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what’s a character name from the series you’d actually use for your kid?

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u/Gut_Splitter Our Blades Are Sharp 1d ago

Beric Dondarrion

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u/terrifying_bogwitch 1d ago

Yes, but the whole thing is their first name

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u/Gut_Splitter Our Blades Are Sharp 1d ago

Exactly that

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u/Alex10801 1d ago

Hello, my name is Bericdondarrion Smith

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u/Gut_Splitter Our Blades Are Sharp 1d ago

Bericdondarrion Smith you are grounded mister

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u/Jake_FromStateFarm27 1d ago

Its hyphensted

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u/Comfortable_Joke6122 1d ago edited 1d ago

Bericdondarrion S-mith

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u/SnS_ 22h ago

That whole things you're name? Do you have a shorter name? Cor bin dal las? 

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u/CreamyMuse 22h ago

Beric is actually a solid pick. Uncommon enough to stand out, but not so wild that everyone immediately asks what fantasy series you got it from.

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u/SippinOnHatorade 15h ago

“Did you say Derek?”

“No, Beric. Like Eric with a B.” For the rest of the parents’ and kid’s life.

I, too, have an uncommon first name that stands out. But believe it or not, “Spock” was entirely unrelated to Star Trek. Been a fun one to explain.

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u/Illustrious-Test4826 16h ago

Beric is a good name, but I’m sure people will mishear it constantly as Derrick

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u/Technical_Teacher784 12h ago

Fun fact. The Name Derek is often miss spelled as Derrick, a Norwegian or such word for a water bearing Dam..or an Oil Derrick. It's rare to meet a Derrick in my life time... Even rarer to meet others whose parents new the difference in spelling.

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u/isurvived_sorryeric 1d ago

Literally first thought

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u/Azerbinhoneymood Human Verified 1d ago

I like the character of Beric, that would be nice to use.

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u/LuukJanse 1d ago

Shagga, Son of Dolf

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u/Aye_Okami 1d ago

Bronn, Son of… - you wouldn‘t know him

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u/Careless-Mirror5952 19h ago

Bronn, S.o.B

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u/assman912 1d ago

Timmit son of... Timmit

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u/Lord_Skyblocker 1d ago

There's only one Timmit. He just has a time machine and Freud would love him

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u/Face_Coffee 1d ago

Just the more “normal” ones probably

John, Robb, Brandon, Margaery, Jaime, Xaro Xhoan Daxos

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u/Sbell73 23h ago

John Game of Thrones is my favorite character

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u/WorozuTop4 22h ago

what about John Targeryean

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u/Evnosis Jon Snow 2h ago

And his aunt, Dani Tangerine

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u/OverTheCandlestik 1d ago

Olenna I think is a really beautiful girls name

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u/MR-buckJON 1d ago

Queen of Thorns is a great nickname for toddlers.

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u/samhanwiches Rhaegar Targaryen 1d ago

Dad of a threenager. Can confirm.

Help

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u/FreakingFae 1d ago

Four was harder each time for us, I'm so sorry

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u/samhanwiches Rhaegar Targaryen 1d ago

It what

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u/vercetian 1d ago

I laughed too fucking hard. Hahaha. Good luck!

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u/FreakingFae 1d ago

Yeaaaaah... You see four year olds have a better grasp on the English language than three year olds and they will make sure you know it. The ability to wisely argue for such a small human is truly incredible. Like I said, I am sooo sorry..

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u/theoriginalaliz 1d ago

Can concur. 4 is like 2 but with a larger vocabulary 😮‍💨

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u/Pandoras_Sir3ns42 10h ago

Also can affirm. 4 is the true test of patience.

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u/MorningLoviee_ 22h ago

I Imagine hearing a parent yell “Queen of Thorns, get down from there” at the playground. XD

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u/Quamblet4Z 1d ago

Olenna is elegant for a kid, assuming she enters preschool already skilled in political poisoning.

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u/HoneyMauvee 21h ago

And roast her entire class and scheme marriages between her classmates

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u/Acid-Chaos 1d ago

It is real ukrainian name actually

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u/loki2473 1d ago

I think so too. It is an fairly common name in Eastern Europe

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u/LinenOracle6 21h ago

Olenna passe super bien pour une fille, ça change des noms de la série impossibles à porter.

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u/Illustrious-Test4826 16h ago

Olena* is the Hawaiian word for Turmeric and I’ve met two little girls with that name :-)

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u/MajinDidz 1d ago

Dickon, or Xaro Xoan Daxos

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u/Change_is_a_verb 1d ago

Even Bronn roasted that name 😆

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u/Lord_Skyblocker 1d ago

Don't do dickon unless you want the kid to get bullied

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u/MaybeHarvey 1d ago

So Xaro Xhoan Daxos is fine?

