Sci-Fi Baby Names: 500 Out-of-This-World Baby Names from Anakin to Zardoz

by Robert Schnakenberg

Boldly Go Where No Parent Has Gone Before!
 
Here are 500 out-of-this-world baby names from classic science-fiction movies, books, and television shows. Choose James to honor the captain of the starship Enterprise. Choose Leia or Leah to salute the sister of Luke Skywalker. Choose Neo to celebrate the ultra-cool messiah from The Matrix. Hardcore fans can go even further with exotic names such as Barbarella, Beldar, Jor-El, and Tron (just don’t send us the therapy bills).
 
Arranged by category for quick reference—with chapters such as Power Names, Feminine Names, and Intellectual Names— Sci-Fi Baby Names is a terrific gift for expecting parents and a wonderful roll call of our favorite science fiction characters.

Genres: Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2007

About the author

Robert Schnakenberg has been called "the Howard Zinn of nerd pop culture." He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Old Man Drinks, Christopher Walken A-to-Z, Secret Lives of Great Authors, and the New York Times bestseller The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray. His work has appeared in Penthouse.

Reviews

[Ashley · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked for a girl Aeon.
my boyfriend said no :-(

I also liked Trillian for a girl.

I was happy to see my 2 year old's name in this book.
Her name is Tegan.

[Melina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun book but obviously not really something the average namer would use. I love the concept though and really I think it could have been more expansive, easily.

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

cute baby shower gift.
names from wonderful obscure movies ie "night of the lepus" to star wars but no anime or manga names. also would have been to nice have had the actor that played the caracters name and when s/he appeared in the series. what years was jamie a companion? was amanda just in the first trek series, wasn't she also in some of the movies?
ace is listed as am male name, what about the drs' companion?
bartholomew? for barry allen? really?
and a list of movies, comics, tv shows etc would have been good to have

[Jennifer]

I won this for my husband in a Father's Day giveaway from the local kids' store. It's pretty amusing. And there are some useable ones in there if you're actually looking for ideas! (Which I am not at the moment, but it is still fun to flip through even if you're not expecting!)

[Jini · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yeah, it kind of helped with baby name choosing. Don't worry, they have "normal" names in addition to the ones that are truly sci-fi.

You can breathe. We picked normal names.