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08th Aug 2015

10 Nerdy Baby Names That Mean Your Child Will Know His Vulcans From His Romulans

Sophie White

Seeing the latest Star Trek movie this week has got me all fired up to name my next baby Spock.

In a bid to keep this from happening, I thought I’d channel my inner-Frohike and put together some namespiration for those among us who wish Quantum Leap was still on.

10 Nerdy Baby Names That Mean Your Child Will Know His Vulcans From His Romulans:

1. Anakin – Luke and Leia are a bit safe for the average Wookie Baby (official name for the offspring of Star Wars fans) we like Anakin for a bit of soon-to-be-evil-overlord pizzazz.

2. Veda – naming a child after Darth Vader may seem like an odd choice, though only to those who haven’t lived with a teenage girl. Trust me, in a few years it will be perfectly apt. Bonus connotation: Vada Sultenfuss – LOVE her.

3. Albus – Naming a boy after one of the wisest, most powerful and good natured wizards of all time, and a sock enthusiast to boot.

4. Hermione – The ultimate role model: Intelligent, talented and a lover of books.

5. Xander – A good option for Buffy fans, hopefully your little one will grow up with a similar talent for pithy one-liners and slaying vampires.

6. Frodo – Our favourite Middle Earth dweller has the kind of pure, earnest nature one would like to cultivate in their baby.

7. Anya – Gamers with girl babies might appreciate naming the baba for this Call of Duty character.

8. AlyxHalf Life provides inspiration for this future freedom fighter, it is a first person shooter so perhaps don’t show it to them for a couple of decades…

9. Emmett – “Where we’re going we don’t need roads.” The innovative inventor from modern classic Back to the Future inspires this slightly less cray name.

10. Dana/Fox – Because X-Files series 1 and 2 RULED, Don’t get me started on subsequent series’ however, you lost me, Chris Carter. Let’s hope the movie redeems things somewhat.