Would you name your kids after names from the games?

[jammi567]

For example, would you call your kid Squall, Vaan, Rinoa, Aerith, or god help us all, Zell!?

Me personally, no.

[Laddy]

Maybe something less bizarre i.e. Cloud or Lulu.

[Psychokitty]

I might..... If I was a mentaly retarded, Final Fantasy obbsessed, White moron who wished he was Japanese.

Wait? I AM a mentaly retarded, Final Fantasy obbsessed, white moron who wished he was japanese!!! OMG!!! I need to comite suicude before I ruin my future children's lives!!!!!

[Hazzard]

Maybe Zack, and the other less eccentric names, but Cecil would probably be a great candidate; what a lovely name.

[The Unknown Guru]

Ultimecia FTW!

[Comet]

Terra is quite a nice name.

[jammi567]

How about Cait Sith, if you're Scottish...

[cloud21zidane16]

If i told my future wife where i got the idea of wanting to name our son Cloud, Squall or Tidus, i think she would take me to see a Psychiatrist:spin:

[Maybe_Tomorrow]

I might consider naming one of my kids after one of the names in the games..... that is, if I wanted kids!

[Momiji]

I always thought Raine was a cute name.

[LunarWeaver]

I'd name them Tidus, Lulu, Yuna, Wakka, Rikku, Auron, and Blue Mage. Yes, then one can develop many complexes and watching them age will be entertaining instead of annoying.

[Jessweeee♪]

Of course! Well, as much as I love Tidus, I would never name my kid that. It sounds silly in real life.

Most likely I'd name my kid Roxas. That's an awesome name!

[Marshall Banana]

One day Necronopticous and I will have Gilgamesh and Enkidu. They will be our children.

[Renmiri]

I named my fish after the Futurama guys. "Kip" got pregnant just like his Futurama namesake :p

[Rengori]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned baby Sephiroth yet.

If I only had to choose between FF names, I might choose Terra or Zack. I think thought I if I was gonna name my kid after a game character it would probably be Laharl or Flonne or Rozaline or someone awesome like that.

[jammi567]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned baby Sephiroth yet.
Probally because everybody would know that you got it from a video game.

[Karellen]

Yeah, I'm generally with everyone saying 'only the normal names' (except the people who then said Cloud or Terra). Naming your child something that can easily be identified by popular culture kind of makes you a sadistic asshole.

[Vermachtnis]

Pishaw! You guys don't know what your missing out on. Naming your kid Ifrit would be awesome. "Hey Ifrit get you butt in here!" Then me and my wife and friends will laugh.

Or Megaman...

[Selena_Akariko]

Well, I think FF girls have nice names ^^ Like, Lenna, Rydia, Tina (aka Terra)

Perhaps I would name my daughter after one of them, if I have one, or if I won't prefer the name Luscia XD

But if I have a son, nope, no FF names. Except for maybe Cid. XD

:save: Selena

[Hazzard]

My mum likes the name "Celes" which I pronounce as "Sell - air"

[Goldenboko]

I always did love the name Cecil, which is an actually name and not just some made up thing like Vaan. (Plus Cecil is derived from the Latin name Caecilius, and Latin is win)

[Hazzard]

I always did love the name Cecil, which is an actually name and not just some made up thing like Vaan. (Plus Cecil is derived from the Latin name Caecilius, and Latin is win)

Vaan isn't made up, it's a commonly used name in Holland.

[Goldenboko]

I always did love the name Cecil, which is an actually name and not just some made up thing like Vaan. (Plus Cecil is derived from the Latin name Caecilius, and Latin is win)

Vaan isn't made up, it's a commonly used name in Holland.

Fine then replace Vaan with Golbez :O

[Sam250]

Awesome topic.

I'd love to call my kids (if i ever have any) somthing realy crazy and weird, like Sephiroth or Bahumut or Shiva.

EDIT: Of course, i never would.

[Rengori]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned baby Sephiroth yet.
Probally because everybody would know that you got it from a video game.

No, it was this baby that was named Sephiroth... There's a news article about it I'm too lazy to look for.

[ReloadPsi]

No.

Oh god, no.


Terra is quite a nice name.

The one name in FF I ever did think I might like to call a daughter if I ever had one.

[jammi567]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned baby Sephiroth yet.
Probally because everybody would know that you got it from a video game.

No, it was this baby that was named Sephiroth... There's a news article about it I'm too lazy to look for.
Come on, find it fort us, so that we can have a good laugh.

