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HelpRe: Names from Game of Thrones; suitable for a real person?
in reply to a message by the dying daylight
Well I'm not looking to specifically reference the Game of Thrones series, it's more a question of DH and I being stuck on what to name this baby and feeling out new names we haven't considered. Regardless of the characters, I really enjoy the sounds of Rickon, Renly, Theon, Tyrion, and Jorah. Could these names stand alone without a reference to a fantasy story?
PS. I'm not that much of a fan, I just watch the TV show.
PS. I'm not that much of a fan, I just watch the TV show.
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Well, as I mentioned in my own response, you may want to look for connections to real names ... Tirion is a Welsh unisex name, and Theon is close to Theron. They sound like real names, too.
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Hmmm, yes, I agree with this! ^
Okay, I've taken on board what you said :) - from the five you suggested, I guess Rickon and Theon work if we're saying 'names which don't scream fantasy', which was my initial problem. Rick has a root to, say, Richard-like Rick, and Theon could pass as having the same 'Theo' root as countless other names. This is a made up etymology because as far as I know Theon isn't a 'real' name and doesn't have any such roots, but if we're taking them as name-names in their own right, it could pull it off. It also sounds a bit like a cool name for a scientific particle or atom. Theon - the gooooood particle. No, I like that, because I'm lame. Rickon struggles a bit being taken as a proper name in its own right, but maybe I just can't see it because it isn't my style. I guess it could work.
Tyrion. I'm sorry... please, please, please forgive me... looks ugly. It looks... really rather ugly. I tried not to sound brutal, but every way I try phrasing it skirts around the problem that Tyrion has no depth to it. It's as shallow, meaningless, un-aesthetic and faddy as Tinley and it looks trendy and made-up. I'm not sure if there's any other way you can spell it to get the sound you like, but avoid it looking faddy. I have a real problem with it - I think it is very much the most problematic-aging-badly-cheesy-fantasy-type of the bunch. Renly still screams 'renal' at me, and I have many of the same problems with it. Jorah is very fluffy and fantasy-esque, but okay, I guess. I'd still go with the first two if anything.
Much as Adenydd suggested going for ones which sound like existing names, have you thought about using these names as 'inspiration' and searching for names which have the elements you like in these names, but are established names which not only lack the fantasy issue but might not, maybe, age so badly? I know that's a poo idea, but you did say the problem was that you were struggling for names.
Okay, I've taken on board what you said :) - from the five you suggested, I guess Rickon and Theon work if we're saying 'names which don't scream fantasy', which was my initial problem. Rick has a root to, say, Richard-like Rick, and Theon could pass as having the same 'Theo' root as countless other names. This is a made up etymology because as far as I know Theon isn't a 'real' name and doesn't have any such roots, but if we're taking them as name-names in their own right, it could pull it off. It also sounds a bit like a cool name for a scientific particle or atom. Theon - the gooooood particle. No, I like that, because I'm lame. Rickon struggles a bit being taken as a proper name in its own right, but maybe I just can't see it because it isn't my style. I guess it could work.
Tyrion. I'm sorry... please, please, please forgive me... looks ugly. It looks... really rather ugly. I tried not to sound brutal, but every way I try phrasing it skirts around the problem that Tyrion has no depth to it. It's as shallow, meaningless, un-aesthetic and faddy as Tinley and it looks trendy and made-up. I'm not sure if there's any other way you can spell it to get the sound you like, but avoid it looking faddy. I have a real problem with it - I think it is very much the most problematic-aging-badly-cheesy-fantasy-type of the bunch. Renly still screams 'renal' at me, and I have many of the same problems with it. Jorah is very fluffy and fantasy-esque, but okay, I guess. I'd still go with the first two if anything.
Much as Adenydd suggested going for ones which sound like existing names, have you thought about using these names as 'inspiration' and searching for names which have the elements you like in these names, but are established names which not only lack the fantasy issue but might not, maybe, age so badly? I know that's a poo idea, but you did say the problem was that you were struggling for names.
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All your comments are fair enough. I haven't decided anything. I agree, Tyrion does come off rather trendeigh. I thought that Rickon, Theon, Renly, and Jorah sounded the most like real names, and them being more minor characters in the show I thought the reference wouldn't be such a big deal. Good idea to look for real names with sound elements similar to those names.
I know these GoT names are really "out there" but there are several real names I've suggested that my family and friends see as just as wild and bizarre (i.e. Llyr, Caspian, Ruarc, Rudyard, Alaric).
Picking a name is hard (when there are two people who have to agree!).
I know these GoT names are really "out there" but there are several real names I've suggested that my family and friends see as just as wild and bizarre (i.e. Llyr, Caspian, Ruarc, Rudyard, Alaric).
Picking a name is hard (when there are two people who have to agree!).
This message was edited 5/25/2012, 7:58 PM
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