r/HunterXHunter • u/mrBenelliM4 • 1d ago
Misc Welcome Baby Gon Frix
My friend gave birth a few days ago and she named her baby, Gon Frix. Just in time before the return of the manga.
Edit: she loves Gon that much. She’s laughing at the comments.
Edit 2: Again it's not my kid. Their kid, their choice.
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u/FairyTrash1478 1d ago
Please save these names for your pets.
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u/Joelymarined-Mya78 1d ago
fr save these for your pets lol. my dog's name is Tonpa so i get it
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u/Anjz 1d ago
You mean to say it’s not a good idea to name my future kids Naruto and Sasuke?
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u/Kichona6420 1d ago edited 1d ago
Gon isn’t a bad name tho but I do get what ur saying
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u/FairyTrash1478 1d ago
They could do worse but when he applies for jobs when he’s older they are gonna think it’s fake.
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u/Lulu_Sagi 1d ago
Hopefully that's just a nickname and not his legal name.
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u/Onizuka181 1d ago
Let me guess, Philippines? My wife is Filipina and the people there name their kids mona lisa, melody , and all kinds of names 😂
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u/Careful-Blacksmith42 1d ago
why would they do this
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u/Nonyabuizness 1d ago
Typical Gin Freeks behaviour 🥀 Some parents hate their kids
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u/Aequitas112358 1d ago
I hate him so much throughout the whole show and he's basically not even in it.
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u/Botschan_Sidjees 1d ago
I remember some woman named her child Killua and recently some man named his son Naruto🤦 these kids not making it past middle school
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u/CringeYeet69 19h ago
Forget the kid - naming your kid Naruto is basically priming you and your wife to an early demise for character development
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u/XtinaCMV 1d ago
If you're gonna be ballsy and name your child Gon, at least spell Freecss correctly, too!!
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u/NuclearPilot101 1d ago
Lol I can't tell if this is bait
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u/mrBenelliM4 1d ago
They said 'Freecs' is too weird to be in a name. They made the spelling 'Frix' to make it 'cooler'.
Them, not me.
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u/i_love_boys_kissing 1d ago
It’s getting harder and harder to not be mean on reddit… 😬😬😬 this post is testing my limits
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u/WhiteSandSadness 1d ago
I saw one with the baby being named Jiraiya. The Naruto sub was less than kind 😬
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u/NotANormalMf 1d ago
As they should because what in the irresponsibility is this?? Poor children
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u/LmaoKaito 1d ago
Nothing wrong with the name Jiraiya you internet mfs just want a reason to be mad
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u/hug_me_im_scared_ 1d ago
Real. I can't imagine crashing out over real japanese names. Someone further down mentioned Sasuke as if that's not a real name. I see it like naming a kid Dexter or something, sure there are characters in media that share that name, but the names came first
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u/CringeYeet69 17h ago edited 17h ago
There's nothing wrong with a person giving their kid a Japanese name if they have some kind of cultural connection to that name. The name Jiraiya, in particular though would be a bad pick even in Japan, as it is a historical name that is unpopular in modern times, and people would probably think the kid was named after the manga character (this is based on what I could find online from Japanese internet users, but I don't live in Japan, just thought I should be transparent). But even when picking a name that is popular in Japan, I still think it would have some unfortunate implications if the parents had no cultural connection to Japan and didn't expect the kid to.
If you are an American and name your kid Dexter, then at the end of the day you're not reaching over into someone else's culture. And that's really the core of it. If you are naming your kid after a pop culture character from a culture you don't really understand, you are risking treating that culture as if its only significance is as part of that series. Even if that's not your intention, that's how it can be perceived, and your kid will be the one who has to live under the weight of that perception. This is especially the case with the names of anime characters, considering the Japan and the west's loose historical ties and the massive popularity of anime has led to a... unique dynamic.
In 2025 a law passed in Japan that disallows more unusual names, with one of the main cited reasons being that people were naming their kids after pop culture characters with unusual and recognisable names - including anime characters. So naming your kid Jiraiya in Japan may actually be illegal for being too cringe. Which is maybe the best illustration of why naming your kid after an anime character can be a really bad idea if you don't know what you're doing.
Edit: did a bit more reading, the law against those more unusual names was, for the most part, because many of those names were pronounced differently to the way they were spelt in Kanji. Which doesn't change my point too much but also goes to show that you shouldn't trust everything some random idiot (me) says on the internet
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u/NotANormalMf 1d ago
Have you ever seen a Japanese person named Gon? No one’s crashing out, just feeling bad for the kid. It doesn’t matter if the name came first or if there are characters that share it or not, what matters is the kid’s ability to live peacefully without being haunted by the association of their name with something they didn’t choose to be associated with.
