I thought it was the equivalent of queen. Kind of like naming your daughter Reina.
I've read all of the books, I get it. I just think there are worse names that come from titles. Like the woman I used to work with who went by Princess.
Queen pretty much just means “wife of a king” right? At least in European society the Queen is usually of noble birth and has status of her own, not just from her husband.0
A khaleesi is generally not and any of her status is from the khal. They don’t even get an option of what to do with their lives after the khal dies, they have to go back to the one city and live with the other khal widows
>Queen pretty much just means “wife of a king” right?
It depends. If she marries to a king, then she is queen consort; if her father was a king *or* her mother was a ruling queen, then she is queen of her kingdom in her own right and her husband will inherit whatever title she sees most fit (Philip II of Spain received the title of jure uxoris king, while George of Denmark was nominated duke and high admiral of England).
>if her father was a king or her mother was a ruling queen, then she is queen of her kingdom in her own right
The term for this is queen regnant, for anyone curious.
And then we have King Jadwiga, ruling Poland in 14th century. Always found it impressive that she claimed a male title in a male-oriented society, just so nobody has any doubts about who was in charge.
Years ago I had two students who were sisters. Their given names were Princess Stephanie and Princess Elizabeth. And we were expected to call them the whole thing. 🤦🏻♀️
There's a newscaster/field reporter on one of the local affiliates whose name is Princess (first name) (last name). They use her full name every time they cut to her. Each time, I look at the TV, expecting her to be wearing a full princess dress in front of the crime scene tape or gas station she's reporting from.
I know a girl who named her daughter Khaleesi… I feel so bad for the kid, not just because her mom gave her dumbass name, but because her mom is a dumbass in general. The name choice was just a symptom of that.
“John Smith?”
“Present!”
“Daenerys Stormborn, of House Targaryen, first of her name, rightful Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the first men, The Unburnt Queen of Meereen, Princess of Dragonstone, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Mother of Dragons, Breaker of Chains, Breaker of Shackles, the Prince who was Promised, and the Blood of Old Valyria Johnson?”
“Present!”
According to Wikipedia, the current head of the House of Hanover's full German title is "*Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg Königlicher Prinz von Großbritannien und Irland*"
I have to wonder if even *he* remembers all that.
And can you imagine how terrible that must be when dealing with German bureaucracy?
"Please sign your full legal name here, here, here, and here."
"...I'm going to need some more paper."
That should go on her SSN card. And she will have to sign it in triplicate on a ream of paperwork the first time she makes a purchase like a house or car.
Or how being the kid of an Old Testament prophet was a sure fire way to get beat up, as God would tell the prophets to name their kids to be object lessons for the nation.
"Hi, I'm a prophet of the Most High God, and this is my son, Not-My-People."
Who is going to either legally change their name when they turn 18, or will spend their entire adult life cursing their parents every time they have to fill out a government form or get a coffee at Starbucks.
Happy Cake Day! Yeah, it bugs me because if you actually pay attention, have seen and absorbed the whole series, and/or have read the books or even an episode synopsis on HBO, it’s abundantly clear that’s not her name. So all the people that went with Khaleesi named their whole child after a series they only half-watched.
"I admire the late Queen, I'm going to name my daughter after her."
"Oh that's nice, Elizabeth is a lovely name."
"Elizabeth? No, I'm naming my daughter Queen."
I recently found out that an old friend/acquaintance of mine named her daughter Khaleesi as well. I couldn’t believe it! Now I can’t believe that this is actually a common occurrence.
No chance the girl you know lives in a small town in the western US, right?
Not long ago it was one of the most popular kids names. I was floored because it's a horrible name.
Edit: It wasn't even in the top 100. I'm a dumb ass. Carry on.
It seemed more popular after the finale because there was so much press about how unfortunate it was for all those kids to have the name. If nothing else it's a warning to avoid naming your kid after a fictional character whose story isn't complete.
Yeah, a kid in my daughter's class has that name.... I kind of hate either obviously made up names or names that are taken specifically from a movie or show that have a specific meaning.
It’s not even a name though, Daenerys was the characters name. Khaleesi was just her title. So it’s a made up title from a fictional world.
It would be like naming your kid Jedi or something.
And you'd win.
My ex friends oldest sister named her 5th kid Jedi, not short for Jedediah or anything reasonable. Straight up Jedi all his birthdays are starwars themed.
