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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. Saxifrage by DiSKiLLeR · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How about Saxifrage? It can be abbreviated to 'Sax'.

    For those who don't know, its from the terraforming scientist in KSR's Red/Green/Blue mars series.

    I've seen the nick Saxifrage registered on some webboards (like space.com's discussion board), but he hasn't been posting lately.

    I just think the name is awesome.

    D.

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  2. Xyzzy ... no, really! by Lumpish+Scholar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Somewhere out there is a young woman (probably in her late teens by now) named Xyzzy. Her name is pronounced "ZY-zee," and actually sounds rather feminine.

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  3. Meg Murry from "A Wrinkle in Time" by peter+hoffman · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My daughter is named after Meg Murry from A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.

  4. q3.. by blwrd · · Score: 2, Interesting

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