Tenacity Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 By this point it seems like it's impossible to get any kind of name that sounds both unique and imposing, I'm thinking people are pulling out dictionaries and encyclopedias at this point to come up with decent character names =P I'm in the process of trying to make a new Cathar male character, a smuggler. Anyone have any suggestions I could try for a bold sounding name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiiTarr Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 This thread has a number of suggestions for coming up with good names: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=805925 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlrikFassbauer Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Just toy with syllables. Makes lots of fun and gives distinct names, too. You must be kind of sensitive to it, though. You must get a feeling for what kind of feelings certain syllable, vowel and letter combinations produce. I once did an Inquisitor, with a name that's very irritating - at least to me : "Raarvib". This is some syllable / vowel / letter experimentation running amuck. The first part of the name is soundin *very* aggressive - "raar" meanwhile the second part of the name sounds very ... daft, to put it politely. The combination "vib" sounds like a small animal, something you'd want to cuddle. I stuck with this name, because I intended to play that Inquisitor fully light-sided : In the end, his name produced all 3 desired elements : - having an imposing part "raar" - having an light-side part "vib" - irritating people, because of a combination of two diametral opposed elements which provoke feelings like Night & Day put together into 1 kettle. This is just an example to what these syllable / vowel / letter experiments might lead to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luinthoron Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 http://www.rinkworks.com/namegen/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarletBlaze Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 http://www.dimfuture.net/starwars/random/generate.php http://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/cathar-names.php#.VfarYhFVhBc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarmaple Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 www.behindthename.com I always start with a character concept - just a general idea of rough personality traits - and pick a couple names that fit. If you go to 'tools' there's lists of name themes, and you can search names by meaning. Then, I moosh a couple of those root names together, playing around until I get something that's both pleasing and star-wars-y enough to feel 'right.' (I only wish we could have spaces - I'd love a way to have two separate 'chunks' of name, without attaching them together with apostrophes. That's a thing I'd prefer to keep reserved for my Twi'leks, since, you know.... that's a thing they do.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_riches Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Yeah I have just started using a name generator to name my newest companions and the names come out much better than the games random generator (plus I have yet to get one thats already taken) and are much nicer than anything I could come up with myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomiSotto Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I usually translate something that fits. My BH started out as a Pyrotech so it was called Gori ('burn'). My Guardian was 13th character created, so I used the time honored tradition of the big families and named him Tredici (13). My Mara is Becchino (a 'gravedigger' associated with Black Death times). Speaking of Black Death, I alos go back in time. Looking at early medieval name lists for particular cultures is very nice because a lot of those names disappeared from the common use, but are very good, actually. Antoglio, Temir or Pereswet have a cultural feel to them and won't be on the forefront of the other players' minds. If you are looking for a name of a Cathar Warrior, I suggest looking at the names of either Nordic, Native American or Oriental or any other cultures that to you will associate with whatever your character strives to represent. Heh, my male Cathar is a BT1 kitten, a sneaky Operative healer, so I called him Runt'o'litter.... Or pick a word, and use Google translator to see what it comes up in a different language, and not just the common one. Naming chars is fun I hope you come up with a great one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith-Viscera Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 By this point it seems like it's impossible to get any kind of name that sounds both unique and imposing, I'm thinking people are pulling out dictionaries and encyclopedias at this point to come up with decent character names =P I'm in the process of trying to make a new Cathar male character, a smuggler. Anyone have any suggestions I could try for a bold sounding name? With keeping in the tradition of the Star wars practice, how about this name. "Kawr-sair" for your Smugglers name. Oh and by the way that name is the Latin name for "corsair" which means Pirate, which are great at smuggling things, so it could mean a Smuggler as well, if you think of it like that i guess. USE it, don't use it, but i mainly wanted to show how easy it is to come up with a name that MOST likely no one else would have. Take Care and Be well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlrikFassbauer Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Looking at early medieval name lists for particular cultures is very nice because a lot of those names disappeared from the common use, but are very good, actually. Antoglio, Temir or Pereswet have a cultural feel to them and won't be on the forefront of the other players' minds. Very interesting ideas ! Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bultitudes_Loke Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) Oh and by the way that name is the Latin name for "corsair" which means Pirate, which are great at smuggling things, so it could mean a Smuggler as well, if you think of it like that i guess. Wait, what? Kawr-sair isn't Latin, it's a phonetic visual pun. Corsair isn't Latin either - although it could conceivably come from the medieval Latin (not the classical Latin, note there are major differences) 'cursarius' the word "corsair" comes directly from the French word corsaire, itself borrowed from the Italian corsaro. This derives from the Latin cursus, meaning "course" (as in journey or expedition). The French word corsaire may also come as a mispronunciation of the Arabic word "qorṣaan", yet the term pirate had been in use in French since the Middle Ages. OP - Latro is one option (meaning robber, brigand), or Praedo (as in predator). Equally Celo could work (meaning conceal, or hide) Edited September 18, 2015 by Bultitudes_Loke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthCasual Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 personally I would like to get back the names I have especially since the people who got them don't log in or play on the servers I play on. Having 22 characters and loosing 18 of them from server mergers and those characters have never loaded back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourmaline Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 If you just keep looking I never have any trouble finding 5-8 character names and never have to use symbols.. but I do keep trying for 20 mins or more. Just keep trying cool sounding names. Like if you want Nyx and it is taken try Nyxara, Nyxlia, Nyxxa, etc til you get something. Like Dirk, try Dirku, Dirke, Dyrke, Dyrkin, Dyrkk, etc. I just add ending or beginnings on til something pops. Good luck everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upirlikhyi Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 By this point it seems like it's impossible to get any kind of name that sounds both unique and imposing, I'm thinking people are pulling out dictionaries and encyclopedias at this point to come up with decent character names =P I'm in the process of trying to make a new Cathar male character, a smuggler. Anyone have any suggestions I could try for a bold sounding name? When I came back to tor I started over and was going to use female vampire names or pagan goddess names and those were even taken...i had to go to using demonic names to find unique ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlavivsAetivs Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Wait, what? Kawr-sair isn't Latin, it's a phonetic visual pun. Corsair isn't Latin either - although it could conceivably come from the medieval Latin (not the classical Latin, note there are major differences) 'cursarius' the word "corsair" comes directly from the French word corsaire, itself borrowed from the Italian corsaro. This derives from the Latin cursus, meaning "course" (as in journey or expedition). The French word corsaire may also come as a mispronunciation of the Arabic word "qorṣaan", yet the term pirate had been in use in French since the Middle Ages. OP - Latro is one option (meaning robber, brigand), or Praedo (as in predator). Equally Celo could work (meaning conceal, or hide) As someone who speaks Classical and Late Latin, and knows a tiny bit of Romeika Greek, I'm fairly certain it comes from the Greek Koursor which was a type of Medium Cavalryman in the Medieval Roman ("Byzantine") period, and in turn derives from 6th century Late Latin Cursor (gen. Cursoris) which was the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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