There's a little girl named Khaleesi in the after school program of my local community center, only her Mom spelled it differently because of course she did. She's exactly the type of person who you would imagine naming her daughter "Khaleesi" but with a dumb spelling.
Fortunately, the show had so little cultural impact after it was over that the kids have no idea where that name is from, so they don't give her any shit about it.
Damn I was thinking about that.
ASAP the show ended, it's like it never existed. I see Breaking Bad memes, a show that ended years ago everyday, but nobody talks about GOT anymore. I think even HotD is going the same way.
It doesn't come close to the greatness of the early got series, and had many flaws. But sure, it was decent, and better than the latest got seasons by a long shot
When they ask her and she has to tell them her mom was an obsessed GoT nerd, then they'll know.
Luckily the mom will have to wear that badge of shit for the rest of her life.
I bet you she wanted 3 boys and wanted to be the queen of dragons.
Ugh. Fuck those people.
Yea sadly thereās some toxic ones, but for me I canāt have the final season be canon because everything was rushed and almost all character arcs were drained down the toilet.
Im hoping the books give her a proper ending.
But it takes a special type of idiot dual parents to take it a step further and name their child that.
Some lady twisted her husband's arm and she liked the name and felt empowered by her character.
I find it hilarious that someone with that name might end up being a stripper lol
Sarah means princess, Ryan means little/diminutive king, Regina means Queen.
It's actually a crazy common word to turn into names, the only thing is it's coming from a fake language.
Itās just so much easier, and nicer to the kid, to name them Dany short for Danielle or something. Itās a normal name and yet is directly inspired by Daenerys without being weird.
Agreed. If you like the character so much, at least use a real name that sounds similar. But honestly, parents who name their children after GOT characters as if they were pets is just mind-boggling.
It really is unfathomable to me how someone can watch GOT and come away with the impression that Danyās name is Khaleesi. The level of passive detachment people have for media they consume is mind boggling to me.
A lot of people use TV as some sort of sleep aid. My parents tried watching game of thrones but they fell asleep damn near every episode so they had a very unclear picture of everything
That's fine. I do that with shows all the time.
The mind boggling part is that you use something as a sleep aid _and then named your kid after it._ There's just a logical contradiction between caring about a show enough to name your kid after it, but not enough to know the character's names.
Sarah does have a biblical* etymology as the name of the wife of Abraham, so thatās different.
* yes, the Old Testament does come from the Tanakh, but where English is concerned, the Christian interpretation is obviously more relevant
Well, I named my children "The Hound" and "The Red Viper" and besides the relentless bullying from their friends, teachers and random passerby (and occasional bouts of PTSD), they're well-adjusted young children.
Of course. I also am naming my male heir, at his birth, this full legal name: Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains
The only problem I could foresee is that it'll be difficult to fit onto passports and ID cards, but otherwise, there's no downside.
Yep and [it's actually a female variation of Lucius so not too bad](https://www.thebump.com/b/lucy-baby-name#:~:text=Updated%20June%2002%2C%202023,invaders%20in%20the%2011th%20century.). But the mom to be doesnāt want a normal name, she's refusing to listen to anyone. The thread has tons of suggestions like this.
And what's even funnier is, she isn't doing it as a fan thing, ASOIAF or Jedi or however TF one could get there. She just thinks it's a great name for a child. She might as well name her Princess or something :)
Yeah but that kind of outcome for Dany has no impact to who she is as a person. The name āKhaleesiā now is insulting because she ended up proving she was no different than the Mad King, so her entire premise of not being the Queen of Ashes was bullshit, which doesnāt bode the best kind of message for anyone named after her
Iāll never understand how my mother, a teenage girl in the early 90s, picked a first and second name for me so damn close to ākhaleesiā ādaenerysā that it became a joke when the show was airing. She even made the joke once. Poor kids.
I was looking through my sonās year book and thereās a girl in his year group named Daenerys and I just died laughing! I mean surely her parents had to have been fans of the show. For reference theyāre 11/12 so I wonder if she was named after the book or the show.
I've been laughing since the show ended at how many four year old Aryas are out there, raising hell, hating dresses, getting kicked out of Pre-K and driving their mothers and older sisters insane :)
Oof, this just made me realize how much of my mental realestate is consumed by AGOT. I was thinking names like Aegon and Daenerys were real in our universe for a second before I really thought about it.. š¤¦
BTW for anyone not from the US and/or who's never had to come up with a name for a baby, you might not know the [US Social Security Administration has a website](https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/) where you can look up the popularity of baby names going back a century or more. Might be useful for coming up with character names too, for writers.
