Probably Just An Over-Reaction, Lots Of Kids Are Named Isabella Or Edward

[Seil]

Twilight (http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/babiespregnancy/babies/article/843219--twilight-inspired-baby-names-have-supernatural-appeal) fans (http://mytwilightsagamoviesblog.wetpaint.com/page/Babies+named+after+Twilight+stars!) name (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/may/10/twilight-baby-names-stephenie-meyer) their (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/twilight-effect-isabella-now-top-baby-name-for-girls-in-us/article1560240/) kids in frightening ways.

So yeah. It's probably nothing. A lot of people take names they like from media, or current events. There's lots of Brads and Angelinas, there's probably a few named after Doctor Who characters or Metal Gear Solid characters... but Twilight?

I'm over-reacting.

...But seriously? These kids are either going to grow up to hate their names because of the affiliation, or love their names and act like the characters in the books, which would be even worse!

[Arhra]

They're better off than poor little Neo, Morpheus and Trinity.

Yes.

[Krylo]

By the time they're old enough to know any better they'll have no idea what the fuck Twilight is and it's not like Edward or Isabella are exactly rare names, either.

So, yeah, over reacting.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Those names were already common anyway. There is nothing to worry about.

[greed]

Yeah these kids will just grow up to be average normal Eddie's and Isabelle's. This is like the one area where Twilight actually beats other vampire fiction. Think of the poor saps who grow up with Anne Rice or Buffy fanatic parents.

"Lestat, you give Angelus his toy back right now!"

[Token]

Wow. People are giving their children actual names. Those heartless bastards.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Like others said, those names are pretty tame as far as media-based names go, and unless the parents are some kind of crazed uberfans, chances are the kids won't even get the reference until they're older. By then, hopefully, this whole mess of a fad will have been swept under the rug.

Now if someone goes and names their kid something like "Renesmee" or "Volturi", feel free to break out the men in white coats.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

So yeah. It's probably nothing. A lot of people take names they like from media, or current events. There's lots of Brads and Angelinas, there's probably a few named after Doctor Who characters or Metal Gear Solid characters... but Twilight?![/color]

Try telling that to my nephew Doctor. I'm pretty sure he would love to have been named Edward.

[Magic_Marker]

I am offically naming my firstborn Bob after Bob the Mercenary.

When people hear the name "Bob" in reference to my child they will become angry that I named a child after a member of an internet forum.

[Fifthfiend]

Fuck everyone in this thread but Seil, champion of being correct.

"Lots of people are named Hitler, it's a perfectly normal name that will cause him no future life problems at all" -German in 1938

EDIT: Basically what I'm saying is if ten years from now being named Edward isn't a lifelong mark of shame and humiliation, fascism has won.

[Loyal]

Damnit, Seil.

EDIT: Basically what I'm saying is if ten years from now being named Edward isn't a lifelong mark of shame and humiliation, civilization has failed. If "Edward" becomes the next "Hitler" I will buy and then eat a hat.

[Fifthfiend]

It will be the hat of democracy, and you will buy it with the currency of cherishing your freedoms.

[Seil]

Okay, yeah, over-reaction. I chalk it up to being three in the morning and just hearing of it.

[Fifthfiend]

I'm going to name my daughter after Kristen Stewart.

Which is to say I'm going to name her Smoking Hottie.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Smoking Hottie.

Middle name "Danger"?

[Fifthfiend]

Middle name "DAYUMMMMMMMM!"

[bluestarultor]

Just to point this out, but isn't adding a "Seil" thread tag a bit much? :ohdear:

[Fenris]

Just to point this out, but isn't adding a "Seil" thread tag a bit much? :ohdear:

I retort that it is not enough.

[Lost in Time]

Why not? This is the perfect reason for tags. It allows us to know exactly what is in this thread.