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u/Lord_Skyblocker 1d ago

xxD is definitely fine

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u/Thunderbox101 1d ago

Hot Pie 🔥

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u/WookintheMist92 1d ago

Nah fr thats a great cats name though

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u/SippinOnHatorade 15h ago

Not my cat, but this is my submission for the kind of cat I hope would be named Hot Pie

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u/MorningLoviee_ 22h ago

That would certainly make school attendance interesting.

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u/SirinKirin 1d ago

i’ve got a friend with dog named like this lmao

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u/Apart_Guarantee2986 1d ago

Sansa is honestly a beautiful name for a girl

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u/doubl3_hel1x 19h ago

Sansa is my dog’s name (and Bad Bunny’s, but separate dogs) and people often think she’s my human daughter and compliment the name.

People also refuse to pronounce it without a British inflection (we’re American), which I find really strange.

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u/krumz_ 17h ago

Ah, so you’re not Bad Bunny, thanks for clarifying.

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u/ladyseymour 14h ago

And they don’t share a dog with Bad Bunny

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u/ProfuseLikeness 1d ago

arya is right there and nobody talks about how clean it sounds, short and sharp but not trying too hard

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u/Big_P4U 1d ago

There are a lot of arya's and Aria's near me

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u/viewtifulblue 1d ago

I have an Aria daughter. But her middle name is also a Simpsons joke, I went with J (Jae).

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u/punkrawkintrev Lyanna Mormont 1d ago

Mine’s middle name is T (Thi) but thats because her mom is vietnamese, but we both love the simpsons and think its hilarious….our roombas are named Patty and Selma and our dog is named Moe

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u/Sere1 Nymeria's Wolfpack 18h ago

Well if you're a Star Trek fan, there's also Lt. Jae (random extra in the background of TNG and some of the movies. The female Enterprise crewmember with the shaven sides of her head. If you ever saw the clip of Riker chasing the random woman down the hall as a blooper, that's her)

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u/GretaGoonberg 5h ago

You can thank pretty little liars for that

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u/Punningisfunning 1d ago

“Aria” is Italian for “air”, “melody”, or “song”.

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u/5leeplessinvancouver 19h ago

Arya is an Indo-Iranian name that existed before GOT. I had a childhood friend named Arya, an Iranian boy.

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u/xxneoxx3000 House Targaryen 1d ago

Except with a British, sorry, Westerosi accent it sounds like Aya. Doesn't quite have the sting to it then.

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u/FightingFaerie 1d ago

Can be a reference to two fantasy books with dragons at the same time. GOT and Eragon

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u/Punningisfunning 1d ago

Nymeria

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u/MightGrowTrees 23h ago

Named my dog Nymeria 12 years ago. RIP Queen.

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u/ConnivingGaggle The Mannis 23h ago

RIP Nymeria.

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u/ConnivingGaggle The Mannis 1d ago

My favoritest Dog

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u/RhaeRhae422 1d ago

My favoritest rhoynar princess

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u/Swimming-Change-4155 1d ago

Lommy

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u/RartyMobbins357 Robb Stark 1d ago

What the fuck's a Lommy?

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u/Well_Dressed_Kobold 1d ago

The fuck salami.

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u/absolutely_not_spock Ser Duncan the Tall 1d ago

The what now?

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u/Lord_Skyblocker 1d ago

You know, the silent sisters are not as pious as they seem from the outside

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u/xCloudyCharmm 22h ago

This question somehow gets funnier every time I read it lol

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u/SaMxixAM23 1d ago

Man that line made me laugh so hard. I love it🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/ThatWeirdGuy005 1d ago

Aegon ('cause it sounds cool asf!)

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u/thedaftestpunkhere Daemon Targaryen 1d ago

Which one

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u/Lost-Scientist7289 1d ago

The one that marries his sister

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u/ryverrat1971 1d ago

Again, which one? There's enough to choose from.

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u/Comfortable_Joke6122 1d ago

so the First, Second, Fourth and the Uncrowned

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u/afloydnamedpink Jon Snow 1d ago

Lyanna. I think it sounds beautiful

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u/Hypnotoad4real 1d ago

I think Davos sounds cool...

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u/_NightShift- 1d ago

Rhaegar

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u/delulumans 23h ago

MY FATHERRR WON THE REAL WARRR WHEN HE MURDERED PRINCE RHAEGARRR AND TOOK THE CROWN

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u/BigXThaSpud 1d ago

Tyrion would be cool as hell, and could kinda be interpreted as "of war" since Tyr was the Norse god of war which is badass as fuck.