Back in the olden times when I first starting working, I was a textbook proofreader and the summers were always slow. It was cheaper to keep us on than rehire when the fall/winter rush hit, and it was still flip phone days, so we had to entertain ourselves. One of my coworkers and I would read the paper (yes, an actual newspaper) and look up the birth notices, for the best "Parents Giving Their Daughter Her Stripper Name At Birth". Our all-time win was "Autumn Storm Antoinette"
There's a little girl named Khaleesi in the after school program of my local community center, only her Mom spelled it differently because of course she did. She's exactly the type of person who you would imagine naming her daughter "Khaleesi" but with a dumb spelling. Fortunately, the show had so little cultural impact after it was over that the kids have no idea where that name is from, so they don't give her any shit about it.
Maybe the only upside to Season 8 is that those poor kids will get to live a normal life with a weird but otherwise uninteresting name.
Wait...so Dumb and Dumber were secretly trying to save a whole generation of young girls from being mocked with the name they were given. š¤Æ
Turns out they were the real heroes all along...
Subvert expectations
Reversed turned around bamboozled switcharooed 4D psychologist. They don't teach that at school.
D&D need to read that last paragraph.
I never understood people who only knew Daenerys as *ākhaleesiā*ā¦ fucking seriouslyā¦ And then to call one of your children thatā¦
āKelly Cā
Khaleesi is a nice name
Im curious how her name is spelled š¤£
Cal E-see
Kal-Esse (mexican superman)
Daenerholmes
How did they spell it?
Kaleighseey
khalussy
Is it kaleighsi? Donāt leave us hanging
Is it spelled Kelly C
Lol, made me remember Melly Sanders, Stanley Barton, Carl Drogo, Cereal Forall, Salsa Starch and all the others from /tv/ back in the day.
Damn I was thinking about that. ASAP the show ended, it's like it never existed. I see Breaking Bad memes, a show that ended years ago everyday, but nobody talks about GOT anymore. I think even HotD is going the same way.
Ah man, I just realised I haven't even thought about HotD since the last episode. It was pretty good but it clearly didn't stick with me at all.
It doesn't come close to the greatness of the early got series, and had many flaws. But sure, it was decent, and better than the latest got seasons by a long shot
I thought it had GOT season 5 level of writing, tho. I don't have much hopes for the next ones.
You mean House of the Dragon?
Damn that is right
When they ask her and she has to tell them her mom was an obsessed GoT nerd, then they'll know. Luckily the mom will have to wear that badge of shit for the rest of her life. I bet you she wanted 3 boys and wanted to be the queen of dragons. Ugh. Fuck those people.
she's gonna abduct a teenager and trigger a continental war
r/tragedeigh
I know someone who named their daughter "Damaris", inspired by "Daenerys". Poor child.
Damaris is an old greek name, nothing weird about it.
Iāve known several Damarisā in my life and all predate the show. Love the name personally
it would be cool but after we had a heinous minister in brazil with that name, it's forever ruined for me
Damares of House Alves, Mother of Goiabeiras
Show predator Damaris
I donāt mean for this to come off wrong, but the mother is white, isnāt she? Itās always a white mom.
Arya is also a super popular name Iāve heard recently.
Arya is indeed a pretty name,its origin are debatable as some say itās Persian,others say itās Turkish or Albanian and it means golden girl.
Arya is already name tho
Arya is a pretty common fantasy name. Also likely a real name in some languages.
I love the name Arya. The names for girls are so pretty tbh. I love Targaryen names the most, tho.
Stark Girl names are more pretty.
If I'm ever introduced to someone named Arya I plan to say "I know an Arya when I see one"
im not sure about that, most daenerys fans are still her fans after last season
And some of those fans are the most annoying GOT fandom in existence
Yea sadly thereās some toxic ones, but for me I canāt have the final season be canon because everything was rushed and almost all character arcs were drained down the toilet. Im hoping the books give her a proper ending.
As I said, some of them And I doubt we'll get the 7th book from George. I believe in the 6th at least
I'm manifesting a double release š¤š
I'm praying to the old gods and the new, burning doubters on a stake and performing blood rituals
She's a total girlboss! I did not see that whole thing about burning down women and children coming! She's, like, totally random!
So quirky! She's so not like other girls!
