Raonaild

There was a discussion on the Farscape thread a while back about things people had named after stuff on Farscape, which got me thinking: if there's one distinctive feature common to both Sci-Fi and Fantasy, it's unique and interesting names. Names that are perfect when you have a pet, inanimate object, or child to name, and you want to demonstrate your love for the genre.

So, everyone 'fess up: what have you named after a sci-fi or fantasy character, and why?

Raonaild

I'll go first ...

- When I was in grade 6, my parents bought a cat, and I got to name her. I ended up naming her Trixie, but how I heard it in my head was Tricksie as said by Gollum from The Hobbit, because she was mischievous and liked to jump out at people out of nowhere.

- I have two computers in my apartment named MOYA and TALYN, after the two living ships from Farscape. Moya is bigger and represents "home", where I spend all my time. Talyn is sleek and black and finicky.

- I have a new kitten that I named Willow after the character from Buffy. She's not red, but she does have magic powers ... like the ability to disappear and find her way into my dresser drawers.

enigma777

If I ever have a daughter, I'm naming her Claudia Aeryn.

Soz

One of my cats is named Farli after an Anne McCaffrey firelizard and another is named Yoda. The third cat is named Stuart Little, but he came from the shelter with that name.

If I ever have a son, I want to name him Jeran after yet another McCaffrey character (although the name is very popular in SF, with various spellings). I'm not sure what I'd name a daughter, but there are many J names from SF. Some I like are Jancis, Jule, and Jaina.

My car is Moya and my bike is Serenity (after the Firefly ship). My bow is named Moon, both because of Diana/Artemis the archer and after Joan D. Vinge's character Moon Dawntreader.

I'm also thinking of renaming my various computers for the home network after Catherine Asaro's AIs and internal webs.

a n d i

I named this statue of a knight my mum has 'Sir Cadogan' after the painting in Harry Potter. [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img] That's about it, though.

Miss Cranky-Pants

If this next one is a girl, I may just have to pinch the name Aeryn for the middle name.

enigma777

No way! I called it first! j/k [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Miss Cranky-Pants

Ah yes but this one is due 2nd June so I beat you to it [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

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a n d i

I forgot, but I named my toy snake Nagini, which I think is the name of Voldie's snake in GoF. Lame, I know [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img]

Miss Cranky-Pants congrats [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] That'll be a cool middle name if it's a girl

enigma777

I'm so horrible. Yes, congratulations!

Spooky Spice

I have this computer game Petz 5, and I constantly name my Catz and Dogz after characters in Star Trek and Star Wars. Right now it's Tom, B'Elanna and Harry from Voyager. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

bizkitprinzess

I niknamed my bus driver Sparky or Buckwheat (Whatever comes out first) after Rygel on Farscape. He acts and sometimes sounds like him.

I name my stuff after all kinds of... stuff. My old TV and VCR were Mulder and Scully. My parents TV and VCR are John and Areyn. My new TV is Harry (Potter). My DVD player is Paul (Atredies) and my parents DVD player is Leto.

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a n d i

That just made me feel so much better knowing that I'm not the only person who names just about everything. [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img]

Raonaild

Okay, I admit to doing this in games too. For instance, in Masters of Orion III, where you get to name all the ships ... I'd pick different sci-fi themes each time I'd start a new game. A couple of times I gave them all Peacekeeper names, and tried to take over the universe by force [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] And when I was younger and played D&D type games, I'd name the characters in my party after Dragonlance characters.

Saturniia

My family's first dog was Pockets (named from Hook), and my cat is Catalina (from Space Cases).

Not planning on getting myself knocked up any time soon, but I do like Zekk as a name for a boy (would have to give him a terribly normal middle name to make up for it, though... hmm, maybe Dennys (pronounced Dennis, not Denny's)), and Menolly Elizabeth for a girl. (Okay, Elizabeth's not a sci-fi name, but it balances Menolly out nicely, don't you think?)