How Many Babies Were Named After Aeon Flux?
| 9 December 2010 | Filed under Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Pop Culture Baby Names, Unique Baby Names, Unisex Baby Names |
I’m on a cartoon kick now. I’ve only posted about Pebbles and Cheetara so far, but there are indeed other cartoon-inspired baby names out there. And Aeon is one of them.
The name Aeon [pron. EE-on] was invented for the character Æon Flux, who was first featured on MTV’s Liquid Television in 1991. Æon Flux became a stand-alone show in 1995. That’s when we first start seeing the name on the Social Security Administration’s official baby name list:
- 1995 – 6 baby boys named Aeon
- 1996 – 7 baby girls named Aeon
- 1997 – 5 baby boys named Aeon
- 1999 – 6 baby girls named Aeon
Notice that both boys and girls were named Aeon. Interesting, isn’t it? The reason may be that the character, while female, wasn’t exactly feminine. She was an assassin who “dressed like a dominatrix” and “always managed to rack up an astonishingly high body count,” according to MTV’s description of the series. The show itself was dark, gritty, violent, sexual…definitely not something you’d see in the Saturday morning line-up.
The name Aeon didn’t make the SSA’s list again until 2006, after the release of the not-very-well-received live-action Æon Flux movie in late 2005.
- 2006 – 11 baby girls & 6 baby boys named Aeon
- 2007 – 5 baby boys named Aeon
- 2008 – 6 baby girls & 8 baby boys named Aeon
- 2009 – 7 baby girls named Aeon
Do you think we’ll see more baby Aeons on the 2010 list?
[Screenshot from MTV.com.]
I wonder if the boys come from people using it as an alternative to Ian?
That could definitely be part of it — Aeon and Ian are a lot alike.
I actually like Aeon all on my own without any Aeon Flux influence… Aeon and Eon is a lovely word name IMO, meaning immesurably long period of time :) So melodious and the long period of time thing is a nice thing to wish for your baby, for her/him to live a long life ^^
I would probably use it for a girl as a first instinct, but it’s completely gender neutral to my ears when I think about it :) Lovely name…
My first daughter is going to be called Aeon, I just adore that name – and the movie/ Tv series.
My daughter named Aeon was born in 2008. I’ve never even seen Aeon Flux. We gave her the name just because we loved the meaning. Also, we pronounce it With a long A sound instead of “ee-on”.