Opinions on using a characters name for your baby?

[wednesdaywoe]

Could be from a video games, movie, cartoon etc. Either directly naming your child after the character you love or you just happen to love the name used by a character.

Thoughts on doing this?

One of the names on our list is from a cartoon that we love . It's spelled differently though, and is a "normal name" (with the spelling we would use). Also, the show is finished so we know she won't turn out to be an evil witch at the end

There’s a Theon in our primary school.
They should have watched a bit more of the series before picking that one.

When I was pregnant with my second, my 4 year old suggested we called the baby “Lightning McQueen”. Lovely as it is, we didn’t go with it in the end

I'd consider Othello and Romeo to be a bit iffy tbh

Lightning McQueen is a great name!
Nieces little school friend is Honey but the kids don’t bat an eye.

Briefly reconsidered DD's name because it was the name of an evil character in a tv show, but then I put the uncertainty down to pregnancy hormones. I love the name and the show isnt on anymore.

I just love Lightning McQueen!

A girl at work named her wain after somebody in Assassins Creed.

Depends on the name. Once heard of a child called Loki and had to wonder if the parents were referring to the Norse god of mischief or the Marvel comics character.

Our DS's name features in a Tolkien series... It's virtually unused in the UK (there were only 7 others given that name in the same year) but is a legitimate and known name in Scandinavian countries. DH and I both bonded over our love of Tolkien when we met so it felt like a lovely way to reflect that. Yes, it's an unusual name and when people first hear it they often ask me to repeat it, but like all names after a while it doesn't feel odd. 😊 And before anyone assumes... It's not Frodo!! 😂

Thanks for the input!

My first and second name is from a children's book my mum read when she was pregnant.

I'm a huge reader and almost all my favourite names are from books. I dont really know how else you would choose w name!

I think you also have to consider your own genetics when choosing a name from a book - especially if the character has a very specific appearance.

Unfortunately just about every Arwen I've ever met has been short, dumpy, bespectacled, etc .... in short anything except a beautiful, willowy half-elf.

Completely depends on the character, the name and the book. Harry, Lily and James are very different to Draco, Narcissa and Scorpius.

Both in terms of how common the names are, and the nature of the characters.

Lots of names appear in books. Some are created for books e.g. Wendy. Some are strongly associated with a particular book e.g. Lyra. Others are just names which the author uses e.g. Isobel and Carlotta in the St Clare's books and Sally and Gwendoline in the Mallory Towers books.

BabloHoney has reminded me of a ex, whose now has an 18ish year old DD, names by her older brother, Maisy Dora, after his favourite characters of the time.

All three of mine have middle names that come from different TV shows, so as long as it's not a ridiculous name I can't see a problem.

I think it depends on the name. Names like Aria from GOT are mainstream now. No one would fund ur weird

Our ds is named after the title character in a book both DH and I love. It's an "ordinary" name that everyone knows although it's not that common in his age group.

Years ago my.mother taught a child called Virgil, I asked her if the parents had an interest in Roman poetry and she explained she thought he was actually named after a character in Thunderbirds.

Yeah it really depends on the name. My son's middle name is after Ser Arthur Dayne, but Arthur is so bloody popular nowadays that the connection will probably be lost.

There’s a Theon in our primary school.
They should have watched a bit more of the series before picking that one.

I imagine they watched the entire thing?

I was also about to vouch for poor Theon - he was redeemed in the end!

Surely a good majority of names could be linked back to a character somewhere?
Even plain names, Harry... Philip... Tony... Kevin.. they all have characters that could be connected.

Unless it's a very obvious one, I'd not worry, most people probably won't put two and two together unless your names Little Miss Naughty or something.