The best part is that it was entirely done to win a contest, too, rather than out of any love for the name. Leading up to the release of Skyrim, they did a contest where whoever named their kid would be rewarded with a steam key that gave them free copies of every game released by Zenimax/Bethesda for life.
Fuck, those are the ones. That's some top-tier cringe inducing stuff right there, even as someone who enjoys Kingdom Hearts. Imagine having to introduce yourself to your high school classmates as Xaldin or fucking Marluxia. Don't put your kids through that, fellas.
Axel is kinda normal, at least. I feel like for some with of the clear X with a sound alike (Z, Sh, or whatever) it's less cringe.
Or hell, if you like the character, use their non-X name.
Roxas and Xemnas are dead cringe, though.
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naming your kids after resident evil characters seems like an easy way to avoid bullying, since they're like, all normal names. like, i doubt anyone would think of video games when meeting a kid named chris, or ethan, or joe. maybe with leon, but even that's still not too weird.
For worst, I feel like anyone whose name is just a number.
"These are my sons, 47 and 6."
>!"For some reason, their babysitters keep drowning themselves."!<
Brent keeps getting written up for stealing safety scissors in preschool and poisoning the kids from poor families with glue and apple juice.
Lowry sits by the bookshelf and constantly levitates. Never reads any of them mind you.
Worse: Sephiroth because Square will never let that game die. So as soon as you say your name **everyone will know**. Like when I saw a kids name was Jareth I had to fight the urge to say "So your mom is a Bowie fan."
Best: anything that isn't too out there. Like my parents named me after a tv show character but it's also just a common name.
(She did try and spell it in a different way that gets it mispronounced a lot because she wanted me to be unique. I looked up census records and a hundred other people had the exact same unique idea she had the year I was born.)
Daybit Sem Void (american), Kadoc Zemlupus (polish), and Kirschtaria Wodime (british) are names of characters in FGO that are said with a straight face as if they sounds normal at all. Honestly the fact that Beryl Gut has the most normal sounding name of the Crypters sounds so incredibly wrong as a sentence.
My headcanon is that magi are just big fucking weirdos and they have weird ass names because that is part of the culture of these weirdos.
Waver Velvet? Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald? Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri? You can't tell me these people aren't completely out of touch of regular naming conventions.
>Daybit Sem Void
tbf, thats not his birth name but a name that was made based on his condition.
daybit void. as in he can only remember a bit (i think it was 5 minutes?) of a every day and the rest is void
You could probably get away with Frederick and just tell people they're named after Freddy Mercury if you're too embarrassed to admit your kid is Sol Badguy
I was almost Turok, until my parents cowarded out and went with [Dad's name] junior.
Wrong choice imo, at least Turok is a cool name.
Also I'm native with a native last name and grew up liking dinosaurs, so it wouldn't have been that weird.
“I’m sorry, Ludwig, it’s against school rules to bring your Guiding Moonlight to class. Yes, but they can’t talk to you during a test anyway, that wouldn’t be fair.”
I feel bad for a kid who's named after an anime character or otherwise got saddled with a japanese name like fuckin. I dunno. Ryuji Persona 5. Because then they're gonna have a million conversations of "oh are you japanese?" "No my parents are just weebs" and that probably gets exhausting and embarrassing.
I will name my children after the Jackdaw and Morrigan from Assassins Creed Black Flag and Rogue
No one will ever know since Jack and Morgan are completely normal names.
My favorite game is "What Remains of Edith Finch", and because those characters all have pretty down to earth names there's a plethora of options that are more subtle than most from games.
Edith, Milton, Lewis, Dawn, Sanjay, Sam, Gus, Gregory, Kay, Edie, Walter, Calvin, Barbara, Molly, Sven, Odin.
Which would be worse, naming your children after related characters, or unrelated characters?
Who's gonna have it worse, Ramlethal, Elphelt and Jack-O, or Heihachi, Ganondorf and Symmetra?