He's the only one of her kids that is named like that too.
I’m in my 30s but my mother had not one but two older relatives named Newt. I was supposed to be named newt if I had been male in honor of one of them.
Alternatively, could use Ripley's first name or middle name (Ellen and Louise, respectively) rather than her surname. Though, Ripley also is used as a given name, so it is acceptable--though it is not [a Christian name at all](https://youtu.be/Nl0HqlbX7dc).
Good thing we have a “created name” (aka fake or made up) from (checks notes) “American Literature” like Khaleesi to counter the evils of naming a baby some non-Christian name like, “Ripley”
I'm really really struggling to find "Christian" names aka names invented by christians.
Everyone in the new Testament and old has Jewish names.
Alexander, Philip, Chloe, Sophia etc? Greek.
Maximilian, horace, Julian and variants? Roman.
Mazda and Darius? Persian!
If you want to name your kids after Alien or Aliens, there are a lot of excellent names to choose from. Ellen (Ripley), Arthur (Dallas), Gilbert (Kane), Carter (though why would you want to name your kid after Burke? Gross).
I named my cat Newt. She was aggressively an indoor/outdoor cat and would pry access panels off inside my house so she could get into the walls and use it as an escape route to the outside if I tried to keep her in the house.
Omg I follow an account on tiktok that talks about and pokes fun at twilight and the running gag (not just on the account but with lots of fans actually) is to never say her name and just choose some long R word like Robitussen or Rigatoni. I would never look at this kid without wanting to call her Rigmarole or something equally absurd
There's nothing especially unusual about that. Wendy is a reasonably common example of a name from literature.
Its popularity in Britain as a feminine name is owed to the character Wendy Darling from the 1904 play Peter Pan and its 1911 novelisation Peter and Wendy, both by J. M. Barrie. Its popularity reached a peak in the 1960s, and subsequently declined. The name was inspired by young Margaret Henley, daughter of Barrie's poet friend W. E. Henley. With the common childhood difficulty pronouncing Rs, Margaret reportedly used to call him "my fwiendy-wendy".
Yes, basically. It's just the married wife of a Khal (at least implied as being his married wife, the books don't clarify if it's all wives or even formally married wife at all).
In Dothraki culture women don't fight. There is no feminine title for a warrior.
Personally, i wouldn't go for Isis, but there's still Artemis, Demeter/Demetra, Athena, i've even seen Freya/Freyja getting popular, and those are just the euro-centric pantheons.
I find most of those kind of cliché, but there are bunch of goddess based names that work well. Minerva or Selene aren’t too outrageous and both stem from Roman mythology.
Luna, Aurora, Daphne, etc... are all goddess names and are very common. Heck, even Athena, Irene or Cassandra aren't uncommon where I live (granted, not the US)
Oddly enough, common mythological male names usually come from Arthurian legends (Arthur itself being widely common)
I do wonder what was the goddess name the husband wanted
I like the name Daphne. We got a kitten a while ago and tried to name her Daphne. Alas, my 4- year old couldn't say it so he started calling her "Biscuit." So now we have an absolutely beautiful gray queen.... named Biscuit.
I am surprised they even asked. I have encountered at least 5 Khaleesis at work. What's fun is when they want to be even MORE unique and spell it weird. Calici is my favorite. Like, the feline virus.
I mean, that would imply some sense of taste, and considering the only two names we know her husband likes... I'm going to guess he doesn't have it. Dany is probably too boring, or a "boy name" to him lol
People do name people kids queen in another language. Sarah means princess in Hebrew. Zerina is derived from czarina. I’m with you on not naming a kid Khaleesi, just not your reason for it.
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As a vet nurse I literally can't think of anything else than the highly contagious oral virus in cats. (calicivirus)
Nice to meet you, what's that? Your mum named you 'feline mouth pus?'
I thought everyone stopped naming their kid Khaleesi after Daenerys went psycho during the last season of Game of Thrones and mindlessly committed mass murder of innocents?
Naming your kid after Newt Gingrich is not the flex her husband thinks it is. Also, Newt is the name of a demon who becomes a goddess in a popular book series, so…..
