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[Adhin]

For an Elf, I tend to use Adhin or Eilavian. My Elven necromaner will be Eilavian. I have a small selection of names I re-use and they each have a theme, or race I use them for. Eilavian is an odd one, as I use it for Necromancers 'or' Shapeshifters, and they're almost always Elves. with Dark blue-ish hair and azure eyes if available. Also use Ethalik (Ethalic) which is an elveny name but I rarely actually use that 'on' an Elf. It's almost always a larger creature (or tall human) and they're often Death Knight like themed.

 

I may end up doing a Qunari or Human Knight-enchanter play through where I focus all my other points almost exclusively on Entropy and Spirit. Sadly I'm bad at coming up with names, so when I get one I like? It gets put in the note book, so to speak. When I play females, I tend to pick names from past games of characters I like. For instance I'll be making a Dwarf Warrior named Mazzy, and a Qunari thief names Annah (pst, woot woot).

 

I got Eilavian, and Ethalik from DnD/Tolkien elf name pages though. Eilavian meant Azure Spirit (least in DnD, not in Tolken, unless you spell it differently or something). Not sure any of that's much help though.

 

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I now, immediately, want to make an Elven Knight enchanter woman named Viconia, with the english accent and be as horribly BITCHY to everyone I can possibly be. This is definitely going to happen. Guess that's 4 lady play throughs planned now, gadda have that 2nd dwarf for the Iron Bull hilarity.

[GalacticDonuts]

When in doubt the Silmarrilion is right by my side

[Snook]

My Warden was Aerie Mahariel. I'm sure a few people will be able to tell where I ripped that from while I was creativity-deprived.

[ElementalFury106]

Your welcome, I'm glad that I could help. here is the male name list http://www.arwen-und...h/boynames.html

 

Got some potential names from here too!
 

Gideon- great warrior

Ignatius- fiery one

Sigmund- victory

Tarian- shield

[ElementalFury106]

Hebrew names, or variations thereof.

 

I noticed several city elven characters in DA:O and DA2 had names of a Hebrew origin.

 

-The CE Warden's mother Adaia (means "Adornment of God").

-The CE Warden's cousin Shianni, which is a variation of the Hebrew "Shani." (Means "crimson." Imagine that).

-The Mage Elf's default name is Neria, which means "Burning Light of God."

-Zevran's former female elven lover "Rinna," like the Hebrew Rina. (Means "Joy." Considering killing her killed all joy in his life...)

-While Dalish, Velanna's sister Seranni can derive from the Hebrew Sarah or Sarai.

-DA2's Orana can derive from the Hebrew Ora which means "Light," or Orna which means "Pine tree."

 

Those are the only examples I can think of at the top of my head, but I think there's more.

 

Now, there are also plenty of city elven names from other cultures (like "Nessa" which is Greek) and fictional and complete made-up names (Cyrion), and most of them rolled off the tongue in some way. But considering the historical and cultural similarities between Thedas elves and real-world Jewish people, I feel it's not completely coincidental. And I like having a Hebrew name to fit in and feel more attached to my character.

 

Is this from looking it up, or do you actually know Hebrew? If so would you mind if I ask you a few questions regarding Hebrew names?

[Aaleel]

All my character names come from a story I wrote.  Then I just play the games making decisions based on how they were written in the story.

[ElementalFury106]

I'm Jewish born and raised. While I don't speak Hebrew conversationally, I grew up attending synagogue, studying Hebrew prayers and texts, studying the Torah and Talmud, and meeting and conversing with Jewish and Israeli people of many different backgrounds. Trust me, when you've been immersed in Jewish culture as much as I have, many names of Hebrew origin eventually develop a distinctly Jewish or Israeli ring.

 

While it's true that Hebrew names have largely seeped into various countries, languages and cultures thanks to the Christian's "Old Testament" being our entire holy book - for example, the Biblical David and Sarah becoming criminally common names in the English language - some have a more unique Jewish or Israeli flavor. While I don't think most people would necessarily think "Jewish" or "Hebrew" when they hear the name "Sarah," they probably would on hearing "Sarai." Your mileage may vary on how Jewish "Leah" sounds to any given person (it's a very common name among Jewish girls, probably less so among Christians), but I don't think "Liora" is too common outside Israeli or Jewish communities. Though I could be wrong.

 

That said, I did look up some of the meanings or origins of some names just to make sure on the ones I wasn't too positive about.

 

When I first played the CE Origin in CE and Cyrion mentioned Adaia, I thought "That sounds like a Hebrew name." (Looked it up: "Yup.") When the game named Shianni, I thought, "That sounds a lot like Shani." (Looked it up, "Yup." Looked at meaning: "Oh! Pft! And Shani means 'Crimson.' She's got red hair and a fiery personality. Of course!") And so on and so forth.

