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I'm with Dr Evans, it's basically a sci-fi name, where I live.
Not only because of Ender's Game (I don't really agree with the idea that it "means" exterminator), but because of Minecraft.
The Ender Dragon, at the End. So I feel like an "ender" is a final bossfight ... Ender kinda means that in my mind, a climactic victory.
Tongue in cheek of course, because it's from video games, but I think it coincides with the name of the Ender character in the novel too. He's defined by his victory in a final bossfight, basically.
I think it's alright. I wouldn't use it, but I think I would find it more appealing as a name for a guy, than something like Kalel, Ryker, Samwise, or Anakin. Lots of names are sillier than Ender. Ender is about as silly as Atlas. Usable imo
Not only because of Ender's Game (I don't really agree with the idea that it "means" exterminator), but because of Minecraft.
The Ender Dragon, at the End. So I feel like an "ender" is a final bossfight ... Ender kinda means that in my mind, a climactic victory.
Tongue in cheek of course, because it's from video games, but I think it coincides with the name of the Ender character in the novel too. He's defined by his victory in a final bossfight, basically.
I think it's alright. I wouldn't use it, but I think I would find it more appealing as a name for a guy, than something like Kalel, Ryker, Samwise, or Anakin. Lots of names are sillier than Ender. Ender is about as silly as Atlas. Usable imo
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Perhaps Minecraft has something to do with the name's present use, but that game was only released in 2011 so it couldn't have influenced the use of the name Ender before then, and certainly not Card's choice of name for the character.
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Yeah, I don't know about Card's choice. I just meant it seemed congruent to me, referring to end-game. It never occurred to me when I read the book, to think that it referred to obliterating a species. "Ender" seems too blithe for that. But I guess I wouldn't put it past Card.
Has he said in interviews that he chose the name to allude to "ending" the enemy species, do you know?
Has he said in interviews that he chose the name to allude to "ending" the enemy species, do you know?
This message was edited 7/15/2022, 11:16 AM
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I was unaware that this was deemed an actual name until this moment.
I don't know your context, but from my context, I would look at this as just a word and not really know how exactly it was meant to be a name.
Not a fan.
(It's Turkish - I don't know Turkish pronunciation well but I'm curious to know whether there's a different pronunciation that simply saying the word?)
I don't know your context, but from my context, I would look at this as just a word and not really know how exactly it was meant to be a name.
Not a fan.
(It's Turkish - I don't know Turkish pronunciation well but I'm curious to know whether there's a different pronunciation that simply saying the word?)
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I'm pretty sure it's something like en-DESH in Turkish.
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This is a name where the etymology given on this site does not reflect why it's used in English speaking countries today. The fact that there is a Turkish name spelled Ender is a coincidence that has little to do with the name's present use in most of the world.
I am sure that the huge majority of boys named Ender (there were 126 in the year 2021 in the United States) are named after the fictional character Ender Wiggin, who was created by the author Orson Scott Card for the title character in his novel "Ender's Game" in 1985. A movie based on the book was released in 2013.
In the book Ender is a nickname for Andrew based on the character's sister mispronouncing Andrew when she was a small child. However, Card may also have chosen it because in the plot of this science fiction novel Ender, an expert electronic game player, is tricked into completely destroying the planet of a species called the Buggers when he's told he's only playing a holographic simulation. So he becomes the "ender" of that species.
I have never read these books or seen the movie as I have major problems with Orson Scott Card's anti-LGBT attitudes. However, I can see how the character would inspire namesakes in fans of "Ender's Game" and the series of sequel novels that followed it.
https://enderverse.fandom.com/wiki/Andrew_Wiggin
I am sure that the huge majority of boys named Ender (there were 126 in the year 2021 in the United States) are named after the fictional character Ender Wiggin, who was created by the author Orson Scott Card for the title character in his novel "Ender's Game" in 1985. A movie based on the book was released in 2013.
In the book Ender is a nickname for Andrew based on the character's sister mispronouncing Andrew when she was a small child. However, Card may also have chosen it because in the plot of this science fiction novel Ender, an expert electronic game player, is tricked into completely destroying the planet of a species called the Buggers when he's told he's only playing a holographic simulation. So he becomes the "ender" of that species.
I have never read these books or seen the movie as I have major problems with Orson Scott Card's anti-LGBT attitudes. However, I can see how the character would inspire namesakes in fans of "Ender's Game" and the series of sequel novels that followed it.
https://enderverse.fandom.com/wiki/Andrew_Wiggin
This message was edited 7/14/2022, 1:04 PM
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