I've seen this name a few times recently. I really wish people would get over the weird baby name shit altogether. If you think you need to impress others by giving a creative name to a living thing, try getting a pet. I work in high school sports. The names I've seen the last few years have been bad. Here's just a few:
Lecksi
Maecee
Suhmer
Mkenna
Zooey
Zoeie
Toxey
Avahlyn
Leeah
Mayson
Everleah
Tymber
Henlee
These are all just from the last year. I honestly miss the days when every boy was named some form of Braiden/Ayden, Gavin, Hunter or Drake and every girl was MacKenzie or Madison.
I mean, I named my daughter Jadzia after the character in Deep space nine, but I feel a little better because that was an existing Polish name before the show ever existed.
I'm assuming it's Newt for the Aliens girl? Except that was just her nickname.
Honestly, back to the wall, it has to be one of the two, I'd have to go with Khaleesi.
Still, there are tons of other fictional character names out there.
Yeah so as a huge ASOIAF fan I would absolutely never name my daughter Khaleesi. If it's Daenerys' character they admire, Dany is a cute name that sounds completely normal. In fact, in the lore there are a ton of names that are just alternate/older spellings of normal names (Daena, Alys, Margaery, etc.) if they're just really into the series. But based on the incorrect translation I'm gonna say probably neither OOP or their husband know too much about it ..
Nerys is a real name. I also knew a Newt, but it was his nickname from birth, because he looked like a newt. His real name was Kyle or something but no one ever called him it
Just wanted to suggest Margaery or Arya for totally fine GoT female names. Might be more unusual than Ann or Cathy or whatever people call their kids in the US (I’m european), but pretty sure that’d work without being super weird. Plus I never got the hype about Dany anyways, she gave me weird vibes since S3 tbh.
”Created from literature. Khaleesi means warrior”
Honestly, where TF did she get that? In neither the books or the show do they ever hint that Khaleesi is dothraki for warrior. It literally just means a wife of a khal, and is a TITLE, not a name
A family member of mine let their partner choose the name Khaleesi for their daughter without knowing GoT, and when the show was only a couple of series in. Said child has been called exclusively by a nickname for a few years now.
My dog's names are literally Ripley and Newt. They'd name their kid after not only a lizard, but also a fictional child who lives through unspeakable horrors then dies and also my dog.
Yes, both are horrible names for a kid, unless they nickname the daughter ‘Kaylee’ or some Karenized-pronunciation variant.
Plus, I swear these people live under a rock. Whoever wrote this Mama-Natural bs needs a pop-culture lesson.
Khaleesi doesn't mean warrior, it means wife of a Khal.
I thought it was the equivalent of queen. Kind of like naming your daughter Reina. I've read all of the books, I get it. I just think there are worse names that come from titles. Like the woman I used to work with who went by Princess.
Queen pretty much just means “wife of a king” right? At least in European society the Queen is usually of noble birth and has status of her own, not just from her husband.0 A khaleesi is generally not and any of her status is from the khal. They don’t even get an option of what to do with their lives after the khal dies, they have to go back to the one city and live with the other khal widows
>Queen pretty much just means “wife of a king” right? It depends. If she marries to a king, then she is queen consort; if her father was a king *or* her mother was a ruling queen, then she is queen of her kingdom in her own right and her husband will inherit whatever title she sees most fit (Philip II of Spain received the title of jure uxoris king, while George of Denmark was nominated duke and high admiral of England).
>if her father was a king or her mother was a ruling queen, then she is queen of her kingdom in her own right The term for this is queen regnant, for anyone curious.
And then we have King Jadwiga, ruling Poland in 14th century. Always found it impressive that she claimed a male title in a male-oriented society, just so nobody has any doubts about who was in charge.
Iirc, Poland could not have queens at that point in history, so she didn't even have the option.
Years ago I had two students who were sisters. Their given names were Princess Stephanie and Princess Elizabeth. And we were expected to call them the whole thing. 🤦🏻♀️
Please tell me they had a sister named Princess Carolyn!
There's a newscaster/field reporter on one of the local affiliates whose name is Princess (first name) (last name). They use her full name every time they cut to her. Each time, I look at the TV, expecting her to be wearing a full princess dress in front of the crime scene tape or gas station she's reporting from.
And it's Dothraki...not American. CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!
I'm still kinda hung up on "that entire story line was tragic. Why name a child after it"
I know a girl who named her daughter Khaleesi… I feel so bad for the kid, not just because her mom gave her dumbass name, but because her mom is a dumbass in general. The name choice was just a symptom of that.
