Would it be awful to name a baby girl after a sci-fi character?

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Namely Aeryn Sun, from Farscape?

I love the name, and so does DH - we both like the slight difference in pronunciation from Erin, (though realise it would almost certainly be said 'Erin' by everyone else.

Plus the character is supremely badass and I loves her.

So would it be an awful name to inflict on a little girl? I can't decide... I like Madeleine as a middle name to go with it.

NB: Aeryn Madeleine is still a strictly hypothetical child and will hopefully remain so for at least the next three years...

I think it's great

I never heard of Farscape.
She'll spend her life correcting that spelling.
I know a grown Ripley (Alien) and a teenage Annakin. You could do worse.

There is someone who works in my organisation called Anakin McDowell. His parents clearly thought it was OK to name their child after a sci-fi character.

Aerin Lauder the cosmetics heiress has a similar spelling.

It's a pretty name and doesn't sound made up. Is it actually a real name too? I say go for it.

Why not. It's better than my DBs suggestion for my DS2. He wanted me to name him kakarot. After a character in Dragonball Z.

Aeryn FEELS like a "real name". I think you are fine.

Love it, and it was a great show

Nice, but doesn't go with Madeleine. Would go with a short simple middle name nicely though.

Before I even clicked on this I had a feeling it was going to be Aeryn!

Totally fine. Currently pregnant with DD2 but if she'd been a DS I wanted to use the name Gaius after the character from Battlestar!

Good guess DadOnIce .

And yes now I see it written down I'm not so sure about Madeleine. Hrrmm.... And yes it is a fab show. Just not sure how I'd have felt if instead of being named after assorted saints and grandmothers my Mum had told me I had the name of a fictional gun-toting alien that she had a massive crush on.

I realise I'm probably putting too much thought into this since I'm not actually pregnant, but finding a name for DS that DH and I both liked was one of the most stressful experiences of my life. If we ever have another boy we're screwed as I'm pretty sure we've used up the only two male names we could agree on...

marmite that's genius!

I am actually going to text that to DH now as a suggestion demand for if we ever have another boy...