I absolutely enjoy how people get on here and tell us about their child-rearing plans. Really? You don't plan on having any children? How interesting.
That silence isn't your speakers gone dead. It's the sound of the whole of the internets not caring.

*ahem* Anyhoo.

It's really not that bad a name. I'm not sure what all the fuss is aboot, but somehow I severely doubt the kid will be ostracized much because of it. No more so than any other kid named Phil or Karl with a 'K', anyway.

I would dig it. Sephiroth is a cool name

I agree with dex... It's not really that bad, I wouldn't do it but w/e.

Those who know Final Fantasy VII by the time he's in high school will think it's kinda cool maybe... and the great majority of his peers won't even know what a sephiroth is, he'll get the same attention as any dude with a weird foreign-sounding name... Now if his name was John Sodomy, that would be another story.

I can't imagine kids in ten years time having any idea what FF7 was. Even if this Sephiroth kid becomes a gamer and hangs out in gamer circles, this is what I would imagine:

Kid: Hey Seph, you know your name was the villian from Final Fantasy 7?
Sephiroth: Who gives a stuff about Final Fantasy 7 when Final Fantasy 20 is about to come out.

Unless a FF7 remake eventually comes out in ten years time, then it might be a different story.

And I can't believe I made references to Sephiroth as an actual person, its freaking me out even!!

"Parents name child nanananabooboo, he sues."

Why does SimCity's Ticker have saying for everything?

I would so always play One Winged Angel while I was walking around if my name was Sephiroth...

I'm sure like most kids with unique names do this kid will quickly discover the importance of introducing himself as Seph, Andrew or Drew.

Taking it too far maybe?

@SWE3tMadness and the rest

While we may associate it with FFVII, how do we know these people have even heard of the game? Or play video games at all? Nowhere have I seen, either in the article above, or in doing a general Google search, that these people play video games and that the name definitely comes from the game and not the original source (and despite what the article above says, FFVII is not the "source" of this word). All I've seen is people posting copies of the birth announcement (like above) and then going out of their way to mock it unmercifully (like above). So, it could just be coincidence, and not "durr hurr stoopid gamerz named kid after vidya gaem". I think it's kind of telling that most of you are conceited enough to think that this is necessarily the case here.

But, for the sake of argument, what if it is from the game (because, let's face it, despite what I said in the previous paragraph, it probably is from the game)? WHO THE FUCK CARES? It's nobody's business but the kid and his parents. If he hates his name enough, and if it causes him enough problems down the line (i.e. retards constantly bullying him over FFVII or some such bullshit), then he or his parents can get it legally changed if it comes to that.

Also, this kid was born in 2006 (which is 100 years ago in Internet years, so yeah this story is older than dirt). Are people still going to give so much of a shit about FFVII in ten or fifteen years or so, especially kids growing up in the same time frame as this one who likely will not even be aware of the game (aside from maybe as "that game my parents played a million years ago"), that it's really going to be so much of a problem for the kid? Final Fantasy VII, while huge in gaming circles, at least for now, is not the giant mainstream phenomenon (or even mainstream gaming phenomenon) that some of you like to pretend it is. I love the game, I really do, but it's not that important in the big scheme of things.

And, again, the name isn't as bad as a lot of you are trying to make it out to be. And even if it were something equivalent to "Hitler" or "Shitface McAsshole" or "Sarah McCain Palin" or whatever, they probably will just call him Andrew or something, and the "Sephiroth" issue will likely rarely even come up. So all of you "this kid's life is ruined oh noes!" people just need to calm the fuck down.

Shit like this is why non-gamers think gamers are retarded (and in this case, I honestly wouldn't blame them for thinking that).

I completely Disagree, by the time this kid reaches school age he will probably have many friends, with names from final fantasy. I imagine him and Bugenhagen would be quite close and probably make fun of kids like Barrett and Red13.
Although I'm not sure what world you come from where 7 year olds are pimply and gangly... thats a little young for puberty unless he actually has jenova cells.

Hey, he has the same name as me... minus the Sephiroth part.

That sucks for that kid in so many ways. I do feel sorry for him when he's in school how much grief he'll be getting later in life.

Sephirah would've made a lot more sense, although it sounds slightly feminine.

@ Im OK-

You couldn't be more wrong. Non-gamers think that gamers are retarded because they name their kids fucking SEPHIROTH.

It's not so bad to name your kid after something/someone if the name itself is not hideous. But I don't care if T'chaeiiahflagglefoot is the coolest game character ever, you don't saddle your kid with a shitty name just because you liked a game.

For all of you trying to defend it with "it's not that bad of a name" or even reaaaaaccccchhhing to trying to turn the tide of the conversation to how the US is xenophobic because we think Sephiroth is a dumb-ass name, keep on keepin' on, I guess. It's the internet, so you always have to have a few contrarians in every thread, even if the issue itself couldn't be much more black and white.

It's easy to say its horrible, or its wonderful, but think of what would actually happen. I guess it depends on the kid, but he'll end up being totally awesome, or a complete loser. He could scare people just by telling them his name, then he wouldn't get picked on at all. "I'm Sephiroth"
"holy crap! don't kill me!" lol... that would be funny to watch... I think I'll name my kids Zelda and Gannon and then put them in a cage and make them fight each other

In all seriousness, it's not that bad a name, and its not the end of the world. If the kid learnt to stick up for himself, he'd be fine, and if he couldn't do that, he'd be a loser regardless of his name. In fact, the name will probably help him. And just cus it hasn't been said enough yet, no one will probably even know what the name is from :P

Maybe if I have twins, I'll call them Mario and Luigi? lol, i could get them pet turtles :P

Maybe just Seph? Hmm...

Will he have an Oedipus complex?

Also, If I ever have a child, I'd name it something somewhat VGR. Like L-Block.

Logan Aragorn Goldschmidt.

Seriously. My roommate's brother apparently wanted his son to be routinely beaten in grade school.

@akathatoneguy

For all of you trying to defend it with "it's not that bad of a name" or even reaaaaaccccchhhing to trying to turn the tide of the conversation to how the US is xenophobic because we think Sephiroth is a dumb-ass name, keep on keepin' on, I guess. It's the internet, so you always have to have a few contrarians in every thread, even if the issue itself couldn't be much more black and white.

Black and white, huh? Right, so because YOU think the name sucks, that means it obviously does indeed suck, no question about it, it's set in stone, and anyone who dares to think otherwise, including these parents, is just retarded, I guess. Sure, right, if you say so. *eyeroll* This isn't a fucking immutable law of physics or some such here. God did not reach down with a chisel and etch in "XI. Thou shalt not name thy child SEPHIROTH because it is a SHITTY NAME, so sayeth the Lord." But you just keep right on keepin' on, I guess.

And this is the point where I end the conversation from my end because it's obviously futile to continue talking to someone so militantly close-minded over such a trivial issue. I've said my piece and there's no profit in saying anything else.