Anakin or Kirk

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DSis is having a boy and want's to name him either Anakin or Kirk as you've probably guessed she's a big fan of Star Wars/Star Trek.

She's not budging, so which do you prefer?

Kirk if she must have one of those. Luke is much nicer if she wants a star wars connection though.

Neither, Luke or Jean Luc are better options.

Obviously Kirk. Young Anakin was a whinge then he was boring and evil then he was Darts Bader, plus he would get "oh Annie" all his life. Kirk was a bit of a douche but he got promotions and saved the day and always got the girl.

Oh my gosh I now have an incredible urge to call my nonexistant at the moment son Picard.

But Benjamin (Sisko) is an actually nice name

Spock is much better

Kirk, that way everybody will guess Star Trek but won't be sure... With anakin there is no doubt where the name came from!

I actually prefer Anakin, Kirk just doesn't nice to my ears, but I'm hoping this is all hormones and she'll name the lad James instead.

Madame Spock would hands down be my choice

James Tiberius?

Really, really trekkie for her, totally hide-able for him later if he doesn't inherit her love of sci-fi! He can do what kirk did, and only ever give his name as James T Surname!

Isn't Kirk a first name in the USA and a surname in the UK?

Beware!

Even 'Enterprise' would be better than Kirk.

Both really dreadful. And I'm a Trekkie.

Anekin? Seriously?

Luke! Pick Luke.

Luke is lovely, Kirk reminds me of the half wit in Corrie. Just to throw it into the mix I'm sure a friend knows someone who named their son Obi.

I'm a Star Wars fan but Anakin is just too obvious for me. At least Kirk is a name that non fictional people have.

Kirk

If she wants Star Trek ones, there are some lists out there already:
Chekov
DeForest
Doohan
James
Nimoy
Spock
Sulu
Takei
Tiberius

Alexander
Batai
Darmok
Jaron
Kamin
Moriarty
Taurik
Toral
Wesley
DeLancie (unisex)

Bashir
Jake
Martok
Odo
Quark
Sisko

Barclay
Chakotay
Icheb
Reg/Reginald
Tuvok

Archer
Jonathan
Malcolm
Travis
Trip
Tucker

Definitely not Anakin, dear lord no. The character was so awful even if he did become Darth Vader!

I love Star Trek but don't like Kirk as a first name, I would probably go for a non Star Trek first name then Tiberius or McCoy as a middle name.

Although James McCoy sounds rather good......

I always think of "church" when I hear "Kirk" as that's what it means in Scotland.

I agree with PPs that Luke would be better.

R2D2?

We were very close to giving ds Tiberius as a middle name. It sounds so cool.

Kirk is also a corrie character just FYI