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[Dracon525]

Hey guys.

So, I wanted to try and get an idea of how everyone goes about naming their characters. Do you just use names that you like? Do you try and match culture/nationalities? Do you give them a theme?

Eg: For DA:O, I gave my humans medieval english names, and for elves/dwarves I used a name creater (possibly based off of D&D or something like that?). Whereas in DA:2, since we were stuck as human, I decided to theme my names after Gods/Goddesses.

With DA:I, i'm wanting to go back to the culture/nationality style (i.e: naming my elf something elven). Are there any 'guides' for this, incorporating DA lore? So, like, a list of elven or qunari words/names and their meanings?

[TheLastSuperSaiyan87]

All of my female humans have the same first name

 

The Warden: Claire Cousland

 

The Champion: Claire Hawke

 

The Inquisitor: Claire Trevelyan 

 

The reason behind this is cause in my head canon i role play that certain women who are born with this first name have a destiny/fate that ties them all together 

[Joe25]

I like the name Joe. 

 

I'm thinking of naming one or two of my character after characters from the novels. I am also thinking of naming a female human mage Amell to romance Cullen. And, I may make a female Qunari named Bessie to romance Iron Bull. 

[raging_monkey]

For my warden its mostly on a whim like my canon is desan amell primarily cause it sounds noble but he is sarcastic and a equal opputinity lover

For mage hawke its more of rythming and irony ; pride hawke cause sometimes if you play a sarcastic hawke he comes across as a bit arrogant

And for my mage inq nayllen "nayl" trevelyn its also an attempt at humour. Nayllen sounds like "nailing" which has many euphismisms and nayl is a pun on a building tool.

I name my pcs off of things that bring me amusement

[detorio]

I have for quite some time now named all my PC's with my high-school nickname detorio and I try to maintain that standard throughout the DA games:

 

DA:O = Detorio Cousland

DAII = Detorio Hawke
DA:I = Detorio Trevelyan (first playthrough)

 

Once I've exhausted Detorio I then proceed to use names from my favorite fantasy books. 

[TheJediSaint]

My "Canon" first names as follows.

 

DAO:  Micheal Cousland

 

DA2: Martin Hawke

 

DAI: Luther Trevelyan

[Snook]

Warden = Aerya Mahariel, because it sounded elf-ey.

 

Hawke = Konner Hawke, because it means 'lover of hounds' and he's Ferelden and stuff but there is already a Connor in DA so I changed the spelling. Nicknamed him Jesus Hawke though, because he legit looked like Jesus.

 

Inquisitor = *insert undecided Qunlat word here* Adaar.

 

I don't really have much deep thought for naming. I'm bad at names. :S

[SerCambria358]

Female Qunari: Koshira (Arishok backwards)

 

Male Human: Merek

[themikefest]

femquisitor - Elizabeth Nancy Trevelyan

[Icefalcon]

I lost all my old DAO saves, so I only have my canon save that I'd made after DA2 came out.

 

This did allow me to match the Amell cousins so my Warden is called Brittany because I always thought it goes well with Bethany. 

 

My DA2 Hawke is called Kitty because I thought Kitty Hawke sounded good for a sarcastic rogue (She properly Katherine but likely only her mum called her that)

 

DAI If I play a mage, which is likely I will probably stick with the B theme, I'm still trying to find one I like that fits the Brittany/Bethany phonetics

[Funny_chan]

I always look for the names in online names dictionaries and try to find one that best matches their personality/origin. For intance, I've named my warrior lady Cousland as Kelly, a name that may mean "bright headed / warrior woman / warrior princess", all things that she is (or becomes) by the end of the game. It's also my middle name (altough that wasn't my reason to choose it).
Also, before knowing Marian was lady Hawkes default name, I already meant to name my character like that, because I always liked the name and find it very medieval.
I'm having a hard time, tough, in finding a name for my canon inquisitor, as I plan to roll a female qunari and have no idea about qunari names... Perhaps I'll just try to find an exotic sounding name like Zíngara.

[Shadow Fox]

Choose names I like.

[Funny_chan]

Okay, if anyone is interested, I've found a qunari name generator. http://fantasynamege...hp#.VBupfO65dcs
It will help me alot.

[Kieran G.]

When naming characters i tend to stick with Gaelic names. 

 

Male warden. Adair

Female warden. Lileas

 

I can't remember hawke.

 

But for my inquitors

Human male. Domhal (Also i like this one because it means "ruler of the world"  )

Dalish female. Aideen

[TheJediSaint]

Royce Cousland

 

Are you pronouncing Royce with an R like in Roll-Royce, or with an H, like Royce Gracie?

[Magdalena11]

I like the name Joe. 

 

I'm thinking of naming one or two of my character after characters from the novels. I am also thinking of naming a female human mage Amell to romance Cullen. And, I may make a female Qunari named Bessie to romance Iron Bull. 

Ouch, that pun hurts.  I did name one of my mage Hawkes Amelle, though, so I won't judge.

 

I had a list of names, but they've already changed a couple times.  My first Inq is going to be a dual wielding pint-queller, Sighrid Cadash, and I'm eventually going to have a Dalish archer prankster named Arabelle.  

[boissiere]

female elf : deedlit maesfaral

 

male human : parn ando

[90s Luke]

Male elf mage: Revas ("freedom" in elven)

 

Female qunari warrior: Tashari (short for "Katashari," which is basically "person who seeks death" in qunlat)

 

Male dwarf rogue: Erasyl ("noble hero" in Kazakh, a Central Asian language)

 

Male qunari: Vash (short for "Vashedan," which is "trash" in qunlat, and is inspired by Vash the Stampede)

 

Female dwarf warrior: Thema ("queen" in Akan, a Western African language)

 

If I can't think of a decent name (in the case of the dwarves) based on the language provided by the series, then I use a real-world non-European name (because I'm a boring Irish-German American).

[Kildane]

Usually i try to pick a name from a fantasy book. Arya Trevalyan is currently my choice. And if i ever get a flaming sword, you can bet your ass imma call it Brisingr.  

[TheJediSaint]

I just pick names that "flow" well with the surnames we get.

[Zjarcal]

I just think of a name I like that I haven't used yet.