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The NAME!GAME Jul 6, 2011 0:43:44 GMT -5

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Post by Meeka on Jul 6, 2011 0:43:44 GMT -5

~~I'm so impressed by the effort people take in finding names for their characters... and then there's me, just pulling random names out of a hat.~~

Kaya Mija Lentach

Kaya - I've always kind of adored this name after my aunt named her dog Caja (I discovered that the spelling is slightly different only a month ago). I also like the more popular alternate form - Kaia. I guess that there are many forms. But I really just liked the name, so it was an easy decision.

Mija - I don't know how you guys pronounce this, but it's not with a harsh sounding "j". Pronounced like Mee-y-uh and not Mee-jah. I just discovered the name while reading some article somewhere online and it sort of stayed with me. I liked it because it was interesting sounding... but yeah.

Lentach - I never, with any of my characters, put a lot of thought into surnames. First names and middle names usually come easy to me but surnames I hate choosing. Lentach. I suppose everyone pronounces it differently as well, also the ch is a harsh "German sound" like a hiss and not like in the word "touch." I just chose it because it came to my head, really.

Um, yes, this was unimpressive.

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The NAME!GAME Jul 6, 2011 1:14:09 GMT -5

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Post by plantix on Jul 6, 2011 1:14:09 GMT -5

Yeah, so I'll tell you why my person's name is Dicentra Gambler.

Dicentra- Dicentra is a type of flower known as the "Bleeding Heart". His mother loves this flower so she named him after it. I also love these flowers and I keep them in my garden. I decided to use it's scientific name Dicentra because if i named him Bleeding-Heart, that'd be too weird. Also, his nick name is "Dice" because it's the first 4 letters of his name. A die is also associated with chance, and he takes a lot of risks, so that's a good coincidence.

Gambler- A die is also associated with gambling, and in a way he does that a lot with his steeling and vandalism. So basically, you can call him a "Gambler". ~~Insert bad pun here.~~

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The NAME!GAME Jul 6, 2011 1:17:40 GMT -5

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Post by Nocturnal on Jul 6, 2011 1:17:40 GMT -5

Aradia Sylversnatch

Aradia- It's one of my friend's names, pronounced a-raid-Ee-a. She moved away last year, and almost committed suicide multiple times right before-I really miss her, and wanted to remember her with my first character here.

Sylversnatch- Aradia's a thief for a living, and I had no idea what to name her other than that. I like the sounds of two words put together to form a name, like, Sylver, origionally Silver, and snatch put together to form her last name.

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The NAME!GAME Jul 6, 2011 1:21:48 GMT -5

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Post by cinder on Jul 6, 2011 1:21:48 GMT -5

DrusillaBellatrix/Beatrix Charlesburg

Drusilla was originally just "Dru," the nickname. She was going to be a very courageous character who I was half-ripping from the "Strange Angels" novel. However, I love Drusilla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so I combined Dru's courage and Drusilla's crazy. The name is an ode to two of my faves <3

Bellatrix/Beatrix I was never clear on which was her middle name, Beatrix was the original because there is a lovely author named Beatrix, and an old friend of mine was named after her. She was very calm. Then of course Bellatrix from Harry Potter. So once again my Dru-girl is stuck with clashing names: a calm girl and a crazy.

Charlesburg comes from the Gossip Girl series. The "burg" part always reminds me of Old Money and wealth, so I stuck it on Charles. Charles from Gossip Girl (Chuck) is a coincidence however, Charles was the name a young man from a book I read which cemented Dru's status as a crazy-calm, careless queen bee "Out of Mind, Out of Sight." The book also provided me with an ideal face claim until I outgrew the ONE picture of the FC and chose a new one.