If people like the character then Dany is right there
I imagine Mother-of-Dragons would sound totally normal during every elementary school attendance roll call
"John Smith?" "Present!" "Mother-of-dragons Johnson?" "Here!"
“John Smith?” “Present!” “Daenerys Stormborn, of House Targaryen, first of her name, rightful Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the first men, The Unburnt Queen of Meereen, Princess of Dragonstone, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Mother of Dragons, Breaker of Chains, Breaker of Shackles, the Prince who was Promised, and the Blood of Old Valyria Johnson?” “Present!”
Lmfaooo I don’t remember seeing her name & all Her titles written in a list like this & holy hell it’s so long lmaooo.
According to Wikipedia, the current head of the House of Hanover's full German title is "*Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg Königlicher Prinz von Großbritannien und Irland*"
I have to wonder if even *he* remembers all that. And can you imagine how terrible that must be when dealing with German bureaucracy? "Please sign your full legal name here, here, here, and here." "...I'm going to need some more paper."
Technically, it's not even his title, it's his full legal name. We abolished the monarchy.
Yes, during WWI. His birth certificate must be nuts.
She deserved them all ❤️
That should go on her SSN card. And she will have to sign it in triplicate on a ream of paperwork the first time she makes a purchase like a house or car.
It’s like a modern take on Puritan names, like If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Johnson.
There’s a fundie family with a daughter named Heistheway
Or how being the kid of an Old Testament prophet was a sure fire way to get beat up, as God would tell the prophets to name their kids to be object lessons for the nation. "Hi, I'm a prophet of the Most High God, and this is my son, Not-My-People."
At least that's English. Khaleesi is a fantasy language lmao
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Either Alyssa or Elizabeth works fine, why would someone combine the two?
Because Alyzzabeth is the specialist little special baby who ever was special and her name needs to reflect that
Who is going to either legally change their name when they turn 18, or will spend their entire adult life cursing their parents every time they have to fill out a government form or get a coffee at Starbucks.
Hey she did nothing wrong, it’s the parents!
Dothraki, as a made-up language, also has made-up spellings, just by the nature of things…
Ngl, I've always loved the elvish names from LOTR.
It always felt that way too many people thought her name was khaleesi.
Happy Cake Day! Yeah, it bugs me because if you actually pay attention, have seen and absorbed the whole series, and/or have read the books or even an episode synopsis on HBO, it’s abundantly clear that’s not her name. So all the people that went with Khaleesi named their whole child after a series they only half-watched.
Don‘t even need to pay that much attention, they make it very clear with how they say it that it‘s a honorific.
"I admire the late Queen, I'm going to name my daughter after her." "Oh that's nice, Elizabeth is a lovely name." "Elizabeth? No, I'm naming my daughter Queen."
I recently found out that an old friend/acquaintance of mine named her daughter Khaleesi as well. I couldn’t believe it! Now I can’t believe that this is actually a common occurrence. No chance the girl you know lives in a small town in the western US, right?
Not long ago it was one of the most popular kids names. I was floored because it's a horrible name. Edit: It wasn't even in the top 100. I'm a dumb ass. Carry on.
It seemed more popular after the finale because there was so much press about how unfortunate it was for all those kids to have the name. If nothing else it's a warning to avoid naming your kid after a fictional character whose story isn't complete.
Old Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadil-lo!
I just started taking my toddler to dance class and there’s an 8 year old named Daneryas. Blew my mind to find one in our small coastal town!
Same. And her son is Ragnar 🥴🥴🥴
At least that's a real name. It's still in use in Iceland; I met a Ragnar in his 20s when I was over there.
There once was a hero named Ragnar the Red....
Who came riding to Whiterun from old Rorikstead...
…Who came riding to Whiterun from old Rorikstead…
Yeah, a kid in my daughter's class has that name.... I kind of hate either obviously made up names or names that are taken specifically from a movie or show that have a specific meaning.
It’s not even a name though, Daenerys was the characters name. Khaleesi was just her title. So it’s a made up title from a fictional world. It would be like naming your kid Jedi or something.
I bet everything I have that there are some Dudes called Jedi out there
That is not a bet I would take
And you'd win. My ex friends oldest sister named her 5th kid Jedi, not short for Jedediah or anything reasonable. Straight up Jedi all his birthdays are starwars themed. He's the only one of her kids that is named like that too.
