Sirius

This is the name of my firstborn son. I have gotten many compliments for his name and children seem to like it (or like him at least) and actually finds it easy to pronounce. An English speaking child has never done the “Are you serious...”, only other parents, at least at playgroup when he was a baby. Children never think names are strange or unusual, there are so many new names around compared to my Millennial generation. Also, only adults ask if he is named after the Harry Potter character. Children don’t seem to know Harry Potter at his age.

Sounds too much like "serious" for me to like it. Sorry.

I love the meaning and the look and the pronunciation, and even the Harry Potter character, but I don't like how close Sirius sounds to the word serious.

Even though I love Sirius Black from Harry Potter, I would not name a kid this because of "serious" jokes.

This is one of my faves.

My grandson is named Sirius and we get so many compliments on his name.

I know it says it's masculine, but the only Sirius I've ever met was a girl and she went by "Siri" most of the time. Because of that, I prefer it for a girl. When I hear this name, I always think of someone saying "I'm serious. Sirius ____, actually." A funny joke, but it might get old soon. Still a nice name, though.

The dog star. I like this. I can't really see it as a name for a person though.

It seems to me that I am the only female Sirius around. :/
Dang hippie parents of mine!

I absolutely love this name! Basically Sirius Black is my favourite character in HP and I believe it's the coolest name in the books. When the time comes, I am going to name my first son Zack Sirius, I don't think the name would go down too well as a first name, but I think it sounds great for a middle name!

I like this name and the character. But I think that the Harry Potter connections are just too tied to the name to be used for regular use (at least for now).

For generations, my family used this name for dogs, so I can't really imagine it on a person anymore. But other than that, Sirius is an OK name with a beautiful meaning. Though I bet if it weren't for Rowling's stereotypical, poorly-written (however popular) rebel/escapee, most people who praise it now would laugh at this name and say it's stupid or whatever, just because in English, it sounds like “serious”. But that's life, I suppose. :)

I really like this name. By the time I'd have children, the Potter fandom will have probably died down a bit, too. Might use this as a middle name someday.

I really, really like this name. It is original, seeing as how my brother is named James and that was WAY before Harry Potter. However, James is a classic name while Sirius is not.

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I am also a writer and I do not see why I cannot use it. It was named for the star first, so really, the only way I cannot use it is, as in "Sirius Black". However, I plan on changing the spelling just a tiny bit.

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Siryus, or Syrius being the spelling change. It is still pronounced the same way, and has the same meaning. But hopefully the character will own the name and it not be too odd.

Well, seeing that the Sirius/serious issue is ONLY a existing if you have English as your native language - which I haven't - I don't see why a lot of people can't use this amazing name. It seems that a lot of the people commenting above have forgotten that. Tsk tsk.

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In most languages in the world there's no humiliation or whatever people have said above connected to the name Sirius. It's a unique, strong and intelligent boy's name.

I've always pronounced this name "seeer-us". I think it looks bizarrely like the word 'sinus'.

It's cute for a pet, but I wouldn't give it to a human. Too many puns (Sirius/Serious) and the association with the book character. I had a dog named Sirius when I was a child, so I am fond of it for a dog.

Sirius Black from Harry Potter was a great character, and I find it to be a good name, even if it's pronounced like the word "serious".

I quite like this name. It's both mature yet casual, without being too posh or childish. Although, I imagine that if you name your child Sirius, they will be victim of the many puns on the adjective "serious". Siriusly.

Well, I love this name. It's a very rare name but I absolutely adore it. To me it's so classy and sophisticated and at the same time strong and handsome. And really sweet! I'm SO going to call my future son this. I am, however, also going to give him an ordinary name as a middle name.

My brother named his son Sirius. I think it is kind of sweet, and no, he has never read the Harry Potter books.

If you name a kid Sirius, you should have his middle name as Lee. That's what I would do if I named my son Sirius. If you're gonna sentence him to a life humiliation and resentment, you might as well make his name laughable.

If I were named Sirius, I would have so much fun with it, because every time someone would say "are you serious?" I could say "why yes, actually, I am." But the novelty would wear off.

Love the character, love the name. If I did use it for a son, I'd probably keep it to his middle name: one can only take so many Sirius/Serious jokes, after all. It makes me smile just reading it. RIP Padfoot.

I think this would be a good name to name your son. Sirius was my favorite character in the Harry Potter books. I think it would be a good name because Sirius was such a good person.

I think that a kid would be teased with this name because even though it's not spelled 'serious' it's still pronounced the same. Not only is there Sirius Black you have Sirus Satellite Radio!

I like it as a name and would name my son Sirius as long as he had a normal middle name. I think in like 7 years (more like 14 years for my son) the Harry Potter books won't be so popular and he wouldn't be teased about it.

I love this name, just because of the association it holds for me with my favourite Harry Potter character.

Given the strong association with Sirius Black, I wouldn't use it as a first name for a kid unless you want people to keep asking him if the Dementors are coming after him, or what it was like beyond the veil. I think it has a lot more potential as a middle name, where the kid can ignore it if he wants to.

This name sounds too "serious". ;)

I'd love to name my son this if I knew he wouldn't get teased too much for being named after a Harry Potter character. It's a shame - it's such a nice name.

I like it as a name, but I wouldn't use it because it's a bit too uncommon and it'll always make me think of a motorbike-riding, troublemaking, heartthrob. (hmm, I wonder why?) Oh, and before I forget, RIP Sirius Black.

Sirius is a fabulous name! Elegant sounding, in a way. I hope people can seperate the name from the character - I can, and I love it. It's the name of a star, and one I can pick out almost every night. Beautiful!

Judging by everyone else's comments, it'd be very difficult to seperate this name from Sirius Black. Still, I like it.