Names for your characters?

"John Salerno" <johnjsal.TakeThisOut@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Where does everyone come up with names for your characters? I like to make
> up original, fantasy-sounding names.

I have fascination for Scotland and I collect knives => Mcblade it is. (I
also used to have a warrior named Mcknife, but he died, permanently.) Other
than that it really depends. I tried out a draenei shaman at one time and
when I was thinking of a name I noticed a bottle of compressed air (for
cleaning electronics) on my desk -> Mcduster.

I'm finnish(-swedish) so at least something I could come up with would
likely sound at least a bit original to the majority out there. How about
"Saippuakauppias" or "Jakorasia"...

/MarcusB
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"Christian Stauffer" <wildcard666 RemoveThis @bluewin.ch> wrote in message
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>> "Saippuakauppias"
>
> Sounds like the average name of a heavy metal singer to me

It is so much less exciting than that It literally means "soap salesman"
and coincidentally it is also the longest known one-word palindrome in the
world.

/MarcusB
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Barry Freeman wrote:

> My Orcs, (Malshakh and Malsis were constructed together. First I
> wanted a sound that sounded Orcish...hence the KH at the end. I also
> wanted a slightly more feminine version for the female hence Malsis
> (Also, she's a warlock, so Mal sort of fits there as well).

lol, i did the same with my undead warlock: Malganon. Just sounds right
with the 'mal', although I can't help but feel I've heard it somewhere
before. I think there is a WoW boss with a similar name.
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arrow down hill wrote:
> Nice. I dont listen to this band, but I thought it was a sweet female
> orc hunters name. I have her on my server. Her name is Meshugga

That's quite a good name, and also a very inaccessible band.
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John Salerno <johnjsal.RemoveThis@NOSPAMgmail.com> writes:
>Where does everyone come up with names for your characters? I like to
>make up original, fantasy-sounding names. I never choose anything
>realistic or from novels or movies (and definitely nothing stupid like
>"Imahunter"

With the exception of my gnome rogue, who I called "Wadget" because it just
seemed to fit, all of my characters had their names stolen from
"Hellspark", a sci-fi book by Janet Kagan. *
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* PV something like badgers--something like lizards--and something
like corkscrews.
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pv+usenet@pobox.com (PV) writes:
>With the exception of my gnome rogue, who I called "Wadget" because it just
>seemed to fit, all of my characters had their names stolen from
>"Hellspark", a sci-fi book by Janet Kagan. *

Ooh, almost forgot. I also have a gnome mage who I never play anymore named
"Wiffo". Something about gnomes demands silly names. *
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* PV something like badgers--something like lizards--and something
like corkscrews.
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John Salerno wrote:
>
> Barry Freeman wrote:
>
> > My Orcs, (Malshakh and Malsis were constructed together. First I
> > wanted a sound that sounded Orcish...hence the KH at the end. I also
> > wanted a slightly more feminine version for the female hence Malsis
> > (Also, she's a warlock, so Mal sort of fits there as well).
>
> lol, i did the same with my undead warlock: Malganon. Just sounds right
> with the 'mal', although I can't help but feel I've heard it somewhere
> before. I think there is a WoW boss with a similar name.

I once created a Human Warlock. I planned to do Alchemy with her, so I
named her "Sulphur". Once I had logged in, I realized I had misspelled
it "Suphur" (Suffer). Seeing that she was a warlock, it was still quite
apt.
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RogerM wrote:

> I once created a Human Warlock. I planned to do Alchemy with her, so I
> named her "Sulphur". Once I had logged in, I realized I had misspelled
> it "Suphur" (Suffer). Seeing that she was a warlock, it was still quite
> apt.

Sounds more like a "name" anyway, and a good one. I bet you anything
Sulphur was taken already.
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arrow down hill wrote:
>
> On Mar 28, 11:26 am, John Salerno <johnj... DeleteThis @NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> > Barry Freeman wrote:
> > > My Orcs, (Malshakh and Malsis were constructed together. First I
> > > wanted a sound that sounded Orcish...hence the KH at the end. I also
> > > wanted a slightly more feminine version for the female hence Malsis
> > > (Also, she's a warlock, so Mal sort of fits there as well).
> >
> > lol, i did the same with my undead warlock: Malganon. Just sounds right
> > with the 'mal', although I can't help but feel I've heard it somewhere
> > before. I think there is a WoW boss with a similar name.
>
> The only gnome i ever made was awesome. He had the black hair and was
> a warlock. His name was Gargahmel

Eesh!

There ARE NO awesome Gnomes. ;P
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Catriona R wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:11:35 -0400, John Salerno <johnjsal.RemoveThis@NOSPAMgmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Where does everyone come up with names for your characters? I like to
>> make up original, fantasy-sounding names. I never choose anything
>> realistic or from novels or movies (and definitely nothing stupid like
>> "Imahunter"
>>
>
> My naming system is fairly simple; I grew up in the Scottish Highlands, and
> got used to all the place names etc being in Gaelic, so taking that from my
> roots, all my character names are also in Gaelic, with much use of an
> online dictionary, as I don't actually speak it myself! Generally I aim to
> find a relevant word to the character, which when translated sounds like a
> name. Some really show my total lack of imagination, but as almost no-one
> speaks the language, hardly anyone will realise unless I tell them
>


I developed similar naming strategy

Names of my alts starting from third are usually a word describing his
character or feature in language I don't speak modified to fit my view
of how male or female name should sound, for example:
- female gnome frost mage has name derived from 'frost' in japanese
- name of human warlock (which previously was an evil paladin and
changed his occupation at the age of 31) has name that means 'light
and darkness' in some language no-one knows.


> Names I'm using currently:
>
> Balgair = rogue
> Naomh = holy/beautiful (female holy draenei priest)
> Sealgair = hunter
> Mathan = bear (my hunter's pet)
> Sagart = priest
> Sgoildubh = magic (not a great translation there and the name's a bit
> complicated but oh well, I still like it)
> Beag = small (dwarf)
> Cathach = warrior
> Eilnich = corrupt (warlock)
> Tairbh = bull (tauren)
> Buinne = idol (nearest I could get to totem, she's a shaman)


Hmm, and I thought this rogue Xgf and hunter Fbc killing gray
mobs in Western Plaguelands were bots, now I'm not so sure

AAnt

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John Salerno wrote:

> Where does everyone come up with names for your characters?

I try to come up with names that fit the character, although sometimes I
just plump for one that simply sounds fantasy-like or mythological.

My main is called Weeble (they wobble, but don't fall down) and he's a
gnome; then I have[1] Holstein (Tauren), Jaybee (a priest), Odysseus,
Sophocles, Varðlokkur (a warlock), and several others that I can't even
remember <g>

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[1] Not in any order, but these are the ones that I consider still
"active", ie. ones I do play or will probably play again.

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"M. Brunberg" <marcusb RemoveThis @remove.the.obvious.kolumbus.fi.invalid> wrote:

> I'm finnish(-swedish) so at least something I could come up with would
> likely sound at least a bit original to the majority out there. How about
> "Saippuakauppias"

Sounds like the average name of a heavy metal singer to me

Chris

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