Nerdy Parents Name Their Daughter After 'Konan' From Naruto, Gets Eviscerated By Family

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Emmy Pratt • Writer and Editor
Nov 11, 2023 4:00 PM EST

It's no secret that Millennials are known to name their kids weirder things than Gen Xers and Baby Boomers before them. I have close family friends who named their daughter "Kaylyn" instead of "Kaitlyn" because they didn't think a CEO would be named "Kaitlyn." They might've been onto something there. For all intents and purposes, my name might be "Emmy," but when I was born, you know darn well that the name on the certificate was "Emily." I know so many Hannahs, Sarahs, and Graces my age and not many McKinsleighs and Braydens. Some of us are blessed to have parents unwilling to resign their kids to humiliation based on their name alone. 

One set of young parents chose to name their kid after a villainous character. Not just any villain, but the Naruto villain Konan. Unsurprisingly, their family reacted poorly to this news and couldn't believe they would do something so careless. 

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    r/AmltheAsshole u/babynamebeef • 4h ● AITA for giving my daughter a "stupid" name? I (22F) recently gave birth to a baby girl.
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    Me and my husband (27M) are both huge geeks, we basically met at a cosplay convention. I was cosplaying as my favourite female character of a popular anime, and she turned out to be my future husband's favourite character as well.
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    So we decided to honour her and the reason we met by naming our daughter after her. Please note that in western culture, her name is a masculine one and has a slightly different spelling, so we chose to keep the original spelling. We also chose to keep the name a secret until she was born.
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    Important detail: my SIL also has a daughter, "Kaieleigh" (it's not an actual name, but you get the spirit). I personally think that it's hilarious and dumb to give your kid a name with spelling like that, but I've never made any comments about it as it's her business, after all, and my kid's name is rare and unusually spelled as well.
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    As I delivered my daughter and we were out of the hospital, we finally disclosed her name. Most of our relatives were okay with her name, some of them even said it's beautiful. However, my SIL lost it. She said it's a stupid name and the decision to name a kid after a fictional villain is idiotic. She also threw in some racist words, including the c word aimed at me and my daughter (I'm Asian-American). It was expected as she often made snarky comments about our hobbies and interests, however, t
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    My husband and my MIL took my side and said that I was right and that SIL overstepped the boundary. However, SIL keeps harassing me, demanding an apology, and even managed to turn some of our mutual friends against me. Edit: I've been asked in the comments about my baby's name. It's Konan, after Konan from "Naruto".
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    Pretzelmamma • 4h Aficionado [15] You named a baby girl Konan? Yikes. For your daughters sake I hope everyone in your area knows anime and doesn't immediately jump to "the barbarian" instead. Reply 4 10.9k ...
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    BananaPants456. 3h I was thinking Konan the barbarian too. I wish parents would think of their kids before trying to do something unique and "sentimental" for their own selfish reasons. A kid isn't a dog or a cat, they're a human who has to deal with the repercussions of their name. G ↑ 5.3k
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    PancakeRule20 • 3h Second names exist for this reason. First name: canonical name; second name: every stupid sentimental you wanted to name the kid but brain worked and you didn't ;D ... 42.4k ↓
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    jhonotan1 . 3h Seriously, why don't people stick to weird middle names?! Give the kid a chance! By the time that kid is in school, Naruto is either going to be seen as SUPER cringe, or no one will have heard of it. Either way, setting the kid up for failure. ... 1.3k
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    yalldointoomuch This right here. The SIL was out of line, and there's zero excuse to be throwing slurs around... but OP is still an for doing this to a child. ● 3h For one thing, she'll be dealing with extra bullying on that name from kindergarten through high school. There is always going to be someone who brings up Conan the Barbarian.
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    That's the name she's going to have to put on resumes, and job applications. Is it fair? No. But it's the way it is. Children are not inanimate objects that you can stick an enamel pin on so people know your fandoms. Yes, Konan is a legitimate name in Japanese culture... But you specifically named her that for a Naruto villain. You made her life so much more difficult than it needed to be, for a "nerd reference". She's a human being, not a prop to strengthen your nerd cred. 200 41.3k ↓
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    earthenlily 2h The daughter will either double down and love it, or be so traumatized she'll be using a different name in high school and change it legally the second she turns 18. 390
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    Mantisfactory. 2h Partassipant [1] I always read this posts wincing, waiting for the person to just knuckle down and admit what the actual name is. They always try to dance around it as if this question can be answered any other way than to just say what the name is, and let people judge on the specific merit of that name. Konan -- bad name for a girl. ... 4110
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    Allin nefarious_planet - 2h ● I agree with the sentiment, but I'm 28 and I had to goolge Conan The Barbarian. I doubt kids who are born in 2023 are gonna jump to a by then 50- year-old movie reference in order to bully OP's daughter. OP and SIL are basically doing variations of the same thing (naming a child with more thought to their own sentiments and preferences than their kid's future), but OP didn't shame SIL out loud....so SIL is def the AH here. 96
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    Rega_lazar 4h Colo-rectal Surgeon [43] ● Poor kid. I wish people would realise that the kid is the one who actually has to live with the name they're given We get it, you're a nerd (so am I, and proud of it!) but your child is a person. They're not an accessory to advertize your interests. Reply 46.6k ...
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    BananaPants456. 3h I know someone who named their kid "Sirius" after Sirius Black (Harry Potter) and the kid hates it because nobody in our Country is named that. He refuses to go by it, and the parents are disappointed. ... 41.7k
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    Rega_lazar 3h Colo-rectal Surgeon [43] ● There was a post a couple of years back about a kid named after someone in Harry Potter (don't think they ever specified the name) and they HATED IT because their parents kept making everything in their life about Harry Potter and reminding them that they were named after a character ... 4 1.1k 1.1k
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    Running Trisarahtop • 4h Professor Emeritass [80] Nta for yelling at the racist jerk.... But your kid isn't your hobby or an expression of your interests Reply 44.1k ...
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    Biomax315. 3h Partassipant [1] You named your daughter Konan because YOU like the character? Your kid isn't an anime character, it's a human person who has to be saddled with whatever name you give them. "Kaieleigh" is an idiotic spelling of a name, and definitely a classic r/tragedeigh, but Konan is a terrible name for a girl and just as bad, if not worse. YTA (and so is your SIL, for different reasons). Reply 446
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    ckptry • 4h Colo-rectal Surgeon [36] ESH except the babies who have to live with these stupid names. Reply 417
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