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Geeky Child Names?

Posted by Cliff on from the just-for-fun dept.

kerrys_1999 asks: "Good friends have just given birth to their first child, Ashton Tate Rogers, named after the heroes of dBase 3. I know Dr Bob, a Delphi fanatic, has children called Erik Mark Pascal and Natasha Louise Delphine. Finally there's the story that Robin Williams named his daughter Zelda after the legendary video games. Anybody know more?"

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  1. Skeletor by Tom7 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I dunno, but my second son is gonna be called Skeletor.

  2. Zappas by RaboKrabekian · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's always the Zappa kids: Dweezil, Ahmet, and Moon Unit, and of course David Bowies little girl Zowie Bowie.

    There's a fun article on rock stars naming there kids here:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_44700 0/ 447339.stm

    Not geeky, but cool nonetheless.

    --
    "Moderate drinking can help prevent amputated limbs" -- Abigail Zuger, NYTimes, 12/31/02
  3. prefixes and sufflixes by mlinksva · · Score: 3, Funny
    If my parents were ... I'd be

    Discipiles of rms ... Gmike
    Lizards ... Mikezilla
    Konquerors ... Kmike
    Marketroids ... eMike
    Marketroids 1998 ... iMike
    Snakes ... Pymike
    "Human readable" ... XMike
    Borg ... .Mike
    Debugging everywhere ... Jmike
    Object-functional ... OMikel
    Jerks ... '(name Mike)

    1. Re:prefixes and sufflixes by Bishop923 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Discipiles of rms ... Gmike

      Wouldn't that be GNU/Mike ?

  4. Twins... by Locke!Erasmus · · Score: 2, Funny

    should be named Awk and Sed!!!

    --
    I should have picked out the nickname Demosthenes!Tecumseh.
    1. Re:Twins... by Dr.+Cody · · Score: 2, Funny

      should be named Awk and Sed!!!

      Mod that post up!
      ...then consider "Lex" and "Yacc"

  5. My son will be named... by Nickovsky · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cthulhu

  6. IRC to the Rescue! by DasBub · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get your progeny off to a good start by making him instantly compatible with modern chat rooms!

    Suggestions:

    - Sweet16Hot
    - M0un7a1nD1ngu5
    - H4xPR0f3554r
    - cybergrrl38
    - FR33K3\/1N

  7. How about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the Gimp

  8. i thought this would be obvious by krs-one · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linus?

  9. RMS's kids by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Are all named like GNU/John, GNU/Susan, GNU/Michael.

  10. A few by Rheingold · · Score: 2, Funny

    For girls:

    • Iana
    • Arin
    --
    Wil
    wiki
  11. There can be only one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The perfect name is "Highlander", possibly with a middle name of Connor or Duncan (Depending on your preference.) This will work especially well if you're last name is MacLoed.

    Or, if you're kinda evil, The Kurgan.