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

Thevampirenight · February 2016

Yeah trying to coming up with a good lore appropriate name, this can be a lengthy process and I am wondering if you had the same troubles.
I am using this site to see if I can find something, also linking this site so you can use it to find the name if your having a hard time looking for a good character name.
http://www.behindthename.com/names/gender/feminine/usage/english/5

Bossdonut · February 2016

No because I have not used a lore friendly name, and I don't care one bit if I have a name like example mindcrafforlive or something like that.

butt lord is pretty lore friendly if you ask me

Artjuh90 · February 2016

some races are easier to make lore friendly names then others

Bossdonut · February 2016

No because I have not used a lore friendly name, and I don't care one bit if I have a name like example mindcrafforlive or something like that.

Artjuh90 wrote: »

some races are easier to make lore friendly names then others

Like an argonian named Poops-in-Rivers

Slappah · February 2016

No because I have not used a lore friendly name, and I don't care one bit if I have a name like example mindcrafforlive or something like that.

Slappah4lyfe

attackjet · February 2016

Mine is Deathola.
Pretty OG

The_4O4 · February 2016

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

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Names

This might help

Solid_Metal · February 2016

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

well not really easily comes up with, but theres lot of refrences on wiki and also theres fictional name generator if you want, its available for TES, LOTR etc

Paazhahdrimaak · February 2016

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

Argonian - Happyscale
Khajiit -Goodweed

I love my names

theher0not · February 2016

No because I have not used a lore friendly name, and I don't care one bit if I have a name like example mindcrafforlive or something like that.

I named my main "Shrödinger's Khajiit". I don't need a lore friendly name when I got that

babylon · February 2016

No because I have not used a lore friendly name, and I don't care one bit if I have a name like example mindcrafforlive or something like that.

theher0not wrote: »

I named my main "Shrödinger's Khajiit". I don't need a lore friendly name when I got that

I like clever names like that (they're fun to see), though some of the lore friendly ones are also nice to see running about.

My names are just names I like, they're not horrifically breaking anyone's immersion but they're also not following any lore either.

Reedx · February 2016

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

my Katjhit name is K'hara Raihjn and my argonian name is Drako-Strider , my orc name is Raza'gol and my Nord is Asgard Stoneclaw...

No name generator, just came up with in mind of all the npc i met in oblivion/Skyrim and ESO ^^ tho it might not be 100% lorefreindly, that i dont know, but it feels right and thats good enought for me

Execpt Raihjn tho... that name is from one of the Theif Katjiht god

nine9six · February 2016

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

Vevos Hlaalu - Dunmer Templar

Ralos Hlaalu - Dunmer NB

Gaius Antonius - Imperial DK

Sanyon Aundae - Altmer Sorc Vamp

...no trouble here!

KingYogi415 · February 2016

I find it easy.

Of course I just use different lore.

Faulgor · February 2016

The_4O4 wrote: »

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Names

This might help

This should be your go-to source for TES names.

The only hard time you'll have is to decide. My 4th Dunmer is named Lloros Indaren (after Yeherradad Urshummarnamus, Nibani Hainnabibi and Sadryn Telvayn) and I'm still not 100% happy with it.

Volkodav · February 2016

No because I have not used a lore friendly name, and I don't care one bit if I have a name like example mindcrafforlive or something like that.

There was no other choice.But I said no,because I know of a couple of sites that generate names fitting the different races.

Lysette · February 2016

Paazhahdrimaak wrote: »

Argonian - Happyscale
Khajiit -Goodweed

I love my names

I love both of them - haha.

ShadowDisciple · February 2016

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

Ankrahmun the Exiled - inspired by mmo Tibia, Ankrahmun is a city in that game that is egyptian in style, and he is a Redguard so it kiiinda fits

Valyria The Shadow Queen - GoT inspired, Dark Elf name...magblade so kinda fits i guess

Hjelmerina · February 2016

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

Mostly my names are lore friendly. When I make my characters I usually go google like ''Dunmer names'' and there is that one website listed with probably all the possible names TES games have. Then I just get inspired by them and make my own.

Abeille · February 2016

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

All my characters have lore-friendly names. I usually come up with a name or have a general idea of how I want the name to sound like long before I actually make the character. The only character I had a harder time coming up with a name was my Breton, because I wanted a surname that actually existed within the lore but that not everybody would immediately recognize.

Xendyn · February 2016

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

I have a method I use in MMOs. I pick a 3 letter combination that all my characters will have worked into my names so it's easy for guildies to identify them and something short for them to call me (because most are going to type as few letters as possible and shorten people's names anyway

Some are more lore based, others just because I liked them.

For this game my 3 letters were Xen.

Xendyn Nettis (Dunmer Sorc)
Xenlin Kevian (Altmer sorc)
Xen Gro Kevran (Orc stam DK)
Xen'Jirr Kaharn (Khajiit stam NB)
Xena Fireshaper (Dunmer Mag DK)
Xenophobia (Breton MagBlade)

Then there's the Argonian Glows with Hope, my Templar

and my mule Mr Bag

Shogunami · February 2016

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

Personally I can feel my brain eyebrow twitching every time I see poor/bad character name. I've come to learn that people also don't understand why I name my characters properly and create a backround story for them.