[Fifthfiend]

Just to point this out, but isn't adding a "Seil" thread tag a bit much? :ohdear:

I submit that it is necessary to let people know when they are coming into a thread to read Seil's correct opinion that it is worst thing in the world to name your kids after Twilight, and not the clowncar opinions of clowns who think that it shouldn't be considered child abuse and/or a sign of mental illness to name your children after Twilight.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Oh my god, I just realized I have a 56 year old uncle named Edward.

WHEN WILL THIS MADNESS END!!

[RobinStarwing]

Oh my god, I just realized I have a 56 year old uncle named Edward.

WHEN WILL THIS MADNESS END!!

When the Human Race is extinct?

On another note...I kinda wanted to name my first born something cool. If it was a daughter, I'd of named her Raven (to keep with the bird name theme), Aradia (Witch Queen's name), River (Firefly/Serenity), Liriel (Forgotten Realms Starlight and Shadows Trilogy).

However it was a son and my now ex named him Patrick (Patrick Swayze) Nicholas (Her youngest deceased brother). Not my first choice and she left no room for discussion.

[CelesJessa]

named after ... Metal Gear Solid
To be fair, the most creative MGS gets with it's names are John, Jack, David, and Hal so even if someone did name you after a MGS character you'd never know.



In other news: I'm not sure if I should be upset that "Renesmee" made it into the Babynames database before my name did :T (http://www.babynames.com/name/RENESMEE)

[Aldurin]

My dad's name is David, obviously inspired by MS paint adventures Dave via psychic visions of the internet future. Though he's not as badass as Dave.

But this child-naming thing isn't a problem unless the parents won't shut up about how they named their kids after twilight characters and show them off to try to impress other parents.

It's like my view about the whole Team Edward/Jacob thingamajig (I don't keep much track, but I'm stuck between rudeness and trespassing charges if someone tries to confront me about that fad), just don't make a big deal about it and leave them be.

EDIT: The Seil tag works very well for this forum, an EvilEarl tag would be pointless and often out of date due to how I'm inconsistently consistently inconsistent.

[Aerozord]

Well lets just say Edward is justified in that it could also be a Fullmetal Alchimist referrance and thus completely redeeming the name for all time

[Aldurin]

Well lets just say Edward is justified in that it could also be a Fullmetal Alchimist referrance and thus completely redeeming the name for all time

If it works that way I'm gonna name my kids Ratchet, Nathan (Nathan Hale and Nathan Drake references) and Wesker.

[Loyal]

EDIT: The Seil tag works very well for this forum, an EvilEarl tag would be pointless and often out of date due to how I'm inconsistently consistently inconsistent.Don't flatter yourself, kid.

[BloodyMage]

I feel worse for the kids being called Cullen.

[Krylo]

I feel worse for the kids being called Cullen.
You leave Cullen out of this, he's been through enough. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yiLTbZOcsU)

[Amake]

Oh man those parents are going to resent their kids so hard when they grow up a bit and realize how hard Twilight sucks, and the kids will be there as a constant reminder of how they thought it was so cool they named their kids after it.

[MuMu]

I tried to carefully push my little sister away from the sparkling vampires group and now she wants to name her daughter Anathema. Not sure how successful that move was.

[Loyal]

I tried to carefully push my little sister away from the sparkling vampires group and now she wants to name her daughter Anathema. Not sure how successful that move was.Even disregarding any connection to novels, that is a goddamn terrible idea for a name. Does she even know what that word means?

[MuMu]

I doubt it. Double failure because the joke in the book was that the girl's parents didn't knew what it meant either.

[Melfice]

I doubt it. Double failure because the joke in the book was that the girl's parents didn't knew what it meant either.

This can be solved, however.
Grab a dictionary.
Let her look the word up.
Take pictures of her face when she reads the meaning.
Post thos- oh, wait. Getting off-track.

In any case, that can be fixed. It's much harder to fix bad taste.

[Aldurin]

Why don't we just name our kids after ourselves until people have to call themselves Bob the 2^4? It would simplify things and encourage better mathematical understanding.