Anywho, her name is a mixture of the girl Dru used to want to be, sweet and admired, and the girl she couldn't escape, and sometimes didn't want to: the loony tune c:

Arcadia, Illiana, Kade, Thea, Jezebel, Cassedy, Marina, Ronan, Karina

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The NAME!GAME Jul 6, 2011 2:50:59 GMT -5

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Post by Tribute!{Meranda<3}Quell Botch on Jul 6, 2011 2:50:59 GMT -5

Marcelline Joelle Cotterill;

Marcelline- Oh, how I adore this name. There is two parts to the meaning of this. The first is a bit of story time! There is a tradition in my family. For the most part my family doesn't really care for the whole-men-passing-on-the-family-name. It's filled with strong, brilliant woman with plenty of baggage but caring hearts. So to carry out that woman thread-age, starting with my great grandmother our names are similar in composition. First name starts with a M and our middle names are Louise. Great grandma (Granny) was Margaret Louise (Although technically she's great great grandmother but my great grandmother was a horrible person ^^) My grandmother Margaret Louise and My mother Monica Louise, and finally me, Meranda! (Now I'm trusting all of you not to stalk me<3) So even now my mother and I argue with names that I'd name my child-long ways away but it's fun. I was siting watching Adventure Time and fell in LOVE with Marcelline the vampire. My mother hates it, just another reason to love it. So I'm pretty set on Marcelline when I have children. Part two is the meaning of Marcelline is "dedicated to Mars." In Roman Mythology Mars is the god of war but has a certain power over agriculture. Although Ceres(or Demeter which she is in the Thirteen Olympians plot <3) is actually the goddess of agriculture they believe Mars to be some help as well. A teensy bit strange if you ask me but I'm a greek/roman nut so it fit. Marcelline of District Ten agriculture. Btw. She was born in March, named after the Roman god Mars.

Whew that was over explanation!

Joelle- Frankly I find this name pretty. I named her mother Joelle so I thought it fit in nicely.

Cotterill- I enjoy searching for surnames, so I searched for one that would fit the District 10 theme of farming and it is the only thing I found elegant yet true to its roots. ^^

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The NAME!GAME Jul 6, 2011 7:07:08 GMT -5

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Post by WT on Jul 6, 2011 7:07:08 GMT -5

Meeka, if you're interested, I've heard Spanish speakers use mija as an affectionate portmanteau of mi (my) and hija (ee-ha, daughter).

Strange Angels, man. <3333 I thought of Dru the whole time I was reading that book. I still need to get my hands on the second of those...

This is fascinating. :D Thanks for starting this, Cinder.

Later, when I have more time, I'll edit this to an explanation of Cadia's name ~~and an attempt to justify that Lalik crap to myself~~.

EDIT: Alright, name time.

Cadia was originally going to be Cadia's real name. There was no rhyme or reason to it, just a bunch of letters tumbled together, but I liked how it sounded. Deceptively soft, with all those unrounded A’s, but with a hint of something harder in the k sound at the beginning. It was only as I was fleshing out her basic attributes that I realized she had ripped the name off of a dead loved one, though at the time I still wasn’t sure who that might be.

So I threw some more letters together, and ended up with the Lalik mess. (Incidentally, I just found out that it’s a surname in the US, the Philippines, and a handful of other countries, and I can’t really say that I think it makes a better surname than a given name. =P) In hindsight, I have no idea what I was thinking- although I must say, despite my hatred of the name, it isn’t the worst I could have done considering the character. It ends as sharply as Cadia starts, but it’s more up-front, using an obvious K instead of a C that could be pronounced multiple ways. It keeps one soft, unrounded A, hinting toward her sentimentality. And the fact that it’s both awkwardly spelled and horrible to listen to supports her discomfort in communicating.

Meanwhile, Cadia is apparently the name of a Christian pop group. As an atheist who hates anything that isn’t hard rock or (some) classical, Lalik!Cadia... resented this discovery, to say the least. But since it was originally Cadia!Cadia’s name, that actually fits. I always imagine her as having been this lighthearted but frequently serious sort, the type of person who laughs easily but worries a lot about the state of the world, and it doesn’t strike me as far-fetched that she would have been religious or at least spiritual.

Alenção was chosen for one reason. After Aranica got a surname I decided all my other existing characters (Cadia, Aeleze, and Shar/Keri) should get their own, and went hunting. My mental Cadia is predominantly Portuguese and, as with Ara, I wanted to make that obvious. This time I actually stuck with that goal; although I have no clue what it means and I believe it’s actually a first name rather than a last name, Alenção seemed perfect. It isn’t, of course- it doesn’t quite fit with the other two names- but then, neither is Cadia.

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The NAME!GAME Jul 6, 2011 9:02:47 GMT -5

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Post by Micra on Jul 6, 2011 9:02:47 GMT -5

Out of all of mine, I think Argent's name ended up being the most fitting for the character.

