Using a name from a popular TV series... bad idea?

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I have a DS, he's 3.5 year and called Arthur. It was the only name we liked and the only name on our boys list.

I'm currently 32 weeks pregnant and we knew Arthur was going to be Arthur from about week 15. This baby still has no name :(

The problem is I really like the Name Tyrion, (pron. Tireeun) being Welsh it sounds like a "real" name to me and apparently does have celtic origin. But it's also a popular character from a book.

I also really like Henry, but our surname begins with a H so sounds a bit odd?!

We like James as a middle name with both names, but actually can we use James as a first name too. Is it a little bland? But then Henry isn't exactly novel is it?

ARGH - it's too hard. Everyone keeps saying "wait until he comes you will know" but I wont know and I wont have time to post on mumsnet then either :(

I like Tyrion, but tbh it did immediately make me think 'Game of Thrones' and I probably would assume that you named your boy after the show, which is not ideal. But then there may be more knowledge of the name in Wales? I only say this as our little one is called Archer, named long before the FX TV show. It was fine in the U.S, but back in the UK we do get comments about the show. It bothers me occasionally (it's a much more inappropriate character than Tyrion!) so just a warning in case it's something that would bother you.

terribletimes I just realized the above is probably bad advice as actually we wouldn't change our son's name, so you shouldn't be dissuaded from a name you love either!
And I do like the mythical pairing of Arthur and Tyrion! Ty is nice if he wants other options when older. (Or even Rian/Ryan).
And hopefully all these shows will be unheard of by the time our kids are 10!

It does make me think of GOT, but I do actually like Arthur and Tyrion together. If you use James as a middle, you've also got the option of a TJ!

By the time he's in bigger school, the show probably won't be on anymore (they'll run out of living characters before then, surely?!) so I don't see it being a massive problem. If you're fine with the comments you'll get in the near future, then I'd go ahead.

The problem with unusual names from books/shows/films that are currently popular is that they can date super fast. I would say it's fairly classic and old school though and does go with Arthur. People will assume you named for GoT though. I don't even watch GoT and I immediately thought of it. It depends of that bothers you.

A child can embrace the naming though. My DD is named Kara. She was actually named partially after Kara "Starbuck" Thrace from BSG. I say partially as we had 2 names and after watching BSG and hearing the name Kara a lot we just fell in love with it and discarded the other. BSG wasn't popular enough though for anyone outside of our geeky circle to comment.

Recently however Supergirl has been made into a TV show and her earth name is... yep Kara (although I actually had no idea this was a thing, I've never followed supergirl at all in the past). My Kara has totally embraced it though and thinks it's amazing. She is really happy that her name is the same as "someone super cool"

Ty and Ryan are common enough to give a good nickname that won't stand out if he gets self conscious about it. Ditto TJ.

I seem to remember a Welsh boy called Rhydion - not sure if that's how to spell it, but it sounds sort of similar to Tyrion. To me, anyway. Also, someone suggested Owen, which is a lovely name.

I know a Henry Hall who is a lovely little chap and his name flows beautifully to me. Hyphenating Henry-James would be v odd.

Really dislike Tyrion, sorry, I reckon the poor lad would be looking up how to change by deed poll in his teens.

I don't watch GoT so wouldn't get the connection. From the spelling I would assume it was Tyrone

How about Talfryn?

I like Alfred. And when the boys are older they would most likely be known as
Art and Alf
Artie and Alfie
I don't like names that are not instantly pronounceable iykwim
Sorry
My own son's name is Jonny