Can you believe that in about five years time school teachers in this country will be addressing some young female members of their class as ‘Khaleesi’ ?
What does it mean? .. Well, it’s not a name. It’s a title, and it means .. ‘wife of the warlord’. No, it’s not Arabic and nothing to do with jihadi brides. It’s from a made-up language in the TV fantasy drama ‘Game of Thrones’, and according to an ‘Office for National Statistics’ report it’s what 53 potty parents in this country have named their babies during 2014; with more parents naming their children after other characters in the series, such as .. ‘Daenerys’ (the Khaleesi’s actual name) .. ‘Arya’ .. ‘Sansa’ .. ‘Euron’ .. ‘Theon’, and, of course, 18 babies were named after the character ‘Tyrion’, the sex mad, foul mouthed, father killing, piss artist (and so loveable) dwarf.
In recent years we have seen parents coming up with some weird and wacky names for their kids, even naming them after their favourite wine or perfume (the latest being J’adore), and, in the past, many people named their offspring after film stars and royalty, but this fantasy thing must be something new, for, when I was a youngster, I don’t remember any kids in the playground named …
… Cinderella or Pinocchio !
bigjohn 
