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Would you use a name that is from a popular tv show?

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MonstranceClock · 01/05/2019 20:52

Thinking of names for a possible son, and I cant get past a name I love, and I like no other names. However, it is a name which if people watch the show will immediately make the connection. He's not a major character, but I've not heard of any other person with that name!
Would you eyeroll and judge? Or would you not even think about it?

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Beachbodynowayready · 02/05/2019 07:52

I wanted Theon but dh said it wouldn't do ds any good to be named after a man with no penis!
Whatever you call a baby someone somewhere has the same name of someone derogatory to say about it! Your baby just go for it!!
But not Jackie for a nn.
Old man's name and not in a good way!

ClashCityRocker · 02/05/2019 07:32

I quite like it. I think he's a minor enough character that, although some people will get the GoT reference, it isn't as overpowering as say, Arya or Theon.

Tbh I've watched the series and read the books, if I heard the name out of context I would probably not twig straight away, and perhaps assume it was just a non-UK name I hadn't come across, as it sounds like a name, Iyswim.

noitsachicken · 02/05/2019 06:57

Give your children their own names! Their own identity! Don’t name them after fictional characters with made up strange names!
There are so many nice names, lots of uncommon names. Choose one you like, not one that will be forever linked to a TV programme!

ememem84 · 02/05/2019 06:44

I wanted to call ds Thorin. But dh vetoed it. I also wanted to call him Winter. As on dh’s side there was a great uncle winter. And also I liked the idea of “winter is coming” (to parties etc) or “winter is here...”

We ended up naming ds after my late grandad instead.

For dd who is due in July I had this idea of going for a name after a strong role model woman. People at work suggested Beyoncé, or Oprah, or shakira. I’m tempted by Maisie (the actress who plays Arya Stark is Maisie...) dh not keen.

Happynow001 · 02/05/2019 06:34

@elQuintoConyo
I asked my daughter, Seven-of-Nine, and she said she's never been bothered by it* 🤣🤣🤣

Rosesaredead · 02/05/2019 03:44

Sorry OP! Could you just go with Jack?

Rosesaredead · 02/05/2019 03:43

No! Definitely not. The only thing worse than made up names are made up names from TV shows because everyone will automatically know it's a made up name!

sashh · 02/05/2019 01:30

Isn’t Khalissi (sp) not her actual name too, it’s like a family name (never watched GOT).

It's a title, like lady or princess.

I have taught both a Princess and a Queen.

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If you love the name go for it.

I would have said otherwise had you said Dickon.

Smellslikemiddleagespirit · 02/05/2019 01:20

Isn’t Khalissi (sp) not her actual name too, it’s likr a family name (never watched GOT)

Not her name or family name. It had been her title, as wife of the “Khal”.

RavenLG · 01/05/2019 23:44

Its not even his real name it is his pen name!
Isn’t Khalissi (sp) not her actual name too, it’s likr a family name (never watched GOT).

A friend of a friend recently called her kid Bowie. Not after David Bowie mind. They didn’t even think of him at the time the name just came to them Hmm

Theweasleytwins · 01/05/2019 23:31

I know someone who named their ds Castle, after the tv character. Its not even his real name it is his pen name!

MumUnderTheMoon · 01/05/2019 23:25

I wouldn't judge plenty of people use names from their favourite shows, books and movies. If I had another daughter I'd definitely use Lyanna and hope she was as kick ass as her name sake.

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MonstranceClock · 01/05/2019 23:19

No you're probably right. It's not enough to put me off the actual name anyway I think.

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Smellslikemiddleagespirit · 01/05/2019 23:15

I doubt many children these days have even heard of a jack-in-the-box. That's a toy consigned to history now, surely?

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MonstranceClock · 01/05/2019 23:12

oh no, Jaqen the box could be an unfortunate nickname!

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Smellslikemiddleagespirit · 01/05/2019 23:04

For those unfamiliar with the original...

Yum!

Would you use a name that is from a popular tv show?
User10fuckingmillion · 01/05/2019 23:02

Ayra is a real name btw everyone

flingingmelon · 01/05/2019 22:58

DS is named the same as a character from a cult show from the nineties that I knew nothing about.

Everyone once in a while it comes up but not enough to be an issue.

I'd wait a decade before you go near a Game Of Thrones name though.

PinkPupZ · 01/05/2019 22:57

I'm not sure. Isn't Jackie more a middle aged womans name?

FannyFeatures · 01/05/2019 22:56

JM Barrie did not make up the name Wendy, he coined it from a nickname given to him for the character but the name was is use long before then!

naughtynorm · 01/05/2019 22:53

I wouldn't, I'd call him Jack or Jackie. I think GOT will be around for a long time yet with a prequel in the making plus it's got a bit of a cult following.

I really liked the name Theon after hearing it on the show but he's not the best person to be named after.

Heard lots of little Aryas in the last few years.

FannyFeatures · 01/05/2019 22:52

I've never seen Game of Thrones and wouldn't have a clue how to pronounce it...

At a guess i'd say Jackwen or Jacken (the box :o)?

Smellslikemiddleagespirit · 01/05/2019 22:50

Made up tv names just sound shit and silly

Nothing wrong with a name from fiction, and all names are "made up"; where do you think they come from?

JM Barrie made up Wendy for Peter Pan, and it caught on as a mainstream name.

museumsandgalleries666 · 01/05/2019 22:48

Of course you should use a name you love. Who cares what anyone else thinks. Especially as it shortens to your late husbands nickname. Go for it.

Smellslikemiddleagespirit · 01/05/2019 22:43

I'm planning on calling my new dog Tyrion!

I think Jaqen is a great name, and the character himself was rather hawt.