Would it be strange to *seriously* name a baby after a video game/movie character?

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The name is [name_m]Lukas[/name_m], so I don’t think it would be tied to this particular thing, per say. :slight_smile:

  • Unusual, to say the least…
  • Not weird at all
  • Not something I would personally do but I don’t see why not
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I wouldn’t do it, if you only liked the name because of a character.
Characters we love come and go. There have been times where I loved a name because I was currently very obsessed with a character, and then years later while I still think the name is nice, I’m over that character so I don’t care much about the game/show.
It’s different when the game/show introduces you to the name, and you start loving the name because you now see it in a different light, and not because of your attachment to the character. For example, I’ve had [name_m]Angus[/name_m] in my UC for 3-4 years, because I really liked a character called [name_m]Angus[/name_m]. I still like the character but I don’t care about him much. However, the character changed the image of the name, and made me rediscover it aside of the character’s personality and role in the game.

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if you only like the name because of the video game/movie, I’d say no. but that may be a little hypocritical, considering I have many a book character name in my UC. another point to consider is how tightly it’s tied to the video game or movie. [name_m]Lukas[/name_m] is pretty common, so I don’t think it should be a problem if you did use it.

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Taking inspiration from a video game/movie is totally fine!! As other people have posted, [name_m]Lukas[/name_m] is a fairly common name (I know a few) so it wouldn’t stand out as video-gamey at all!

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I don’t think it’s strange. Lots of people are inspired by the names in books, movies, TV, games, music etc. Think of how popular [name_f]Bella[/name_f] became after Twilight came out.

Lukas is already a fairly common name which makes it doubly fine in my book.

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I think it would depend on how unique the name is. [name_m]Lukas[/name_m] I wouldn’t assume was after a character, and seems fine. But something like [name_f]Katniss[/name_f] would stand out more.

Also, I would do lots of research on the author/creator/character before naming a child after them, because I wouldn’t want to name my child something and later discover the creator/character/author wasn’t a great person.

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So long as you love the name beyond the character, I don’t think it’s weird. [name_m]Lukas[/name_m] is common enough that I don’t think it’s too tied to one character

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It’s not weird at all, and people do it all the time. However, I would aim more towards characters whose “arcs” have ended just in case of anything problematic that might happen. We all know how the [name_f]Daenerys[/name_f] situation turned out in the end…

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Its definitely not weird.
I only think it might be weird if the name is extremely unique and everyone knows that name by association from a famous character, etc.

That being said, my partner and I have a girl name picked based off of a TV show. He suggested it years ago, and although I wasn’t into the name right away, I really do like it. The name was specifically made for the TV show, therefore a modern invention name, but we’re going to use a more formal full name, and use the characters name as a nn.

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People do it all the time, and considering the name in question, it wouldn’t be strange at all.

My son’s middle name is [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]. We got the idea from a character on [name_f]Star[/name_f] Gate [name_u]Atlantis[/name_u] - he’s not technically named after this character, but the show made us love the name and we have no regrets.

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