Mom who named her 6-year-old daughter after Game of Thrones' Khaleesi says "I'm kind of in shock" after this week's episode

The Daily Beast

There are 3,500 American girls named either Daenerys or Khaleesi (including those with misspellings), according to Social Security Administration data. One parent who named their child after Emilia Clarke's character is Miami's Jasmine Estrada, who actually misspelled the name as “Khalessi." “I think it’s an amazing name,” she said before watching Sunday's episode, which she was warned about by friends. After watching, she said: “I’m kind of in shock. It was kind of disappointing that her power trip took over. That was not cool.” But Estrada is sticking by the name because it's "cool and powerful," adding: “I definitely don’t like the outcome of what she represents. So it’s kind of bittersweet right now."

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