I'm calling my kid Kaiser Porsche.
Jan. 28th, 2011 08:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bagheera_sanI have this problem with Time Lord names. That is, I spend far too much time trying to come up with them. In my despair I have used such things as Insect genera (great source for Greek and Latin style names) and, yes, baby name sites. However. I have to say this. The "German" name list on www.babynames.com contains the most hilariously wrong list of "German" names ever, with such gems as:
Mayer (surname! You're not calling your kids "Smith", are you?)
Porsche (...)
Diesel
Jaeger
Kaiser (that'd be like calling your kid "Emperor")
Haydn
Ziggy (admittedly, a short form of Sigmund, but not German one)
Meta (???)
Duer (?!)
Seifer (that's a character from Final Fantasy, isn't it?)
Mandell (now that sounds a bit Time Lordish)
Huey (possibly the least German name ever... how do you even pronounce that?)
Durin (that's a Tolkien dwarf)
No. Just, no. Even the ones that are recognizably German are the worst German names ever, like "Helmfried" or "Kaethe". It's like this list was compiled by Japanese manga authors.
Mayer (surname! You're not calling your kids "Smith", are you?)
Porsche (...)
Diesel
Jaeger
Kaiser (that'd be like calling your kid "Emperor")
Haydn
Ziggy (admittedly, a short form of Sigmund, but not German one)
Meta (???)
Duer (?!)
Seifer (that's a character from Final Fantasy, isn't it?)
Mandell (now that sounds a bit Time Lordish)
Huey (possibly the least German name ever... how do you even pronounce that?)
Durin (that's a Tolkien dwarf)
No. Just, no. Even the ones that are recognizably German are the worst German names ever, like "Helmfried" or "Kaethe". It's like this list was compiled by Japanese manga authors.