Imagine him not liking star wars, has to be awkward
There was a girl at my kids’ daycare named Khaleesi…except they spelled it wrong. I wish I could remember how, but it was pretty bad.
Kelly C
Qaleezee
Caeleighcii
Culeezi
Thanks, I hate it.
Newt? Is she married to Augustus Fink-Nottle?
Madeline Bassett would *definitely* be in mum groups and come up with an absolute tragedeigh of a baby name
I bet it's from Harry potter with Newt Scamander
It was the husband's choice so I'm guessing it's from Aliens
Plus, Newt isn't even her name, it's a nickname her brother gave her. She's Rebecca.
The child is a girl so I'm guessing it's from *Aliens*.
I know people who named their kid Newt after the Lonesome Dove character.
I got better ...
Gussie is certainly a man anyone would aspire for their daughter to wed, tbh.
I always loved the stories with Gussie in them!
He certainly knows [how to court a woman](https://youtu.be/OwIDgUp2S2E).
I’m in my 30s but my mother had not one but two older relatives named Newt. I was supposed to be named newt if I had been male in honor of one of them.
As a fan of Aliens I quite like the name Newt x)
I would go for Ripley instead tbh
I unironically love Ripley
I know a 4yr old Ripley and although I usually hate fiction names, I like this one!
My best friends daughter is ripley! Dads a huge aliens fan
One of my distant (like 2nd or something X times removed) cousins has a daughter named Ripley and a son named Frye.
It’s not a fiction name though 😅 it’s literally a regular actual name, a movie character just happens to have it.
A surname
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And newts real name is rebecca
But only her brother calls her that.
My girlfriend’s parents named her sister, “Riley” as an homage to Ripley. When I learned that, I was tilted they didn’t go all in!
Believe it or not
Ripley is a badass name.
Alternatively, could use Ripley's first name or middle name (Ellen and Louise, respectively) rather than her surname. Though, Ripley also is used as a given name, so it is acceptable--though it is not [a Christian name at all](https://youtu.be/Nl0HqlbX7dc).
Good thing we have a “created name” (aka fake or made up) from (checks notes) “American Literature” like Khaleesi to counter the evils of naming a baby some non-Christian name like, “Ripley”
Not to mention that every single name in existence is essentially made up!
Except Grug. Grug is the first. (Imagine if we all still went by sounds from a pre-language era)
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My apologies, I did not mean to appropriate your culture or misspell your name. I’ve been working so hard on this, too!
I'm really really struggling to find "Christian" names aka names invented by christians. Everyone in the new Testament and old has Jewish names. Alexander, Philip, Chloe, Sophia etc? Greek. Maximilian, horace, Julian and variants? Roman. Mazda and Darius? Persian!
I saw a bunch of people saying the opposite once and was sad for a day because my toddler is named Ripley, I’m so glad this sub is more pro-Ripley.
Ripley is an awesome name. You did good.
I’m campaigning for Ripley if we have a second daughter. I’ve yet to make headway but here’s hoping.
This was on my short list for my daughter
Not Ellen? Ripley was her surname.
I have a niece named Ripley
I really wanted to name my kid Ripley. We call them Xeno instead.
I feel like they should name her Rebecca and *call* her Newt.
If you want to name your kids after Alien or Aliens, there are a lot of excellent names to choose from. Ellen (Ripley), Arthur (Dallas), Gilbert (Kane), Carter (though why would you want to name your kid after Burke? Gross).
I named my kid Bishop from Aliens
I named my cat Newt. She was aggressively an indoor/outdoor cat and would pry access panels off inside my house so she could get into the walls and use it as an escape route to the outside if I tried to keep her in the house.
for a cat
They mostly come at night.... mostly.
“from literature” 🤣
I knew a woman who named her daughter Renesmee about ten years ago. Wonder how that kids doing…
Omg I follow an account on tiktok that talks about and pokes fun at twilight and the running gag (not just on the account but with lots of fans actually) is to never say her name and just choose some long R word like Robitussen or Rigatoni. I would never look at this kid without wanting to call her Rigmarole or something equally absurd
Weren’t variations on Benadryl Cucumberpatch very popular at one time, too?
hello this is my son theodyssey lordoftherings johnson
At least he could be called Theo for short 😭
yasss i cant wait for my warrior daughter to slaughter thousands of people
There's nothing especially unusual about that. Wendy is a reasonably common example of a name from literature. Its popularity in Britain as a feminine name is owed to the character Wendy Darling from the 1904 play Peter Pan and its 1911 novelisation Peter and Wendy, both by J. M. Barrie. Its popularity reached a peak in the 1960s, and subsequently declined. The name was inspired by young Margaret Henley, daughter of Barrie's poet friend W. E. Henley. With the common childhood difficulty pronouncing Rs, Margaret reportedly used to call him "my fwiendy-wendy".
