Have you ever have had hard time finding a good lore friendly character name?

nine9six · February 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

Gedalya wrote: »

Mr.Hmm wrote: »

Idgrod Jurgarsen -> Female Nord
Maramal Al-Skaven -> Male Redguard
Torval Strong-Arm -> Male Nord
Irileth Verethi -> Female Dark Elf
Ko'Raya Sikar -> Female Khajit
Uzorth Gra-Dul -> Female Orc
Dh'emka Al-Skaven -> Female Redguard

Easy.

It would be Uzorth gra-Dul; not Uzorth Gra-Dul (lower caes gra and gro).

If CS wouldn't be a babe and change the name...I'd have to burn the toon down. The OCD is strong. Maybe hold out until they sell Name Change on the Crown Store.

Abeille · February 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

Gedalya wrote: »

I built a name generator just to satisfy my need for lore friendly names; you can access it here:

http://eso.tamriel.org/

That's great! I tried it for a while, and it seems pretty accurate. Awesome job!

I usually combine common syllables of names of existing characters to get to my names, especially for non-human characters. For example, my mer girls are called Aerindel (Altmer), Liliel (Dunmer with an Altmer father), Tegwen (Bosmer), Durza gra-Maghul (Orsimer; both her name and her mother's name were made like that) and Zadarri (Khajiit).

For my Argonian, I used a Cyrodiilic name (Sings-Many-Songs), and for my humans I used human names I like (Beatrice and Ellaria) and existing Breton and Imperial surnames (Leoriane and Valerius).

RAGUNAnoOne · February 2016

Yes, I have had a hard time finding a good lore appropriate name.

Not that anyone can see them... the only exception was the khajiit I named I am VERY surprised it wasn't taken.

Mr.Hmm · February 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

Gedalya wrote: »

Mr.Hmm wrote: »

Idgrod Jurgarsen -> Female Nord
Maramal Al-Skaven -> Male Redguard
Torval Strong-Arm -> Male Nord
Irileth Verethi -> Female Dark Elf
Ko'Raya Sikar -> Female Khajit
Uzorth Gra-Dul -> Female Orc
Dh'emka Al-Skaven -> Female Redguard

Easy.

It would be Uzorth gra-Dul; not Uzorth Gra-Dul (lower caes gra and gro).

Hmm I did not know.

Oh well here's hoping ZoS will gives us a name change token in Crown Shop.

Smitch_59 · February 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

My first ESO character is an Imperial named Quentius Curio. Morrowind fans might recognize the surname.

I recently created a Redguard mule named Carrie Yrburden.

runagate · February 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

I had no difficulty at all, since my character is named after the best NPC ever:

S'jirra?file=S%2527jirra.png

"S'jirra is a Khajiit commoner staying at Faregyl Inn, south of the Imperial City. Her potato bread is apparently famous (though nobody else anywhere will make any mention of it) but unfortunately, she is unable to make a batch for you, as her jumbo potatoes were hoodwinked by a mischievous ogre. If you can retrieve them for her, she'll give you a batch of the bread for free."

After ZOS banned my argonian DK's name, though, I had to search for a new name for her. She was Faggerdoll Ovencant, because I love Spoonerisms. Her new name is Thtithil-Meht, which is Saxhleel for "egg breaker."

Takes-No-Prisoner · February 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Take_No_Prisoners

It's actually a really awesome name for a NB. Brings-his-Might was a little trickier to come by, but fits the bill for my Templar.

TheTwistedRune · February 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

I think it just helps to read lore and UESP is a great resource.

Incidentally, my Breton Sorcerer is named Mesanthano. He already has his own tower in game, you might even see him there from time to time...........

Usara · February 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

My character names are in my sig

Not all of characters name came from the lore, but with a bit of mind-stretching, I thought it worked rather well.

catalyst10e · February 2016

Yes, I have had a hard time finding a good lore appropriate name.

It's not hard to find the names I have a hard time settling on which one to pick...

ankhor8 · March 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

@runagate Jel names are the best

Gedalya · March 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

nine9six wrote: »

Gedalya wrote: »

Mr.Hmm wrote: »

Idgrod Jurgarsen -> Female Nord
Maramal Al-Skaven -> Male Redguard
Torval Strong-Arm -> Male Nord
Irileth Verethi -> Female Dark Elf
Ko'Raya Sikar -> Female Khajit
Uzorth Gra-Dul -> Female Orc
Dh'emka Al-Skaven -> Female Redguard

Easy.

It would be Uzorth gra-Dul; not Uzorth Gra-Dul (lower caes gra and gro).

If CS wouldn't be a babe and change the name...I'd have to burn the toon down. The OCD is strong. Maybe hold out until they sell Name Change on the Crown Store.

