I was having a discussion with a friend of mine about children’s names. Neither of us have kids, I say that as a disclaimer to what I’m about to talk about.

I brought up an idea proposed by Zac Oyama on Gamechanger(clip below):

If you don’t want to watch the clip, Zac points out that one day he’s going to be an old man named Zac. Someone else laughs and says yeah like “grandpa Braden”.

We started talking about how people name their kids after the thing they’re into at the time. Some people naming their children Daenarys or Khaleesi, which the latter is a title not a name. The thing about those characters is that the books aren’t done yet. There are multiple people who named their kid Arya, which makes sense because it’s a pretty name. But naming someone after that character is a chance. You don’t know that she’s not going to be murdered horribly in the books. I guess the show kind of clutches it out with her just being a psychopathic assassin.

How do you even make a nickname out of Khaleesi? Khalee pronounced Kah-Lee?

I always wonder what the conversations are going to be like when these children get older.

“So, you were really into Yu-Gi-Oh, eh dad?”

“I don’t need to take this disrespect Kaiba Blue Eyes White Dragon Smith.”

“I’m never going to get a job.”

“That sounds like a you problem.”

“He’s not even a good duelist!”

“He has style that counts for a lot.”

Because I’ve heard that from hiring managers that if they see someone’s resume with one of these fun names they get launched right into the trash.

I think we need to initiate a new rule called the Captain Kirk Naming Rule. Kirk’s full name is James Tiberius Kirk. The middle is where you put the fun name. It’s unfortunate that the world isn’t ready for fun names just like they’re afraid of face tattoos.

But think of this Eleanor Megatron Smith. Chuck Chicken Wings and Beer Gooddall. All perfectly good names and you can just hide your weirdness there.