Game news This young mother decided to name her child after this obscure video game character, even the fans are having trouble…
Published on 08/11/2024 at 17:00
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Let it be said, a person’s first name has a certain influence on the life they will lead, especially when it is inspired by a fictional character, and even worse when the work in question has not been not yet come to an end at the time of birth. This young couple chose a rather atypical name for their son, and even fans of the game it is based on are skeptical.
The importance of a first name
Apart from arranging the room, purchasing essential items, and documenting the pregnancy, choosing a first name is one of the most important steps when preparing to expand your family. Unlike games like Sims 4you won’t be lucky enough to be able to randomly scroll through potential names until you come across something that suits you the moment the baby is born, and you’ll have to spend some time thinking about the perfect name for your offspring. Most often, young parents tend to draw inspiration from people (or characters) they admirelike a relative who had a certain influence on them, or an ancestor to whom they would like to honor.
Sometimes inspiration can even come from a work of fiction, but not all characters are necessarily good examples. No one will look askance at you if you choose to name your son “Nathan” because you’re a big fan of the saga Unchartedor your daughter “Jane” to pay homage to Commander Shepard from the trilogy Mass Effect. But some names tend to age less well, as we saw with the rise of “Daenerys” and “Khaleesi” in the early 2010s – a decision that many parents must bitterly regret to this day given how Game of Thrones ended.
A name with bite
Besides these kinds of problems, some fictional character names are sometimes a bit of a blur once the children are old enough to go to school. “Sephiroth” and “Ganondorf” are rare in class, and this Reddit user understands that well. It’s in the thread r/AmItheAsshole (“Am I an asshole” in the language of Molière) that hameagle shared her experience: her sister having given birth to a little boy, she announced the first name she had chosen to her family, and the name in question caused debate. In fact, the young woman and her husband decided to name their child “Ruff”as one of the characters in Dragon Quest VII.
AITA for telling my sister that her baby’s name sounds like a dog’s name and now she doesn’t want to talk to me?
My sister had a baby. I’m happy for her. Her baby’s name is Ruff. His name is Ruff. It looks like a dog. I thought she was joking and laughed. I was wrong.
She asked me why I was laughing. I said it sounded like a dog barking. “Ruff ruff?” I thought we were joking, but she got angry. She was angry.
She said I was disrespectful and that the name had meaning to her and her husband. They love an obscure video game character. I told her that she could name her child whatever she wanted, but that people would necessarily associate him with something else and that it might be difficult for him at school.
She no longer responds to my texts or calls. My mother says I should have kept quiet. Am I the only one seeing the problem?
I didn’t mean to disrespect him, but “Ruff”?! I can’t be the only one who thinks this could backfire. So I told my sister that her baby’s name sounded like a dog’s name. Is she overreacting?
Thinking it was a joke, the Redditor made fun of the name, and his sister lashed out, refusing to speak to him since. For the creator of the post, and for the majority of English-speaking people, as can be seen in the comments, the word “Ruff” is an onomatopoeia referring to dog barkingwhich could not only cause misunderstandings for the little boy, but above all make him the target of harassment. The worst part of all this is that the character in question is a white wolf transformed into a human, and his name undeniably refers to his canid origins!
