The baby name game

[bonz]

You probably heard that I'm going to become a father in about 7 months, so I need to come up with a name for the kid by then.

We won't determine the baby's sex, so I need both a boy and a girl's name.
One restriction:
I'll omit all names that I personally know somebody of, so your names are probably out.
Extraordinary names are preferred, so common names for example most Christian names are out too.

I'll be compiling a list and will have a poll with a reduced set in a few months.
Post away your suggestions!

(Yes, I'm a lazy slacker. :D)

[AndrewTaylor]

Can't you just fire up Worms Forts and hit "random name"?

[Alien King]

Samael. Now there's a name with religious background stuff!
As for a girl's name... well you could go with Lilith.

[Pickleworm]

GROUP A:

Winston. Norton. Poindexter. Pendleton. Leopold. Malcolm. Vincent.

GROUP B:

Denzel. Tyrone. Darnell. DeAndre.

GROUP C:

Slash. Bolt. Charge. Smash. Ram. Slam. Smoke. Steam. Blade. Lazer. Might. Rip. Doc.

[Paul.Power]

Personally I'd prefer an ordinary name if I was a baby.

[Cyclaws]

Eh, I'll throw in Kevin. I don't think there are many Kevin's on the forum.

[FutureWorm]

Dexter .

[bloopy]

I'll omit all names that I personally know somebody of, so your names are probably out.

I'd do that too. The last thing you want is to have your kid remind you of someone you have good/bad feelings about.

Extraordinary names can be cruel. Try not to put any silly sounding ones in the poll, or everybody will vote for them. Then again, maybe that's what you want. :p

[AndrewTaylor]

I don't think internet polls are legally binding.

[thomasp]

Wasn't there a "scam" on Facebook once where someone made a group suggesting that if a million people joined it they'd legally change the name of their firstborn to SpiderPig? Naturally when 2 million joined the creator said it was a scam.

[FutureWorm]

Wasn't there a "scam" on Facebook once where someone made a group suggesting that if a million people joined it they'd legally change the name of their firstborn to SpiderPig? Naturally when 2 million joined the creator said it was a scam.
apparently he doesn't understand what "scam" means

[Paul.Power]

Maybe it was a scam so they could show their friends how many Facebook friends they had :p

[SargeMcCluck]

Wasn't there a "scam" on Facebook once where someone made a group suggesting that if a million people joined it they'd legally change the name of their firstborn to SpiderPig? Naturally when 2 million joined the creator said it was a scam.

No, he didn't say it was a scam. Indeed, he actually said "No, it was no scam. I've made no money and never intended on doing so.".

It was also 100,000 people needed. More info at http://oliyoung.com/spiderpig.html

[thomasp]

OK, scam was probably the wrong word.

[bonz]

Should we actually name the baby after one of the suggestion (either by coincidence or because we chose the name), you might become the online godfather of the child.

[Akuryou13]

Guy:
Horgretor
Thohorn
Petkul
Yenice
Jamkas

Girl:
Pruella
Therhana
Unaatra
Nerisatris
Carerris

or if you want to be more traditional, I'm sure your child would love the name Raistlin!

[bonz]

Guy:
Horgretor
Thohorn
Petkul
Yenice
Jamkas

Girl:
Pruella
Therhana
Unaatra
Nerisatris
Carerris

or if you want to be more traditional, I'm sure your child would love the name Raistlin!
Ehrm, are those the names of the first 10 NPCs you met in World of Warcraft? :D
Those are a bit too obscure.

By "extraordinary names" I meant ones that not every second person has.

[Akuryou13]

Ehrm, are those the names of the first 10 NPCs you met in World of Warcraft? :D
Those are a bit too obscure.those ARE human names, I swear....or rather, Wizards of the Coast swears cause I couldn't come up with any of those names without far too many drugs in my system.....

[Zero72]

Did you know some moron celebrity lady or another has a daughter named "Apple?" For the love of GOD. What's with all the designer names these days? I mean, I'm all for non-convention, and a unique name that doesn't suck is all good and well, but seriously... APPLE. I'm so glad I wasn't named FRUIT. I believe the same lady also has a son named Moses, probably because naming him Jesus would attract some of the wrong attention.

...That out of the way... Er, yeah, I really have nothing except "Don't name your kids after fruit."