[Arc_Master_14]

i actually might but not the crazy ones such as Zack lol well the names id actually do r cloud Zack for dudes and terra for a girl hell yea oh and imma name my dog akamaru so you see i actually will do this if my wife letsme lol

[Heath]

There was a member at Fool's Gold who I remember being rather adamant about naming a child after Rydia for FFIV which I always thought was quite something. I can think of one or two literary characters whose names I might like to use as a middle name or something, but I don't feel particularly motivated to use a computer game character.

[Rengori]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned baby Sephiroth yet.
Probally because everybody would know that you got it from a video game.

No, it was this baby that was named Sephiroth... There's a news article about it I'm too lazy to look for.
Come on, find it fort us, so that we can have a good laugh.

Two links on our own forums, but the page that originally had it no longer exists.

http://forums.eyesonff.com/final-fantasy-vii/71276-baby-sephiroth.html
http://forums.eyesonff.com/1716022-post3.html

[Breine]

Kids? No! Pets? Maybe.. names like Lulu or something could be cute for a cat or dog.

[,,,]

No.

And if I (God forbid!) had children, you'd all be more worried the impending apocalypse that would result, so what I actually named the kid would be the least of anyone's concern.

[Takara]

I wouldn't go for the "weird" names like Cloud, Squall, Aerith, etc. But "normal" names like Sara, Tina, Zack, Vincent... No objection here.

Being someone who has a "weird" name (or rather, a name which is considered weird here as it is supposedly a masculine name), I wouldn't want my kids to be teased constantly like I was when growing up.

[gothic_fantasy]

I want to name my daughter Reina (Lenna from FFV's 'American' name), but it's not cos I have any affiliation with the character, I just like the name very much and it's listed in a baby names book so it's okay! Yeah I wouldn't want to send my kid off to school with a name like Squall or something, poor thing. I named my cat Aeris...and one of my hamsters Selphie (I was 12, okay).
I remember telling someone my name was Tifa (I had just started playing FF7 at the time, I was very young and silly). They cracked up laughing and said "that's a weird name!!" Needless to say I never used FF aliases on holiday again.

[silentenigma]

I'll name my kid Chaos.

[FF_Chick]

I'm naming mine daughter Terra or Celes... maybe Celes. My son may be Cecil... or Kain... or Butz (kidding).... or Zidane.

[Pete for President]

I always did love the name Cecil, which is an actually name and not just some made up thing like Vaan. (Plus Cecil is derived from the Latin name Caecilius, and Latin is win)

Vaan isn't made up, it's a commonly used name in Holland.

What? I'm from Holland and I've never heard of anyone around here named Vaan. We do use Daan though...

[Brennan]

This list is based on my opinion

The whole reson I didn't put some people is because I forgot their name


Firion - No
Maria - Yeah
Guy - No
Leon/Lyon- Yeah
Cecil - yeah
Kain - Yeah
Edward - Yeah
Cid - Maybe
Rosa - Yeah
Rydia - No
Palom/Porom - No
Butz/Bartz - No
Lenna/Reina - Maybe Lenna
Galuf - No
Faris - No
Terra - Yeah
Locke - Maybe
Sabin - Yeah
Edgar - Yeah
Celes - No
Relm - No
Uumaro - No
Gogo - Nono
Mog - No
Cyan - Maybe
Gau - No
Cloud - Maybe
Tifa - Yeah
Cid - Maybe
Barret - Yeah
Red XIII/Nanaki - No
Aeris/Aerith - Not really
Yuffie - Maybe in Japan or China
Cait Sith - No
Sephiroth - No
Squall - Maybe
Riona - Maybe
Quitis - No
Zell - No
Zidane - No
Garnet/Sarah - Sarah yeah, Garnet no
Vivi - No
Freya - No
Stenier - Last name yeah
Amarant - No
Tidus - No
Yuna - Yeah
Wakka - No
Auron - No
Rikku - No
Kimhari - No
Lulu - Yeah
Vaan - No
Ashe - Yeah
Basch - No
Fran - No
Balthier - No
Penelo - Maybe

[ReloadPsi]

This list is based on my opinion

The whole reson I didn't put some people is because I forgot their name


Not a bad idea... Here goes.