Argent Blaise Melanger

Argent- Is the French word for both sliver and money (pronounced Ar-jaunt). I thought about how people in the higher Districts usually named their kids something ridiculous, and I wanted a name that signified wealth. And then I thought, Hey, why not name the kid after money? In my mind though, I always imagined an Americanized pronunciation (Ar-jent) because the French spoken language had likely been lost. And bam. Argent.

Blaise- Argent didn't actually get a middle name until I used him as a character in my NaNo novel. I picked Blaise because it sounded cool with the rest of his name, and it conveyed a fiery personality. Plus the image of fire and the red hair matched up pretty well.

Melanger- This (like nearly all my last names) I made up on the spot. I later found out that in French, melanger is the infinitive of the verb "to mix". I thought that fit very well since by the middle of the Games, I considered Argent to be a blend of good and bad who couldn't decide which side to act on.

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The NAME!GAME Jul 6, 2011 10:09:56 GMT -5

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Post by HEY, ALEX! on Jul 6, 2011 10:09:56 GMT -5

Tilly Leigh Anderson

Tilly – Well, I just wanted a name that little kids could make fun of but not in a way that teenagers find humorous. Silly Tilly. But anyways, I hadn’t the slightest clue until I looked it up but Tilly is a diminutive of the name Matilda that means “strength in battle.” So, that worked out perfectly XD

Leigh – Well, this name is pretty common that was how I crossed the name. it means “Meadow”…I think. It really doesn’t describe her well but it does go great with Tilly XD

Anderson – It means the “son of Andrew.” Just because of this, her father’s name is Andrew XD

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The NAME!GAME Jul 6, 2011 10:33:18 GMT -5

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Post by ∂αмєη on Jul 6, 2011 10:33:18 GMT -5

Gage Dean Cooper

Gage - - Gage means a pledge, which ties in with his history because his parents broke the biggest promise of all, taking care of their children. The name also sounded cool :3

Dean - - Dean actually signifies leader, so I chose this because Gage is kind of the complete opposite of a leader. He's barely a follower too.

Cooper - - Well, this kind of means Barrel Maker...so it had no significance at all to how he is. I've always liked this name and thought that it fit well with the beginning.

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The NAME!GAME Jul 8, 2011 10:22:20 GMT -5

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Post by Eastern Orange on Jul 8, 2011 10:22:20 GMT -5

Trogon ( Alina, Freighter, Morrigan, Trigger ) Lane

Trogon - I'm pretty sure I was randomly typing things into google, when I came across the name. It's the name of a group of birds that live mainly in rainforests and such. I saw it and I thought to myself, 'Oh, that's a bitching name.' I'm attracted to names that are completely different. (Also, I freakin' adore birds)

Alina - That name is random. My friend and I bought a book and the little girl's name was Alina. I didn't know what else to name her, so I just used that.

Freighter - It's just a cool sounding word isn't it? I think I was just musing over things and freighter trains came to mind, and I went 'Hey. Freighter. Hell Yes!' Freighter is the Alter that does the brawling. He is a dirty fighter; busting knee caps, gouging eyes, and he wont stop even if his opponent goes down. When you fight him, its like being hit by a freighter. xD

Morrigan - This was Trogon's original name. Since I didn't use it for her, I thought it would be cool to use it on one of her Alters. Morrigan is from Dragon Age, and it's just a cool name.

Trigger - I first used the name Trigger in a short story I had to write in 8th grade. It was enormously dumb. It was about a girl who was bullied by her bum of a father, and she finds a dog one day and names him Bullet. So if she was bullied, she was the 'trigger' that set 'bullet' off. Yea. I know. Like I said dumb. But I did like the name Trigger, so I always had it in the back of my mind. Trigger is the Alter that has the explosive attitude and such.

Lane - remember that book where I got Alina's name? The little girl's name was Alina Lane......xD

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The NAME!GAME Jul 10, 2011 18:21:47 GMT -5

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Post by Tsarashi 2.0 on Jul 10, 2011 18:21:47 GMT -5

Hmm, lets see. Well most of the names I make up mean nothing to me. I'm a Sims addict, names come at me all the time. But let's see what I can do.