So I guess we can agree to disagree.
Maybe I'm just playing this game too much like an Elder Scrolls game

Lysette · February 2016

Mine are mostly not lore-based, but as well not lore-unfriendly. For example I gave my dark-skinned Redguard a Xhosa name, because she is open-minded, friendly and overall a happy person, just like most Xhosa are. I know no other culture with that many overall happy people like in Xhosa tribes, not because they would have it easy in life, but because it is their attitude.

This has of course nothing to do with the game, it is just a personal experience which really made me happy, to see, that there are people in this world, who despite hardship in their life, have the ability to convert their life into bliss and happiness and make others happy, just due to their overall attitude. I wanted to honor that by giving 2 of my characters Xhosa names.

Edit: You guys might even know a half-Xhosa - Trevor Noah, who runs the Daily Show now. His mother is a Xhosa woman and his father is from Switzerland.

Hand_Bacon · February 2016

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

It shouldn't be too hard to find a lore friendly name since I see non lore friendly names copied into oblivion.

I've seen "Lestat" and "Legolas" with so many different spellings.

Not long ago I saw a character named Lestaaatttttttt and "The Legolas" "Legolas The Wonderful" the list goes on and on.

So yeah, take a page from these people and just copy a name and add a phrase or extra consonants and vowels. Its classy.

Elsonso · February 2016

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

If you want any lore, you can come up with names from here: http://fantasynamegenerators.com/

Under Pop Culture you will find Elder Scrolls names for each race. Some of the names are seemingly random gibberish. That might depend on the race. Coupled with the UESP names page from above, you can craft a lore friendly name pretty easily.

For example, with races that have first and last names, pick a last name or first name from UESP and then pick the other name from the fantasy name generator (FNG).

Redguards are harder since it is common to omit the last name, but seriously, Redguard names can come from a baby naming website if you look for obscure names and then slightly change them. You can use UESP and FNG to get ideas.

Argonians can go one of two ways, either with the "Poops-in-Rivers" style, or authentic Argonian. I find this race to be the hardest.

Single word names will be the hardest, and a lot of those will be taken. However, with some creativity, you can make similar names that won't appear in any lists.

hrothbern · February 2016

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

Most of my characters took considerable time to get names. And I rerolled several times because of the name that somehow did not fit well enough with the role, race and class I envisioned for that character.

I had only two easy ones: Hrothbern and Loki Laufison

I always have in RPG games, since decades, one character named Hrothbern.
Hroth stands for Fearless-Famous and Bern stands for Bear.

Hroth can be found also in the more common name Hrothgar or Famous Spear, king of the Spear Danes. The old king in Beowulf. Old English Hroðgar, old Norse Hróarr, proto-Norse Hrōþigaizaz.

Bern you find back in the name Bern of the prime city of Switzerland (formally there does not exist a capital city in Switzerland). The "coat of arms" of Bern is a black bear.
Bear, Beorn, Björn, Beran, Beron all mean bear and in proto-Germanic (Beron) means Hero-Warrior. Somewhere around 1200 low nobility in Britain were named a Baron.

A biggg bear, afraid of nothing, a warrior hero, going his own way. That's me

So my Nord Templar is Hrothbern. That was an easy one to find a name.

The other easy one, my other favorite name, is always Loki. I really like Loki. In the Nordic Mythology he brought the knowledge of Fire to mankind.The Christian equivalent is the fallen angel Lucifer. (the lucifer matches

) The greek equivalent is the Titan Prometheus. And in fact almost all cultures in the world have a fallen God or demi-god that brought the blessing or curse of Fire & knowledge to mankind and fell in disgrace by the supreme god of that culture.
Because the name Loki was already taken by somebody else in May 2014, I gave Loki his full Nordic name: Loki Laufison. Loki the son of Laufi.

Loki got in medieval times a bad reputation (like Lucifer)
Loki was certainly not impressed by any form of institutions, the sitting power establishment and liked to tease and play around in a provocative manner. So he had not many friends "upstairs".

By stupid actions he caused also the death of the God of Light Baldr. From the blood that fell on the earth grew a nice white flower, with a yellow heart: the healing herb Kamille.

So my Nord Nightblade healer is Kamille Baldrsdottir. Kamille, daughter of Baldr. She walks around in the white wedding robe, symbolysing the innocence of her father, and a flower in her hair.

So.... a lot of lore. Not really TES lore. But most names I use are coming from RPG's much older than TES.

AzraelKrieg · February 2016

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

For those I have given lore friendly names to, yes. I find a name generator and just cycle through names until I find a combination I like. Argonians are always the most fun for coming with their Cyrodilic names though. Made one recently called Chugs-Potions-In-Shade.

Flameheart · February 2016

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

I think my character names are lore friendly to a certain degree, although they do not mirror the Basic TES lore concerning names.

In MMOs you always play the same game for name hunting -> be the first to log in after release and fill your available character slots and therfore occupy the "good" names for you exclusively.

As I dislike playing Argonians and Khajiit the naming procedure wasn't that difficult.

Mr.Hmm · February 2016

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

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.

Gedalya · February 2016

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

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

http://eso.tamriel.org/

Gedalya · February 2016

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

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).

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