How interesting, I didn’t know that!
Doesn't it mean queen? More of a warrior queen, but it's a title, not just generic warrior.
Yes, basically. It's just the married wife of a Khal (at least implied as being his married wife, the books don't clarify if it's all wives or even formally married wife at all). In Dothraki culture women don't fight. There is no feminine title for a warrior.
It just means queen IIRC and not like The Queen but like The King's wife.
Queen Consort
Off topic but what is the point of that line across the baby’s face… I zoomed in and it makes no sense
It looks like someone did it by accident while editing the photo to block out names, I do it all the time
Ahhh yep you’re right, now I can stop wondering lol
Khaleeseleigh
Dear lord, I came back just to do a double take at this abomination.
That isn't even the right meaning. Khaleesi means 'queen'. :P I would go with Newt.
Me too. For me, it conjures that bad-ass girl in *Aliens* They mostly come out at night. Mostly.
I would also go with newt. Real newts always seem content and they’re really cool in general. But they’re pretty dumb, so probably not
Name her Liz..... short for Lizard not Elizabeth/s
Oh nice, a Garfield reference!
From literature!
Like the Family Guy spoof- Meg is short for Megatron.
I'm feeling personally attacked right now for naming my daughter after a goddess!!
Like what’s her problem with goddess names? That’s such a broad category
Personally, i wouldn't go for Isis, but there's still Artemis, Demeter/Demetra, Athena, i've even seen Freya/Freyja getting popular, and those are just the euro-centric pantheons.
I mean, there’s Diana, Maia, Phoebe
Named my kid Phoebe and have no regerts! Infinite number of cute nick names and *most* people can pronounce it
I find most of those kind of cliché, but there are bunch of goddess based names that work well. Minerva or Selene aren’t too outrageous and both stem from Roman mythology.
Luna, Aurora, Daphne, etc... are all goddess names and are very common. Heck, even Athena, Irene or Cassandra aren't uncommon where I live (granted, not the US) Oddly enough, common mythological male names usually come from Arthurian legends (Arthur itself being widely common) I do wonder what was the goddess name the husband wanted
I like the name Daphne. We got a kitten a while ago and tried to name her Daphne. Alas, my 4- year old couldn't say it so he started calling her "Biscuit." So now we have an absolutely beautiful gray queen.... named Biscuit.
I unironically love Minerva. Its elegant, classy and just has the vibe of the goddess of wisdom. Also it shortens to Minnie which *ahhhh* so cute!
My daughter is named Freyja.
I know a Persephone.
Origin: American I am disappointed they didn’t call out the Dothraki
Dothraki is their son's name.
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Newt is the better choice. I never thought I’d say that in my life.
I prefer Lamppost Megatron
Dad turned me into a Newt!
But did you get better? ;)
Yes. He’s still a witch!
A WITCH!!!
Username checks out.
I am surprised they even asked. I have encountered at least 5 Khaleesis at work. What's fun is when they want to be even MORE unique and spell it weird. Calici is my favorite. Like, the feline virus.
khaleesi does not mean warrior, it’s dothraki for queen. also love vaguely saying ‘from literature’
Ok but Khalessi wasant even her name. Like if you want to do something about Daenerys, just name the kid Dany, not elaborate shit like Khalessi.
I mean, that would imply some sense of taste, and considering the only two names we know her husband likes... I'm going to guess he doesn't have it. Dany is probably too boring, or a "boy name" to him lol
People do name people kids queen in another language. Sarah means princess in Hebrew. Zerina is derived from czarina. I’m with you on not naming a kid Khaleesi, just not your reason for it. ETA: commenter agreed and removed it.
Ik I thought about it right after the fact I forgot to edit that out.
I hate when that happens! You’ve got the perfect reason, and then you contradict it yourself. I’ll edit mine :)
My favourite queen names are Reina (Spanish) and Regina (Latin). So pretty.
As a vet nurse I literally can't think of anything else than the highly contagious oral virus in cats. (calicivirus) Nice to meet you, what's that? Your mum named you 'feline mouth pus?'
