Having a child named after a videogame character

[Mr Incredible]

when we where picking names for my boy. Cole got shot down pretty fast from my wife.

[Nightstream88]

Wonder if my name would count since I kind of do share a name with one of the characters from legend of spyro trilogy, but I was born long before then it was either going to be that or Ecco I think, but that game came out in 92 I think, I cant remember.

Anyway as for the topic well at least if it sounds normal.

[Nihiris-]

I always liked Ezio. I'm 99.9% Italian so it would work lol I would just have to convince the boy's uncles to just call him "nipote" when they see him

[Gotakibono]

Well, if I happen to meet a girl crazy enough to have my offspring - and then subsequently even crazier to let me name that offspring - then I wouldn't mind naming my son Agent 47 and my daughter Meryl. 

[antithesis]

My fourth kid is due is 5 weeks 

 

I'm not naming the child after a video game character, however if it's a boy, he'll end up with the initials XTC. The ladies will love him 

[Beyondthegrave07]

OK... I think some video game character's names wouldn't be bad. Others would be...how should I say this? Just... terrible. You have to be strategic and not make it so obvious. While there are other names that you shouldn't even consider

 

Let me give you a quick example

 

GOOD:

 

Isaac (Dead Space)

Joel, Ellie (TLOU)

Nathan, Elena, Chloe (Uncharted)

Lara (Tomb Raider)

Chris, Jill, Jake (Resident Evil 6)

Max, Monica (Dark Cloud 2)

 

BAD:

 

Cloud (FFVII)

Sly (Sly Cooper)

Kratos (GoW)

Wesker (Resident Evil)

 

 

REALLY BAD (Like seriously, this kid will be made fun of!)

 

Sackboy/Sackgirl (LBP) 

Gannondorf (LoZ)

Sephiroth (FFVII) 

Amaterasu (OKAMI)

Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts 2)

Pikachu (Pokemon)

Mr. Drippy (Ni No Kuni)

 

I think you get the idea...

 

I'm not going to tell you what to name your kids, but if you are trying to try to slide one by the wifey, this may help a little. I personally do not have kids (21 yr old college student atm) but I wouldn't mind naming a kid any of the names from the "GOOD" list. And may God have mercy on the soul of whoever gets named Mr. Drippy (insert last name here)...

[Carol]

I think that naming our children after a videogame character is a very cute and appealling idea for us gamers. I would like to have a boy and a girl named Joel and Ellie, but Ellie is not a legally accepted name in my country, which makes me sad. However, I always liked the name Lara and it happens to also be the name of a major videogame character, Lara Croft, so I know that if I have a girl I will name her Lara and I will say "Lara, just like Lara Croft!" I also wouldn't mind having a boy named Nathan after Nathan Drake, but, again, I can't use that name in my country  . 

[RedSkyKing]

I think Zelda or Rikku would be cool names if I had a daughter.

[Gotakibono]

I think that naming our children after a videogame character is a very cute and appealling idea for us gamers. I would like to have a boy and a girl named Joel and Ellie, but Ellie is not a legally accepted name in my country, which makes me sad. However, I always liked the name Lara and it happens to also be the name of a major videogame character, Lara Croft, so I know that if I have a girl I will name her Lara and I will say "Lara, just like Lara Croft!" I also wouldn't mind having a boy named Nathan after Nathan Drake, but, again, I can't use that name in my country  . 

 

I wasn't aware that the Portuguese were so stringent with the naming of their citizens. Also, my name is Nathan, so does mean I'd be refused entry into Portugal?

Edited September 6, 2014 by Gotakibono

[Yami]

I wasn't aware that the Portuguese were so stringent with the naming of their citizens.

I was about to say the same thing

[Hemiak]

My brother named his son "Lincoln" mainly because he liked the name but Zelda is his favorite series and he usually calls him Link.

 

What the hell?  My son's name is Lincoln.  My wife and I just kinda randomly tossed around names with both our kids while she was pregnant, and we both really liked the name.  It wasn't deliberate, but I do enjoy Zelda and call him Link.

 

Then again, I'm named after an astronaut and my sister's named after a sci-fi character so nerdism runs in my family.

Edited September 6, 2014 by Hemiak

[DarknessKey92]

Whenever I hear the Name "Marik" it reminds me of "Marik Ishtar"(Not only from the Series, but from the many Video games), Surprised to know people actually use this name for children.

http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Marik.html

Fits the whole "Men Are From Mars & Women Are from Venus" term.

[XIII-Order-Xion]

I've been thinking and Sekto sounds like a strong name for a boy.

 

I know it sounds like an Odd Name but this is a OddWorld.

[Carol]

I wasn't aware that the Portuguese were so stringent with the naming of their citizens. Also, my name is Nathan, so does mean I'd be refused entry into Portugal?

