The Bendis Board ponders something that all comic nerds have considered at least once:
“Naming kids after comic characters [...] Cool? Lame? Horror stories?”
“Let’s just say Sue Dibney’s not a popular choice.”
“I wanted to name a son Logan for the longest time, but once I heard it was starting to make the rounds as a girl name, I nixed it. I don’t like any other comic names for the most part enough to name a child after.”
“Depends on the name. Actually naming your son Kal-El is pretty retarded. Harley Quinn Smith is a nice name. Peter Parker Kirkman is a nice name. etc.”
“My cousin and her husband named their daughter Mara Jade. I was the only 1 in the family that got the reference…”
“Proabably not what your talking about but, my youngest I named Ian Kurt, Ian after one of my favorite artist Ian Churchill and Kurt for Nightcrawler. Edit: The daughter I never had was going to be named Myung from Macross Plus.”
“Any kid named Captian America is getting mad ass IMO..”
“You name your kid that, and I will name mine Red Skull.”
I’ve introduced you to my son, Orion Lightray Darkseid McMillan, right…?
January 21st, 2008 at 2:43 pm
When I was six, my parents let me pick my baby sister’s middle name, Gwen, which was of course a tribute to Peter Parker’s recently cloned dead girlfriend.(I had originally lobbied to name her Thor.)
When my second kid was on the way a few years ago, I teased my wife that I wanted to name him Kamandi.
I say “teased” only because she didn’t like it.
Finally, a few years ago, I bought my house from a guy whose 4-year-old kid was named Mjolnir. Now that’s just fantastic.
January 21st, 2008 at 2:57 pm
I love the name Cole, for no other reason than I used to think that Grifter was the coolest guy ever. I’ve been saying for years that I want to name my first son that. My dad didn’t like comics, but he’s a TV junkie. I was named for Adam Cartwright, and my sister was nearly named after Athena from Battlestar Galactica.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:52 pm
I believe “Peter Parker Kirkman” was a gag, though.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:44 pm
what’s wrong with naming a kid Kalel? :[
I always liked it.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:05 am
My wife said I could give our son the first name James and the middle name Tiberius. I think I would be reaching to throw in the Kirk, but you never know…