‘I named my baby after a South Park character – people say I’m selfish’

A woman and her husband love South Park, so they took some inspiration from it for their new baby .

She told the story on Reddit, revealing she’s pregnant with a boy. Her and her husband have been trying to decide on a name, having trouble finding one they both like.

They enjoy the television show South Park. There was a name on the show they both liked, and decided it’s be perfect for their future child.

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She wrote: “We couldn’t decide on a name from the show that we both liked besides Marvin. AKA starvin Marvin from season one episode eight.”

The soon-to-be parents then told their families of the name. The woman’s mother and sister were curious where it came from, and she explained that it came from a character from one of their favorite shows.

Later that night, the woman’s sister did more research into Starvin Marvin.

“The next day I had woken up to many texts and calls about how it was appalling that I would name my baby after such a horrible show.”

In the show, the Starvin Marvin character was a child from Ethiopia who is malnourished, according to IMDB.

Now her family is mad at her for choosing a name from an inappropriate show. She’s seeking advice to find out if she should change it.

In the comments, people said there’s nothing wrong with the name Marvin, but the connection to the show will forever follow the kid.

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One person said: “It's a super controversial character. Y'all should have kept that part to yourselves and just said if we heard it somewhere and really liked it. No one would have a problem with it, and you two would still know where it really came from.”

Another said: “I’m one of those people that named all three of my kids after either favourite bands or characters. But who in their right mind picks the racist caricature to name their kid after?”

“Seriously?! Out of all the characters on the show, you picked Marvin??? What was wrong with Kyle, or Eric?” a person commented.