My daughter is named after my wife's first PC!

[der_kluge]

My wife works with a kid in her school that plays D&D. My wife is a therapist, and the kid was asking her if she had access to any character sheets? I had already given her PHB/DMG/MM (2nd edition stuff, since that's what he plays).

But, while rumaging through my character sheets, I came across the first PC my wife made. We played with some friends several years ago (pre 3e) for what ended up being a one-shot game. She made a druid. Then, I noticed the name on the character sheet - Erin. Which just happens to be the name of our first daughter!

I told my wife that when our daughter is old enough, I was going to tell her that Mommy named her after her first D&D character - a druid!

Of course, the real story is that we were laying in bed one night, discussing names for boys, and I was tossing out names to see what she thought about them. So, I started with the A's, and said "Aaron". And she said, "for a boy or girl?" And I said, "well either, I guess", and she said that she liked "Erin" for a girl's name, and I agreed. So, we stopped debating girls' names, since we agreed on that one.

Still, we thought it was really funny.

Anyone here got kids named after D&D characters?

 

[Delemental]

I have a friend who named his first son after his favorite RPG character - Quentin Winter.

 

[Talmun]

I once played a cleric named Isaac, which was right around the time my brother, Isaac was born. I can't remember if I named the character after him, or if I knew that it was one of the names my mother and step-father were considering...

 

[Ozmar]

Our daughter's name is Aria. And I've played characters in the past named Aria, Ariel, Ariandor, etc... But its just coincidence. They weren't that memorable as characters. Aria is just a pretty name that we both liked.

Of course, I found out later that there's an RPG named Aria. Never played it. I guess there's also a comic book called Aria? Never read it.

Just a pretty name... that's all.

Ozmar the Father

 

[Paladin]

Just this past weekend I met some folks who'd named their daughter after a very famous D&D character from Dragonlance.

We were having an Easter get-together with some of our friends from Cub Scouts and they had invited their extended family as well. When my buddy was calling out the names of kids and pointing to chairs for them to sit in he says, "Holly...Loren...Raistlin..." I was walking by, stopped and said, "What? How is that spelled???" I was thinking that in my D&D-addled mind I had heard Raistlin, but maybe it was something more mainstream. Nope. He spelled out Raistlin. I started looking around for her parents and said, "Let me guess: you're gamers right?" They smiled and said they were, but they hadn't played since 2e. I'm trying to get them to come play in our 3.5 game...and now when they bring her I can say that Raistlin is coming to our game.

On a personal note, should I be lucky enough in the future to have a son, we're thinking about naming him Torm.

 

[Black_Dog]

My daughter is named Amethyst.

It just so happens that my wife had a (very) long running character with an artifact which was named...wait for it...The Amethyst Chakar.

Coincedence?

Perhaps, that and her favorite colour is purple, I insisted on a 'gemstone' name, Amethyst is my birthstone and of course it was unusual enought ot be rare without being damned silly.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Since my wife nixed Galadrial, Arwen, and Eowyn I decided I wasn't even going to try to sell her on "Tukor".

 

[Inconsequenti-AL]

If I had a daughter, I'd probably name her Gary, after Mr Gygax.

Hey, at least it's better than Prince Destructor - after my very first RPG character (Advanced heroquest, aged 8 1/2).

 

[Mercule]

My wife wants Marcus or Alexander (or Marcus Alexander) for a boy. I just can't do it, though. Both are important monarchs in my campaign setting. Similarly, Belinda and Rachel are out for girls.

 

[BSF]

Since my wife nixed Galadrial, Arwen, and Eowyn I decided I wasn't even going to try to sell her on "Tukor".

My son's middle name is Aragorn. If we have a daughter, we have been debating Galadriel for her middle name.

Total geekdom, but we always felt that Aragorn was a strong, noble character and we hope our son holds some of those traits as he grows up.