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Named after a character

117 replies

Littlelilylily · 15/09/2018 22:17

Been inspired by another thread!

Anyone here named their DC after a character? Or was tempted to?

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screwthepyramids · 17/09/2018 12:18

@TinyRick no Leliana but I changed it to suit her dad as he wasn't too impressed haha so she's a Lilianne instead. My other choice was morrigan and varric was my boys name choice

Cosmoa · 17/09/2018 13:48

Wolverines name is James Logan.My son is Logan James.

I did not know his name was James! Always thought it was Logan.. Every day is a school day 😂

TheHalfBloodPrincess · 17/09/2018 13:52

Wolverines name is James Logan.My son is Logan

His actual name is James Howlett. Logan is just an alias. (I’ve read the comics)

Ohyesiam · 17/09/2018 13:54

I’m named after a character In Sense and Sensibility. This makes me very happy.

Cosmoa · 17/09/2018 13:56

His actual name is James Howlett. Logan is just an alias. (I’ve read the comics)

Haha fair enough... I couldn't have been more wrong! Only see a few of the films...

dustarr73 · 17/09/2018 14:07

I have a Logan who is not named after bloody Wolverine.

He was named after the guitarist of a band we both liked

Its Bros isnt it

YouBetterWORK · 17/09/2018 14:08

I had lots of 'you calling her Leia then' (I'm a Star Wars fan). We liked the sound of her name (not Leia) but it doesn't hurt it's the same name of a gun wielding female explorer video game character that I'm a fan of (playing the latest game at the moment!)

mrscee · 17/09/2018 14:09

My son Dexter is named after the serial killer. We watched it whilst I was pregnant and then when he and his twin sister arrived 9 weeks early before we'd decided on a boys name. My husband just mentioned the name and I loved it.

BillywigSting · 17/09/2018 14:11

Ds's middle name is after a Harry Potter character (though dp thinks it's after his grandad)

There is a girl in my ds's class named after a dc villain.
She actually really suits it (though is nothing like the nutter she is named after)

BillywigSting · 17/09/2018 14:17

I also know a mccleod family who had a son called Connor.

The mum didn't realise who her son was named after until she saw the highlander years later and nearly knocked the dad's block off when she cottoned on.

CactusFred · 17/09/2018 14:18

My DS middle name is a character. 😃

mummabubs · 17/09/2018 14:19

Our DS has a fairly obscure name that appears in Tolkien novels, but is also a legitimate name in Scandinavian countries. Neither me or DH are Scandinavian at all but we fell in love with the name and decided that we didn't really care what other people's views were going to be re: the name, as long as DS is happy in himself with it as he grows older then we're happy!

mummabubs · 17/09/2018 14:20

Lovely to see other babies with Tolkien names too @BillywilliamV and @NorthernLurker 😊

KarrisWhiteOak · 17/09/2018 14:28

My DDs middle name is from the Jilly Cooper books, Tabitha, but I wasn’t allowed Lysander for my son.
I’ve never told DP that’s where that name came from. He doesn’t read 🙄

lynmilne65 · 17/09/2018 14:37

Please not Joffrey

ColinsVeryJolly · 17/09/2018 14:53

@dustarr73

I have a Logan who is not named after bloody Wolverine.

He was named after the guitarist of a band we both liked

Its Bros isnt it

😂 no! Logan Mader from Machinehead

TheHalfBloodPrincess · 17/09/2018 15:35

@ColinsVeryJolly

Ds1 middle name is Flynn, after Robb!

ApollO88 · 17/09/2018 17:09

I had a cat called Apollo after the star constellation.
I wanted to call my son Orion.... DH vetoed it bit agreed on Ryan as a substitute.
DS is 7 and accident prone so I kind of got my way..... I utter "Oh! Ryan!" A lot!

Loyaultemelie · 17/09/2018 18:42

No but I'm named after a historical woman who inspired my mother. My dd2s name turns out to be the name of a character in an action film which I didn't know 🤷‍♀️

Skyejuly · 17/09/2018 18:44

Yes all of mine are.

BexusSugarush · 17/09/2018 19:26

My dd is named after a quite unknown book character, Ayla. The next will be an obscure literary name too!

MrsAdams98 · 17/09/2018 23:49

My DS was always going to be a Sam (it’s something my other half promised his best Sam friend when they young) But then a couple of weeks before he was born we were watching GOT and we decided to make it interesting and use a characters name from their :)

ektomarie · 18/09/2018 00:09

I had Elsa as my top baby girl name, but DH hated it. Two years later, Frozen came out Grin

Kraggle · 18/09/2018 00:18

My two cats are called Willow and Fry from Buffy and Futurama. Dh thought Fry would be a good bits bame also.

Thankfully we had girls! Both their names are TV characters, one from Friends, one Greys Anatomy coincidentally but they’re not named after them iykwim.

cactusplant · 18/09/2018 00:18

We have a baby chandler in work

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