Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-114.71.100.55-20160705071349/@comment-26375291-20170828185608

@mattman15 "Side note: I think is was very uncreative of the writers to name him Aegon!"

I completely agree - and didn't Rhaegar have a son with Elia named Aegon? Even though the baby is now deceased, he wasn't at the time of Jon's birth.