The TV Addict 

I have a friend who named her son Brighton… Amusingly we have a mutual friend whose daughter’s name is Hannah. Even though Hannah wasn’t named after the character, it would be funny if the Hannah and Bright ended up together when they’re in high school

The closest I got is when I named my turtle Vaughn (after Michael Vaughn on Alias) and his fish friend Weiss (after Eric Weiss on Alias). Then I accidentally killed Weiss, and my mom accidentally “euthanized” Vaughn….

I have thought about what I would name my kids if I ever have any (and I am hoping I will). Of course, I have quite often backpedaled into names of some of my favorite characters…Sawyer being one of them.

I am willing to admit that it’s a bit sad, and possibly a bit too obsessive. But then again, I really like the name. There are other names that I like. Evangeline, for instance. Named of course after my, uhm, favorite actress (Evangeline Lilly). Veronica, a la Veronica Mars. Xander, courtesy of BtVS… And, most likely unfortunately, there are many more.

But I digress. Maybe I am am too big of a TV Nerd to have kids. My never ending idiot box allusions would only embarrass them do death.

It’s not TV but we named our son Lucas/Luke after Star Wars since my hubby is a HUGE fan! He wanted some MUCH weirder Star Wars names but I could live with Luke! He made me sign a piece of paper (that he still has in his star wars room) when we were engaged that if we had boy/girl twins we would name then Luke & Leia luckily I only had one baby!

Elizabeth… I think it would be WAY cooler if you named your son Bauer!

Amrie… that was the funniest thing I heard all day.

And for the record, I was given two fish a few years back, named them Josh and Donna, May they Rest in Peace!

I really love the name Lucas/Luke for various reasons but there are many tv characters with this name (Growing Pains, OTH) and ever since Gilmore Girls I’ve loved the name Lorelai. I also want to name my son Nicholas Alexander so I can call him Xander.

I have a friend who used to work at ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) who had a daughter and named here Anika which he swears isn’t because of Anakin Skywalker but I would lay down good money that it is.

I don’t think it’s sad at all, Nicholas! It’s actually better than finding a random name on some sterile list somewhere. At least there’s emotion and joy behind the choice when it’s a fictional character.

My mum got my name from the actress that played Amy on The A-Team (Melinda Culea). Technically I’m not named after the character, my mum just really liked the name. But I still like to say I am

We named our 2 cats Tasha and Cera… both after TV/movie dinosaurs, both triceratops. Tasha is from Land of the Lost and Cera from The Land Before Time.

We have two dogs. Zoe who has black hair and is totally the little warrior completely dominates over the kind of effeminate (if that can be said about a dog) and totally wimpy brown haired Simon (Wash just didn’t suit him as a name).

Oh and our cat is totally named Angus after MacGuyver (the character’s first name).

No kids yet but I have no doubt that their names will have positive TV influences.

i’m named Nicole after both Nicole Kidman and a character on an old tv show called Dark Shadows.

my brother named me samantha. i think he had a crush on alyssa milano during her “who’s the boss” days.

My mom got my name from a character on a soap opera. Before that, it was gonna be Brandy. I’m glad she chose Kristen.

I wanted to name my 5 yr old son Noah. Knowing what a hardcore Tv Addict I am, my husband said “I know you and we are NOT naming our kid after Dr Carter on ER!”

A friend of my husband named his son Crais after Bialar Crais from Farscape. I was surprised that his wife went along with it. I guess the deal was that she’d get to mane the next one.

Also, from pure coincidence, my two year old daughter Mikaela’s name popped up in Transformers last summer. We were pretty surprised. And here we though that spelling her name like that was unique.

My daughter named her twin girls Aisleyne and Misty.

A friend of my husband is a huge Shania Twain fan and when her daughter was born back in 2003 she was named Shania. Trying for her second child she vowed that if it was a boy she’d name him Twain. Two years later she had another daughter, Kylie. Looks like the kid got off lightly!

i named my baby girl jordan after katie price.

Pets Pets and its always about Pets, Things were not the same for me 1 year ago, I had a broken relationship and needed something to active charge my life, I got a cute little puppy and I must say she changed me ( THough housebreaking her was a Pain ) Great Post! Thanks

Although some will have doubts. I did name my son Apollo and I am a huge fan of battlestar galactica. Apoollo is a God, what better name can you pick for your son . Its a very strong name and would not change it for the world.