 

I guess I'm not as much of an expert as I pretend to be, but a lot of the names did set my "Jewish senses tingling" when I first heard them in the game, and looking them up just confirmed what I already suspected. Again, also helps that the City Elves share historical and cultural traits with real Jewish people, so I feel the Jewish culture Hebrew name placement around the map might have been a little more deliberate than not.

 

I hope that helps.

 

That was very informative, thank you!

[Karach_Blade]

I gave my main Dalish elf warden an Aramaic name: Nehorai.

 

I also used Aramaic, Hebrew, Korean, Norse and Mongolian name elements as inspiration for elven names.

[Dabrikishaw]

Legolas, because I'm lazy like that.

[bairdduvessa]

in dao, i used characters in JMS' Thor Run (my main one was loki, he should have been female to fit the theme, but ohwell).

in lotro i used their name finder thing

 

i haven't figured out the names i will use yet.

[DarkKnightHolmes]

I just steal elven names from other series like Iorveth or Legolas.

[Connor Dawson]

i dont

[Shadow Fox]

I name the female Elves I roll after my favorite Gundam heroines.

 

...What?

[Nefla]

I just make them up on the spot from a random garble of letters that sounds legit to me ex:

 

Vauria

Annaril

Lestos

Ulinel

Makaria

Berian

 

They don't mean anything, just random letters and sounds

[Inquisitor Mary Sue]

Like most of the people on this forum I just mash my palm against the Keyboard and hope the result is somewhat elfy

[LobselVith8]

I gave my elven mage Warden a Spanish name because I made him ethnically Antivan, but given the Dalish background for the elven Inquisitor, I'm planning on using an elven word as the first name that represents the kind of person I want my character to be; I've chosen the elven word for 'freedom' (from WoT, which is included in Daerog's link on the previous page), and I have a few other names handy if it's possible to label customized armor, or name a pet.

[AlleluiaElizabeth]

Hebrew names, or variations thereof.

 

I noticed several city elven characters in DA:O and DA2 had names of a Hebrew origin.

 

-The CE Warden's mother Adaia (means "Adornment of God").

-The CE Warden's cousin Shianni, a variation of the Hebrew "Shani." (Means "Crimson." Imagine that).

-The Mage Elf's default name is Neria, which means "Burning Light of God."

-The Mage Origin's elven Senior Enchanter Leorah, a different spelling of the Hebrew Liora. (Means "I have light," and she grants you a Rod of Fire...)

-Zevran's former elven lover "Rinna," like the Hebrew Rina. (Means "Joy." Considering killing her killed all joy in his life...)

-While Dalish, Velanna's sister Seranni can derive from the Hebrew Sarah or Sarai.

-DA2's Orana can derive from the Hebrew Ora which means "Light," or Orna which means "Pine tree."

 

Those are the only examples I can think of at the top of my head, but I think there's more.

 

Now, there are also plenty of city elven names from other cultures (like "Nessa" which is Greek) and fictional and complete made-up names (Cyrion), and most of them rolled off the tongue in some way. But considering the historical and cultural similarities between Thedas elves and real-world Jewish people, I feel it's not completely coincidental. And I like having a Hebrew name to fit in and feel more attached to my character.

If/when I make an elf, I am totally gonna use this logic now.

 

Is there a hebrew origin to Fenris' original name, Leto? Just outta curiosity.

[TheGlen]

I pick the most elfy sounding name I can think of.  Llanowar Leafblower.  Marcus Deciduous, Boudreaux LaFountaine

[PoisonSmog]

I tend to reference this website: http://elf.namegeneratorfun.com for when I can't seem to think of an acceptable name. It's made to where you can center your character around a certain theme. Of course, some names are down right unusable, but there are usually a few names you can pick out of the bad ones.

[Erratum Absconditus]

I usually just make the 'elven' name up from scratch based on what sounds interesting, or use a fantasy name generator you can find online to either get a name or help aid in making a name.

[Stelae]

There are also a bunch of elven name generators out there; here's a pretty good Dragon Age specific one.  Click till you find a name you like, or pick one that's almost-right and noodle around with it. 

 

If you're googling for name generators, remember to try "Elven name generator" and "Elvish name generator --there are a tonne of them out there, some with variant-Sindarin rules, some with generic-fantasy rules, and even a few DA specific ones.

 

ETA:  There's also this one, from the old BSN.

[Spectre Impersonator]

I don't name elves because I don't play as nasty elveses.

[NewBlue]

I usually use famous or infamous names of places or things from stories, words that characterize them in other languages, history, or myths.

 

My main Warden is named Eden, for instance.