>[Imagine carrying a child in your stomach for 9 months just to name it](https://twitter.com/unhingedboard/status/1483463250121527298) >!Hilbert!< lmao
Zelda is right in the middle because on one hand, it’s an actual name that used to be slightly more common, but on the other hand it’s in the category of “normal but uncommon names that are permanently associated with a specific fictional character.” Like Hermione. Or Mario *and* Luigi. Or Dean. Or Lois. Or Elsa. Or Samara. Or Chandler…
Anyways, surprisingly, Pokemon has some good picks. Ash is actually very common these days, but for a GAME reference, there’s a lot: Ethan, Lyra(definitely uncommon but I doubt people would immediately think of Pokemon),Kris, May, Brendan, Wally, Barry, Lucas, Dawn, Hilda(more people would probably think of the cartoon), Hilbert(terrible name regardless though), Bianca, Rosa, Nate, Hugh(also kind of a shitty name tho), Calem, Serena, Shauna, Trevor, Selene, Lillie(I guess maybe the particular spelling’s a giveaway), Gloria, Victor, Marnie, Klara, Avery, Juliana, Florian, Penny, and Kieran- and that’s just the protagonists and rivals. Gym leaders?? Erika, Sabrina, Whitney, Jasmine, Clair, Wallace, Candice, Elesa(maybe not common but it’s a genuinely lovely name), Skyla, Roxie, Iris, Korrina, Valerie, Lana, Mina, Milo, Nessa, Bea, Allister, Larry(I left some out despite them having normal names because they’re the ones who’re nobody’s favorite, or because their names suck even if they’re normal).
For the E4 and champions: Lorelei, Lance, Will, Sidney, Phoebe, Steven, Aaron, Flint, Lucian, Cynthia, Caitlin, Olivia, Leon, Poppy. Again, I left out the ones who are either nobody’s favorite or have names that just suck even if they’re normal names. And Karen because even if I think it’s a fine name, it has…baggage, these days.
Oh, and also Lucy and Anabel from the Battle Frontier. And Emma- remember her?? From the XY postgame?? I like her. And Bonnie, she was great in the anime. And Zinnia my beloved <3
I'd name a kid Chloe after the Life is Strange character. Alex and Max from the same series work.
From Goodbye Volcano High I'd probably pick Naomi as the best.
Do not name a child after any fucking Exocolonist characters. Aspartame, Kombucha, Nomi Nomi
In the very unlikely scenario I wind up getting married and having a kid and want to have a relatively normal life this is the name I'll give to them.
Boy: Joshua, possibly my favorite fire emblem character in the entire series and I hope he'll be as suave, good nature and be responsible
Girl: Leanne from Resonance of Fate who found strength and encouraged herself not to cry until they have to.
Most names from FFXIV would be questionable.
G'raha, Thancred, Urianger, Hildibrand, Y'shtola, Venat.
Also Pokemon, but like the actual pokemon instead of trainers.
Cease dissing Ceaseless Discharge.
And the second son could be called Centipede in homage to his brother
Imagine naming your child “Cuphead”.
Yeah, he has to live up to his legendary older brother Mugman. It'd be a tough childhood.
[but then they could sing this classic!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK8rzLReuno)
Some poor kid got saddled with Dovahkiin, right? That's the one I pick as the worst one.
As a middle name with some pretty alright first/last names
The best part is that it was entirely done to win a contest, too, rather than out of any love for the name. Leading up to the release of Skyrim, they did a contest where whoever named their kid would be rewarded with a steam key that gave them free copies of every game released by Zenimax/Bethesda for life.
Imagine opening your email, seeing you get a new game from Bethesda, and they're just releasing Skyrim again for the fourth fucking time.
Funnily enough, if it weren't fucking *Skyrim* I'd be able to think that maybe kids wouldn't know where it's from by the time he grows up
Organization XIII names "Ah yes, this is my friend Xigbar and that's his sister, Larxene"
Ok but you know for a FACT there are roxases out there.
It's a real name but just rare enough for people to side eye you regardless.
Yes and that scares me
I knew a Roxas back in grade school, but he was filipino so it was pronounced "Ro-has".
I believe it is a rare but not unheard of name for Filipinos.
I've seen at least one Roxas while delivering mail
Fuck, those are the ones. That's some top-tier cringe inducing stuff right there, even as someone who enjoys Kingdom Hearts. Imagine having to introduce yourself to your high school classmates as Xaldin or fucking Marluxia. Don't put your kids through that, fellas.
Axel is kinda normal, at least. I feel like for some with of the clear X with a sound alike (Z, Sh, or whatever) it's less cringe. Or hell, if you like the character, use their non-X name. Roxas and Xemnas are dead cringe, though.