[Akuryou13]

personally, my favorite real names are ones my mom's run into. she used to be an operator for BellSouth (local phone company), and she's gotten calls from a guy named S (his mom had too many kids, so she just assigned them letters to make them easier to remember), and sh*thead (pronounced sheth-ed).

[thomasp]

Did you know some moron celebrity lady or another has a daughter named "Apple?" For the love of GOD. What's with all the designer names these days? I mean, I'm all for non-convention, and a unique name that doesn't suck is all good and well, but seriously... APPLE. I'm so glad I wasn't named FRUIT. I believe the same lady also has a son named Moses, probably because naming him Jesus would attract some of the wrong attention.

...That out of the way... Er, yeah, I really have nothing except "Don't name your kids after fruit."
Or there's Bob Geldof's daughter - Peaches Geldof.

[Akuryou13]

Or there's Bob Geldof's daughter - Peaches Geldof.honestly, peach isn't that bad a name. it's a relatively common nickname, and if nothing else, we've had to get used to the idea with princess peach :p Apple is just stupid.

[thomasp]

No, it's not Peach, it's Peaches - plural :p

[SupSuper]

Oh that's just peachy.

[Star Worms]

honestly, peach isn't that bad a name. it's a relatively common nickname, and if nothing else, we've had to get used to the idea with princess peach :p Apple is just stupid.Maybe not compared to many of those awful named in the USA but compared to normal names, it's awful.

Someone on another forum posted up a poll to vote on the names they liked best. They were from the USA. A bad combination:

Ashley
Ashlynn *puke*
Brooklynn *puke*
Emma
Sophie
Cheyenne *puke*
Kristin *puke*
Audrey
Destiny *puke*
Mystique *puke*
Liberty *puke*
Sienna *puke*
Addison *puke*
Forbes *puke*
Ainsley *puke*
Genesis *puke*
Aurora *puke*
McKinley *puke*
Kennedy *puke*
Reagan *puke*
Montana *puke*
Navaeh *puke*
Cally *puke*

The boys' list was just as bad.

[Paul.Power]

On an entirely unrelated note, Sally sounds like it shout be the pet form of a name, but I can't think what the full name might be.

Unless it's Salicia, or something like that, which seems unlikely.

EDIT:

SALLY

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: SAL-ee [key]
Pet form of SARAH

... what.

[Star Worms]

On an entirely unrelated note, Sally sounds like it shout be the pet form of a name, but I can't think what the full name might be.

Unless it's Salicia, or something like that, which seems unlikely.

EDIT:



... what.

Yep .

Things are taken too literally these days. Jack was often a pet form of John and now it's a name in its own right.

[Paul.Power]

Yep .

Things are taken too literally these days. Jack was often a pet form of John and now it's a name in its own right.

I knew that one. Sally <-- Sarah, I did not.

[bloopy]

I had a friend who gave people a lot of nicknames. Because my name's so short, it had a habit of getting extended. Paul -> Puella or Paul -> Polovial. :D

[Squirminator2k]

Sir Reginald Piddlington Blythe!

[AndrewTaylor]

From "Good Omens", Anathema is a lovely name for a young lady.

[Akuryou13]

From "Good Omens", Anathema is a lovely name for a young lady.I don't know that I'd ever want to name a person after a ritual daggar :p

[Zero72]

personally, my favorite real names are ones my mom's run into. she used to be an operator for BellSouth (local phone company), and she's gotten calls from a guy named S (his mom had too many kids, so she just assigned them letters to make them easier to remember), and sh*thead (pronounced sheth-ed).Ooh ooh ooh! This is an excellent time to consult my list of completely bizarre names I had to call back when I was trying to peddle some crappy business magazine to irate people on the telephone. I wrote them all down on post-it notes, and here they still are, as they came up on the "HELLO MR. OR MRS. [NAME]" part of the screen.

