A while back Bethesda announced that anyone who named their child after Skyrim’s main character would receive free games for their life. At first we thought this was mental, but this is the gaming community out there, so someone was bound to do it sooner or later.

Eric and Megan Kellermeyer did just that, calling their newborn  Dovahkiin. Writing about the decision on their blog they said:

“The reason being it is an awesome name… and, yes, it comes with a fantastic prize in Bethesda’s baby-naming contest to coincide with the release of Skyrim. Now, my husband didn’t know of the contest to start with. We conceived long before hearing of it. But it’s been a tough year and I wanted to do something special for my son.

“But the more I thought of it, the more I settled on Dovahkiin, contest or no. It helps that we told all our friends and family and very few are opposed to the idea. My mom thought it was neat! He will have a perfectly normal and common middle name if the first name becomes too much for him or us or we just want to call him a nickname.

“I’ve read several posts on the site and most condemn anyone who would dare name their child such a thing, all for capitalism. Well, I really don’t play many video games (TB plays an ungodly amount though), and I would never name my child a name I found horrible or even terribly mediocre. I think we’re doing a great job with our daughter and will continue to be great parents for our son, too.”

To be honest the name is pretty cool and lets face it,  very few people  are going to know where the name’s from. Kids wont be lining up calling him ‘Dovahkiin the Dragonling’ or anything stupid like that in school.

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