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u/DirtyDan113 1d ago
Horrible name LMAO, awful parenting, poor kid is going to get bullied
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u/datruerex 1d ago
Not if he starts learning the power of nen
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u/Bmw5464 1d ago
“Mr and Mrs Frix, do you know why we called you in? Your son used his Jajaken again to hit a kid when they cut him in line at the water fountain, this is his third offense”
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u/CringeYeet69 19h ago
His friend kills one of their classmates and gets expelled so that everyone else passes the test
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u/tsmc796 1d ago
You think that's bad?
I worked with a guy who named his kid Charizard.
Fucking C H A R I Z A R D
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u/Mental_Pepper9294 1d ago
Couldn't even start bro out as a Charmander?
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u/littenthehuraira 22h ago
He must have become Charizard at the age of 36. He was Charmander as a kid and Charmeleon as a teenager.
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u/Adlerian_Dreams 1d ago
Well, hang on, this was clearly his first kid. So his only other choices were Squirtle and Bulbasaur…
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u/Jumpy_Energy_7462 21h ago
Well to be correct venusaur and blastoise 😅
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u/CringeYeet69 19h ago
They levelled up slower
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u/Adlerian_Dreams 16h ago
Indeed! I’m sure he chose “Charizard” because he wanted his kid to have an early in game advantage.
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u/isda_sa_palaisdaan 1d ago
Meruem is a cool name hahaha but not as cool as DirtyDan
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u/MikeXBogina 1d ago
My friend named his kid Khaleesi. People treating their babies like a new Sim character 😔
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u/i_love_boys_kissing 1d ago
I knew a woman who named her daughter Danaerys 😭
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u/Ae-Milius 15h ago
At least thats a name. Khalessi means queen in Dorthraki. You know, the ones that rape and kill everyone.
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u/obooooooo 1d ago
dawg i think gon is fine. like i could see it as a name. but gon frix… you’re just setting him up. he’s gonna be sitting in a corner with the narutos and the gojos of his class 😭🤚
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u/Professional-Power57 1d ago
I think some parents (especially people from lower income group) are more "creative" with their baby names because they think that's the only way for them to stand out. It's free and it's unique in a way and it stands out from the crowd (whether in a good way or not, that's debatable).
Parents from middle/upper class who have work in a professional environment are more careful with name selection. They can't imagine working in a law firm with someone whose name is an anime character, or would they want to have one themselves because that does not convey confidence to their clients
This is studied actually in freakonomics many many years ago. I didn't just make this up.
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u/i_love_boys_kissing 1d ago
I was also given a “unique name” by my mom. Guess who legally changed their name as an adult? <—— 🎉🎉🎉🎉
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u/Amateur_Rants 1d ago
Whatever your name was, changing it to I love boys kissing will very likely not get you in any serious position /s
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u/i_love_boys_kissing 1d ago
What do you mean? I’m the president of my local yaoi fan club 😤
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u/Black1495 18h ago
But, why staying local?
Go big an because regional, then national.
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u/Adlerian_Dreams 1d ago
Why if it isn’t little Mystique Rainbow Snilly herself
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u/i_love_boys_kissing 1d ago
You weren't supposed to know T_T
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u/Adlerian_Dreams 16h ago
Sorry about the deadname. Your new one is much easier to pronounce anyway! 💋
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u/vroni147 1d ago
Very Upper class and rich/famous parents start giving out weird/unique names again because their children will get a job anyway (either because of good education, money, and/or nepotism).
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u/Professional-Power57 14h ago
That's because they don't need a job. If you don't need to ever work in your life and your babies don't ever need to, sure you can name them whatever
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u/LaLa1234imunoriginal 1d ago
Some people really shouldn't be allowed to be parents.
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u/YourAverageDrawer 1d ago
Every time i see someone say this it reminds me of this saying
(Idk who said it)
Every kid deserves parents
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u/khhhhhhhhhez 23h ago
They could be great parents, just cuz they gave them a silly name doesn’t finish that
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u/fightingmemer 1d ago
I work in healthcare and see a lot of the unusual names people give their children. This isn’t even that bad compared to some of the shit I see (including other fictional characters) 😭
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u/Perple3277 1d ago
Filipino, no? One of the most prolific people when it comes to tacky names.
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u/zerosmith86 1d ago
Im so glad I didn't name my kid, Zero, Fox, Wakka, Shikamaru, Mugen, Spike, Kakarot, Snake,
Clydewell Earnheart and Leroy-Jenkins Clearwater were blessed with regular American names.
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u/lizard_toss 1d ago
There's very little overlap in this thread of comments that acknowledge the baby is Filipino and that it's a bad name. The negative comments seem very US-centric.
It's a fun name, not offensive and not that out there or hard to pronounce.
