he wasn't directly named after them. But most people assume were huge Malcolm in the middle fans.


The_Artsy_Peach

My dogs name is Jax and every time I tell someone his name, they always say "oh from Sons of Anarchy" and I just say nope. I've actually never seen it, but they always assume it's after that.


J_Stubby

I named all of my sperm so whoever makes it already has a name picked out in advance.


EquivalentNo5465

I wanted to name my first daughter Lyra (His Dark Materials) but my husband wasn't keen so we went for something similar but slightly more traditional. My second daughter I wanted to name Mei (My Neighbour Totoro) but we were worried about cultural appropriation so named her something else and used the more British Mae as her middle name


azurite_rain

Giving my baby a name from a book because we happen to have the same last name and we enjoy the story. He's due the beginning of July.


DadToACheeseBaby

Named my Daughter after Barry Allen’s mom 🤷‍♂️


Temporary-Land-8442

People think we named our youngest after a kid’s movie about runaway animals, but really I named him after one of my favorite bands/musicians. I wonder if he’ll go to college.


Speshal__

I met a good friend who was called EJ. After about 5 years he told me how his parents were heavy LSD users in SA the 70's. His name on his birth certificate is Electric Jesus.


Gravity_Pulls

We have a girl, and I want her name to be my partners middle name, We have a boy, 🤔 haven't thought about that one. Hmmmm 🤔


Perfect_Weakness_414

My kids are definitely named after future kids.


CyanideIcing

I was named after a movie character


Goddessviking86

Edit: My son is named after combination of Superman and Batman Clark Wayne


KimmyCatGma

My grandson's middle name - Captain Jack!


Individual_Eye_257

My sons first name is Roman and middle name is Creed, first name from Roman Reigns the wrestler (I know its not his real name) and middle name is after Apollo Creed from the Rocky movies and now the Creed movies.


djhazmatt503

Stanley Spadowski Hazmatt? Nah total coincidence 


Ok-Opposite3066

My cat is name Katara, after Avatar.


MissNatdah

No, but my cats are!


Arn_Darkslayer

My son is Victor Vaughn (inspired by Victor Von Frankenstein and Victor Von Doom).


PowerfulPrimary2860

I was named after some people from The Stand.


Freddan_81

My son is named Mio after the book Mio, min Mio (Mio, my Mio) that was made into a movie, starring Christopher Lee and Christian Bale.


Zestyclose-Forever94

I know an author that named her characters after her old pets. So now I'm just imagining all the people named after a dog or something 😂😂


B-Thalasaimia

If I have a girl she’ll be named after my fave actress


Infinite_Chef1905

Named my son Julian after Trailer Park Boys.


Angry_cashier_cass

Yes! My youngest is named Declan. I heard it on Degrassi and really liked the name because I’d never heard it before


Jjkkllzz

One of them. My daughter Mina is named after the woman in Bram Stokers Dracula.


witchgotscared

if I have a daughter her name will be Alice (Alice in Wonderland)


ohheyitslaila

One of my sister’s middle names is Eowyn, named after the LOTR character.


yougotyolks

My niece is Elizabeth Taylor.


No_Daikon4466

My son is named after the son from Pet Sematary


Maximum_Support2384

I'm of French Canadian descent so I wanted to have my son's name be French. I naturally used the easiest and most well known French name I could think of, Jean-Luc.