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[DanteCousland]

I am struggling to come up with names for my Hawke. I am very picky regarding names, I want something unique but not stupid. Originally i was thinking of going with Damien Hawke, but that would seem silly as my warden was Dante Cousland, both names start with a D and have references to Hell so I decided that was a no go. I like names of Scandinavian or Eastern European origin. Dante has been used, Andrei doesn't really fit and neither does Vladmyr.

I thought of maybe using Loki but then I realised Loki Hawke sounds like Lucky **** and doesn't really have a ring to it. Perhaps Erik, it sounds pretty cool and has the correct origins plus is something I could imangine a commoner being called, but its too bland, I don't connect with it.

I thought of Aphex due to that being part of my screen name on forums and due to it being the name of a musician I like. But I named my dog that in the first one. I'm struggling here guys, any suggestions?.

[Leonia]

Most of the names for NPCs were Irish or Scottish, wth a few Gaelic ones here or there. Here's a good site for choosing names, it gives you links to heaps more naming list so you can fine-tune your search a bit: http://www.lowchensa...mes/england.htm

[realyoungjeezy]

William Wallace

[McHoger]

I'm still going with Tomah.

[Jacks Smirking Revenge]

Yeah msot are Gaelic/Irish/Scottish origin.



(Human Male preset) Aedan- gaelic for fire

King Cailan - gaelic for child

Morrigan - Irish goddess of deceit often took two forms a young and beautiful one and an old and ulgy one.

Alistair - Gaelic for Defender



those are just the ones off the top of my head

[Blastback]

Pop open the Mabinogi. Lots of good names.

[Chris Priestly]

Mitzi Cottoncandi
Johanislauss
Raymond Luxury Yacht
Rothgar, Warrior for the Nth Dimension
Hewett Packard
A boy named Sue
A Sue named Boy
Hermione Granger
Kevin

[JRCHOharry]

Chris Priestly wrote...

Mitzi Cottoncandi
Johanislauss
Raymond Luxury Yacht
Rothgar, Warrior for the Nth Dimension
Hewett Packard
A boy named Sue
A Sue named Boy
Hermione Granger
Kevin

How could you forget Sergio Hollabackatcha?

[SteveGarbage]

A lot of names in Origins had English/Gaelic/Scottish themes to them. Take something out of the British Isles and you'll do fine.

[Kohaku]

You're so bad Chris.



Back on topic. Whenever I'm stuck for names on any game I go to babynames.com. I tend to stick to English/British names for my DA:O characters and in my stories. I'll even go above and beyond to find names that fit into the setting. I probably waste more time with names than character creation.

[Kaiser Shepard]

Seems like names from Arthurian mythology and variations thereof are the way to go for the more important characters.

[Xeyska]

Here you go.
Seventeen pages of male English names. The site I linked has a nice variety of names, I referenced from it quite often.

Modifié par Xeyska, 30 août 2010 - 04:19 .

[Kohaku]

You've just made my day Xeyska.

[Heretical Sound]

Xeyska's Website said...
GARRETT: Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Georóid, meaning "spear ruler."

Lookee here .

If you were to use Xeyska's magical website, I'd suggest the Irish names. Firstly because anything there will likely be highly original. Secondly you don't have to trawl through pages of names. Also last time I checked Abbadon, wasn't particularly English.:happy:

Modifié par Heretical Sound, 30 août 2010 - 04:26 .

[Palentor]

As said before, most names seem to originate from some anglo-celtic-nordic-germanic roots. Small wonder as Ferelden, and to some part the Free Marches, are inspired by medieval Britain/Central Europe.

The name Lothering seems to be derived from Elsass-Lothringen (Alsace Lorraine), an area between France and Germany. The ending of -ingen usually pointing towards early celtic settlements/influence in that area.

One real-life Kirkwall, for example, lies on the Orkney Islands (north of mainland Scotland), an area heavy influenced from both celtic and nordic people throughout the centuries.

So basically anything from Ansgar to Wilhelm (and probably beyond) goes.

[Kaiser Shepard]

Clickee here

Morgan la Fay = Morrigan
Lady of the Lake = Lady of the Forest
Gareth = Garrett Hawke
Cornwall = Kirkwall
Galahad = Calenhad

Now watch how Morrigan's baby will be named Mordrette or something similiar, fitting for the child of either a great hero or the king himself.

[Dr. wonderful]

Chris Priestly wrote...

Mitzi Cottoncandi
Johanislauss
Raymond Luxury Yacht
Rothgar, Warrior for the Nth Dimension
Hewett Packard
A boy named Sue
A Sue named Boy
Hermione Granger
Kevin

My name is Kevin...FTW

[CaisLaochach]

Kaiser Shepard wrote...