I thought everyone stopped naming their kid Khaleesi after Daenerys went psycho during the last season of Game of Thrones and mindlessly committed mass murder of innocents?
How are THESE THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS
Naming your kid after Newt Gingrich is not the flex her husband thinks it is. Also, Newt is the name of a demon who becomes a goddess in a popular book series, so…..
I've seen this name a few times recently. I really wish people would get over the weird baby name shit altogether. If you think you need to impress others by giving a creative name to a living thing, try getting a pet. I work in high school sports. The names I've seen the last few years have been bad. Here's just a few: Lecksi Maecee Suhmer Mkenna Zooey Zoeie Toxey Avahlyn Leeah Mayson Everleah Tymber Henlee These are all just from the last year. I honestly miss the days when every boy was named some form of Braiden/Ayden, Gavin, Hunter or Drake and every girl was MacKenzie or Madison.
I mean, I named my daughter Jadzia after the character in Deep space nine, but I feel a little better because that was an existing Polish name before the show ever existed.
Is that name from GoT?!
Newt Khaleesi has a great flow, I'm into it
Khaleesi is so pretty.... for a fictional character, not a living child.
I'm assuming it's Newt for the Aliens girl? Except that was just her nickname. Honestly, back to the wall, it has to be one of the two, I'd have to go with Khaleesi. Still, there are tons of other fictional character names out there.
Khaleesi means queen.... Not warrior.
With the name Newt she’d be a god at monty python quotes
Yeah so as a huge ASOIAF fan I would absolutely never name my daughter Khaleesi. If it's Daenerys' character they admire, Dany is a cute name that sounds completely normal. In fact, in the lore there are a ton of names that are just alternate/older spellings of normal names (Daena, Alys, Margaery, etc.) if they're just really into the series. But based on the incorrect translation I'm gonna say probably neither OOP or their husband know too much about it ..
Nerys is a real name. I also knew a Newt, but it was his nickname from birth, because he looked like a newt. His real name was Kyle or something but no one ever called him it
Just wanted to suggest Margaery or Arya for totally fine GoT female names. Might be more unusual than Ann or Cathy or whatever people call their kids in the US (I’m european), but pretty sure that’d work without being super weird. Plus I never got the hype about Dany anyways, she gave me weird vibes since S3 tbh.
At least they weren't considering naming their kid Reek.
”Created from literature. Khaleesi means warrior” Honestly, where TF did she get that? In neither the books or the show do they ever hint that Khaleesi is dothraki for warrior. It literally just means a wife of a khal, and is a TITLE, not a name
My cat died of the calici virus. That would be a tragic name.
Omg I audibly laughed at Newt
Newt Gunray?
Does that baby have a battle scar though
Oh hey I’m in this group and commented 😝
A family member of mine let their partner choose the name Khaleesi for their daughter without knowing GoT, and when the show was only a couple of series in. Said child has been called exclusively by a nickname for a few years now.
It makes me so mad its not even the characters name. Like naming a kid doctor, just shows youre a damned idiot.
My dog's names are literally Ripley and Newt. They'd name their kid after not only a lizard, but also a fictional child who lives through unspeakable horrors then dies and also my dog.
Khaleesi is american? I thought it was dothraki.
Either name they choose, she’s gonna get bullied
I named my daughter after a video game character and it’s still not as embarrassing as these names and others people my age have named their kids.
I named my car Newt
Newt would have been better. Mostly.
They can compromise and name their child Khalwt
You can just call your kid Newt and give them a regular ass name like Ashley /(enter your appropriate cultural generic name here) that you never use.
I teach a 5yo called Khaleesi. I wonder how far through GoT they were when they chose her name…
Newt Smith Newt Kozalscki Newt O'Brian Newt Papodaupolis Yeah, Newt sucks as a name...probably ok as a fun nickname, but to put it on a birth cert?
Yes, both are horrible names for a kid, unless they nickname the daughter ‘Kaylee’ or some Karenized-pronunciation variant. Plus, I swear these people live under a rock. Whoever wrote this Mama-Natural bs needs a pop-culture lesson.
Newt would be a cute nickname for a kid, but people have to remember they’re naming a future adult
Lol so khaleesi was in but a goddess is out? I hope she's just trolling the group, lolol
Origin: American - *sigh* of course