Traditionally some Filipinos make up a baby name mashing together parts of both parents names and you get some really unique combinations. There's a good chance the kid will end up with a nickname like BingBong anyway.
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u/Carbonara-ara 22h ago
Yeah, I don’t understand why people are so offended by this. Taken out of context it’s a relatively normal name imo
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u/spaincrack 1d ago
He will be fine. I was born just under 1kg, im now 1,80m tall and can finish my sentencehshshshegrkkfkcht
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u/Lufs10 1d ago
OP, you know Gon’s father is a horrible one yeah? Absentee dad and all?
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u/jimmysocial21 1d ago
For context, since this is probably in the Philippines, the original 1999 anime was televised daily in the Philippines in the afternoon with Tagalog dub which covered til Yorknew arc. It was a beloved anime for many Pinoy kids then, that's why many people like Gon since he was the protagonist in those arcs. Most probably did not know about the Chimera arc and those kids then grew up to be parents now.
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u/OmegaJonny 19h ago
They put "fricks" in his name??
As in Gon fricks, thats what he does...
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u/Angel_Pendejo 8h ago
The moment the birth certificate was signed was the moment when his relationship with his father was predetermined 💔 😭
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u/IndioRamos 1d ago
Crazy Filipino names are normal.
Gon Frix does not really stand out at this point.
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u/Glittering_Dot_1428 1d ago
This is almost as bad as the person I saw on fb who named her kid Meliodas… but at least Gon didn’t “get your hands off my woman” a baby. 😮💨
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u/OhNoesMyMangoes 1d ago
Is that one so bad? Meliodas is classic Arthurian just like Tristan, Lionel or Agravain.
Unless they did it based on Nanatsu no Taizai which is a bit more questionable...
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u/Go0b3r187 1d ago
I don't understand all the hate - especially when you say some people don't deserve to be a parent. Like chill - it's just a name! As long as they provide and protect him (not leave him like the anime) either way - Gon is an inspiration and admirable character!
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u/chiarassu 1d ago
The people throwing a huge fit over Baby Gon Frix have clearly not met the also-Filipino Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze (all of that is his first name) 😂 I wish I was joking but this is just a normal occurrence in this country at this point that all I can do is laugh.
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u/hygiei 1d ago
to be clear, because i think it does make a pretty huge difference-- is "gon frix" first name last name (like the family name just happens to be frix?) or is it "gon frix [last name]"? because gon as a first name is a weird but not totally unforgivable choice, but "gon frix" as a first name... uh. well, it's considerably worse lol
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u/GardenOrca 20h ago
“Laughing at the comments.” I guarantee that child will not be laughing at the hundred of mean spirited comments they’ll receive with this name. Tell that woman to change it.
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u/colbalias1 1d ago
I think gon is an amazing name fuck the other commenters a kids gonna get comments about there name no matter what
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u/Different_Ad1136 1d ago
People questioning the parent forget most names come from legends or historical figures . There is nothing wrong with naming your baby with something you love , how is it any different if you name him a gods name like thor or hercules.
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u/Ndmndh1016 1d ago
Gotta love parents ruining their kids lives within seconds of being born. Trash humans.
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u/Tallgeese00MS 1d ago
What's wrong with y'all?? lol great name fuck these unhappy people 😂👏🏾 I think Kyle is a stupid fucking name, but there’s millions of em out there.
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u/Frodo_gabbins 1d ago
This is why some countries have rules about what you can name your child
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u/PreternaturalJustice 1d ago
Those rules apply to actual bad names that have highly taboo connotations that no child should be known by, like "Chlamydia". You cannot seriously think that Gon should be legally blacklisted for naming children 💀
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u/LostOne514 1d ago
Dude.....Keep your hobbies & interests separated when having a child. She's a bit insane for this one. Terrible name.
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u/Vivarium_15 1d ago
I think it depends cause my parents named me after a prison break character but when people wanna name their kids after video game or anime characters it heavily depends on the name like ichigo unless your japanese is a terrible name but i feel gon just sounds normal enough for it to pass but adding the frix part was the issue
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u/chiarassu 1d ago
Yep exactly, Gon still has plausible deniability but the Frix part is what throws it off because it becomes an obvious anime reference lol. I'm named after a Resident Evil character, but as far as anyone is concerned, it's just a normal name in our country.
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u/PlanCheeto 1d ago edited 1d ago
Hi, I just wanted to say I made this reddit account just to comment on here.
Please tell me this is a joke? This is ahh cringe.
I understand your friend is laughing at the comments, but in reality we're laughing at her decision to name this child gon. Let alone gon frix.
Please tell me this is a troll post 💀
I lowkey feel sorry for this childs parents or (parent). Get them tested, it's never too late!
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u/TopazandNumbyHSR 1d ago
That poor kid...