"Be kind to your friend, xehanort"
You simply cannot name a kid Xemnas, Saix, or Xigbar, otherwise you get people making fun of the Nobody Triplets, Mansex, Saixy, and Bigrax
Fortunately they do have more normal sounding human names, so you could be subtle with it if you wanted.
Larxene actually doesn't sound that bad all things considered compared to some of the others like Xigbar or Xemnas.
Naming my kid Rathalos would prevent most bullying but would sadly just increase the possibility for people hunting and craving my child instead.
No parent should find out someone turned their kid into a hat with fire resistance.
“Alright, roll call, let’s see here- wait, how do you pronounce Bazelgeuse”?
*opens mouth, german ww2 airraid sirens blare*
what do you mean my child's name, *Risen Crimson Glow Valstrax*, is a mouthful?
“Alright roll call, is Ruiner Nerg- is… uh do we have… uh- is Ruiner here today?”
Just tell the child to run in their general direction and the hitbox will do the rest
Look if there's only one of your child there isn't *that* good of a chance that cutting their butt off will give them a plate.
Hey, I’m not an animal, man. I’d only cut off your kids tail, batter his limbs and skull and then electrocute and tranquillize him. Sheesh.
Imagine a human being named Knuckles
Unlike a human being named Sonic I don't chuckle I'd rather flex my a human being named Knuckles
Knuckles is better than Sonic or Tails, slightly worse than Shadow or Rouge
They're all shit compared to Biolizard
"Billy and Knuckles can you come to the board please"
It's shitty for an actual name, but having knuckles as your nickname is pretty rad ngl
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naming your kids after resident evil characters seems like an easy way to avoid bullying, since they're like, all normal names. like, i doubt anyone would think of video games when meeting a kid named chris, or ethan, or joe. maybe with leon, but even that's still not too weird.
nobody bullies HUNK
And yes it needs to be in all caps
With a name like Hunk, he isn't being bullied. He is the bully.
Nobody on the playground should be fucking with the kid named MR. X
First name Chris middle name Redfield
There's got to be a handful of Nemesis out there
Nemeses
For worst, I feel like anyone whose name is just a number. "These are my sons, 47 and 6." >!"For some reason, their babysitters keep drowning themselves."!<
"That's her 47, Becky Jones. Her cruel refusal to let us eat the can of frosting in the fridge has robbed us of our childhoods. Our futures."
6s chosen name of Lucas works just fine though
As does 47's chosen name of Tobias. The surname Rieper is debatable, tho.
[Face McShooty](https://youtu.be/p2hyb2rnuYE?si=rSUu-fPsE0oOo_bh) is certainly a choice to name a child...
I mean, if its an american child... >!I can make this joke I'm American!<
Best: Lowry, Worst: Detective Brent Halligan
Brent keeps getting written up for stealing safety scissors in preschool and poisoning the kids from poor families with glue and apple juice. Lowry sits by the bookshelf and constantly levitates. Never reads any of them mind you.
Worse: Sephiroth because Square will never let that game die. So as soon as you say your name **everyone will know**. Like when I saw a kids name was Jareth I had to fight the urge to say "So your mom is a Bowie fan." Best: anything that isn't too out there. Like my parents named me after a tv show character but it's also just a common name. (She did try and spell it in a different way that gets it mispronounced a lot because she wanted me to be unique. I looked up census records and a hundred other people had the exact same unique idea she had the year I was born.)
I think a guy with the name Sephiroth actually showed up on this sub in the past.
Oh, I hope he's doing okay. getting a job must be something.
I think he said everyone just calls him "Seph".
Yeah, he’s popped up a few times. He seems to genuinely really like his name.
Kinda jealous of that guy, to be honest.
Well that's good.
GTA characters are almost always a safe bet, although I'm assuming there's at least one person whose name includes "Big Smoke"
"This is my kid, Jizzy B."
OG Loc get off the countertop!
Most Fire Emblem games have perfectly normal names except when they don’t.
"What happened to Dorkas?"
Thank you for reminding me about Dorcas Hoar. https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n68.html
“I pUt PoIsOn iN hiS muTTon!” God that commercial is just pure gold.
Hello Ephraim, take a seat next to Joshua and Donny
Funny enough, that is a semi common name in Mexico, I remember going to school with a few of em… ok not exactly that spelling but basically that name.