Firion - No
Maria - Got a sister named "Marie" and a mother named "Mary" so no.
Guy - Possibly
Leon- Yes
Cecil - No
Kain - Yes
Edward - Yes
Cid - No. Sydney maybe, but not Cid.
Rosa - Not likely
Edge - Well if I happened to name my son "Edward" and make "Gerald" his middle name, I might take a shot at seeing if the nickname "Edge" would catch on...
Rydia - No, though I do believe "Lydia" is a name, which is a possibility
Palom/Porom - No
Butz/Bartz - No. Variations on "Bart" maybe, such as "Bartholomew" or "Bartek" (which is Polish)
Lenna/Reina - Possibly Reina, or Rena
Galuf - No
Faris - Possibly; keep in mind Faris is actually a boy's name in English
Terra - Possibly
Locke - Possibly
Sabin - Sabine for a girl perhaps, if I were living in Europe
Edgar - Maybe
Celes - Celeste maybe
Setzer - Uh, maybe...
Daryl - After the former Pantera guitarist, spelled completely differently as a boy's name, yeah.
Relm - No
Umaro - No
Gogo - Never!
Mog - I actually knew of someone named Mog! (One of my mother's former co-workers! I think it was loosely derived from Megan.) But no.
Cyan - No
Gau - No
Cloud - Hell no
Tifa - No
Barret - No
Nanaki - No
Aeris/Aerith - No
Yuffie - With totally different spelling maybe
Cait Sith - No
Sephiroth - Oh god no!
Squall - No
Riona - Maybe the French "Linoa" if I happened to be living in Europe... by the French "Linoa" I mean that was her name in the French version.
Quistis - No!
Zell - No
Seifer - No
Edea - Unlikely, but I do like it
Ultimecia - Only if Future Esthar were the biological father to my wife who had cheated on me and he died before the birth and if I were subsequently nominated the unborn child's legal guardian
Zidane - No
Garnet - No
Vivi - No; wouldn't even name a daughter "Vivien" either
Freya - Um... maybe
Adelbert (Steiner's first name) - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no
Amarant - No
Tidus - No
Yuna - No. Hey, Yuna's a BOY's name in Korea!
Wakka - No
Auron - Nope; maybe "Aaron", but not "Auron".
Rikku - No
Kimhari - No
Lulu - My sister's called "Lucy" and I tend to call her "Lu" so no
Vaan - No
Ashe - Short for Ashley? Yes. Short for Ashelia? Don't be ridiculous.
Basch - No
Fran - No
Balthier - Much as I like it, no.
Penelo - Penelope, or Penny. Not Penelo.

[pspkilla]

I would us one of the following names:
Ashe and maybe even Ashelia
perhaps Freya
Locke
Raine
Rydia
Cecil
Edge
Leon
Zell-maybe
Lenne
Tifa
Terra
Kain
Vaan
Reina
Rikku-maybe
and maybe a few other ones too...

[Larahl]

I'm naming my kid, Emperor of Palamecia.
Yep.

[Evastio]

I wouldn't do that. It'd be too weird for my wife and my child. Assuming I ever get either of them...

[Jiro]

I would like to use one but it would be a bit weird to have thatsort of reasoning. I have a strange name so I don't want to cause bullying and stuff but having real common names sucks.
I did convince a couple of people in my year that my name is Ricard/Richard. It was good.

[escobert]

No, i will name them after .HACK characters :p

[Nagumo]

Zeromus EG Jr. - Sounds okay to me!

[Vincent Valentine 007]

yea im going to name them zell, cloud, tifa and squall haha i think the only one that sound nice is the flower girls name in 7 i cant spell her name though! if i had twins a boy and a girl i would ask my wife if we could name them luke and leia haha

[DarkLadyNyara]

Naming your child something that can easily be identified by popular culture kind of makes you a sadistic asshole.

You say that like it's a bad thing. :radred:

Me? I'd name my kid Jenova. It's probably a good thing I'm not having kids. :D

[1_bad_rurouni]

Me, I like Cid. Short, sweet and to the!!?? My son is Cid!!:grumble:

[Miriel]

If I ever ran across someone who was named something very obviously FF-ish like Sephiroth or Wakka, I would laugh in their face. No joke, I'd point and laugh.

The only FF name I kinda sorta like is Terra, but even then I'm pretty much set on the names I want for my kids and none of them include FF names.

[scrumpleberry]

...

I think my kids would like to be named for themselves, rather than fictional characters. It's different if you name them after, say, Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, but I'm named mainly for relatives and I hate it.

[Red Phire]

I'm never having kids, but if I ever had a daughter.... I wouldn't mind naming her Selphie. I think it's a cute name.

