Sci fi names

[SeanChailleach]

Ideas for sci fi baby please. (Not mine)
Already have

Naomi
Camina
Chrisjen
Lyra

Amos
Arjun
Klaes
Ged

Are these usable in the UK? Others along the same lines?

I would say Naomi is a "normal", average name and Lyra is quite popular now in the UK (fits in with Lara, Lila etc). Amos is biblical and well known, if not especially common. Your other choices sound recently invented or nn's imo.

I'm not sure what you mean by sci -fi names - do you mean names purely invented or made popular by fantasy authors/tv shows - Lyra, Arwen, Coraline, Inara, Caspian, Theon etc . Or do you mean generally used names/nn's that could sound "sci-fi" - these would tend to have a lot of x or z or s or v's in them imo - Zev, Lev, Xan, Lex, Ezra, Asa, River, Xenia, Zia, Cassia etc.

I mean names from sci fi books or films which can work as real names. Either closely associated with or invented specifically for.

Eg Lyra as many people know is the main character in His Dark Materials.

Chrisjen and Camina are Expanse characters, but I don't know how well known the series (or the spellings) are.

Doctor Who assistants could be somewhere to look? There's so many so I won't list them.

Camina means 'walk' in Spanish. Just saying...

Chrisjen sounds like the awful name mashup (Renesmee) in the Twilight series.

If you have the time and patience, here is a huge list of sci-fi books with female leading characters: www.goodreads.com/list/show/2552.Best_Sci_Fi_Books_with_Female_Main_Characters

Majel? Not a character but for the actor Majel Barret who appeared in various iterations of Star Trek from the original series right up to the Next Generation films in the 2000s. Also was married to Gene Roddenbery, its creator.

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I feel like Amos, Naomi, Holden... All usable. Camina is fine. Chrisjen maybe too far, but I don't know if that's an actual name - I just have never heard it anywhere else!

Serenity
Kaylee
River

Malcolm
Hoban

I think lots of Star Trek first names are pretty usable anywhere, like Capt James T Kirk, was James. Spock less so!

Some of them. Arwen gets used a bit I think. There should be examples that are also names.

Naomi - fine
Camina - You could but it will be a pain for misspelling
Chrisjen - No sounds made up/or like a Scandie man’s name
Lyra - fine

Amos - fine
Arjun - no
Klaes - No
Ged - just about

Leia
Polaris
Rae
Jin
Vada

Draco
Hector
Falcor
Soren
Kush
Oberon

Spike
Angel
Zander
Buffy
Willow

Ah yes Camina in Spanish. Thanks @florascotia2
Some of the Expanse spellings are from the invented Belta dialect. I guess some work in current English and some don't.

I named DD something from a book, she is the only person with that name in the uk the year she was born (haven't checked any other years)

She suits it and gets complimented however it is not far off more standard, though still relatively unusual names, and it is phonetic so easy to say and spell

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I feel like Amos, Naomi, Holden... All usable. Camina is fine. Chrisjen maybe too far, but I don't know if that's an actual name - I just have never heard it anywhere else!

Love your username. I think Chrisjen would get misread. Amos I don't know if it has strong associations with the Bible.

Harlan
Jareth
Ripley
Rohan
Thorin
Tyrion / Tyrian
Valerian

Aeryn / Aerys
Aquila
Arya
Echo
Eowyn
Katniss
Raven

Mulder
Scully

Blake
Avon
Vila
Servalan
Zen
Tarant
Cally

Ah, I see - in that case I would look for characters names that sound like other popular/"real" names , as it means they tend to be more useable eg. Han instead of Sam, Leia instead of Leila, Coraline instead of Caroline, Sansa instead of Susanna, Jarleth instead of Gareth, Ilyria instead of Lydia etc.

My DN is Aeryn from Farscape (I think!)

Kirk - can be used as a first name
Orion
Soren
Zeus

Astrid
Star
Skye

“Servalan”

I love The Expanse; it’s one of my favourite series ever. So many strong female characters, but I agree that Chrisjen sounds too much like a Renesmee-style mash-up. Maybe Shoreh, after the actor who plays her? I also like Clarissa / Melba. Josephus might be taking it a bit far though

I love Chrisjen. But I'm a fan of the Expanse and particularly that character.

I also like Sadavir (the name not the character, who is a bit a of a shit). I tried to convince my husband that it would be a great name for DS. Sadly, he did not agree.

Rowan Damia

Ah now Katniss. Does that work?

Lol at Blake's Seven character names. I loved that series at the time, and the names Blake and Tarrant.

Castiel
Han

Mara
Octavia

DH is a GP. One of his patients named their boy Neo.