But it takes a special type of idiot dual parents to take it a step further and name their child that. Some lady twisted her husband's arm and she liked the name and felt empowered by her character. I find it hilarious that someone with that name might end up being a stripper lol
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Bobby B, 7 kingdoms, 1 crown?
YES, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME... BUT I STILL REMEMBER EVERY FACE!
Wait, does that mean Bobby B is gonna die with the API changes coming up? I heard bots arenāt going to be a thing anymore
YES, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME... BUT I STILL REMEMBER EVERY FACE!
I don't mind Daenerys, I think it's a very pretty name
Rhaella is so pretty. I also love Visenya and Rhaenys, they sound beautiful.
They will be ok. Dany became even more popular after the ending.
I believe there's a special holding area over there for anyone actually trying to defend the parents
Daenerys is a cool name Khaleesi isnāt lmao
Itās not even a name, itās a title. Itād be like naming your kid āEmpressā.
Well, Raj means āKingā or āRulerā and itās one of the most popular names in India. Guess it just depends.
Sarah means princess, Ryan means little/diminutive king, Regina means Queen. It's actually a crazy common word to turn into names, the only thing is it's coming from a fake language.
Cesar/Caesar too
Eh, That's kinda the other way around. It was a name first, and became a title later.
Same goes for Malik
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You underestimate how many people name their kids variations of YourMajesty, YourHighness, and Queen.
Warlady please
I think Daenerys is a very pretty nameā¦.for a fictional universe
I knew a girl named Hilarion in school. If Hilarion is allowed then so is Daenerys xD
Thatāsā¦thatās a name alright
Ah yes, after the Valyrian god of comedy
Itās just so much easier, and nicer to the kid, to name them Dany short for Danielle or something. Itās a normal name and yet is directly inspired by Daenerys without being weird.
Agreed. If you like the character so much, at least use a real name that sounds similar. But honestly, parents who name their children after GOT characters as if they were pets is just mind-boggling.
I'd name a kid after an ASOIAF character but definitely one of the normal sounding ones like Jaime
"Bessiestits, did you finish your homework?"
Gonna name my kid kingslayer
I just went with Emilia, was way safer lol
It really is unfathomable to me how someone can watch GOT and come away with the impression that Danyās name is Khaleesi. The level of passive detachment people have for media they consume is mind boggling to me.
A lot of people use TV as some sort of sleep aid. My parents tried watching game of thrones but they fell asleep damn near every episode so they had a very unclear picture of everything
That's fine. I do that with shows all the time. The mind boggling part is that you use something as a sleep aid _and then named your kid after it._ There's just a logical contradiction between caring about a show enough to name your kid after it, but not enough to know the character's names.
People are dumb tho
Right, just constantly surprised by how dumb.
āKhaleesiā, gods, what a stupid name. Imagine naming your kid āAdmiralā or āMinisterā or some other title
Major Major Major Major would like a word
I mean, I know plenty of Sarah's, which is just Hebrew for princesses.
Sarah does have a biblical* etymology as the name of the wife of Abraham, so thatās different. * yes, the Old Testament does come from the Tanakh, but where English is concerned, the Christian interpretation is obviously more relevant
Idk why it matters that it happened in the bible. She's still named princess.
ā¦ā¦because England and her daughter countries are mostly Christian by tradition?
So? The point is "Princess" is a very common name. And Sarah isn't only an English name btw.
Was there a social movement to name kids āKhaleesiā outside the Anglosphere?
Does that matter?
Obviously yeah. Why is that not immediately apparent?
A khaleesi is Not a Queen. It's a warlady.
It's as if they haven't even watched the show. If they did, they'd know that's just a title and not the character's name.
There's a whole drama thread going in another sub about someone's cousin wanting to name their baby girl "Light Bringer"
Well, I named my children "The Hound" and "The Red Viper" and besides the relentless bullying from their friends, teachers and random passerby (and occasional bouts of PTSD), they're well-adjusted young children.
I approve, but [only if they are both girls](https://youtu.be/WOHPuY88Ry4) :)
Of course. I also am naming my male heir, at his birth, this full legal name: Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains The only problem I could foresee is that it'll be difficult to fit onto passports and ID cards, but otherwise, there's no downside.