Other then that I don't think I would name a kid after a video game character.

[Marluxiaswife]

It would be cute to name my girl Yuna or Ashe X3 but if i do get married and have a girl i would really name her Sassy XD I know not Final Fantasy but i would probly want to name her that.

[Rocket Edge]

Yojimbo.

[50calCerberus]

hmm...sure...if i liked the name enough i name my kid that and then denie its from the game everytime some one asks...lol...:D

[rubah]

I like Rinoa, it just doesn't flow good with other girl names I like xD

Maria - Kinda plain :p
Guy - Good old-fashioned name
Leon- Doesn't really suit me, but it's acceptable xD
Cecil - Old-fashioned
Kain - Has some bad connotations :}
Edward - Doesn't suit me
Cid - Doesn't suit me
Rosa - Too plain xD
Rydia - Hey sure
Lenna/Reina - I like Lenna
Faris - It depends if ferris wheels are still around by then.
Terra - I'd spell it Tara
Edgar - Edgar is awesome as poop but the name is kinda old fashioned xD it makes me think of dweeby little boys.
Gogo - Adlai is a good solid name.
Mog - It might be a good nickname :p
Tifa - It'd be a cute nickname for a Tiffany
Nanaki - The whole foreign sounding names thing goes out the window when you aren't actually foreign.
Aeris/Aerith - It just doesn't sound as pretty as it looks
Cait Sith - The gaelic would laugh at me :(
Sephiroth - hasn't that been done?
Riona - Yes:}
Zidane - No soccer players plz
Garnet - No nouns plz
Auron - could you imagine a little boy named auron? xD
Lulu - kinda old fashioned in the 'c'mere little slave girl' way.
Ashe - no nouns PLZ.
Fran - I've always hated that name xD
Balthier - too regal :}

[Dr. Acula]

Yes, I'd DEFINITELY call my first son Black Mage and my first daughter White Mage.:rolleyes2

Firion- HA! No.
Maria - I've always rather liked that name, so maybe
Guy - No
Leon- That's my dad's name, so no
Hilda- Perhaps, I doubt it though
Cecil - Probably not, as cute as it is
Rosa- I LOVE that name, so quite possibly I would name a daughter that, but I hate the character
Kain - I quite like it, but no
Rydia- I like it, but no (maybe "Lydia", though)
Edward - Nope
Cid - Nah, reminds me of that problem child from Toy Story
Porom/Palom- No and no
Tellah- Hah! No
Yang- not unless I name another child Yin
Edge- Nope
Lenna/Reina - Reina's the better name of those two, so maybe
Faris - No
Bartz- Hell no
Cara/Krile- Neither of those two I really like
Galuf- no
Terra - yes, I love that name
Edgar - No
Gogo -No

Ah, I'll do more later.

[Heath]

[QUOTE=rubah;2324553]Zidane - No soccer players plz
/QUOTE]

Are they pronounced the same? The French football player is ZID-AN, while I've always thought the FFIX character's name was said ZID-AYN. If that makes any sense at all.

[rubah]

It wasn't actually said! So who knows?!

[Sefie1999AD]

Nope, I wouldn't do it. If I was forced to do it, though, I guess Sara (FFs I, III), Maria (FFs II, VI), Jessie (FFVII), Tina (FFVI) and Vincent (FFVII) could do. Maybe Lenna (FFV) and Rosa (FFIV) too.

Oh, and naming your child Sephiroth isn't as bad as naming him Exdeath or X-Death. :p

[Namelessfengir]

i tried to get my brother to do that for my niece.
he and my sis-in-law came over while discussing names for the kid i just started listing off names from anime and games
names like

sakura
kaname
kyoko
haruko
a bunch of final fantasy names.

non stuck so now we call her lil lizze

[Sefie1999AD]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention two FF names I might consider giving to my children: Anna (FFIV) and Bobby (FFIX).

[Hyperion4444]

I'd have to say no.

Unless you take Squall's name and put it in French to make Rafael "Raphael".

Then I'd have to say no. Again.

[The Lich]

hmm tempting but i suppose I'm not that sadistic even to my own future children. My pets however will suffer. I'd name my dog cloud.

[Reasoniamalive]

...and my choices are:

Girl: Selphie

Boy: Tidus


My fiancee has already concurred. ^,^

[leader of mortals]

Vincent, Cid maybe

for a girl maybe lenne... but maybe not

[Hazzard]

Cecil is a definite.