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Im having difficulty finding names I like. I need two - three names that roll off the tongue and wouldn't be out of place with a long hyphenated surname.

No religious names

No surnames

No places

Nothing that rhymes with Aden

Upvote good suggestions otherwise post ones. Bonus points if it's a sci-fi name.

Edit: lots of good suggestions, but I think I'm going with 'Wash'.

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[–] [email protected] 121 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 50 points 8 months ago (2 children)

OP may have made a tactical error asking this on the internet

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

There are no bad suggestions.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

They aren't leaving it to a vote though.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Megatron

  • Not religious
  • Not a surname
  • Not a place
  • Doesn't rhyme with Aden
  • Is a sci-fi name

The only issue little Megatron will ever face in life is the possibility of an Optimus Prime showing up some day, he's otherwise right on the path to world domination, and who couldn't love that? πŸ˜‰

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

Our Savior Megatron is absolutely a religious name and blasphemy to name some fleshy lump with it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

Although, they'll call him Meg for short

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

We do live in a country with nice crinkley edges.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm very partial to early bronze age names.

Epirmupi

Manishtushu

Tiglath

Inshushinak

Labarna

Naramsin

If you look at the Sumerian or Elamite king lists, you really can't go wrong.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Manishtushu is nearly the worst name i have ever seen. Kids would absolutely wreck that guy all the way to college.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

People are going to make fun of the conqueror of Anshan, King of Kish, Ruler of Sumer and Akkad? That seems unlikely to me.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago

I would either go with a easy to remember naming system, something like child_male_0000, or with a type 4 UUID, to avoid naming collisions.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If it's a long complicated surname you can't go wrong with a short simple first name. I'm gonna throw Sam into the ring, after our lord and saviour Samwise.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Please don't name your kid Wash

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

Excellent suggestion your grace

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago

I hope you don't go with your edit.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (4 children)

My wife won’t let me use β€œKaladin,” the name of one of my favorite characters from Brandon Sanderson’s The Stormlight Archive series. But I think it’s an excellent name and has an easy nickname (Kal).

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)
  • Latitude
  • Avalanche
  • Glacier
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

or Boruto if you're already called Naruto

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Jimothy?

Billiam?

Tedward?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Agree with others who have suggested short names. Here's 3, inspired by one guy!

Paul

Kyle

Dale

(I appreciate that Paul is in the Bible, but still...)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Clarify "Paul" with an appropriate middle name.

Paul Muadib McPatronyn-Matronymovich

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Paul: What do you call the mouse shadow in the second moon?

Stilgar: We call that one Muad'Dib.

Paul: Could I be known as Paul Muad'Dib?

Stilgar: You are Paul Muad'Dib!

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Alex. Simple, gender neutral, not religious (I don't think), not a surname, not a place, doesn't rhyme with Aden.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Egon

Dax

Ash

Declan

Dana

Kira

Miles

Leland

Zhora

Keeping the rule of shorter first name with longer/complicated last name, I picked a few from my future pet possibility list. Pets names at our house generally have sci-fi origins.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Perhaps something gender neutral in case they wish to change their gender or name later in life

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

There are some decent TNG names that aren't easily identifiable as sci-fi if he grows up not liking the genre. Will Riker, Wesley Crusher, Miles O'Brien, etc.

In Star Wars, Obi-wan is initially known to Luke as Ben Kenobi. You can also pull from actor names too. Liam Neeson played Qui-Gon Jinn.

Depending on what IPs you like and what names you lean towards, maybe look into character/actor names from Blade Runner, Back to the Future, Ender's Game, Mass Effect, Terminator, or whatever else strikes your fancy.

If sci-fi isn't mandatory, there are great secular names alluding to nature, minerals/elements, and the cosmos, such as Heath, Flint, and Cosmo respectively. Just keep in mind that whatever you are choosing for him, he has to either live with forever or go through the headache of a legal name change if he hates it. So I would shy away from naming him something too out there like Betelgeuse or Eagle or Hurricane. Maybe if you have any sort of cultural ties, you can allude to that on some level by using a translation to your ancestors' language or something like that. For example, if you're sorta distantly Hispanic and wanted to allude to that without being as obvious as choosing Juan or Jose or something like that, "oak tree" translates to "Roble". River is Rio, Brook is Arroyo, etc.

I'm surprised that you're asking the internet and expecting reasonable answers instead of just Omega Fartwagon Supreme. Good luck!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Go with "Double Anus Hammer Wagon IV"

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

No religious names
No surnames
No places
Nothing that rhymes with Aden
Bonus points if it’s a sci-fi name

Ford

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A great name if you want your son to go into the business of forks and marbles.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

What about my favourite, β€˜HM Revenue and Customs’

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Meredith.

After Meredith McKay.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If I may: a good name is good. a name that combines well with the surname is great. Think of Star Wars names: they are great because they mate good names and surnames. Han Solo Boba Fett Cassian Andor etc...

That said, my personal preference is something REALLY old, like Sargon, first ruler of Akkadian Empire, 2400BC. Bonus He/she/they could have also their own personal cuneiform name tattoo: π’Š¬π’Š’π’„€. Now tell me that's not cool.

good hunting.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Eowen, it means "Bear God"... unless that's too religious.

Arthur and Beowolf are also bear names, if so.

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