And again, the place where the noble parent is from clearly is irrelevant or Robert could not have had a child with the last name Stone - and we know he did.ĭo you know any other bastard with a name that contradicted his or her birthplace.?.presumably bastards get their name at birth or soon there after. But where there is a difference, as with Jon Snow, the place where he is raised and not the place of birth is what is relevant. Looking at the bastards from the series that have one of these last names - in each case it appears that the name is based on where the bastard was raised - which often, but not always, also is where the bastard was born. Similarly, the location of birth is not relevant either - as Jon Snow demonstrates - everyone knows he was not born in the North. It seems fairly obvious, however, that these suggestions are incorrect. Clearly the name is NOT based on where the noble parent is from, as Robert's recognized bastards have different last names (one is Stone and one is Waters). Some people have suggested that the name is based on where the child is born or where the noble parent is from. Generally only recognized bastards with at least one noble parent gets one of these names (Gendry was not recognized and thus did not get such a last name at all - he is just Gendry and not Gendry Waters). Bastards are named for where they grow up.īasically - this.