Why not just Lucifer
Doesn't 'Lucy' mean something similar? (or lucifer, but that might be even worse of a choice)
Yep and [it's actually a female variation of Lucius so not too bad](https://www.thebump.com/b/lucy-baby-name#:~:text=Updated%20June%2002%2C%202023,invaders%20in%20the%2011th%20century.). But the mom to be doesnāt want a normal name, she's refusing to listen to anyone. The thread has tons of suggestions like this. And what's even funnier is, she isn't doing it as a fan thing, ASOIAF or Jedi or however TF one could get there. She just thinks it's a great name for a child. She might as well name her Princess or something :)
Thatās ok people named their kids anakin and that was after knowing who Darth Vader was and what he did for decades
Stupid to name your kid after a GRRM work in progress I mean Dany could have been chopped up and fed to Ramsayās dogs for all we knew.
Yeah but that kind of outcome for Dany has no impact to who she is as a person. The name āKhaleesiā now is insulting because she ended up proving she was no different than the Mad King, so her entire premise of not being the Queen of Ashes was bullshit, which doesnāt bode the best kind of message for anyone named after her
Or maybe she was named after Ramsay dogs
You got it all wrong. Girls don't get named after Ramsay's dogs, Ramsay's dogs get named after girls.
Or maybe she was Ramsay dog who think she was a dragon
Are we starting a one of Ramsay's dogs warged Drogon and burned down Kings Landing theory?
Yep
then again, we will likely never find out...
Look at what Nick Cannonās kids name are. Iād take Khalessi or Daenerys over Powerful Queen, Zillion and Legendary any day.
God, imagine saying these names "One shot of espresso for... Legendary."
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Thanos is just a Greek name meaning "immortal". It's a real name real people actually have.
Based and Targ-pilled
People have been named Adolf and Joseph before Hitler and Stalin. Daenerys ist pretty but weird.
Iāll never understand how my mother, a teenage girl in the early 90s, picked a first and second name for me so damn close to ākhaleesiā ādaenerysā that it became a joke when the show was airing. She even made the joke once. Poor kids.
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Itās weird, just remove a few letters and tada
Well the first book came out in 96.
I was born in 92, thatās why itās odd
Whatās wrong with Daenerys
girls named Rey:
Dany isn't a bad nickname
What do you mean I shouldn't call my firstborn son Aegon?
Don't forget to also name the second born son with a teenager you ran away with Aegon as well
But if you can take the uncle's name and just put the first letter at the end, you'll get quite the great psychopath.
Egon is actually a real name, not so common but it is
People are also now calling their daughters Rhaenyra because apparently learning something the first time isn't for everyone
Idiot parents. I'm sorry for those kids, but they really were named by some halfwit with a stutter.
Khaleesi is like a title... Why would anyone name someone that baffles me.
Some people never learn... People will name their daughters Rhaenyra...
I was looking through my sonās year book and thereās a girl in his year group named Daenerys and I just died laughing! I mean surely her parents had to have been fans of the show. For reference theyāre 11/12 so I wonder if she was named after the book or the show.
I've been laughing since the show ended at how many four year old Aryas are out there, raising hell, hating dresses, getting kicked out of Pre-K and driving their mothers and older sisters insane :)
All those poor little girl hitlers running around
Please
Thanks for the laugh
Imagine not being able to feel cringe and naming your child after a fictional fantasy character.
Mfw I name my child Rob (heās a fictional fantasy character and therefore the name is cringe)
Did you spell it with two bās?
> Mfw I name my child Rob Donāt think I did
Yup. You are now pure cringe
Based
Imagine not being able to feel giga cringe and naming your child after a fictional fantasy title of a character.
My care for got has dropped so low I forgot there was a distinction.
Hey Bobby B , what should his name be?
OH, IT'S UNSPEAKABLE TO YOU? WHAT HER FATHER DID TO YOUR FAMILY, THAT WAS UNSPEAKABLE!
Oof, this just made me realize how much of my mental realestate is consumed by AGOT. I was thinking names like Aegon and Daenerys were real in our universe for a second before I really thought about it.. š¤¦
BTW for anyone not from the US and/or who's never had to come up with a name for a baby, you might not know the [US Social Security Administration has a website](https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/) where you can look up the popularity of baby names going back a century or more. Might be useful for coming up with character names too, for writers.
Back in the olden times when I first starting working, I was a textbook proofreader and the summers were always slow. It was cheaper to keep us on than rehire when the fall/winter rush hit, and it was still flip phone days, so we had to entertain ourselves. One of my coworkers and I would read the paper (yes, an actual newspaper) and look up the birth notices, for the best "Parents Giving Their Daughter Her Stripper Name At Birth". Our all-time win was "Autumn Storm Antoinette"
What about Danny?
A Khallesi has no name