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Khaleesi

58 replies

jaynebear · 01/10/2013 18:19

Is it really bad that I love this name?

surely its better than Storm Born :P

I just think the character is very strong woman which I love.

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YoMamma · 03/10/2013 11:13

I love the character but think it would be a crazy name. According to the ONS 2012 data there were 21 baby girls called Khaleesi born last year though so maybe its on its way up....

PollyPlummer · 02/10/2013 11:39

Ooooh ball sacks, it is about 30 seconds in. Tried to link to the exact point, but failed.

thistlelicker · 02/10/2013 11:39

Sounds like Kleeneasy the trash magazine

PollyPlummer · 02/10/2013 11:37

But you would be able to shout khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaleeeeeeeeeesi in the park like

squoosh · 02/10/2013 10:47

Just awful and will date very badly.

I cringe, inwardly and outwardly, when people name their kids after fantasy characters. It'd be on a par with calling your kid Gandalf or Kal-El. Besides Khaleesi is the most deadly dull chaarcter on GOT. Seriously, she's a total snooze.

DON'T DO IT.

sparklesandfizz · 02/10/2013 10:30

Bad and wrong

VivaLeThrustBadger · 02/10/2013 10:22

Tacky with a capital K.

FreedomOfTheTess · 02/10/2013 10:20

My cousin in the US, her friend has named her newborn daughter Khaleesi, and my first thought was "how tacky."

DontmindifIdo · 02/10/2013 08:16

Actually, it's not like calling your dd princess, it's the GOT equivalent to calling her Queenie...

Viviennemary · 01/10/2013 19:16

Never heard of it. It sounds like a cleaning fluid.

Chivetalking · 01/10/2013 19:13

Apart from it being a title, it will date.

If you really love it how about using it as a middle name she can disown later?

TweenageAngst · 01/10/2013 19:12

Spelt differently but pronounced the same as a horrible virus which affects cats and rabbits. Sorry not a fan

r3d3 · 01/10/2013 19:08

My daughters are called Princess and Lady so I think Khaleesi is fine.

picnicbasketcase · 01/10/2013 19:04

If you think Princess is a shit name, apply the same logic to Khaleesi. Wife of a Horse Lord. Hmm

PollyPlummer · 01/10/2013 18:58

Grin at for the love of the Old Gods.

PeppiNephrine · 01/10/2013 18:55

Please don't. For the love of the Old Gods, don't do that to a child. You might as well give them a Klingon name.

PollyPlummer · 01/10/2013 18:53

What about Lyanna ?

She was a strong woman. At least you know she isn't going to go raggo and kill everyone with her dragons.

Prawntoast · 01/10/2013 18:50

That's going to be a grade A loon!

Prawntoast · 01/10/2013 18:50

No, firstly it's a title not a name and secondly and more important I reckon by the end of Game of Thrones she's going to a grade A loon.

TarkaTheOtter · 01/10/2013 18:48

It's a bit like "princess" which I'm not keen on. I'd have thought tv/film inspired names are also likely to date quickly in general.

DontmindifIdo · 01/10/2013 18:46

Hmm, at some point, she'll read the book to find out who she's named after, or her friends will. While overall the character is a strong one, in the first book she's up to a lot of quite explicit stuff with her drogo (or whatever his name is), and doesn't she breast feed dragons? As a rule, if you are going to name your dc after a character in a book, reread said book while pg thinking at all times "how would a school bully take this passage". Breast feeding dragons and all the nipple tweaking might be a tad much for a mean child to overlook...

CajaDeLaMemoria · 01/10/2013 18:45

Yep, I wouldn't name your daughter after a GOT character until the end. You simply don't know what is coming, but GRRM has already said it wouldn't be what you expect - so she'll probably do something horrid.

MotherOfDragon · 01/10/2013 18:45

I love GOT but this is madness. A dog perhaps but a person!!!!!

I really like Arya and Also Cersai

Xenadog · 01/10/2013 18:43

Daenerys is nice but I prefer Arya. I wouldn't go down the route of Khaleesi though - it is a title not a name.

Still, each to his own.

PollyPlummer · 01/10/2013 18:37

What would put me off is that knowing GRRM, Daenerys could well turn out to be a bad guy, so might not be the strong aspirational character she is at the moment.