Message customer support and request a name change if need be; I did that once (I actually had a non-OCD reason though), so maybe you can get them to give a free reset.

xellink · March 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

Female argonian suggestions (Non PR warning, do not click if you are easily offended):

Stay-at-home
Back-to-kitchen
Cooks-nice-dinner
Likes-to-clean
Likes-to-cook

Flak · March 2016

Nah but I have other problems with character names... gets kinda hard to think of a name with Flak in it, at least when you already have 7

xellink · March 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

Flak wrote: »

Nah but I have other problems with character names... gets kinda hard to think of a name with Flak in it, at least when you already have 7

may i suggest an argonian name: Eats-Corn-Flaks

Zorrashi · March 2016

Yes, I have had a hard time finding a good lore appropriate name.

I wouldn't exactly call it lore friendly since my khajiiti name was never explicitly used nor has any honorifics/suffices.....
But it sounds khajiiti enough. I basically looked at the language, started mashing some syllables together, found one I liked and stuck with it.

Ranmai Srii'ka sounds decent enough. But it is distinct and mine and that's what I care for.

runagate · March 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

ankhor8 wrote: »

@runagate Jel names are the best

@ankhor8 what do your Jel names mean?

jkemmery · March 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

To be honest though, I have some alts named for Game of Thrones characters.

Caza99 · March 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

All my characters are based either on my original character, Mercer Gravehart, or my @ name, Caza99. Sometimes both :P

Benegon · March 2016

Yes, I have had a hard time finding a good lore appropriate name.

I used the name Benegon for my Nord. Its just the name I use for games. Was a randomized name from Lord of the Rings Online and it stuck. Also have some guys called Benie. Just a bit less lore friendly lol.

iRageGGB · March 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

I mean I don't really have a lore-friendly first name for my characters I just use "Sah'Kriid" as a last name basically meaning Shadow Dragon in Dovah, which I came up with the name in Skyrim and it kind of just stuck.

Bananko · March 2016

I was told that I named my Imperial Nightblade wrong, that I should've ended his last name with an -us rather than with an -elli.

Forestd16b14_ESO · March 2016

And here I am waiting to change my name to a even more lore friendly name.

I55UE5 · March 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

Well after getting the Xivkyn costumes, I now make every character with a daedric name. This is very easy as you can name them like the sewers banner bosses and be a total badass.

SahrotRein · March 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

My second most proudful name that I came up with for my Imperial was Eres Decretum, originally in latin which I found fitting for such a race, that closely resembles Romans. Hence the name, it was lawful character, fullfilling orders to the end.

My current, over half a year old Altmer character - Runaan Fortis, comes from original Altmer name, which I've adjusted a bit because I like double a's in names. Months later, I realized it may look like I just simply took Runaan from other game's item called "Runaan's Hurricane", which quite saddened me. While Fortis is just another latin word which I found fitting for a Sorcerer.

NovaMarx · March 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

Having played in the Tamriel universe for many years (since Morrowind), I have a pretty good idea of what names fit lore and which don't

Personally, I prefer names that are as Tamrielic as possible, since I am an avid RP'er, and it's just so much easier to get into character if they aren't called MissPinkLady (or something similar)

Xarko · March 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

I dont know. Is Leopardo Diclawprio a lore friendly name?

Aelthwyn · March 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

It’s more a difficulty of Choosing for me, finding them is easy enough. I check the uesp wiki when I need inspiration, but also just sort of pay attention to the trends in NPC names and try to think of things that seem to fit in with those. I’m not extremely committed to lore-friendly names, but like to try to have names that at least don’t blatantly remind people of real life, or other fictional universes. I’ve made up many of my names, and mainly use whatever I like the sound of. I love making up names anyways, it’s fun putting sounds together or making variations on common names.

Looking at name sites that indicate cultural origin of the name can be useful
Nords - scandinavian / german sounding names are usually good
Redguard - middle eastern sounding names tend to work
Bretons - seems like traditional English as well as some French names

TheShadowScout · March 2016

I enjoy having names that at least sound "fitting"... though I also enjoy using anagrams of my very first drow character name for my gaming characters (hey, it amuses me...

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I have some characters where that works out fine, and... some... where I just did not spend enough thought on the issue. But that is entirely my fault for being foolish. (and someday I will be paying crowns to correct my foolishness... I just wish it would be possible to do that sooner...)

CP5 · March 2016

No, I have a lore freindly name that was easy to come up with.

Never had problems making names that fit in game. I never liked the style of names some people use so I like finding something interesting for my characters. And incase it hasn't been posted yet this link generates games using names that can also be seen on UESP but they are randomized, could help find some interesting combinations [http://fantasynamegenerators.com/elder-scrolls.php#.VuDCsPkrLDc].