 

lol Don't worry, you're welcome here in Portugal!   Probably, it's not just Portugal that has this kind of rules. People's names have to be adapted to each country's language and culture.

[Devil_Spooky]

I think that naming our children after a videogame character is a very cute and appealling idea for us gamers. I would like to have a boy and a girl named Joel and Ellie, but Ellie is not a legally accepted name in my country, which makes me sad. However, I always liked the name Lara and it happens to also be the name of a major videogame character, Lara Croft, so I know that if I have a girl I will name her Lara and I will say "Lara, just like Lara Croft!" I also wouldn't mind having a boy named Nathan after Nathan Drake, but, again, I can't use that name in my country  . 

 

Actually that's not exactly true, you can name your kids what you want in here, you just have to pay a butload of money to do it, also if someone pays to register a name here you're free to use that name whitout having to pay for it.

[Carol]

Actually that's not exactly true, you can name your kids what you want in here, you just have to pay a butload of money to do it, also if someone pays to register a name here you're free to use that name whitout having to pay for it.

Thanks for the information. I knew that "Kelly" is already accepted, but I just thought that, since we have a strong connection with Brazil and that name is common there, they decided to also make it legal here, but after reading your post, probably what you say makes more sense; someone must have paid to be able to register it. I think that if "Kelly" is accepted, "Ellie" should be too, since "Kelly" has two foreign letters that we don't use in Portuguese ("K" and "Y") and "Ellie" has none and I don't think it would be a very weird name in Portuguese. Anyway, at least I can have some hope that another TLOU fan likes the game so much that they would pay to register the name "Ellie"; if it's such an expensive process, I would probably not go that far. And, to be honest, my favourite character in the video game universe is actually Joel; he's like a superhero for me and, fortunately, "Joel" is a totally normal and common name in our country, so I won't have any problem giving that name to one of my future children.

[Lion-Lhasa]

My list of girls names so far is thus:

 

Cordelia (Fire Emblem: Awakening)

Beatrice (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)

Felicity (Felidae)

 

Boys names.. there aren't any I really like that I can think of.

 

I like old fashioned names.. sue me lol

[Waffle-Sensei]

I always thought that Sora was a cool name...

[kamifox1]

I'm not even planning on having kids but I tend to name my pets after videogame characters. I currently have a budgie named Jak (after Jak and Daxter) and a rabbit named Ratchet (I think you can guess where that's from). I also used to have a budgie named Jet after the Sonic character but he sadly passed away after just a week of owning him... ;_;

[Devil_Spooky]

Thanks for the information. I knew that "Kelly" is already accepted, but I just thought that, since we have a strong connection with Brazil and that name is common there, they decided to also make it legal here, but after reading your post, probably what you say makes more sense; someone must have paid to be able to register it. I think that if "Kelly" is accepted, "Ellie" should be too, since "Kelly" has two foreign letters that we don't use in Portuguese ("K" and "Y") and "Ellie" has none and I don't think it would be a very weird name in Portuguese. Anyway, at least I can have some hope that another TLOU fan likes the game so much that they would pay to register the name "Ellie"; if it's such an expensive process, I would probably not go that far. And, to be honest, my favourite character in the video game universe is actually Joel; he's like a superhero for me and, fortunately, "Joel" is a totally normal and common name in our country, so I won't have any problem giving that name to one of my future children.

 

When you do have a child and go register him/her you can ask about it, if they tell you that that's a no go and if it's to much money for your blood you can always go with another one. You can always call her Elisabete and call her Ellie for short though

[FoeRequiem]

I've been leaning towards naming a daughter of mine Elizabeth (after the Miss in BioShock Infinite) and just calling her Ellie (like from TLoU) for short if I had a kid 

[PureLuxiix]

I think I would give my daughter name maybe Tifa as nickname or middle name from FF or if i had son i'll name him Ezio xDD 

[Andreamedis]

Well, I don't have kids, but I did name one of my dolls after characters. Her first name is Mint, after the the girl from Threads of Fate, and her middle name is Lymle after the girl in Star Ocean The Last Hope. Although if I were to have a daughter, I would consider naming her Sora (yes, that's right, the hero from Kingdom Hearts has a girl's name).

Edited September 14, 2014 by Andreamedis

[Superstarmaste1r]

Just like naming a child name after anime is weird for the most part. Unless if the name won't be too strange that the child will ended hating their own name forever.  Though, I don't really see a whole weird names for a videogame character than anime. So, I guess it's okay to name their child out of a videogame.

 

"JASON" would be a great name I think lol.

Dawn is also good name too.

Alice

Edited September 14, 2014 by Superstarmaste1r

[XIII-Order-Xion]

Kazooie would be a cool name for a girl if not the name itself could rework it to something like Kazi,

 

Also love the name Yuffie sounds really cute,

 

Chell is very pretty too.