Need inspiration for baby names

[ablake90]

My girlfriend and I are expecting our first baby in December. We don't know the sex yet but most people think it a girl so at the moment we have been discussing girls names in particular. We are both huge geeks she loves Harry potter, I love everything Star Wars and we both have a love lord of the rings, marvel, dc etc. So I was hoping you guys could help come up with something obscure but geekily nice.

[Legogal]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

A good way to find minifig names is to go to bricklink.com and look under "buy, mini fig" by theme. It lists all the character names.

What country do you live in and language do they speak in your area? This could make a difference.

Best wishes as you open a new chapter in your lives!

[TheLegoDr]

That's easy...Not that you would choose any of them though.

Girls:

Ginevra from Harry Potter

Eowyn from LOTR

Phoenix (Jean Gray) or Ororo for Storm, granted I would prefer Aurora personally

Harlene Quinzell (Harley Quinn)

Boys:

Peregrine from LOTR

If I think of more, I will add to it.

Good luck! Congrats!

[ablake90]

Thanks guys, Georgie and I are both English born and bred and we're likely to always live in England.

[N-4K0]

Congratulations!

I agree with TheLegoDr, Aurora is a very nice name for a girl

[Chilis]

Congrats! You can borrow one of my kids` names: Lucas, Liam, Mali and Mio ;)

Leah and Mia is also very nice. Hannah and Savannah too. Keep me updated ;)

[TrumpetKing]

First, congratulations!

Second, I am a huge Harry Potter fan, so I can help you there.

Some good names for girls can include: Luna, Lavender, Hannah, Lily, and Molly. The thing that I find special about these names is that they are really pretty names and don't immediately refer to the novels, sets, or movies, but you can always keep the characters in mind.

For males: Arthur, James, and Peter work for the same reasons above, and if you want to go full-out nerd (Like I probably will with one of my children eventually), then you can do, Sirius, Albus, Harry, Tim, or Severus.

[SheepEater]

For a boy:

Morgoth

For a girl:

Ungoliant

[BlueberryWaffles]

LOTR names:

Boy:

Faramir

Thomas Bombadil whateveryourlastnameis

Peregrin

Meriadoc

Frodo

Samwise

Arathorn (perfect middle name if you ask me)

Girl:

Eowyn

Elanor

Galadriel (again, middle name)

[Trance89]

Congrats! I thought of two girls' names. They are quite normal but still nice IMO.

- Leia (Star Wars)

- Ivy (from poison Ivy, DC)

Eowyn from LOTR

Phoenix (Jean Gray) or Ororo for Storm, granted I would prefer Aurora personally

These are nice too.

[Legogal]

LOTR names:

Boy:

Faramir

Thomas Bombadil whateveryourlastnameis

Peregrin

Meriadoc

Frodo

Samwise

Arathorn (perfect middle name if you ask me)

Girl:

Eowyn

Elanor

Galadriel (again, middle name)

ENUF...ENUF...ENUF!

With these absurd names and spellings. The child's life will be ruined for sure. And you will force his girlfriend to eliminate you for offering such ridiculous names. Naming a child is not a fantasy game! (Got your attention, did I?)

[ablake90]

We had considered Eowyn and Arwen, it's strange how you get used to names. There was a girl at college called Emerald and that didn't stay wierd for long. We've thought about Lalya my girlfriend even suggested Aayla! I'm hoping for a boy to be honest Harry James Blake has already been suggested

[Scorpiox]

I will offer but a few words of advice: don't name your child anything that you wouldn't want to be named yourself at every stage of your life.

Think first, a name is one of the things strangers will judge your child on when they meet. Silly names may sound sweet for a young child, but you'll regret giving one when your son or daughter grows up and is ridiculed for it.

Also, NEVER name your offspring after a well-known book/film/TV character that people will recognise - similarly don't copy the names of celebrities or famous people too obviously.

However being sensible doesn't mean that you can't choose a nice-sounding name from popular culture, it's just best if you think about the consequences first.

Harry Potter:

Harry/Ronald/Frederick/George/Molly/Lily are good.

Albus/Rubeus/Remus/Nymphadora are bad.

Star Wars:

Luke/Benjamin/Owen/Leia will be perceived as 'normal'.

Shaak/Obi Wan/Padmé/Anakin will be perceived as 'odd'.

Lord of the Rings:

I'd be careful drawing from here because of the fact that very few of the names sound sensible enough not to raise eyebrows.

[Darth Dino]

ENUF...ENUF...ENUF!

With these absurd names and spellings. The child's life will be ruined for sure. And you will force his girlfriend to eliminate you for offering such ridiculous names. Naming a child is not a fantasy game! (Got your attention, did I?)

Hi

i fully agree with you.

@ablake: Please do not choose a name that is 100% directly taken from a movie an can not be found in general. You will never know your kids way and/or his/her own favours.

An example. Just imagine your parents have been in Star Trek, and your name now is Scotty (nice try for an englishman) Sarek (sounds polish) or SPOCK!....

Believe me, no one wants to be a Spock, Gandarf or Eowhyn...

