Zelda - how 'out there'?

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DH and I apparently do not agree on any girl names. I mean ANY. Apart from maybe this one. My only doubts are that it's a bit too off-the-wall. I want to avoid anything top ten/massively popular - but not to the extent of everyone who hears it thinking "you're called what now?!"

I guess I'm less interested in people's opinions (it's always a question of taste, and I definitely LIKE it) than how weird you think it is ( if it's at all possible to distinguish those two things).

So where would you place it on a scale of 1 (Emily/Olivia/simple/classic/boring) to 10 (Hepzibah/Andromeda/unusual/mad)?

I don’t think it’s mad but it’s very much warrior princess to me.

Are you hard core gamers?

Its a legendary name.

Be perared for the fun to commence

I’d place it about a 7, I like it though!

I'd say not unusual at all as it's my. Others name. She loves it and was named after my grandmothers close friend.

*my mothers name!

DH loves this name so it's on our shortlist if we ever have a girl. It does make me think of the game and also it's one of the aunts on Sabrina the Teenage Witch but it is a cool name and I don't think it's too crazy.

Zelda is pretty recognisable as a gamer name and so will probably be asked about quite a lot, but I think its pretty and not too wild. Robin Williams daughter is called Zelda.

Hard-core gamer.... Fine

Anyone else... Bit much

@Faster are you mixed up with Xena?

It's about a 5 on the weirdness scale for me. Very 90s, the Nintendo game and Sabrina the teenage witch's aunt.

Makes me think of Sabrina the teenage witch!

I have a friend ages mum is Zelda o always thought it was pretty

It's Robin Williams' daughter's name. I'm usually one for traditional names (and absolutely hate the letter Z - irrational I know) but I actually really like it.

I think before it became a gamer thing it was a Jewish name, I could be wrong though.

On your scale i'd rate it an 8 - it's pretty out there but it's a proper name going back at least about 100 years.

It reminds me of Terrahawks!!

I knew one who would have been born in the late 70s. She was quite prim and dowdy. I was amazed that someone like her had such an out there name!

IT's fine OP. It's a real name, not one you've made up, therefore it is perfectly OK and hopefully not too frequently used. I'm not a gamer so wouldn't know about those connotations and I guess most people wouldn't either!

It instantly makes me think of the video game.
It's about a 7 on the weird scale to me.

It sounds as if it should belong in the fantasy genre but those names are becoming more popular now with the likes of game of thrones etc.

Hmmm. Was hoping for more of a Fitzgerald vibe than gaming connotations, so good to know that's where most people's minds go! Sounds like it's not completely crazy at least though!

I'd add that I've never played video
Games in my life but I still relate it to the video game.

Terra hawks or the bully from Grange Hill

It came about as a nickname for Griselda and reminds me of it. Grizzly, gristle etc. Second connotation would be witches. Oddness rating 8/10.

I love it.

@Divgirl2 on the baby name site I was looking at, it says Zelde with an e is Yiddish and means happiness, whereas Zelda is German and from Griselda meaning grey battle or dark battle. To me it's a battleaxe's name.

Ill add for the 'gamer' continuum that my grandmother has never been accused of being a gamer 😂.

Mother born in the 50's, well before the game but was quite pleased when the game came out that there was a princess 'named after her'. Her 'Aunt Zelda' would have been born in the ?30's.

I would have honoured my mother and given it to my daughter as a mn but it felt far too fabulous to be given as a middle name! If you love it go with it!

Also... We're not Jewish

I don't think it's too out there no. It's 'unusual' rather than 'WTF'

I actually really like and it's easy to spell and pronounce which is a bonus!