Not being from an english speaking country and having a different name from you guys doesn't automatically make us open minded. People can be just as thick-minded in any country. From what I've read in the thread it's the reason for having the name that's bothering some people, it being something from a video game and for…
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/parents-name-child-skyrim-character-195904653.html Seeing as hpw this has to do with the bethesda company also I made it its own thread, hope thats no problem :S
Having loving parents that named you after a made up name will give you a much brighter future than one where you have bad parents who just name you bob. They didn't do it for the games, when you're passionate about something and your child suddenly being born on such a hard to hit date, then I guess it would just feel…
You, Polycount, being a artist site, where half of the artist come from France, Russia and other places, where your standard name isn't John, I was expecting more open mindedness in terms of what one has for a name.
My name "Jonatan" is pretty biblical, but my name was actually taken from one of the astrid lindgren stories about the lionheart brothers, which now that I think of it, actually involves a nordic fantasy world and a dragon, holy shit. ALL MAKT
There are quite some Adolfs though in the world, I even think there's a bunch of genuine Hitlers too, as Hitler wasn't the only one with that familyname. But I can see how those have gone the way of the swastika. Dovah seems to be a genuine name though, with Hebrew origins (like many names)
This isn't that big of a deal. As easy as it is to get your name legally changed here in the states, if the kid doesn't like it well then he can just change it. Or just go with a middle name as stated in the article. ...not to mention, this kid is pretty much guaranteed friends with our generation so long as he doesn't…
If kids want to find a reason to bully you for being named bob, they will, but you are generally going to have a hard time if your home is not a good place. All it takes to get a kid bullied is for everyone who is not a bully to insist that his name is not normal, and should not have been given to the kid, which is a…