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

[der_kluge]

kids out there are lucky i didn't name them.

my character names tended to include my sense of humor.

Working in a hospital, i have seen some winners without D&D references... edit: a don't work there any more...i'm with the gov't now.

Baby Boy or Baby Girl being a common one....
Nylon
Chanel Number 5
Hu Flun Poo

these are actual names....i kid you not.

My wife used to work with some people whose kids had strange names. There was one that had a bunch of names and one of them was "Armani". When asked about it, they said, "after the suit." Well, duh.

This kid came to my workplace one day (kind of a school program, I guess), and I was talking to him about his sister who had just given birth. Her name - Queen Anastasia. As if that wasn't the worst part, she took the father's last name (which was not the husband, coincidentally), but it was Warrior. So, this kid's name is Queen Anastasia Warrior. Seriously.

 

[Djeta Thernadier]

My wife used to work with some people whose kids had strange names. There was one that had a bunch of names and one of them was "Armani". When asked about it, they said, "after the suit." Well, duh.

This kid came to my workplace one day (kind of a school program, I guess), and I was talking to him about his sister who had just given birth. Her name - Queen Anastasia. As if that wasn't the worst part, she took the father's last name (which was not the husband, coincidentally), but it was Warrior. So, this kid's name is Queen Anastasia Warrior. Seriously.

Wow.

 

[der_kluge]

Apparently, Mystic Eye Doug's two boys are named after the characters in Highlander. Aiden and something else. If I were more of a fan, I could tell you.

 

[der_kluge]

I love crazy names. One of my coworkers, when he started one of his jobs, his boss said, "You'll be working with Jack Frost." Turns out, there was a guy in his department actually named Jack Frost.

When I worked at the Wal-Mart home office, they were always paging people over the intercom. There were a couple that cracked me up every time. One was "Candy Beavers". You've got to respect a woman named Candy Beavers.

The other was a guy named Bud Hogue, which doesn't look crazy, but when you don't enunciate it properly, it comes across at butt ho'.

 

[Umbran]

Not named after D&D characters, but I do know of a pair of boys named Boromir and Faramir. I'[m not sure if that's doing the kids any favors....

 

[Zander]

One was "Candy Beavers". You've got to respect a woman named Candy Beavers.

That made me laugh so hard, I cried!

My own surname has a fantasy & RPG connection. It's Simkin, just like the character in the Darksword books/RPG by Hickman and Weis (see my sig).

I met Margaret Weis once. She thought it was amusing that my surname was the same as one of her characters. She kindly autographed my Darksword books/RPG, making the dedication "To Simkin".

 

[Estlor]

I don't think I could bring myself to saddle a child with a fantasy name. I'm more into common, normal, plain names for kids.

Now, I have used old PC names in stories I write, and if my fiancee and I ever have a boy he'll probably end up named the same as the main character of one of my work-in-progress novels, but that's not unusual because it's one of my two favorite boy names (Ryan).

(And, because I love giving more information than necessary, the other name is Scott, which is probably my favorite but my fiancee says all the Scotts she's ever known have been double-plus ungood people so she hates to chance it.)

 

[nyrfherdr]

I have a close friend named Aragorn. His parents were obviously big Tolkien fans, since he was born before D&D.

I asked my wife if we could name our son Jareth Xavier. Named for Jareth, The Goblin King and Professor Charles Xavier founder of the X-men.

She decided against that for some reason.

 

[Angcuru]

Not named after D&D characters, but I do know of a pair of boys named Boromir and Faramir. I'[m not sure if that's doing the kids any favors....

*after seeing the LotR trilogy for the first time*
Boromir - I'm gonna diiiiieeee!!!!
Faramir - Daddy hates me!!!

Ok, choosing an original, unique name inspired by a fantasy name is all well and good. There are just too many Robs, Jessicas, Bobs, Betsys, Johns, Joes, Chris's, etc. out there.

My kids are going to have names that are unique and cool-sounding, but nothing like Ragnar, Mordenkaiden, Galadriel, or Eowyn. That's like tattooing I like beatings. on a kid's forehead.

 

[Piratecat]

Two of my friends had a rule: no naming their daughter after former D&D characters or ex-girlfriends. Unfortunately, that ruled out most of the good choices.

In Dragon several years back, someone wrote in saying that they named their daughter Alustriel, and asking Ed Greenwood what it meant. He basically replied, "You dumbass, I made it up, and now your daughter is going to be nicknamed 'Lusty' in school." Bad choice, I'm thinking.

I think I'll name my child Drizzt. Girl or boy, makes no difference.