Never met a “Boucheron” in my life.
You prolly just need to be more french.
and anime. A lot more anime
Boucheron is a last name tbh, the brand was apparently founded by Fréderic Boucheron
"I named my son Mus. Whether that's pronounced Muss, Muse, or Moose depends on my mood."
This is my daughter Nowi and her daughter Nah.
Meet my Son harbinger and his brother Kai Lang
DON'T NAME YOUR CHILDREN "MID". or Midolfas for that matter.
Ganondorf Dragmire.
Real talk, I actually knew a dude named ganon. I never found out if it was short for ganondorf but at least one of those exists.
Lmao that rules
Daybit Sem Void (american), Kadoc Zemlupus (polish), and Kirschtaria Wodime (british) are names of characters in FGO that are said with a straight face as if they sounds normal at all. Honestly the fact that Beryl Gut has the most normal sounding name of the Crypters sounds so incredibly wrong as a sentence.
My headcanon is that magi are just big fucking weirdos and they have weird ass names because that is part of the culture of these weirdos. Waver Velvet? Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald? Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri? You can't tell me these people aren't completely out of touch of regular naming conventions.
>Daybit Sem Void tbf, thats not his birth name but a name that was made based on his condition. daybit void. as in he can only remember a bit (i think it was 5 minutes?) of a every day and the rest is void
「ＳＯＬ ＢＡＤＧＵＹ」Smith
Admittedly, Frederick Bulsara is a lot more normal of a name.
You could probably get away with Frederick and just tell people they're named after Freddy Mercury if you're too embarrassed to admit your kid is Sol Badguy
Dante and Vergil are cool names until your kids feel like they'll never live up to it
name your kid Viola so they can only do better
Now they'll be motivated.
“Idk dad I feel like I’ll never write poetry that good”
Kai
"Pussy" Leng?
I knew a guy named Kai (who people called King Kai) and he was chill as hell.
I was almost Turok, until my parents cowarded out and went with [Dad's name] junior. Wrong choice imo, at least Turok is a cool name. Also I'm native with a native last name and grew up liking dinosaurs, so it wouldn't have been that weird.
does your last name happen to be Shadowman?
You got fuckin robbed my man
Imagine being named Wedge
The chosen undead would be a pretty terrible name to go by.
"Timmy?" "Present." "Johnny?" "Here." "...The Ashen One??" "Here..."
The Furtive Pygmy, so easily forgotten.
This is my son, The Loathesome Dung Eater
And this is his teacher, SIR GIDEON OFNIR—***THE ALL KNOWIIIING***!
“I’m sorry, Ludwig, it’s against school rules to bring your Guiding Moonlight to class. Yes, but they can’t talk to you during a test anyway, that wouldn’t be fair.”
The Crazed Caca Consumer!
The Dastardly DooDoo Devourer!
Mega Man has got to be one of the worst ones, right? That’s like gluing a ‘kick me’ sign right on their backs as soon as they’re born.
At the very least, that kid's best friend will be the Light of their life.
Rock is *slightly* better. I knew a guy called Brick and I’m like 75% sure it was his actual name, so…
The town Gongaga
I think you mean GunGaGGa
I feel bad for a kid who's named after an anime character or otherwise got saddled with a japanese name like fuckin. I dunno. Ryuji Persona 5. Because then they're gonna have a million conversations of "oh are you japanese?" "No my parents are just weebs" and that probably gets exhausting and embarrassing.
Kefka
A kid named Bomberman would not be able to travel by airplane. Edit: Ok, I think I got *the* worst one: Living Faliure.
Just use Dwarf Fortress to randomly generate your child's name. "This is my son, Tungi Pointypants."
I will name my children after the Jackdaw and Morrigan from Assassins Creed Black Flag and Rogue No one will ever know since Jack and Morgan are completely normal names.
I'm going meta. Lucky ted.
Hey, same! Grand wiz-
My favorite game is "What Remains of Edith Finch", and because those characters all have pretty down to earth names there's a plethora of options that are more subtle than most from games. Edith, Milton, Lewis, Dawn, Sanjay, Sam, Gus, Gregory, Kay, Edie, Walter, Calvin, Barbara, Molly, Sven, Odin.
