File this under “Star Wars fans can get weird” because new parents in the United States of America are naming their babies Kylo…
By now, if you’re a Star Wars fan or just a fan of cinema in general, you’ve probably seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens a few hundred times. Well, okay, maybe I’ve seen The Force Awakens a few hundred times and I’m just projecting my perplexed state of mind over the fastest rising baby naming trend in the U.S. — Kylo, played by Adam Driver.
That’s right, the angsty bad boy with an uncontrolled temper, who killed Han Solo (his own father by the way), who was beaten in a lightsaber duel by an untrained scavenger girl from a desert planet, and who talks to the melted helmet of his dead grandfather — Kylo — is now a name that parents are bestowing upon their newborn sons (and maybe daughters…we don’t know…like I said, it’s weird).
According to the Independent, who dug through the numbers from the Social Security Administration, Kylo has moved up over two thousand spots on the yearly list, to the 901 slot.
I honestly can’t imagine why parents would want to name their child after a character who killed his father. I mean, Father’s Day has got to be a really awkward situation when that kid gets older, right?
Plus, imagine the temper tantrums this kid named Kylo would throw. “I don’t wanna go to bed!” **pulls out lightsaber and proceeds to destroy his bedroom**
Now I want to know if parents are giving Kylo a middle name of Ren. It’s really the only decision here, right? Can you fathom a kid named Kylo with a normal middle name like Charles, or Henry? Regardless, things like this trending name are why we can’t have nice things, and you all know it.
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What do you think about naming your kid Kylo? Let us know in the comments below…after you stop rolling around the floor, laughing your ass off.