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Zelda - how 'out there'?

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NameChanginator · 06/05/2019 19:13

DH and I apparently do not agree on any girl names. I mean ANY. Apart from maybe this one. My only doubts are that it's a bit too off-the-wall. I want to avoid anything top ten/massively popular - but not to the extent of everyone who hears it thinking "you're called what now?!"

I guess I'm less interested in people's opinions (it's always a question of taste, and I definitely LIKE it) than how weird you think it is ( if it's at all possible to distinguish those two things).

So where would you place it on a scale of 1 (Emily/Olivia/simple/classic/boring) to 10 (Hepzibah/Andromeda/unusual/mad)?

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stucknoue · 06/05/2019 20:43

Sci-fi/computer gaming/witch kind of name.

namewobble · 06/05/2019 20:42

I'd rate it a 6, but I know some flipping nuts girls names.

namewobble · 06/05/2019 20:41

I like it, but I've never been near a video game and that's my first association.

Still it's phonetic (easy to spell), nice set of sounds, begins with the ever-cool letter Z. You mention Hepzebah and it kind of has a similar feel to me, but I often roll DS around a Methodist cemetery and there are a few of both among the Ezekiels and Zebediahs....all niche popular nowadays.

ILiveInSalemsLot · 06/05/2019 20:40

I immediately thought of terrahawks too but that probably won’t be an issue with younger people.

Apileofballyhoo · 06/05/2019 20:37

I thought of Fitzgerald immediately and didn't think of the Nintendo game at all, even though DS is playing it at the moment.

Watto1 · 06/05/2019 20:36

A bit on the ‘out there’ side but totally fabulous !

Summerwalk · 06/05/2019 20:34

Horrible, just awful

daisypond · 06/05/2019 20:32

I like it and I don’t think it’s out there. I think of Zelda Fitzgerald. Not heard of the game. Maybe a six for unusualness.

ThisIsTheEndgame · 06/05/2019 20:19

The game is still a thing, it's a long running series, extremely popular and some of the best selling games in the world.

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NameChanginator · 06/05/2019 20:02

When was the video game big? Is it still 'a thing'? Just wondering if it's more likely to be er friend's parents who make that connection than contemporaries, if that makes sense.

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Longdistance · 06/05/2019 19:55

I think Robin Williams’ daughter is Zelda.

Sybelline · 06/05/2019 19:54

Reminds me of Zelda Fitzgerald. Although she had a bit of a sad life.
Nice name, not particularly out there.

PotteringAlong · 06/05/2019 19:54

I know a Zelda (named for Fitzgerald!). She’s in her 40’s.

I like it.

Duvetdweller · 06/05/2019 19:53

I’m 43 and have a friend is called Zelda so I think it’s totally normal

HeadfirstForHalos · 06/05/2019 19:53

I'd put it as a 6. Love the name, its unusual but not "out there".

Pinkarsedfly · 06/05/2019 19:52

The bully from Grange Hill was Imelda.

I immediately thought of Fitzgerald.

shaggedthruahedgebackwards · 06/05/2019 19:52

I don't think it's too out there no. It's 'unusual' rather than 'WTF'

I actually really like and it's easy to spell and pronounce which is a bonus!

WhoopItsTheSoundOfThePolice · 06/05/2019 19:50

Also... We're not Jewish

WhoopItsTheSoundOfThePolice · 06/05/2019 19:50

Ill add for the 'gamer' continuum that my grandmother has never been accused of being a gamer 😂.

Mother born in the 50's, well before the game but was quite pleased when the game came out that there was a princess 'named after her'. Her 'Aunt Zelda' would have been born in the ?30's.

I would have honoured my mother and given it to my daughter as a mn but it felt far too fabulous to be given as a middle name! If you love it go with it!

PlatypusLeague · 06/05/2019 19:48

@Divgirl2 on the baby name site I was looking at, it says Zelde with an e is Yiddish and means happiness, whereas Zelda is German and from Griselda meaning grey battle or dark battle. To me it's a battleaxe's name.

MumUnderTheMoon · 06/05/2019 19:45

I love it.

PlatypusLeague · 06/05/2019 19:45

It came about as a nickname for Griselda and reminds me of it. Grizzly, gristle etc. Second connotation would be witches. Oddness rating 8/10.

waltersdog · 06/05/2019 19:38

Terra hawks or the bully from Grange Hill

Mog6840 · 06/05/2019 19:28

I'd add that I've never played video
Games in my life but I still relate it to the video game.

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NameChanginator · 06/05/2019 19:28

Hmmm. Was hoping for more of a Fitzgerald vibe than gaming connotations, so good to know that's where most people's minds go! Sounds like it's not completely crazy at least though!

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