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Zelda.

55 replies

OohMavis · 10/08/2016 19:34

Yeah, not going to lie, fan of the game. DH is too Grin

I love it! I think it's pretty. It is the only name we've been able to agree on. Out of thousands.

Is it ridiculous? I'm worrying about the reactions we'll have Blush

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Ohwoolballs · 10/08/2016 19:35

Love it!
Robin Williams daughter is called Zelda 🙂

WellErrr · 10/08/2016 19:35

You're worrying with good reason, it's a fairly ridiculous name for a real life human baby.

Sorry.

How about Sonic?

WellErrr · 10/08/2016 19:36

HOWEVER I think the answers you get will depend on the age of respondents Wink

OohMavis · 10/08/2016 19:37

How about Sonic?

That's DS' name actually.

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Nyborg · 10/08/2016 19:37

I'm so old that my first thought was Terrahawks.

Madbengalmum · 10/08/2016 19:38

Like it, the name has been around for alot longer than the game.

OohMavis · 10/08/2016 19:38

Yeah I'm anticipating lots of 'what, you didn't like Pikachu then?' comments! That's what's making me hesitate somewhat.

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Madbengalmum · 10/08/2016 19:38

Nyborg, mine too.

booellesmum · 10/08/2016 19:38

Lovely name.
If that's what you both agree on then go with it.

Greydog · 10/08/2016 19:38

Many, many years ago I worked with a Zelda. She was a dreadful woman, used to sleep on her desk, boil eggs in the tea kettle, and was bone idle, so sorry - it's not a name I would consider!

minatiae · 10/08/2016 19:39

I like it. It's a real name. It's Yiddish I think and has been common in the past but not so much in the past ~100 years!

If you like it, go for it.

Magazinepile · 10/08/2016 19:39

Think it's cute, original and pretty. Go for it sweetie! X

Buttwing · 10/08/2016 19:39

Sorry terrahawks for me too.

Whitelisbon · 10/08/2016 19:40

Me and dh had our biggest ever argument over the name zelda, I'm still gutted that he won and dc5 has a boring name in comparison.
Go for it.

LynetteScavo · 10/08/2016 19:40

Well, Zelda in Grange Hill wasn't very nice, but I knew an absolutely beutiful and sweet child called Zelda once, so now I like it. It's nothing like Sonic to me.

augustusdecimus · 10/08/2016 19:40

I do like it. But I would think of the game every time I heard it or spoke to her.

Queenbean · 10/08/2016 19:41

I love Zelda. She was the aunt in Sabrina the teenage witch.

Go for it, but only if you call your son Salem

WellErrr · 10/08/2016 19:41

Ooh I just remembered Sabrina the Teenage Witch! Didn't she have an Aunt Zelda??

How about Princess Toadstool? Or Zena Warrior Princess? Grin

Sorry OP. I don't actually dislike the name, I'm just an 80s child!

WellErrr · 10/08/2016 19:41

Cross post Queen!

MotherOfGlob · 10/08/2016 19:42

Maybe Google 'Zelda Terrahawks' before you make a decision....Grin

reader77 · 10/08/2016 19:42

Pet Sematary Confused

LewisAndClark · 10/08/2016 19:43

Will always mean Terrahawks to me.

LewisAndClark · 10/08/2016 19:43

SCREAM

Queenbean · 10/08/2016 19:45

Grin WellErr

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