“Hi, my name’s Khaleesi. Khaleesi Jenkins.”
The Office for National Statistics just released data on the names given to babies in England and Wales in 2013. And it turns out that lots of people have taken inspiration from Game of Thrones.
That's a big increase on the 42 Aryas born in 2010, before the TV series was broadcast (although after the books had already become popular).
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It's given us some completely new names.
Back in 2010, there were no Khaleesis or Daeneryses at all.
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Again, there were none in 2010.
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Obviously there have always been lots of Brandons (and variants on it), but there were no boys just called "Bran" back in 2010.
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