March 9th, 2007

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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.

Comments: 32 Responses so far

Arwen
March 9th, 2007
10:52 pm

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).

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ArwenC Reply:
January 8th, 2010 at 4:10 pm

I to do not pronounce the over exaggerated “AR” The question I get all the time is “Arwen’s you first name?” My last name is Courtney.

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Alice in Wonderland
March 10th, 2007
8:02 am

Sure beats naming the child LaVodka, Velvetta or Kraft.

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Andrea >> Become a Consultant Blog
March 10th, 2007
8:42 am

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.

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Heather
March 10th, 2007
1:11 pm

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)

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zenny
March 14th, 2007
4:30 am

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

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Jay
May 23rd, 2007
8:26 am

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

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Jay
May 23rd, 2007
8:27 am

and Jay Wilhelmy

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Jay
May 23rd, 2007
8:27 am

Thirstun Howell the Fourteenth

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Jay
May 23rd, 2007
8:30 am

“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

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melissa
July 7th, 2007
7:53 am

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!
;-)

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KAREN PARK
September 12th, 2007
8:50 am

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?

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libromanic.com » Worst baby names ever?
September 27th, 2007
1:08 am

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

Heather
October 2nd, 2007
7:40 pm

Please consider adding Cyrus or Syrus.

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Tara
December 12th, 2007
8:39 am

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

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aperry1980
March 18th, 2008
1:22 pm

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

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*
April 1st, 2008
7:23 am

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.

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rachael
May 4th, 2008
2:12 pm

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

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bob
May 26th, 2008
2:30 am

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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Gay
November 25th, 2008
3:55 pm

yeah, well, try living with the name Gay for a while!! im a teacher and my students make fun of me :( Grrrrr
Bleh!

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Heather
February 8th, 2009
4:32 am

My son’s name is Dade…people usually ask if it is like Dade County…this is the fist time anyone has made the Hackers connection!
Heather

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Lisa Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:46 am

I so hear you about the name Dade…..I have a Dade too and I get the same question….”is it like Dade county?” Otherwise people will say “Dave??” Ugh..how difficult is it??? I actually had someone ask if his name was pronounced Dad….what is up with that??? I picked the name from the Hackers movie….funny that someone else realizes that too!! :)

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Sandy
February 9th, 2009
4:53 pm

I have a few. One lady went into an Italian restaurant and saw Lasagna on the menu. yep she named her daughter Lasagna. One lady, when told she had Gonorrhea decided that was a pretty name to name her baby. And let not forget sisters Matress and Pajama (pronounced Ma-treese and Pay-zha-may. )

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Tammy
March 8th, 2009
11:24 pm

QUINLIN IS THE GEEKIEST NAME OF ALL TIME

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Alicia
March 27th, 2009
9:37 pm

Printice and Dexter are very geeky names. Oh and the name Dade is not a geeky name or so I have been told by hundreds of people who have met my son. His name is Dade Devlan and everyone I meet think his name ROCKS.

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Alicia
March 27th, 2009
9:44 pm

Oh and my other son is named Harley but he has his fathers very normal middle name of Chistopher. There is nothing wrong with having a name that stands out. :)

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Lia
July 11th, 2009
2:37 pm

i think damien is a sexy name! its not geeky. And grrrr to the post above me, my real name is Harley and i hate it. Its not geeky but i hate it >.<. And Kirk is cute :) and i like Luke :)

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Fay
July 19th, 2009
5:24 am

What About
Quasar Or Zenith ,

But Mara Jade <3 Is Lovely

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Baby spice
August 16th, 2009
9:01 am

Quinn

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Matt Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 8:04 pm

I named my son Darth Xander…it may be geeky, but how many people have kids that could potentially grow up to rule the galaxy…

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teacher mom
September 1st, 2009
3:38 am

I actually know of a child whose name is Shithead. It’s pronounced /shi-th-ed/. An other child was named, and I kid you not, 5/8, jr. Really! Five eighths! What is even more disterbing is the fact that he was a JR! Meaning the father was Five Eighths, Sr!
An other one that’s just wrong is a girl named Kandi Apple. Not so much geaky as–well, let’s just say that there will most likely be a pole in her future career path.

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Jonny Dade
January 20th, 2010
7:01 am

Thanks for takin the piss outta my surname, twat.

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