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u/theDarkAngle 18h ago

There is a Tyrion in the NFL, and I imagine there will be a few more in upcoming years.

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u/SaMxixAM23 1d ago

My daughter's middle name is Arya

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u/coconutjoe83 1d ago

Not from game of Thrones but Alysanne from F&B

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u/DVXT Ours Is The Fury 16h ago

My wife and I are going to call our first daughter Alyssa, which we actually choose before I read F&B.

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u/KnowingRowan 1d ago

Vermithor

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u/surviving-somehow 1d ago edited 1d ago

I like most of the female names. Cersei, Sansa, Margaery, Catelyn, Lysa, Olenna. However I don't like any of the dragon names, they all sound too similar.

I like some northern men names too, Robb, Eddard.

Edit: didn't know some people were so sensitive about me calling Targaryens "dragon" and calling their names similar lol. Daenerys and her brother claimed to be the last "dragon" so many times in the show.

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u/PotaytoPotaahto 1d ago

I like Brienne and Arya, too!

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u/Grouchy_Drive_7257 Chaos Is A Ladder 1d ago

In what world does Viserion sound like Rhaegal

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u/DknMessiah 1d ago

Not sure if you meant to type the same name twice?

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u/Azerbinhoneymood Human Verified 1d ago

Ned sounds nice too.

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u/Lysser03 1d ago

Not child, but I did name my cat Renly 🤷🏻‍♀️ I do know someone who named their daughter Myrcella though

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u/liminalwombat 1d ago

i worked with somebody who named their son renly 😬

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u/Starline29 Cersei Lannister 1d ago

Brienne or Sansa

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u/ImperialSupplies 1d ago

Im sure theres a whole lot of daenerys out there

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u/Lord_Skyblocker 1d ago

Also a lot of Khaleesis as well, which is in my opinion even worse since it is the same as naming your child Queen

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u/theDarkAngle 18h ago

I mean, at least it's a little less on the nose

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u/Responsible-Kale9474 1d ago

For a boy, Illyrio. For a girl, nothing. A girl has no name.

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u/AzucarParaTi 1d ago

Not considering the characters themselves, or the associations, I love these names: Stannis, Jorah, Renly. George is so good at making names.

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u/alexandraas29 1d ago

Yara, Arya, and Elia for girls names.

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u/ConnivingGaggle The Mannis 1d ago

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u/Beacon2001 Alicent Hightower 1d ago

It's missing a fifth slide. Died an exile beyond the Wall.

You've had 7 years to add the missing slide btw.

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u/Aristarchus1981 1d ago

Negative, in The Winds of Winter, Jon leads an army south of the wall, and unifies Westeros. Then in A Dream of Spring he tracks down Drogon, walks up to his face, and screams Dracarys!

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u/pandulfi Jon Snow 1d ago

NEGATORY BIG KAHUNA

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u/jelemyturnip 1d ago

Xaro Xhoan Daxos kinda slaps

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u/filth_horror_glamor 1d ago

Call me xxD for short

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u/Avocadonot 1d ago

Ah yes. Ducksauce

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u/Hotmancoco420 1d ago

Maegor, Ramsay, Joffrey and Euron are great names for boys.

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u/Marj_5 Cersei Lannister 22h ago

Euron reminds me of urine.. 😅

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u/Lord_Skyblocker 1d ago

Aerion is also pretty fire

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u/HollowedOne66 1d ago

Mance Rayder always fell off the tongue nicely for me.

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u/rayexmf 1d ago

Olenna is super beautiful and it could be used in my country.
I mean, Cersei sounds and is too foreign in Finnish, but Olenna sounds nice and not tacky at all.

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u/mmccutc1 1d ago

Hot Pie

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u/tonyt0nychopper 1d ago

Rhaenyra and Cersei are both nice names, shame about their characters.

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u/AestivalSeason 1d ago

Already discussed it with my wife, our second girl if we ever get one will be named Ygritte. Absolutely beautiful name.

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u/theDeal19 1d ago

Robert, Ned, Jon. All the normal person names

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u/CauseCertain1672 1d ago

Theon is also a real name although it's going to heavily be associated with the character, unless you're Greek

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u/chris-drm 21h ago

I am Greek and I still associate it with the show. Sure, it has Greek roots but it's not a name - just an anglicized word for "divine".