Julian Smiles
Ira Zapikow
Ernest Arfaa
Vasco Oguzua
John Terry (LOL IM NOT VOTIN 4 DIS GUY)
Dilip Thiagaraja
Douglas Youngblood
Jim Carey
Richard Petti
Todd Deweerd
Kirby Hughes
Bananas at Large
Martino Rivaplat
Jerome Boozer
Glenn Hoogerwerf
Jeffrey Kornbum
Jim Wildman
Guy Dye
Bob McCool
Anthony Assalone
Dan van Dyke
David Bond
Tom Ren
Ricardo Diaz (!!!)
C CESAR
Biju Radhakrishn
Sarwar Aslamyar
James Bond
Eugene Lilly (I bet he got beaten up a lot)
Irina Shamandina
Glen Wiggins
Darren Death
Dennie Heck
William Bestard
Steven Bender
William Williams
Sam Samuelian
Susan B Quick
Bathroom
Oprahis Apig
James Lastrapes
Mark Ow
Gay Adams
And last but not least, Gopal Gopalkrishnan, which is especially wack because it has to be real -- I got his voice mail/answering machine doohickey, and that's what it said.

Ha ha... Whee! Aaaanyway...

[Paul.Power]

John Terry (LOL IM NOT VOTIN 4 DIS GUY)It would be hard to, he's the England football captain :p

[SupSuper]

Gay AdamsI've also seen someone called David M. Gay. I can't help but think what's it like to have a title on your office desk going MR. GAY.

[Akuryou13]

I've run into a few names that completely threw me off a few times. such as:

Vitiyasiripaiboon (last name, don't remember the first)
Shaina Petchchanterk
Richard Manly (he goes by Dick)
Bijan Latfilahi

working at a hotel is interesting :p

[Paul.Power]

How about Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara or Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas?

</cricket reference>

[Pickleworm]

Ooh ooh ooh! This is an excellent time to consult my list of completely bizarre names I had to call back when I was trying to peddle some crappy business magazine to irate people on the telephone. I wrote them all down on post-it notes, and here they still are, as they came up on the "HELLO MR. OR MRS. [NAME]" part of the screen.


Ahahah, some of those CANNOT be real. Bananas at Large? Bathroom?

I wish my name was Jerome Boozer though

[bloopy]

There was a B.J. Fagg in our phone book, much to our amusement.

Looking down my work emails, there's some interesting names:

Alustiza
Eamon
Eno
Heral
Iqbal
Linc
Nistar
Reon
Sadiq
Trung
Vageesh
Zoran

[Star Worms]

Personally out of those I wouldn't pick Eamon (Eamon Holmes), Eno (Emo), Iqbal, Sadiq (IIRC names of the terrorist bombers in the UK).

[FutureWorm]

Did you know some moron celebrity lady or another has a daughter named "Apple?" For the love of GOD. What's with all the designer names these days? I mean, I'm all for non-convention, and a unique name that doesn't suck is all good and well, but seriously... APPLE. I'm so glad I wasn't named FRUIT. I believe the same lady also has a son named Moses, probably because naming him Jesus would attract some of the wrong attention.

...That out of the way... Er, yeah, I really have nothing except "Don't name your kids after fruit."
yeah that's gwyneth paltrow

celebrities are not known for good decisions regarding children

[Zero72]

Ahahah, some of those CANNOT be real. Bananas at Large? Bathroom?Some of them are the names of businesses -- I omitted a few, such as TWIN PEAKS GEEKS -- but I don't know wtf is up with Bathroom. I'm sure Oprahis Apig was created strictly for the sake of making telemarketers look like idiots.Richard Manly (he goes by Dick)...Wow. Dick Manly is an awesome name.yeah that's gwyneth paltrowThat's what I thought. Maybe moronic names are genetic.

[Paul.Power]

Gwyneth's a perfectly normal name. In Wales.

[Akuryou13]

Wow. Dick Manly is an awesome name.and to add icing to that cake, he showed up to the hotel on a harley.

[SupSuper]

and to add icing to that cake, he showed up to the hotel on a harley.:cool: :cool:

[bonz]

The name will most likely be "Noah (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=641085#post641085)".

[Squirminator2k]

Link recursion!

Anyway, congratulations :) - may I suggest calling him Benjamin instead? Benjamin is a good strong name for a boy. Or a talking dog, for that matter.

[bonz]

Link recursion!
Yes.
Anyway, congratulations :) - may I suggest calling him Benjamin instead? Benjamin is a good strong name for a boy. Or a talking dog, for that matter.
Benjamin was on third place on our list for boys' names.
Right after Noah and Constantin.

