History Main / ChildNamingRequest

The resulting name might fit any number of tropes on the NamingConventions page. It will commonly result in DeadGuyJunior. Other options include EmbarrassingFirstName, NamedAfterSomeoneFamous, or a LineOfSightName.

* In Song of the Magdalene, Abraham reveals to Miriam that he knows Miriam is pregnant by asking if he could choose the name. She agrees and he tells her to name their son 'Isaac'. She refers to the baby as 'Isaac' from that point on. [[spoiler: She is raped when she is six months pregnant, which makes her lose the baby, though she still thinks of the baby as 'Isaac' after losing it.]]

* One ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' issue had several pregnant women asking Spidey what his real name was, since they wanted to name their infant sons after him. Peter lied and told them his name was Ben, to honor his dead uncle.

Compare LastMinuteBabyNaming, where the parents ''do'' decide on their own, but almost without any forethought, potentially leading to similar results and NearAndDearBabyNaming, where the parents decides to name them after them without a request being made.

Compare LastMinuteBabyNaming, where the parents ''do'' decide on their own, but almost without any forethought, potentially leading to similar results.

When this trope is played straight, it is usually done to show how awesome a character is, because the parent respects them so much (or owes them so much gratitude) that they will trust them to select a good name. In this case, the name will usually be selected on the spot, and will be a proper and inspiring name. The child may also be named after another, beloved character [[DeadGuyJunior who had recently died]].

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* In ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'', Lord Yupa is asked by a village woman to choose a name for her baby. He promises to select a good name for her, but in the film we never find out any more.

* Played for laughs in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' when resident DirtyOldMan Happosai was asked to name a newborn boy whom, in an uncharacteristic moment of kindness, he helped deliver (it's tradition in the boy's village that the midwife, which Happosai was acting as, has to name the child, and only the midwife can change it). He picked what he claimed was a perfectly fine and wonderful name: Pantyhose Taro. And thus was created yet another vengeful rival for Ranma to deal with.

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* In ''ComicBook/FantasticFour,'' Sue had a difficult birth with Franklin and miscarried her second child. As the due date of Sue's third pregnancy neared, she sought an attendant versed in both medicine and metaphysics. Enter Comicbook/DoctorDoom, who agreed to deliver Sue's child, provided that he have the honor of naming the baby. Though the male Fours objected vehemently, Sue played the uterus card and sealed the deal. The healthy newborn daughter was named Valeria, after Doom's [[TheOneThatGotAway former love]].

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* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', a a young Bluestar and Snowfur get to name the kits of Poppydawn, a cat who had kittens not long after Bluestar and Snowfur's own mother.

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* ''Series/{{Taxi}}'': Alex is forced to become a DeliveryGuy, helping a woman deliver a baby in the back of the cab when her husband panics and can't do it. Afterwards she asks him his name, in order to name the baby after him - but when she learns it's "Alex" she has second thoughts.
* Inverted in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Sherlock lobbies to have John and Mary name their child after him, but is roundly refused, as they are expecting a girl.

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* Parodied in the ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' Foundry mission [[Recap/StarTrekOnlineFoundryBaitAndSwitch "Bait and Switch"]]. During the mission you rescue a pregnant Romulan and her husband from slavers. In one dialog option you can tell her to please ''not'' name their daughter after you, and she tells you, of course not: her husband's grandmother already called dibs.

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* ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' had the Sinclair family request the elder to name the baby. The first elder had a heart attack, resulting in an official name [[OverlyLiteralTranscription that was recorded as]] "Aaah Augh I'm I'm Dying You Idiot Sinclair". Fran is said to have a cousin named "Achoo" and a classmate named "Burp-Excuse-Me Siegelman".

* ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' had the Sinclair family request the elder to name the baby. The first elder had a heart attack, resulting an official name was recorded as "Help, Help, I'm Dying You Idiot Sinclair". Fran is said to have a cousin who was unfortunate enough to be named while the elder was sneezing.