You better choose a name that fits to you and your wife. I myself have an italian name (but i am German). So both my kids have italian names too. But those names are used not only in Italy, e.g. Laura.

Dino (yes, that IS my real name) and yes, i am born a way before Jurassic Park haha :)

Edited July 4, 2013 by Darth Dino

[Kristel]

ENUF...ENUF...ENUF!

With these absurd names and spellings. The child's life will be ruined for sure. And you will force his girlfriend to eliminate you for offering such ridiculous names. Naming a child is not a fantasy game! (Got your attention, did I?)

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[AmperZand]

Congratulations, ablake90!

I was going to suggest Arwen even before I saw that you had already thought of it. Although it's completely Tolkien, it sounds Welsh (not by coincidence), so will not sound geeky except to those who are LotR knowledgeable. If I had a daughter and if my fiancée agreed, I would consider calling her Arwen.

[dr_spock]

Congrats.

I like Arwen too.

Believe me, no one wants to be a Spock, Gandarf or Eowhyn...

Hey, I like the sound of Spock.

They could have a regular middle name in additional to the geeky first name. Should the child not like the geeky name later in life, the middle name can be used.

[Vindicare]

Congrats.

They could have a regular middle name in additional to the geeky first name. Should the child not like the geeky name later in life, the middle name can be used.

Yeah, a lot of my uncles and cousins as well as my dad all go by their middle name.

Oddly enough, I like Phoenix as well. I think it's a name that could take some getting used to however. Just please...PLEASE don't look to celebrity children for names. Talk about mean parents.

[Only Sinner]

I've always liked French names for girls.

and Anglo-Saxon names for boys.

Italian also works well for either. Congratulations on the new baby, be sure to buy her plenty of LEGO products!

[Hey Joe]

Hey! Whatever you do, don't do a Zappa and call your kid 'Moonbeam' or something like that!

Seriously though, Joseph or it's female derivatives are fine names.

Joe

[def]

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Whatever is popular (especially Lord of the Rings, which is barely popular now), will not be when your kid is in pre-school. It's ultimately pretty irrelevant. If a name tweaks you right, just go for it. Lord knows, the kids in school eight years from now will be less versed in pop culture than you are.

I really had a desire to name my daughter Luna, which means moon, and I probably first heard in Inhuman stories as a kid (Quicksilver and Crystal's daughter). Rather, I went with An (a Japanese name, and my grandmother's name was Ann, and also my name is Ian, so I liked the name (I)An.), and made her middle name Luna. It's not a regret, but on occasion I've thought Luna would be the cooler name (and she can always adopt it in the future).

Rather than worry about the name you might have had in school, think about the name you'd love to have now. Who gives a shit about grade two. Give your kid an awesome name.

[Legogal]

def: An is a beautiful name anywhere in the world, so you hit a home run living in Asia. Plus Luna is just flat out lovely and not that unusual. My son and his Chinese wife are seeking names that work in Asia and the rest of the world; I will mention An to them.

Using the middle name is very popular...all five of my siblings go by their middle names and always have....Stark, Ross, Drew, Brooke and Grant. For some reason they used my first name from the start maybe because my middle name is Scottish and harder to say. But calling a child by its middle name can be a great option.

Shorter names are also beautiful for a child's name because they will have to write and spell it all of their lives. Hubby was beaten up repeatedly as a child in Canada because he had a weird Germanish (Austrian) name, and his last name was especially difficult to spell with ten consonants and two vowels. I don't use his last name because it is hard to remember how to spell it, but often he uses my last name because it is short even though it is difficult to pronounce. Hubby still has scars and arterial damage in his legs from being kicked around as a child by boorish schoolmates, so please just be careful with what you choose. And once the child arrives, the naming challenge will be forgotten as you focus on the child...just as it should be!

[Captain Green Hair]

I guess ''two by four'' would be a bit odd?

Congrats you two!

If I ever get a son I would like to name him Jack or Harley, if it's a girl I like Jackie or Famke (Dutch name).

I'm sure you'll come up with a great one!

[ablake90]

Thanks for all the tips guys we find out the gender in a few weeks so we can pin down a few names for certain. Boy or girl I hope it does get into lego but I have a question should I let my kid loose onto my minifigure collection? How much do kids lose things and just how destructive can kids be, I know the printing is near invincible but would I regret all the money I've spent on my minifigs after handing them over? I wouldn't dream of shutting my kid out as its something were bound to bond over.

[Hey Joe]

Thanks for all the tips guys we find out the gender in a few weeks so we can pin down a few names for certain. Boy or girl I hope it does get into lego but I have a question should I let my kid loose onto my minifigure collection? How much do kids lose things and just how destructive can kids be, I know the printing is near invincible but would I regret all the money I've spent on my minifigs after handing them over? I wouldn't dream of shutting my kid out as its something were bound to bond over.

There have been two topics in the past six months about letting kids play with 'our' Lego. Search for them as they were quite interesting.

My three year-old's idea of playing with the train is normally to put his foot on the track and letting the train smash into it.

Have fun, Joe