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[–] paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 days ago

I feel like Allay would be a nice name

[–] stevestevesteve@lemmy.world 124 points 1 week ago (6 children)

99% chance they were going with Ender, but there's that 1% chance they were going with Pigman and that's what I'll choose to believe

[–] thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 1 week ago (4 children)

There's also Allay, Wither, and Ghast

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I know a Blaze, although it's spelled differently

[–] Jimbo@pawb.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are they related to Guy Firey?

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I don't think they come from Flavortown but maybe they're a distant relative

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[–] bob_lemon@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also Vex, Blaze, Sniffer, Hoglin, Zoglin

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Vex and Blaze are pretty cool names tbh

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you're the protagonist of a SNES JRPG.

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Or a Pokémon gym leader.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

locking in my answer on allay. that's 1000% it

[–] yuri@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago

everyone out here ignoring strider

[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Turns out they were going to go with "Steve".

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago

that's not even a mob that's just a real human name...

[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

CHICKEN JOCKEEYYY

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd we had more trans people in the 90s most trans men would be named Blaze

[–] Goodtoknow@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Prismarine would be sick, or Blaze.

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[–] hungprocess@lemmy.sdf.org 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I misread that as Starcraft and was imagining "I go by 'Overmind, The Eternal Will Of The Swarm' now"

[–] thekidxp@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I also read StarCraft and was trying to think of what names they could have picked

[–] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Kid named zergling: :(

Edit: unironically though, Archon is a kinda cool name

[–] thekidxp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Honestly I could also go with Archon

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[–] seralth@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

There's a new guy where I work named Zerg. That's his legal name. Yes his parents gave him it.

[–] sylveon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It would probably be something crazy like “Sarah” or “Jim”.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago
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[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 30 points 1 week ago

Kid named Zombified Piglin:

[–] Iapetus@slrpnk.net 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There's a badass maths lady I met on Tumblr who named herself Tesseract. She definitely won at names.

[–] Hexarei@beehaw.org 12 points 1 week ago

I'm in awe at this one honestly, "Tess" and "Tessa" are great nicknames and then you can drop the "it's short for Tesseract" and blow minds. Absolutely fantastic name.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (7 children)

It's all fun and games until Thanos uses you as blingbling

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[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Kid named fucking Mildred:

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why'd someone name themselves or name their kid "Fucking Mildred"?

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago

It's a reference to this post

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

The man-eater?

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

So many called Alex because it goes for men or women

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago

Alex would be a great genderfluid name. Use Alex as default, then when you're a woman you could be Alexandra and Alexander when you're a man.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Name yourself after a Rowdyruff Boy because honestly, Brick, Boomer and Butch are the perfect fucking names. No notes.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's a Minecraft mob called Luna?

[–] anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Ok so should I criticize my trans friend for forgetting to change her last name from -ski suffix to -skaya suffix when doing the legal name change to remove deadname?

[–] boo_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

I think this depends on context. I live in Sweden, so a non-slavic country, and I have known multiple women with -ski suffixes. Some from marriages or being born in Sweden and just getting ski automatically, but I had a teacher from Poland who has the masculine ending.

So I think if you're in a country where last names are typically gendered, then sure, it can help to have a last name that is congruent with your identity. If you're in a country where that is not the norm, I think it's fine either way.

In any case, it's her name and her choice.

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