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June 23 2009

"These are our kids Whedon, Firefly Serenity, River and Doctor Horrible". Temerity Jane ponders names for babies.

Simon | Fandom&Fun | 11:05 CET | 31 comments total | tags: babies, i have one in my arms as i write this

I have a cousin named Remy.

Doctor Horrible just wouldn't have suited her.

zz9 | June 23, 11:26 CET

I have three cats called Tara, Wash and Penny - that's as far I would go.

moley75 | June 23, 12:36 CET

Major Major Major Major?

Well, my step-daughter names her daughter Arava, which is Hebrew for Willow.

Dana5140 | June 23, 13:12 CET

These guys are right, they should not have kids. :)

Fortunately, all three of my parrots were named before I discovered the jossverse.
The male is such a big wuss sweetie, "Spike" wouldn't suit him at all. ;)

Shey | June 23, 13:14 CET

River is a good name, and maybe Serenity would make a good middle name.

impalergeneral | June 23, 13:42 CET

Erm, my cat's called Kendra-Cordelia (even here I'm embarassed to admit that). I have planned to name my first-born daughter Penny River and son either Thor or Judas, too (maybe I shouldn't be allowed to breed).

jamesthegill | June 23, 13:51 CET

jamesthegill, don't be embarrassed. Embrace your nerdishness! But maybe stick to cats!

twinkle | June 23, 14:05 CET

I had a cat called Tara but she died. Named I might say before the character appeared on the show.

My neighbours cat is called 'Spike' because "he'll bite just about anything".

The Do That Girl | June 23, 14:40 CET

My son's name is Alexander (so of course we call him Xander), and our daughter's name is Zoe. We are expecting another son next month and are in the process of choosing another Whedonverse name. Any thoughts?
I used to have two kitten brothers named Angel and Spike, and a seriously insane kitten named Buffy.

Deanna_Lynne | June 23, 15:30 CET

I used to have a pet rat named Wesley, and now have a hamster named Oz :)

Spikesgurl | June 23, 15:50 CET

Our cat is called Ms. (Stella Melody) Kitty Fantastico. :)

wiesengrund | June 23, 15:59 CET

I call my cats Hell Spawn & Demon Seed. It's not their names, but still amply suitable.

kazzmere | June 23, 16:26 CET

I have two dogs.

My male is named Billy, but when he's bad I call him William... he knows to listen when he hears William.

Since I really love The Justice League cartoons my female is named Shayara. I got her from the Shelter last July and named her after Hawk Girl. Hawk Girl has red hair, green eyes, and flies...my Shayara has red hair and green eyes and flies (jumps as high as my nose tpo lick it in mid air) too.

Passion | June 23, 16:44 CET

Daughter is named Willow. After she was born I met a woman in a playgroup who named her daughter Willow Rose (for Rosenberg). Awesome.

Willowy | June 23, 16:53 CET

Illyria - I have three girls, Cordelia, Inara and Miranda (which we occasionally whisper to people as we introduce her) but for a good Whedonverse male name? How about Giles? While I appreciate that his name is really Rupert, rarely does anyone refer to him that way. Unusual enough that he won't have another same named boy in his classes, but easy enough to spell and pronounce that he won't hate his name all his life! Win-win!

Genia | June 23, 16:56 CET

What, nobody has named their daughter Anya Christina Emmanuella Lame-Ass-Made-Up-Maiden-Name? I'm disappointed.

hacksaway | June 23, 17:01 CET

Illyria, Parker is a great name, but you don't want him growing up to be a dick. :D

I personally have always loved the name Angel for a guy. It's more common than you might think. And Wesley (Wes) is always cool.

Willowy | June 23, 17:03 CET

Genia, great idea! How about Randy Giles? :) We were thinking since we have a name from Buffy and Firefly, we should choose a name from either Angel or Dollhouse. My hubby is okay with Topher, Wes, and Charles.
If we were having a girl, I really liked Sierra and Kaylee. Maybe we should have one more just so I can use one of those names. Although I'm in the minority, I would love to have a baby girl named Buffy, but my husband vetoed that one real quick!
Willowy, Parker is a great name, but I agree that I certainly don't want him to turn out to be a womanizing dick!

Deanna_Lynne | June 23, 17:11 CET

one of my friends from high school named she and her husband's first daughter kaylee because they loved firefly so much.

i can't imagine making a kid suffer through grade school with the name rupert, as awesome as that would be. if i ever have kids, well, multiple kids, since the first one would likely be a family name, but if i had a son after the first child, i actually think i'd name him wesley. it's a great name :)

kefka | June 23, 18:08 CET

Not all of these are Whedon related but I have met a few Kaylee's, an Adria and an Anakin. I was kinda O_o on the Anakin one. LOL

kira29 | June 23, 18:17 CET

Last week I heard a woman at the store call her toddler Echo and when I looked up I saw that she was referring to a blue-eyed, blond-headed boy. It took me a second to tell myself that was okay, because I was expecting to see a baby Dushku look-alike.

Illyria, if you like the name Topher but aren't sure you want to go with it you could name him Christopher and call him Topher for short.

CrazyKidBen | June 23, 18:22 CET

I have 2 dogs....one is Willow and the other is Xander. I also have a cat named Oz. I'm not sure which name I'll use next from the Whedonverse.

Scaniano | June 23, 18:35 CET

It's not kids or pets, but I named my cell River, my external harddrive Jayne and my new (and best) laptop Vera (actually there was a poll on that one but Vera beat 'em all).

And new MP3 player is called Summer. XD

druzilla | June 23, 18:37 CET

I have four ferrets: Wash, Saffron, Buffy, and River. Sadly Angel and Spike have passed on :(. Also, we're going to name our son after a Whedonesque actor but if I were to reveal that here my wife would kill me. :)

Ain't. We. Just. | June 23, 19:26 CET

It's not a character name, but I like Enver.

jcs | June 23, 20:06 CET

My old laptop was called Serenity. That's as far as I've gone.

Jobo | June 23, 20:07 CET

I don't want kids, but I'd considerate it if I could give them a weirdo Whedon name. ;)

korkster | June 23, 20:52 CET

"Sadly Angel and Spike have passed on :(" Despite being immortal? [Sorry]

druzilla, on that note - our router is called Sunnydale, the network hard drive is Xander, our two passports are Jenny and Drusilla, one computer is called Willow, the other Anya, while my husband's mp3 player is called Wesley. You can blame my husband for all that naming.

Our son does have the name of a Buffy character but since it's the oldest name in the Bible and he was born well before I ever saw Buffy, that's just a coincidence...

PS Congratulations Simon.

[ edited by moley75 on 2009-06-23 21:29 ]

moley75 | June 23, 21:14 CET

I have 3 cats named Malcolm, Kaylee, and Zoe. My daughter's name is Gloria (only referred to as Glorificus when she is being an uber pain in the butt) and my son's name is Wesley (not Ben).

I like to think all of those names are purely coincidental.

toupence | June 24, 11:54 CET

I do know someone who called her daughter Willow and her son Riley. (And, ironically, her daughter's gorgeous but her son is a complete pain!)

But I kept to calling my dog Molly- because she had potential...

missb | June 24, 11:57 CET

My car is called Drusilla. It's blood red with black leather interior, cabriolet so alot of 'air' up top and good for naming the stars :)

The Do That Girl | June 24, 19:38 CET

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