Is anyone else fighting their inner "dork?"

citychicks · February 2011

I'm getting close to my due date and this is our last LO (I'm very aware that this is my last chance to use my favorite names), and I find I'm all of a sudden finding it difficult not to scrap my fairly sensible baby names and go to the dark side. I secretly love LOTR and Star Trek. Embarrassed I know that it would be mean to shackle a kid with either Tiberius or Rohan, but I kind of want to; it really doesn`t help that DH completely supports the idea. I need to go and grab a good book and stay away from SciFi network for the next four weeks.

lisa5201 · February 2011

I LOVE your real name choices (and your current LO's names) don't go messing it up now!

Get some cats/goldfish/turtles/pet rocks and name them all the far out there Star-Trek names you want!

EXL311 · February 2011

I actually kind of like Rohan so I'm not much help either.

forensicmama · February 2011

I like them!

Do you ever watch Fringe? Ever since I started watching, I've loved Astrid. Also... Walter!

BFab11 · February 2011

James Tiberius? No? Sounds like a nice name to ne, lol.

HannahO28 · February 2011

I have to stifle the urge to put Anakin on my list. I try to keep a "just say no!" attitude.

Allie30 · February 2011

I wanted out little girl's middle name to be Eowyn. My husband talked me down from the ledge.

But there are ways you can do it. I think Aurelia has a very LOTR edge to it, even if it's not a name from there -- like Gabrielle/Galadriel or Eleanor/Elanor. Or you could name your child James Thomas -- it's not James Tiberius, but you still get James T. I actually know someone who did this last one.

santo614 · February 2011

lisa5201:
I LOVE your real name choices (and your current LO's names) don't go messing it up now!
Get some cats/goldfish/turtles/pet rocks and name them all the far out there Star-Trek names you want!

LOL. My thought exactly. I recently named a cat Tiberius (after the historical figure) and my in-laws immediately referenced Star Trek. I had no idea how popular this was!

citychicks · February 2011

santo614:
lisa5201:

I LOVE your real name choices (and your current LO's names) don't go messing it up now!

Get some cats/goldfish/turtles/pet rocks and name them all the far out there Star-Trek names you want!

LOL. My thought exactly. I recently named a cat Tiberius (after the historical figure) and my in-laws immediately referenced Star Trek. I had no idea how popular this was!

See we could probably pass it off as a historical/literary thing, what with our other LO's and pet names choices, but the reality is that we would have named our child Tiberius after James T. Kirk. Embarrassed

KeriMichaelMarie · February 2011

citychicks:
scrap my fairly sensible baby names and go to the dark side.

So funny! I know what you mean though...

Firefly9 · February 2011

Our friends just named their baby Zane after a character from Eureka. DH always wanted to name a baby Bruce Wayne (Batman's alter-ego, if you didn't know)--luckily, he's over that one. There are plenty of sci-fi names I'd be okay with, the giant geek that I am (points to Star Wars avatar), but Bruce Wayne is NOT one of them.

ckmommy · February 2011

I wanted to name our son Clark. So I'm no help. Our last name is Superman's alter ego's last name Embarrassed

My H had to fill out the paperwork before I got to it, he was lucky I was heavily medicated and focusing on trying to go to the bathroom since the nurses threatened to put the catheter back in if I didn't go.

ZTAsunshine · February 2011

I like Tiberius but I LOVE Alistair. So Alistair has my vote for the boy!

ryry1977 · February 2011

I love LOTR too and love Rohan. I think it sounds like a great name:)

braveangel2 · February 2011

You get points for Tiberius and Rohan being real names prior to the sci-fi/fantasy they were attached too. Honestly, I'm not much help. I give my inner dork free reign over the middle name spot.

Pear02 · February 2011

M_C_McBrown:
Our friends just named their baby Zane after a character from Eureka. DH always wanted to name a baby Bruce Wayne (Batman's alter-ego, if you didn't know)--luckily, he's over that one. There are plenty of sci-fi names I'd be okay with, the giant geek that I am (points to Star Wars avatar), but Bruce Wayne is NOT one of them.

My DH wanted Bruce Wayne Lastname, as well.

KarlsSweetie05 · February 2011

Both DH and I like James Tiberius. We keep it on our list, but don't think we would use it.

Since we are having boy/girl twins, he would love to name them Luke and Leia. This combo I'm more inclined to say "no" to as its much more obvious (not sure if that is the right word).

210david · February 2011

You could have picked worse names
A lady in my childbirth class used TIberius as a middle name for her son (William Tiberius)
I have a friend who named her son "Clark" after superman so anything is possible
I LOVE Rohan, and prefer it to Alistair which is a bit too hoity toity for me but still a good name
Go for it!!

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