Too cruel to choose a name with a geek/nerd connection?

[spence24]

OH and I are both self-confessed pop-culture geeks/nerds (whatever you wish to call us!) - I work in the comic book industry, he is a cartoonist and illustrator. We both love Sci-Fi, and always have.

We keep wanting to pick a name (we don't know gender) that has a link to the world we live in, and it will grow up in, but we also want it to be "normal" enough sounding just in case it decides to rebel and be into something like football... shudder

We also have the issue of the fact that our names already rhyme, something our friends and family bring up at every possible moment. He also has a daughter who name ends in -y, like ours both do, so ideally we want a name that doesn't do that, otherwise we may as well just join the circus as the rhyming family...

sigh - I think my hormones have kicked in because right now, the fact that I honestly believe we will NEVER agree on a name is really getting to me, and it seems to be the Number 1 challenge, which is ridiculous now that I've typed that...we're not even due until January!!!

Oh! And he also vetoes any name that ANY of his work colleagues have, or are married to, or have called their children, despite me not knowing ANY of them. ARGH.

Sorry, rant over. Going back to my corner now.

[HercShipwright]

Not always he didn't. Cantona wore the 7 shirt at the start of beckham's career. If he was naming his kids after his shirt he'd have done it with one of the boys surely... Perhaps he waited for a girl because it's a dual purpose name...

As I said, he's a known Sci Fi fan.

[Hakluyt]

Er.. sorry to disillusion you- but David Beckham played in a Number 7 shirt...........

[HercShipwright]

AFS where did Harper's name come from? I don't know if they are Trekkies but they are certainly among the 'we' (they are known to be who fans, for a start). They've never said AFAIA but I've always assumed the 'of nine' was silent...

[SecretNutellaFix]

More ordinary names used in Sci-Fi

Anneka (7 of 9's birth name)
Julian
Quinn (Q)
Benjamin
Cassidy (Yates)
Rupert
Susan
Elizabeth
John
Michael

[mathanxiety]

Josiah nn Joss?

[GermyElephant]

Beckham's daughter is Harper Seven Beckham so folk might assume it came from her.

[Fram]

badtime is it Titus?

[Hakluyt]

I know an ex Seven. She is one of a family of three- all with equally exciting unique names. They all refused to go to secondary school until their parents agreed to let them change their names. I won't say what the names they chose for themselves were, but Mumsnet would despise them. Think top 5........

[Whatisaweekend]

Don't hate me but I REALLY think Seven would make an epic name.

[HopefulHamster]

We liked Kara (Supergirl, Thrace) but more likely to use Cara as the more common spelling if we go with it.

Selina (Kyle, Catwoman)?
Veronica (Mars, okay not sci-fi but niche show!)

Most of the other names I'd consider have all been mentioned!

[randdom]

We know a jadzia might be a little too niche though!

[CheerfulYank]

Lilou? From the 5th Element. So pretty!

[FliptheThread]

Isaac (Asimov)
Aldous (Huxley)
I think most of the names in Buffy are great - though I would probably avoid Angel ;)

[squoosh]

I'm not a geek fan but apparently it's written in the stars that the geek shall inherit the earth.

............Just don't pick 'Gandalf'.

[CheerfulYank]

I know massive Star Wars fans with a Harrison. I begged them to have a daughter called Anakin so they could call her Annie :)

Joss is great, as are some BSG names. Hera, Roslin would be pretty for a girl... Could be Rosie for short :), Saul, Kara, Gaius, Felix...

Kevin Smith had a daughter called Harley Quinn.

[GermyElephant]

Tony (Iron man)
Logan

[GermyElephant]

Andrew (Ender Wiggin)

We also thought of scientist names... Darwin, Fleming, Nikolas (Tesla), etc

Kaylee, River

[EurotrashGirl]

If he is an X-Files name, you gotta name your baby Fox!
I think Willow is a nice Buffy-inspired name.

[Lioness82]

OH has just suggested:
Jennifer (Sisko)
Molly ( O'Brian)
Naomi (Wildman) - first child born on Voyager

I love the character Torres, but can't bring myself to suggest B'Elanna (Nor Miral, which is her mother and daughter's name - the last child born on Voyager!).

[Gileswithachainsaw]

:o

[upyourninja]

Giles I think we are very alike - I was on the first fx rewatch thread but DH wanted to watch Buffy instead!

[KarineAimee]

I think Deanna is a lovely name but it has been vetoed for any future DD as OH thinks it is too obviously linked to TNG. I did point out that there is also a Deanna (many, actually! ) in BSG, but got nowhere with that argument.

Names I am more hopeful about:
Anya (Buffy)
Talia (Bab 5)
Mira (the actress who plays Delenn in Bab 5)
Kara (BSG)


Weirdly I find SFF girls names more interesting than boys ones. I do like Gaius, but think the poor imaginary child would have a hellish time in the playground.

We shall see if I ever get pregnant when we have to choose if I can persuade him.

[FatherSpodoKomodo]

We named DS1 after watching Star Trek. Shame the name was Jayden and nearly everyone on MN hates it!

I always had Kathryn on my girls list, after Janeway.

Zefram is the most fabulous name, and it's all DH's fault that I haven't got a Zefram as he vetoed it. Hmph.

I also wanted triplet girls so the first one could be called Seven Of Nine (as they would have been DH's 7th, 8th and 9th children) The other two were to be called Octavia and Nona (so basically Seven, Eight, Nine) I got one boy instead.

[badtime]

There are loads of 'normal' names in A Song of Ice and Fire (I don't watch Game of Thrones, so I don't know which ones appear).

Jon
Robert
Brandon
Robin
Lucas
Edmund
Casper
Ralph
Benedict
Damon
Duncan
Roland
Donal
Emmett

Eleanor/Elinor
Bethany
Margot
Arianne
Rosamund
Leona
Jayne
Mina

These are mostly minor characters and well known names, so there is plausible deniability (and some of them have other references as well).

For what it's worth, my hypothetical boy name is the main character from a well-known fantasy novel, and hasn't appeared in the ONS statistics since 2008.