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28 Really Geeky Baby Names

I happen to own the top Google search results ranking for the phrase “worst baby names ever”. As such, people occasionally come by and leave a comment on the related post with stories of bad baby names.

A good portion of these have geeky connotations, so I thought I’d generate a little list using that entry, the site it linked to, and a bit of creative searching. There’s no way to verify if these are all legit, but they’re all from reports I found on the web–I didn’t make any of them up.

Here’s the list thus far, feel free to offer additions:

  1. Strider - It could have been worse, he could’ve been named Pippin.
  2. Arwen - Again, it could have been Eowyn. Plus, it’s quite a pretty name.
  3. Lestat - “I can’t understand why junior keeps wearing all that white makeup…”
  4. Neo - You might as well name the kid “Jesus”.
  5. Keanu - See above.
  6. Nikita - Apparently from the Elton John song, not from La Femme Nikita, but we can hope.
  7. Nero - “Son, you’re named for a a Roman Emperor. No pressure.”
  8. Maximus - See above.
  9. Cosmo Ranger - I got nothing.
  10. Eaton - Last name Seamen. Not so much geeky as just plain cruel.
  11. Cleopatra Evita - Presumably she’s the daughter of drag queens.
  12. Corran - Apparently a character in the Star Wars books.
  13. Mara Jade - Another similarly non-movie Star Wars character.
  14. Anakin - Bound to be a mouth breather.
  15. Luke - Climbed the charts from 228th in the seventies to 42nd today.
  16. Ada - Destined to work in a cubicle among smelly coding boys.
  17. Wesley - Fairly common, but geeky when inspired by Star Trek.
  18. Jadzia - Apparently in 1998, there were 27 baby girls named after Deep Space Nine’s Dax.
  19. Ryker - In that same year, 80 baby boys were making Number One in their diapers.
  20. B’elanna - Well, at least the apostrophe will simplify things.
  21. Kirk - Apparently Kirk Cameron was named after the Shatnerian one.
  22. Moon Unit - Thank you, Papa Zappa.
  23. Amadeus - Retro geeky.
  24. Mars - I know, it’s also a Greek god. But it gets dodgy when his sister is named Venus. And what if you named a kid Pluto and he got downgraded to a mere dwarf planet?
  25. Ripley - Likes her machine gun with a flamethrower chaser.
  26. Dade - This one’s pretty obscure (but apparently legit). I mean, how many people saw Hackers?
  27. Damien - You know, like the Prince of Darkness? Rose in popularity thanks to The Omen.
  28. Version 2.0 - Obvious, and apparently true.

18 Responses to “28 Really Geeky Baby Names”

  1. Arwen Says:

    Nice thing about “Arwen” is that it is geeky to those who are geeks, and flies under the radar for others. (Usual question after I introduce myself: “Is that an Irish name?”) I thought that the movie that ate the box office might change that. Nope. I don’t say I’m ARrrrrrrWhen like the elves did, and so no one makes the connection (who isn’t already a LoTR’s fan).

  2. Alice in Wonderland Says:

    Sure beats naming the child LaVodka, Velvetta or Kraft.

  3. Andrea >> Become a Consultant Blog Says:

    I know a family of five in which all of the children have names related to characters or actors from Star Wars. (Luke, Ewan, Liam….) I don’t know if the mother is aware of this, but I suspect the father is.

  4. Heather Says:

    If you’re naming your kid ‘Nero’, be prepared to ante up for violin lessons.

    Also - I’ll nominate the following for really geeky baby names:

    Avro (yes, after the Avro Arrow)
    Reagan (after Ronald. I know another couple that seriously considered naming their kid Trudeau)

  5. zenny Says:

    past the baby making age, but I was thinking ‘beta’ would be a good ‘un.

  6. Jay Says:

    lol Obi-won, ryan howell, these are the geekest names

  7. Jay Says:

    and Jay Wilhelmy

  8. Jay Says:

    Thirstun Howell the Fourteenth

  9. Jay Says:

    “warsta” comes from “star wars” sorry bout all teh comments, i keep thinking of funny ones, also Runescape would be pretty geeky, gimli, and Macintosh are the last i have

  10. melissa Says:

    For me, on my real baby name list is the name “Jackson Carter”. Oh, boy, I’m bad. I’m not a Daniel, but Samantha did make our list for girls too! Of course Jackson doubles for daniel and Jack too.
    This list is great, though. As long as I don’t name our boy Teal’c I don’t think anyone would be the wiser!
    ;-)

  11. KAREN PARK Says:

    I named my 7 year old daughter Ripley and have had nothing but compliments. It is a different name for sure…but what fun is it to have a name like 60% of the population D-A-R-R-E-N??

    No offence…but Karen is pretty common as well. I got over it. It’s about setting yourself apart from the crowd, right?

  12. libromanic.com » Worst baby names ever? Says:

    […] up with original names that I still like, unless I go for something SUPER original…like..Eaton Seamen? Posted by Administrator […]

  13. Heather Says:

    Please consider adding Cyrus or Syrus.

  14. Tara Says:

    You forgot Xena… No pressure, you’re just a HAWT warrior princess and all

  15. aperry1980 Says:

    i was in a resturant one day and the waitress came to my table and her name was spelled S H I T’ H E A D i was lauhing for a week straight

  16. * Says:

    my physics teacher actually named her son wilber-zeus and i remember asking her “is it going to be wilber hyphen zeus or wilber and then middle name zeus” and she said ‘oh wilber-zeus wilber on it’s own would be just silly’ of course cause wilber-zeus is normal! we also had an re teacher who’s surname was lord and he named his son noah. hence ‘do you no-ah lord’ we used to luv takin the mick out of that one.

  17. rachael Says:

    hey i happen to be a big star trek and star wars fan.i love these names(star trek,star wars at least)

  18. bob Says:

    I work in a school and one of the kids is called Cleopatra Evita and his pairents are totaly sraight. (I think)

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