Heron: Around where I live there are great blue herons everywhere, so they were always one of my favorite birds. When drafting her history I named her brother Finch and I instantly thought 'I want her to have a bird name too'. So i went on a bird searching rampage. I was going to call her Quail, but I thought that was far too girly and stuck up for her. So I settled on Heron

Kimberling: I will admit that I am terrible with last names and usually I just use words that I make up. This was originally a twist on my step sister's last name 'Kimmerly' which I had turned to 'Kimberly' But seeing as my sister hates when people call her that I decided to change the ending a bit. And then when I learned that it was a real last name I became very excited.

Middle name? Nope. No middle names for me. Only one of my characters have one and that's Relic and he's not even completely finished yet.[/color]

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The NAME!GAME Jul 19, 2011 0:23:49 GMT -5

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Post by cinder on Jul 19, 2011 0:23:49 GMT -5

RONAN is the name of a character from Diane Duane's Young Wizards series. I have a (Cassedy) Magela on this site, they're both from her fourth book. Ronan is an Irish young shmexy boy in the books, and I'm going to Dublin in a week, so Ireland is on the brain Besides, his FC is Dylan O'Brien so the name kinda just stuck to me. Ronan is such a nice name <3 + shortened to "Ro" it can be for Romeo too, and he ain't no Romeo, yo.

KEVIN It's a mystery why I chose the name Kevin as a middle name. I felt the need to make his middle name something boring because we have too many strange named people running around

BLACK Yet again, this is something I didn't even think of until I'd already typed it onto his bio. I believe it has something to do with the day I thought of Ronan being a friday, and Rebecca Black from Twilight + Rebecca Black from Arc Music = just too many wins. I had to take back the Black name!

Arcadia, Illiana, Kade, Thea, Jezebel, Cassedy, Marina, Ronan, Karina

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The NAME!GAME Jul 19, 2011 5:49:04 GMT -5

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Post by semper on Jul 19, 2011 5:49:04 GMT -5

Semper - My most favorite Latin quote is semper fidelis, so I just took the semper part & used it for his name. x3 And because of his loyalty, I figured it fits well since it means "always."

Reijnder - No idea what that means. e.e I just found it and liked it. Also have no idea why I didn't put fidelis as his middle name. xD I think it's a variant of "reinder."

Capone - I stole this from Al Capone. xD I thought it went along good with his name.

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The NAME!GAME Jul 19, 2011 19:49:48 GMT -5

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Post by Serenity on Jul 19, 2011 19:49:48 GMT -5

Rosette Beatrix

Rosette: My favorite character from Chrno Crusade's name. I really just fell in love with the name. I also really wanted a more or less old fashioned name. Nothing too creative...

Beatrix Originally, I had made her for the D2 Circus plot. I thought I should have a circus like last name, seeing as Rosette was pretty average so, I searched "Google: Circus Names." I went through the list and saw a few really unique names so, I decided to try "Google: Unique Names." and I was going down the list of one of the random links when I found Bea. I put that in but with a longer name like Rosette, Bea didn't sound right. Eventually, I was sitting there trying to add something to the end. My sister walks into the room with her book at hand. Miraculously, it was Beatrix Potter. I flipped out and thanked my sister.

Technically, both names came from books.

I'm not too creative, anyways. I really LOVE Rosette. She's like me but with red hair...

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The NAME!GAME Jul 27, 2011 2:57:36 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2011 2:57:36 GMT -5

Riley Kalen Lightwood -

Riley - A variation of Reilly, which means "clearing" in Old English. I thought it was a fitting name since Riley kind of thinks of himself as empty, "clear." Also, his mother's maiden name was Willow Riley, and he was named in honor of her family.

Kalen - A variation of Caelan, which means "slender" in Irish. Um, he's six-two and a skinny beanpole of a boy, so I suppose it's fitting. I also have a very good friend named Kalen who is a guitarist, so I pulled a little bit of him into Riley's character development. Throwing his name in there just felt right.

Lightwood - Well, I didn't really have a choice of his surname since he was created as a larger plot with Nofo's pre-existing Lightwood siblings. Apparently she got the name from the Mortal Instruments series. I didn't even start reading the books until weeks after Riley was accepted, and I found some really weird coincidences. Personality wise, Riley Lightwood is almost identical to Alec Lightwood, who happens to be the oldest Lightwood sibling in the books. Sometimes I think I'm psychic.

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