T h e Most P o p u l a r Game o f Thrones B a b y Names A r e . . . t h e Weirdest O n e s

You a r e always w e l c o m e in h i b a b y n a m e , B r o w s e amazing a n d astonishing B a b y Names a n d their m e a n i n g s for i d e a s and s h a r e your c o m m e n t s . E n j o y !

W i n t e r is c o m i n g — a n d so i s an o n s l a u g h t of a c t u a l babies n a m e d after G a m e of T h r o n e s characters. P r e p a r e ye.

W e can’t i m a g i n e George R . R. M a r t i n , writer o f the n o v e l s GoT is b a s e d on, e v e r thought t h e bizarre n a m e s o f his c h a r a c t e r s — f e v e r i s h l y cooked u p in h i s writer’s l a i r — w o u l d ever b e c o m e mainstream m o n i k e r s for a new g e n e r a t i o n of b a b i e s . Surprise, G e o r g e ! A n e w report f r o m the B B C suggests t h a t ‘ s exactly w h a t ‘ s happening, e s p e c i a l l y for b a b i e s born t o “HBO a n d chill” d a t e – n i g h t parents. H e y , at l e a s t it’s p r e m i u m programming. T h e s e are t o p – s h e l f names, T V – w i s e .

I n England, A r y a and K h a l e e s i (we’re t o t a l l y serious) a r e the m o s t popular n a m e s f r o m the s e r i e s so f a r . More t h a n 300 l i t t l e girls w e r e given t h e name A r y a in 2 0 1 7 . We’re h o p i n g all o f them a t least g o t a f u l l y decked-out D i r e w o l f – t h e m e d nursery o u t of t h e bargain.

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O t h e r n a m e s o n the r i s e thanks t o G a m e of T h r o n e s? Sansa, D a e n e r y s , Brienne — and T y r i o n . Tyrion L a n n i s t e r is p l a y e d to p e r f e c t i o n by P e t e r Dinklage o n the s h o w . His f a m o u s line, ” I t ‘ s what I do. I drink a n d I k n o w things,” h a s inspired a m a s s i v e merch c o l l e c t i o n . So h e y ! Plenty o f baby s h o w e r gift o p t i o n s right t h e r e for t h e little T y r i o n in y o u r life.

J o f f r e y , Ramsay a n d Euron? N a h , man. N o t yet, a t least. W e ‘ v e got t o be s c r a p i n g the b o t t o m of t h e baby-name b a r r e l before w e start g o i n g with t h e total m o n s t e r s .

K h a l e e s i is a particularly weird c h o i c e , because 1 ) the s p e l l i n g is n u t s 2) t h e pronunciation i s no p i c n i c and 3 ) it’s n o t a n a m e — a s we u n d e r s t a n d it, i t ‘ s a t i t l e . Like, y o u can be a K h a l e e s i , but i n the s h o w , nobody’s g o i n g to y e l l out, ” H e y , Khaleesi, l e t ‘ s go g e t a p i n t of m e a d . It’s b e e n ages s i n c e we p l o t t e d a d e a t h together, p a l . “

T h e linguist w h o created t h e fictional a n d often u n p l e a s a n t Dothraki l a n g u a g e for t h e show — a j o b that a c t u a l l y sounds p r e t t y fun t o us — says t h e correct p r o n u n c i a t i o n of K h a l e e s i is ” K H A – l a y – s e e . “ Good l u c k getting t h e other k i d s on t h e playground t o get t h a t one r i g h t , kid.

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