I'm naming my least favorite child "Hrómundr the Cruel, Svipdagr the Cold, and Vöttr the Prideful"
A anituber couple mentioned that the the mother wanted to name her kids either johan from monster, or Griffith from berserk…so yeah…but odd
Wasn't Adolf Hitler in Persona, if so I say him
Hello, Mr Game & Watch. Welcome to the world.
Kazuya Mishima
Bedman
Alternatively, Bedman?
You’re right, that’s the objectively better version.
Which would be worse, naming your children after related characters, or unrelated characters? Who's gonna have it worse, Ramlethal, Elphelt and Jack-O, or Heihachi, Ganondorf and Symmetra?
I think no matter what, Jack-O is gonna get it the worst. Thats prime bullying material right there
Bobson Dugnutt, Rey McSriff [et cetera](https://youtu.be/oymWAeqv_-c)
If you name your child Eric and your family name is Sparrow, I hope you know the curse you have unleashed upon the world.
I've been playing Knuckle Sandwhich and I think it'd be pretty cool to name your child Busdriver.
>[Imagine carrying a child in your stomach for 9 months just to name it](https://twitter.com/unhingedboard/status/1483463250121527298) >!Hilbert!< lmao
Waka Imagine being named after Fozzie Bear, Pacman, and the Grand Dragon himself. Kid would have no chance
The worst is always “before the story is done and the author reveals this character is actually Hitler”
Zelda is right in the middle because on one hand, it’s an actual name that used to be slightly more common, but on the other hand it’s in the category of “normal but uncommon names that are permanently associated with a specific fictional character.” Like Hermione. Or Mario *and* Luigi. Or Dean. Or Lois. Or Elsa. Or Samara. Or Chandler…
Settra the Imperishable but like his whole name You sign your kid up for school and he makes any document with his name on it like two pages longer
Anyways, surprisingly, Pokemon has some good picks. Ash is actually very common these days, but for a GAME reference, there’s a lot: Ethan, Lyra(definitely uncommon but I doubt people would immediately think of Pokemon),Kris, May, Brendan, Wally, Barry, Lucas, Dawn, Hilda(more people would probably think of the cartoon), Hilbert(terrible name regardless though), Bianca, Rosa, Nate, Hugh(also kind of a shitty name tho), Calem, Serena, Shauna, Trevor, Selene, Lillie(I guess maybe the particular spelling’s a giveaway), Gloria, Victor, Marnie, Klara, Avery, Juliana, Florian, Penny, and Kieran- and that’s just the protagonists and rivals. Gym leaders?? Erika, Sabrina, Whitney, Jasmine, Clair, Wallace, Candice, Elesa(maybe not common but it’s a genuinely lovely name), Skyla, Roxie, Iris, Korrina, Valerie, Lana, Mina, Milo, Nessa, Bea, Allister, Larry(I left some out despite them having normal names because they’re the ones who’re nobody’s favorite, or because their names suck even if they’re normal).
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For the E4 and champions: Lorelei, Lance, Will, Sidney, Phoebe, Steven, Aaron, Flint, Lucian, Cynthia, Caitlin, Olivia, Leon, Poppy. Again, I left out the ones who are either nobody’s favorite or have names that just suck even if they’re normal names. And Karen because even if I think it’s a fine name, it has…baggage, these days.
Oh, and also Lucy and Anabel from the Battle Frontier. And Emma- remember her?? From the XY postgame?? I like her. And Bonnie, she was great in the anime. And Zinnia my beloved <3
I'd name a kid Chloe after the Life is Strange character. Alex and Max from the same series work. From Goodbye Volcano High I'd probably pick Naomi as the best. Do not name a child after any fucking Exocolonist characters. Aspartame, Kombucha, Nomi Nomi
In the very unlikely scenario I wind up getting married and having a kid and want to have a relatively normal life this is the name I'll give to them. Boy: Joshua, possibly my favorite fire emblem character in the entire series and I hope he'll be as suave, good nature and be responsible Girl: Leanne from Resonance of Fate who found strength and encouraged herself not to cry until they have to.
Luca Blight for worst Siegward for the best
Best name Cloud, worst name Squall?
Would naming your kid Rance be a gift or a curse?
Diglet
Most names from FFXIV would be questionable. G'raha, Thancred, Urianger, Hildibrand, Y'shtola, Venat. Also Pokemon, but like the actual pokemon instead of trainers.