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OP may have made a tactical error asking this on the internet
They aren't leaving it to a vote though.
Megatron
- Not religious
- Not a surname
- Not a place
- Doesn't rhyme with Aden
- Is a sci-fi name
The only issue little Megatron will ever face in life is the possibility of an Optimus Prime showing up some day, he's otherwise right on the path to world domination, and who couldn't love that? π
Our Savior Megatron is absolutely a religious name and blasphemy to name some fleshy lump with it.
Although, they'll call him Meg for short
Slartibartfast?
We do live in a country with nice crinkley edges.
I'm very partial to early bronze age names.
Epirmupi
Manishtushu
Tiglath
Inshushinak
Labarna
Naramsin
If you look at the Sumerian or Elamite king lists, you really can't go wrong.
Manishtushu is nearly the worst name i have ever seen. Kids would absolutely wreck that guy all the way to college.
People are going to make fun of the conqueror of Anshan, King of Kish, Ruler of Sumer and Akkad? That seems unlikely to me.
I would either go with a easy to remember naming system, something like child_male_0000, or with a type 4 UUID, to avoid naming collisions.
If it's a long complicated surname you can't go wrong with a short simple first name. I'm gonna throw Sam into the ring, after our lord and saviour Samwise.
Andrew, after me
Excellent suggestion your grace
I hope you don't go with your edit.
My wife wonβt let me use βKaladin,β the name of one of my favorite characters from Brandon Sandersonβs The Stormlight Archive series. But I think itβs an excellent name and has an easy nickname (Kal).
Agree with others who have suggested short names. Here's 3, inspired by one guy!
Paul
Kyle
Dale
(I appreciate that Paul is in the Bible, but still...)
Clarify "Paul" with an appropriate middle name.
Paul Muadib McPatronyn-Matronymovich
Paul: What do you call the mouse shadow in the second moon?
Stilgar: We call that one Muad'Dib.
Paul: Could I be known as Paul Muad'Dib?
Stilgar: You are Paul Muad'Dib!
Alex. Simple, gender neutral, not religious (I don't think), not a surname, not a place, doesn't rhyme with Aden.
Perhaps something gender neutral in case they wish to change their gender or name later in life
Egon
Dax
Ash
Declan
Dana
Kira
Miles
Leland
Zhora
Keeping the rule of shorter first name with longer/complicated last name, I picked a few from my future pet possibility list. Pets names at our house generally have sci-fi origins.
There are some decent TNG names that aren't easily identifiable as sci-fi if he grows up not liking the genre. Will Riker, Wesley Crusher, Miles O'Brien, etc.
In Star Wars, Obi-wan is initially known to Luke as Ben Kenobi. You can also pull from actor names too. Liam Neeson played Qui-Gon Jinn.
Depending on what IPs you like and what names you lean towards, maybe look into character/actor names from Blade Runner, Back to the Future, Ender's Game, Mass Effect, Terminator, or whatever else strikes your fancy.
If sci-fi isn't mandatory, there are great secular names alluding to nature, minerals/elements, and the cosmos, such as Heath, Flint, and Cosmo respectively. Just keep in mind that whatever you are choosing for him, he has to either live with forever or go through the headache of a legal name change if he hates it. So I would shy away from naming him something too out there like Betelgeuse or Eagle or Hurricane. Maybe if you have any sort of cultural ties, you can allude to that on some level by using a translation to your ancestors' language or something like that. For example, if you're sorta distantly Hispanic and wanted to allude to that without being as obvious as choosing Juan or Jose or something like that, "oak tree" translates to "Roble". River is Rio, Brook is Arroyo, etc.
I'm surprised that you're asking the internet and expecting reasonable answers instead of just Omega Fartwagon Supreme. Good luck!
Pubert!
No religious names
No surnames
No places
Nothing that rhymes with Aden
Bonus points if itβs a sci-fi name
Ford
Qrs Tuvwxyz.
A great name if you want your son to go into the business of forks and marbles.
What about my favourite, βHM Revenue and Customsβ
Chungus
Eowen, it means "Bear God"... unless that's too religious.
Arthur and Beowolf are also bear names, if so.
Meredith.
After Meredith McKay.