To celebrate Father’s Day, we’ve brought together the best pop culture dads to inspire the name of the baby who will come home!
Good father figures, lots of love, complicity and a little fun is what this list has in store! Well, we rely on some of the dearest and most devoted parents in fiction – and they bear beautiful names – to help in ideas of what the new baby will be called.
Below is a list of baby names inspired by iconic parents from series and movies!
Christopher
The devoted Christopher of Looking for happiness, she goes through difficult times to be able to raise her son. His name derives from the Greek and carries the meaning of “he who bears Christ”.
Giulio
The miserly but very affectionate Julius – from the series Everyone hates Chris – He couldn’t be excluded from this list! The Julius nomenclature, inspired by the character, derives from the Latin and symbolizes “he who is jovial”.
Roberto
Papa Bear Beto, better known as Mr. Incredible, is one of the protagonists of the beloved animation The incredibles. The nomenclature derives from Roberto, who is of Germanic origin and represents someone “brilliant”.
Guido
Guido Orefice is a character in Life is Beautiful, drama set during the Second World War. The name, in addition to giving life to the moving story of the father and son, derives from the Germanic and means “he who comes from the forest”.
Samuel
Samuel is the devoted father of a family of two, who raises the lovely Gloria without the presence of the mother. Of Jewish origin, the nomenclature carries the powerful symbolism of “he whom God hears”.
Thurs
the comedy dad training brings the story of Joe, who needs to balance his sports career to take care of his little daughter Peyton, who he didn’t know existed. The name is a variant of Joseph, which is present in biblical stories and represents “he who adds”.
Danny
Happy Dad Danny, from the comedy Three is too much, carries a nomenclature that can be an affectionate nickname for Daniel. The origin of this name is Hebrew and symbolizes “God is my judge”.
Fil
Phil from the TV series Modern family, he does not disappoint in the advice and love he gives to his children. His name is a variant of Philip, who can also transform into Felipe. Both options come from the Greek and mean “one who likes horses” and, by extension, “warrior”.
Edward
Edward Bloom, the great storyteller (and father) of the feature film Big Fish and its wonderful storiesits name is a variant of Edoardo, a nomenclature of Germanic origin which means “he who protects wealth”.
Arthur
Arthur Weasley is the father of the beloved secondary protagonist of Harry Potter, Ron. The big daddy bears a name of Celtic roots that represents “stone” and, by extension, “that which is strong as a stone”.
Good
In Captain Fantastic, Ben is an out-of-the-box and very devoted father who raises his little ones with a lot of intelligence and away from “conventional” life. His name, Ben, is usually given as Benjamin’s nickname, which carries the meaning of “son”.
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