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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. 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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  3. 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.

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  4. 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)

  5. 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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  6. 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.

  7. 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

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

    Linus?