Clickee here

Morgan la Fay = Morrigan
Lady of the Lake = Lady of the Forest
Gareth = Garrett Hawke
Cornwall = Kirkwall
Galahad = Calenhad

Now watch how Morrigan's baby will be named Mordrette or something similiar, fitting for the child of either a great hero or the king himself.

The Morrigan is an Irish war/death goddess actually.

Edit: Morgan La Fay's ripped off her though if I recall rightly.

Modifié par ClaomhScathach, 30 août 2010 - 05:23 .

[Heimdall]

Kerridan Kaiba wrote...

You're so bad Chris.

Back on topic. Whenever I'm stuck for names on any game I go to babynames.com. I tend to stick to English/British names for my DA:O characters and in my stories. I'll even go above and beyond to find names that fit into the setting. I probably waste more time with names than character creation.

When I made my main Warden, Male Surana, I went to a Sindarin name generator (Sindarin = one of the languages of Tolkein's elves)

The result was Arion, meaning Noble Son

[Pertan]

I usually go with Jörgen for all male characters and the default name for female characters

[SnakeHelah]

Just Pick JOHN guys, it's a universal name, I always name my character's John. Well if they're male anyway. If not I improvise...

[Saibh]

Kaiser Shepard wrote...

Clickee here

Morgan la Fay = Morrigan
Lady of the Lake = Lady of the Forest
Gareth = Garrett Hawke
Cornwall = Kirkwall
Galahad = Calenhad

Now watch how Morrigan's baby will be named Mordrette or something similiar, fitting for the child of either a great hero or the king himself.

As mentioned previously, The Morrigan is a figure from Irish mythology--not exactly a goddess, though. David Gaider says the connotations between that name and Morrigan's are actually coincidental, which is pretty amazing.

The Lady of the Lake could have been multiple women--the one who gives Arthur Excalibur, the one whom seduces Merlin and seals him with magic once she steals his secrets, and the one who raised Lancelot. Some people think they're all the same, some people think it's a title, and so on. In any case, "The Lady of the" is not a rare thing to call a mysterious, ethereal being.

Gareth, as I recall, is the fifth and youngest son of Morgan, who idolized Lancelot and was killed by him. He didn't really do anything noteworthy but that, except kill the Red Knight (not as cool as the Green Knight, sorry, Gareth) and I'd say it was a coincidence.

"-wall" doesn't seem that rare, especially because there's a particular reason for it to be called Kirkwall, and that's the gigantic wall surrounding it. But, hey, who knows. It's the place where Arthur was born...

And, I agree, that Calenhad definitely is supposed to bring up some Arthuriun connotations. Galahad was the perfect knight, the one who found the Holy Grail. If I had to equate people to Arthurian legend, I would say that (and I remember speculating about this elsewhere):

Alistair is both Arthur and Lancelot, the female Warden makes a good Guinevere, depending on what she chooses to do or romance, and Morrigan could be equated to Morgan le Fay (especially if people speculate she's supposed to be Maric's child), what with her possibly being the scheming mother of the king's child who will bring down the whole country (being Mordred, of course). Calenhad seems more like Arthur and Guinevere, what with his sleeping around on his wife with his Lancelot.

I would say that the child of Anora and Alistair makes a good Galahad, if you assume Anora is like Elaine, and Alistair is like Lancelot, and Guinevere is like his mistress Warden. Not perfect parallels, obviously.

[Anarya]

Irish, Welsh, Scottish and English names seem to be the source, unsurprisingly. Anything that originates from the UK and you should be good.

[HarryThePlotter]

Saibh wrote...

I would say that the child of Anora and Alistair makes a good Galahad, if you assume Anora is like Elaine, and Alistair is like Lancelot, and Guinevere is like his mistress Warden. Not perfect parallels, obviously.

Great post but just a suggestion Anora is most probably infertile.

[Saibh]

HarryThePlotter wrote...

Saibh wrote...

I would say that the child of Anora and Alistair makes a good Galahad, if you assume Anora is like Elaine, and Alistair is like Lancelot, and Guinevere is like his mistress Warden. Not perfect parallels, obviously.

Great post but just a suggestion Anora is most probably infertile.

Probably, yeah. I think that DAO is setting up for a succession crisis in Ferelden, since every single outcome of kings and queens have problems with birth and fertility. The most likely option is Alistair as a sole ruler, assuming he marries a fertile woman. I probably should have said "a child of Anora...", since I doubt she'd have one. I doubt DAO is the sort of place to have a perfect little holy baby, either. Galahad is such a Marty Stu.

Modifié par Saibh, 30 août 2010 - 06:06 .