[Aerozord]

I tried to carefully push my little sister away from the sparkling vampires group and now she wants to name her daughter Anathema. Not sure how successful that move was.

one of the proudest moments for me was my step cousin said these words
"if you like reading you should try Twilight series"
"I'm not gonna read that crap"
so proud

But please, for the sake of the child, let her know she plans on calling her kid "abomination in the eyes of God"

[TDK]

Yeah so Edward and Isabella are average names even if hearing them these days makes me angry, but I think the problem would be more that someone dumb enough to name their kid after a twilight character would probably go the extra mile of trying to make their kid look like the character. I'm picturing a 2 year old boy with ridiculous moussed up hair and glitter, sitting in a stroller. And maybe the parent tries to keep him deathly pale too, somehow? Keeps him inside all the time? I dunno.

And like, he's sitting there blowing bubbles and burbling like a normal 2 year old, but even the other 2 year olds think he's a douche already.

Its less of a big deal with Isabella (unless the child is actually named Bella which is slightly more of a deal but still not a big deal). I mean, making your daughter look like Kirsten Stewart isn't that bad, she's hot.

Although if its Kirsten Stewart in twilight they'd have to find a way to make the kid look perpetually nauseous.

[Amake]

Why don't we just name our kids after ourselves until people have to call themselves Bob the 2^4? It would simplify things and encourage better mathematical understanding. I like this idea, and I'm sure Invisible Prince/ss will thank you for it one day.

[Aerozord]

hey if its good enough for the King

[Ecks]

My step-father and half-brother are both named Edward.

My step-father was named after his dad, just in reverse (just swap his middle name and his first name, and it would be my step-grandfather's name) and my half-brother was named for my step-father (He actually gets a suffix, though, he's ____________ II or _________ the Second).

I'm naming one of my kids after me, one after my dad, and if I have one more that my betrothed hasn't already claimed naming rights on, I'm totally naming him Eddie Riggs (last name goes here). I am raising all of my children on metal and hard rock (even the girls, suck it pop, country, and rap), but Eddie will be the real metalhead of my kids.

He will be the most awesome roadie ever.

[Aerozord]

but wouldn't intentional indoctrination of metal defeat the purpose since its all about rebelling against authority such as ones parents

[Shyria Dracnoir]

I wouldn't be surprised if the next big act of rebellion in kids comes from playing real quiet ragtime, jazz, and swing all hours of the night.

[Amake]

It'll be like 1927 (http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/1927) all over again. I say we all pledge right here to raise our kids with the "pedal to the metal", as it were, to instill in them a hatred of loud, modern music and leave them to reinvent the magic year one century later.

[Seil]

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[Fifthfiend]

but wouldn't intentional indoctrination of metal defeat the purpose since its all about rebelling against authority such as ones parents

"if you loved me, you'd be setting my car on fire!!"

"NO, I HATE YOU" *listens to classical* *does homework*

[Magus]

At least if you name your kids Edward and Isabella, you don't have to worry about incest, just a bunch of awkward longing for like twenty books.

Ba-zing.

[Ecks]

but wouldn't intentional indoctrination of metal defeat the purpose since its all about rebelling against authority such as ones parents

"if you loved me, you'd be setting my car on fire!!"

"NO, I HATE YOU" *listens to classical* *does homework*

God dammit! I don't like metal for the rebellious attitude, that shit's borderline stupid in any form of media. I like it for the NOISE. The SOUND. Shit, you could take out the lyrics from ANY METAL SONG EVER and I'd still like it.

[Bob The Mercenary]

I am offically naming my firstborn Bob after Bob the Mercenary.

When people hear the name "Bob" in reference to my child they will become angry that I named a child after a member of an internet forum.

So...why didn't this thread end four pages ago?

[Magus]

You know when the kid has to do the report in first grade on why their parents named them such and such Magic_Marker is going to wuss out and tell the kid he's named after Robert Frost or something.