[bonz]

Our second (and hopefully final) baby is on the way (again a boy *yawn*), but this time we already have a name.
The one who first guesses the name before his birth, will be the online godfather.
(Approximate day of birth and end of this game will be the 29th of December, but it's probably a few days earlier.)

Hints:
The #2 and #3 on our previous favourites list haven't been used. (Sorry again, S2K.)
It's a single name.

[MtlAngelus]

Pancho .

[Paul.Power]

Jim-Bob Marzipan the Eleventy-Sixth

David

[Akuryou13]

I'll go with Michael.

[Star Worms]

Alexander.

[bonz]

Pancho .
Close one, but no, it's Sancho.
Game over.
;)
Joking.

I'm thinking if I should dismiss wrong guesses, so you can continue guessing.
Otherwise this thread would soon be back into oblivion after everyone has guessed once.

So...
Pancho
No.
Sancho
No.
Jim-Bob Marzipan the Eleventy-Sixth
No.
David
No.
Michael.
No.
Alexander
No.

[Paul.Power]

Stephen .

[Akuryou13]

Brett?

Chris?

[Melon]

Kieran?
Melon?




Spadge?

[Vader]

Loki?

Odin?

Thor?

They are all excellent names for a child. I'm reserving those, though, for my children. Hands off, you cyberthieves.

[Zero72]

Miles!

And I'm going to guess that twice because of the character limit.

[MtlAngelus]

Pancho is the name of our chihuahua dog. :P

James, Cuauhtemoc, Frederick, Gordon, John, Jesus, Dishwasher, Sydney, Mohammed, Gabe, Fartface, Sharpie, Sonny, Miyamoto, Gackt, Bonzie, Fonzie, Pedro, Juan, Adefesio, Horacio, Willy Wonka, Squarebob Spongepants, Patrick, Rafael, Tizziano, Masamune, Muramasa, Kusanagi, Baby, Name, Jack Sparrow, Curry, Taco, Apple, Pineapple, Pizza....


If it's not one of these, I give up.

[Star Worms]

Chuck Norris

[philby4000]

Phillby .

[Paul.Power]

Paul

... well everyone else was doing it.

[Akuryou13]

NATHAN!

cause, ya know, paul reminded me that I hadn't done it yet :p

[Xinos]

Erik? It's a pretty cool name.

But it's probably either Alexander, Batman or Joe.

[Vader]

Bonzo?

Bonz Jr.?

George Bush Jr.?

Michael Damian?

Curly?

Benson?

Socks?

Ralph?

Terrence?

Child the 2nd?

Expensive?

Miss Take?

Axel Dental?

?

I ♥ New York?

Steam?

Facebook?

Ben?

Danny?

Gavin?

Matthew?

David?

Sarah?

I've also seen someone called David M. Gay. I can't help but think what's it like to have a title on your office desk going MR. GAY.

How about a game cover?

http://kotaku.com/301154/mario-galaxy-says-ur-mr-gay

[bonz]

No to all so far.

What's the character in your 14th guess?
Doesn't render with my character encoding.

[Vader]

Nor mine. That's why I suggested it.

[bloopy]

The one who first guesses the name before his birth, will be the online godfather.

I hereby guess every single name which was mentioned in this thread in previous years. Not counting ones which have already been eliminated of course. :p

[Akuryou13]

What's the character in your 14th guess?
Doesn't render with my character encoding.really? it actually DOES render on my screen. it's a box with

F O
O O

[Melon]

really? it actually DOES render on my screen. it's a box with

F O
O O
Which means that you're using firefox and the character's code is F000 (whatever that character is supposed to be). That's what firefox does to characters it doesn't recognise.

[FutureWorm]

it rendered for me (maybe because i'm on a mac) but i had to zoom waaaaaaaaaay in to see the full detail. weird stuff

[Akuryou13]

Which means that you're using firefox and the character's code is F000 (whatever that character is supposed to be). That's what firefox does to characters it doesn't recognise.oh ho !

[bonz]

You all lost.
He's called Elias.

Also, he is a little cyborg now with a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_shunt) installed, because a cyst clogged his left ventricle.
He has his own user manual now.

[Squirminator2k]

Congratulations on the successful propagation of your DNA, Mr. Bonz, sir.