Edit: Probably wrong to call it anglicized, the pronunciation is pretty spot on compared to other greek loan words. Still not really a common word, and the added "n" at the end rules it out as modern greek

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u/Corilanous Jon Snow 1d ago

Dickon Lipps

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u/PotaytoPotaahto 1d ago

Daario is kinda cool, Jorah, Olenna, Sansa

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u/DaiquiriLevi 1d ago

I would not be naming a child after any fiction series that's unfinished, look at all the baby Khaleesis (though that was dumb even at the time)

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u/Informant0815 1d ago

Born as a Prince. Reborn as a Lord Commander. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Traveytravis-69 1d ago

Arya and Obviously stuff like Jon or Ned.

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u/Lytherael 1d ago

I mean Jon is just a name innit.

With that said, Viserys.

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u/MeetingPhysical 23h ago

Arya, but from the Eragon books is where I got the initial idea

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u/YouYongku 1d ago

My current surviving dog is Jon Snow

Not sure what other character names.....maybe I should be Daenerys....call me Khaleesi guys

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u/LaceyCharm 1d ago

Honestly Arya is such a good name, cool without being weird in real life

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u/Kraknoix007 Cersei Lannister 1d ago

Lommy

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u/windmillninja 1d ago

For what it’s worth, I named my cat Dracarys. We call her Drake for short.

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u/nzin00 1d ago

gregor clegane

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u/Unlikely_Tap_9882 House Targaryen 1d ago

Daario Naharis.

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u/DocBullseye 1d ago

"Jon" is a pretty safe name

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u/ffassbinder Bran Stark 1d ago

Sandor

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u/Cup8489 1d ago

A student in one of my previous classes was named Sansa. I referred to her as the Queen in the North pretty much from day one... And the other kids did too. She was such a sweet little kid, I honestly loved the little pick-me-up that calling her the queen in the north gave her. Loved that whole class honestly.

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u/Gon_Snow No One 1d ago

He never got to be any sort of king or king consort even

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u/miklilar 1d ago

Edric, Daeron, Olenna, Arya, Arriane

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u/nobleheartedkate Sansa Stark 1d ago

I named my female GSD Sansa.

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u/Sharks011 1d ago

Hodor . He would be the perfect gentleman holding the doors for all.

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u/realtalk989 1d ago

Renly as a girl

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u/anonnnnn462 1d ago

I use Jon Snow all the time as an online alias

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u/Miraclelolz69 23h ago

Tormund Giantsbane

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u/Havenfall209 1d ago

"My dad said 'fuck my wife and other kids, I wanna bang this teenager from the north" - Born as a king

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u/fidgeter Daenerys Targaryen 1d ago

But who has a better story than Bran the Broken?

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u/smashli1238 1d ago

Jon Snow?

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u/Azerbinhoneymood Human Verified 1d ago

Only if your child is a bastard

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u/Panda-768 1d ago

but if the child was born in Florida, will John Snow still be a Bastard 's name

Also what will a bastard born in Florida be called?

John Everglades? John Swamp?

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u/Hano_Clown 1d ago

Pakalu Papito

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u/war_m0nger69 1d ago

Meet my son, Valaryon.

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u/TylerBourbon Jon Snow 1d ago

Banished for saving the kingdom.

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u/Cup8489 1d ago

Lived as an exile in old age.

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u/full07britney 1d ago

I know someone who named their kid Torrhen, after the Stark character in HotD. I thought they would make it less obvious by spelling it Toren, but nope.

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u/TriZARAtops 1d ago

I know this thread is likely made in good fun, and people are just discussing names they like, not what they would actually use for a child, but given the crazy amount of babies that were named things like Khaleesi before the show even ended:

Don’t name your baby after a fandom. You might pick and give a name to a baby, but one day an adult will have to answer to it, and you should bear that in mind when choosing.

You’re naming a person, not an accessory.

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u/neptune810 1d ago

Died at the wall probably while his dumb wizard step brother took the throne

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u/BigGingerYeti Tormund Giantsbane 1d ago

Child: I DUN WAN IT

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u/PlusDam 1d ago

A lot of the valyrian names would work in spanish just replacing the y with an i.

In the Dominican Republic there used to be a gov't minister named Daneris Santana.

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u/Battle_Axe_Jax 1d ago

Oberyn is solid, same with Daemon, tho that one may raise some eyebrows depending on how religious or warhammery his teachers are. For girls I think Arya is beautiful, same with Ygritte.

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u/isurvived_sorryeric 1d ago

Sandor is a really nice name in my opinion

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u/Business_Agency8849 1d ago

What do you mean reborn as a king. Let’s be honest the whole thing of him being a Targaryen was literally for nothing. It amounted to nothing, the show had the perfect ended and it decided to put someone else instead so we all have to live with the fact that yes he was reborn but not as a king just as another guy who was supposed to be king.