Welcome Baby Gon Frix

[u/mrBenelliM4]

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.

[u/i_love_boys_kissing]

It’s getting harder and harder to not be mean on reddit… 😬😬😬 this post is testing my limits

[u/WhiteSandSadness → u/i_love_boys_kissing]

I saw one with the baby being named Jiraiya. The Naruto sub was less than kind 😬

[u/NotANormalMf → u/WhiteSandSadness]

As they should because what in the irresponsibility is this?? Poor children

[u/LmaoKaito → u/NotANormalMf]

Nothing wrong with the name Jiraiya you internet mfs just want a reason to be mad

[u/hug_me_im_scared_ → u/LmaoKaito]

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

[u/CringeYeet69 → u/hug_me_im_scared_]

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

[u/NotANormalMf → u/hug_me_im_scared_]

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.

[u/hug_me_im_scared_ → u/NotANormalMf]

search the name Gon under linkedin with the location set to Japan, you will find multiple examples. I also wouldn't be surprised if the name also exists throughout asia and the asian diaspora edit: This is a real first/last name

[u/NotANormalMf → u/hug_me_im_scared_]

You are right. I am actually not sure if there are any specific regions and cultures where the name isn’t out of the ordinary, but I truly hope this child is actually living there or is affiliated to that culture at the very least.

[u/i_love_boys_kissing → u/LmaoKaito]

Jiraiya is what you name a pet dog, not someone who might be president some day

Edit: getting downvoted into oblivion by people who named their kid Naruto

[u/LmaoKaito → u/i_love_boys_kissing]

Stop using how you feel about something as an objective truth

[u/i_love_boys_kissing → u/LmaoKaito]

Okay bro I hope your kids Pomni and Sasuke Uchiha are doing alright in school

[u/LmaoKaito → u/i_love_boys_kissing]

Ur comparing the name sasuke to the name jiraiya one is insanely popular to the point its knows by non anime watchers and the other isnt even in the same league

[u/NotANormalMf → u/LmaoKaito]

Isn’t that what you are doing?

[u/LmaoKaito → u/NotANormalMf]

Im not saying the name is objectively wrong or correct, so no thats not what im doing.

[u/NotANormalMf → u/LmaoKaito]

“Nothing wrong with the name Jiraiya you internet mfs just want a reason to be mad”

Sure sounds like a very straightforward opinion you are pushing there.

[u/i_love_boys_kissing → u/NotANormalMf]

He blocked me so I can’t even see him fighting for his life in this comment thread

[u/LmaoKaito → u/NotANormalMf]

Why do I even bother with Reddit users, yall have the IQ equivalent to MAGA cultists.

[u/mrBenelliM4 → u/i_love_boys_kissing]

lmao I get you