Oh, hurray for being a nerd!

[Tama]

I sure hope it's not her in that atrocious new "Arthur" Scifi (I refuse to say SyFy) series.


There are so many things wrong with that series, it's just...ugh.

[Kristev]

Certaintly not!

[Andara Bledin]

Heh.. and a lot of the "Arthurian" stuff is a hodge-podge of earlier, unrelated tales that got thrown together under one banner for future generations.

It's silly to not like something due purely to hype, lack of hype, or lack of original story (there hasn't been an "original" story for centuries). There's always plent of other reasons to dislike things that don't rely on whether other people like them or not.

^-.-^

[Binky]

I'm named after a character from Doctor Who, and my sis is from Days of our lives.

Some names that you hear are great. However Twilight has now destroyed the name Issabella for me! booooooooooo

[ThirdGenRetail]

I'm named after a character from Doctor Who, and my sis is from Days of our lives.

Some names that you hear are great. However Twilight has now destroyed the name Issabella for me! booooooooooo

Indeed... When I hear the name "Edward," I still think of a 5'3" guy whose biggest irritation in life is being called some variation of 'short'

My sister once said she wanted to name her first-born daughter Miaka... Incidentally, we had just watched the first few episodes of Fushigi Yuugi... She changed her mind by the time her sons were born, of course.

Also, this is one of the lesser reasons I don't want kids... I'm horrible with names Not only thinking of them, but remembering them. Except with animals. Looking at our track record, we have... Tex(Named after an MLP... Yeah.), Lemon Sherbert, Butterscotch Puddin, Bruce(Sticks out there...), Sugar, Tucker(Named him after the Tucker Swamp), and Hershey. My kids would get mocked for food names because they were easiest for Mom to remember...

That or I'd end up naming my son Jareth... *Innocent look*

*Edit* Ah, yes... Something I... Blissfully forgot about... Blegh... I was almost named Anastasia. Instead... A song came on the radio... Now I have to endure hearing "What a goood wife, you will beee ~" from random customers when they read my name, as they sing that song... Even had a teacher sing it... I hate it. I really do. Is it ANY wonder that I'm asexual? Please, folks, don't name your child after a song, especially one that they may feel like is an attempt to define their life.

[Andara Bledin]

That or I'd end up naming my son Jareth... *Innocent look*

There's a very good chance that were I ever to have a daughter, her name would be named Isabo...

A boy would be Frederick, which almost nobody would be able to guess the reference for.

^-.-^

[Lace Neil Singer]

Funny that everyone is talking about names like Anakin being bad cuz of the evil that Anakin did. XXD I was having this conversation about names and bad associations with a friend, and we discussed the fairly popular names Freya and Hector. Freya was the Norse love goddess who slept with four dwarves in exchange for a necklace, and Hector was killed in battle and dragged behind Achille's chariot til his face fell off. Great associations for kiddies! XD

I do not want to have children and do not plan on having any. Probably for the best; if I have sons, which is likely in my family, I will call them Loki, Othello and Vega and to hell with what anyone else thinks. Does that count as nerdish?

*note: I still don't want kids. I will more than likely get three male cats and name them those names instead*

[persephone]

Ooooooooo! What comic? Do tell

Sorry so late on it!!

Mary Jane. And the son's middle name is, Lupo guess it, Logan, after Wolverine.

[firecat88]

Never having kids. x.x; For me, kids would not be a good idea. Thus, I shall have a cat. I already have one now- Chloe. My next cat, though, will be a tuxedo cat that I shall name Strife.

[Imogene]

Vega and to hell with what anyone else thinks. Does that count as nerdish?

Only if you give Vega a secondary name... say, Balrog?

[Indigo]

I wouldn't mind naming a daughter Kaylee.... but the thing is that we already have a dog named that. I'd hate for her to think I named her after our dumb blonde mix

I'm much better at naming animals than I would kids I think.

[PhiSigGirl1988]

I'm named after Molly Ringwald's friend in "Pretty in Pink," except there are two n's in my name instead of one (Jenna instead of Jena). Of course, my name is popular enough now that people probably wouldn't pay attention to the reference.

And I love the name Persephone. I have since I took World Mythology in high school. I've considered using it as a first or middle name if/when I have a daughter.

[NotSoInnocent]

I got teased for my first name all. the. time. in school.

It's Autumn.

Yes, I though I was named after the season as well.

...

...

Until I turned 17 and my mom decided to tell me the origin of my name.

Apparently, she was on quite a trashy romance kick when she was pregnant with me. She didn't find out she was pregnant until less than 2 1/2 months before I was born, so she decided to pick a name out of the book she was reading at the time.

She saved the book... and gave it to me on my 17th birthday.

I'm named after a whore house's madame in a trashy 70's romance novel based in the Old West. *shudders and facepalms*

[Hyena Dandy]

I think I'll stick with the rule a friend of mine has for naming children. When considering a name for a child, ask yourself the following question. "Which sounds better when placed before the full name? 'Supreme Court Justice,' or 'Now appearing on center stage?'" If it's the latter, you might want to rethink it.

My parents said that its best to get one that works in both.

Hi, I'm Matt Steele.

While I have a name that I would use for a daughter, and its got an origin that's nerdy, nobody would know where it is because its a character I made up (Ella). I don't have a name for a boy, but since I'm gay, I don't really need to worry about accidental pregnancies anyway.

[Tama]

Persephone?

Let's hope she never eats a pomegranate.