What Is In A Name?

Post by **Aphelia Starr** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 2:37 am

Erm, I just kinda made it up. I've never heard of such a name as Aphelia before, although I read Eragon by Christopher Paloni (sp?) a bit after joining and came across the name Ophelia and I've seen a few Ophelias around here. Starr just sounded good with Aphelia. Actually, I had been talking with my friends about the Beatles like the day before. My favourite Beatle is Ringo Star because Ringo is such an awesome name. I mean seriously, Ringo, how much cooler can a name get? *g* But I changed the spelling from Star to Starr just to be different. Turns out, there's a whole family of HOL Starrs! *g* wOOt wOOt for Starrs! Oh yeah, and my middle name is Rochelle. I heard the name somewhere and thought it was cool, so I added it on.

Post by **Rhia Keoko** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 4:22 am

My HOL name, Rhiannon Satsuki Keoko comes from a variety of sources.

The first name, Rhia, is the name of Merlin's sister, and while Merlin is one of my idols, I couldn't use the name, as it's male, so I settled for his sister, who has a prettier name in my opinion.

My middle name came to me when I was watching the credits of Inuyasha. Satsuki was the name of the person in Japan who played Shippou. Shippou is one of my favorite characters, and Satsuki is a beautiful name, so I picked that for my middle name.

My last name, Keoko came to me on the bus back from Camp. A boy my age was reading a book titled, "When My Name Was Keoko." I liked the name, and wanted to use it for my first name, but since it was male, I used it as my last name.

That's the orgin of my spiffy name. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Hope this fascinated you to the highest degree.

Post by **Kimri Elchi** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:29 am

Okay here is the story behind my 'unique' name: My first name is a combination of my favortie movie character's first and last name Richard Kimble, from The Fugitive. My last name is a combination of my real name Emily and where my parents are from Chicago, Illinois. I am not sure when and why I put them together, but I have been using the name a lot in RPGs and I really like the way it sounds /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Name Pronunciation: Kim-ree El-shee

Post by **Christine McTague** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:45 am

My name...
I didn't want to use one of the maaaany role play aliases I already have... I was tired of those characters and their names especially.
So as I was sitting in front of the computer, pondering, I looked up and caught sight of a Phantom of the Opera snowglobe that I had on a shelf over the computer. I wanted my character to be a girl, and Christine is a great character, so it stuck.
For my last name I wanted something that reflected my Scottish heritage without using my actual last name, so I found McTague at a Scottish geneology site.
Thats it really.

Nepenthe Snowfrost · Post by **Nepenthe Snowfrost** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:31 am

My name combo comes from two of my game names, and I just decided on the spot to put them together. I didn't really have any idea what to use as a wizarding name, but thought it would work in a witchy descriptive Harry Potter book way.

Nepenthe - I just really love this word. First saw it long ago while reading Poe. Nepenthes are carnivorous plants (and who wouldn't love that???). Nepenthe is also: a drug to drive away care and superinduce love/a magic potion to dispel woe. Sweeeet.

As my name, say it like this: nuh-PEN-they with more 't' than 'h'

Snowfrost - I love snow and frost, and frosty sparkling twinkling snow. So that's how this one came around. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Simple!

And together, I like the effect. Kind of like a type of snowfall that takes your cares away with it's magic beauty and quiet descent.

Sometimes I think it's obnoxious, but then I get over it.

Post by **Mimi McConnell** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:55 pm

Mimi- a variation on my RL name...it's pronounced Mimmy, but I don't expect anyone to ever remember that.
McConnell-nice Irish name, dontcha think? I'm a redhead, so Irish works...

Lyra Levski · Post by **Lyra Levski** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:18 pm

My first name, Lyra, is after the constellation. Lyra of Vega, the constellation, has a beautiful, bittersweet story that goes along with it about a shepard and a princess who were seperated though they were in love. I love the name, and my friends and I actually all have constallation nicknames, and I am Lyra. :P

For my last name, I want something beginning with L for alliteration, as J.K. sometimes does with her names (ie. Dudley Dursley, Parvati Patil, etc). I also wanted a remote HP name that most people would not remember being in the books. So I chose Levski, the chaser from the Bulgarian National Quidditch Team.

And there you have it, Lyra Levski. :)

James Kyrios · Post by **James Kyrios** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:23 pm

uhm... I chose my name easily. James, because I always liked the name, it sounds good. and Kyrios in Latin meens Lord so I made it a surname.
Thats it.

Post by **Aurora Sommerset** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 5:20 am

Aurora is my middle name, so that was a given, but I had a difficult time coming up with an intuitive surname that I liked. I didn't want a name that thirty others would lay claim to.

I was watching Buffy when I came up with the perfect name: Dawn Summers. Aurora=Dawn (actually, "sunrise" but...) and Sommerset is a variation of Summers. So there it is, my name.

Ruby Rossignol · Post by **Ruby Rossignol** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 3:51 pm

Ruby Rossignol.

Not much there, unless you have heard of Rossignol ski boots or whatever. I don't even know if they still make them or not. *g* Anyways...

I got Ruby from my best friend in the whole entire world and forever and always and... ok I'll stop there, but there is more of a strange thing there. I almost used my real name, but then Ruby called while I was searching for an online Hogwarts, which is why I am here. She called right when I clicked sign-up, I saw the "choose a name" and Ruby instantly came to mind!

Then I wanted to think of a cool last name that began with the same letter as mine. I remembered when Ruby and I were younger and thought of the skis she always had lying in her backyard. So I asked her if she could ski and she no. I myself have never gone skiing, but I did a credit project for Muggle school last year and there was a Ski World store. Rossignol skis or whatever came right to mind, so that's why my name is:

Ruby Rossignol.

Adiana Jewel · Post by **Adiana Jewel** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:58 pm

Adiana Jewel

Well I got Adiana awhile ago when i was looking up name definitions online. I love it because it means "The falling darkness reveals the angels light". when i saw it i fell in love. ok well Jewel is just a take off from my RL last name. So there is the story behind

Adiana Jewel

Post by **Reinard Corvus** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:51 pm

well, my first name of Reinard came from a different spelling of Reginhard, which is a germanic mixing of Regin "advice" and hard "brave". together they typically denote a person who uses their mind over their fists.

the last part of my name is Corvus, which part of the scientific name for a raven. Ravens are my favorite animals. And Ravenclaw is my favorite house!!!

Post by **Diren Grey** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:17 am

My name has been both my AOL name and E-mail for quite some time. I first learned of DirenGrey on a bus, to a Band compition. My friend gave me this cd and told me to listen to it. I like it, and the band's name was DirenGrey....they are Japanese Rock, and it stuck with me ever sence. /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Kilandra White · Post by **Kilandra White** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:04 pm

A long time ago, there was and RPG with an NPC called Kilandra, and she was a witch...
Well, it seems that I loved the name!

Post by **Mackenzie James** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 9:56 pm

The name I chose is actually the name I'm going to use for my first born daughter. She isn't born yet, but its the name that sticks out in my mind as the name I like!! /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Fionnula Spink · Post by **Fionnula Spink** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 8:00 pm

I found out about HOL about a month prior to summer signups, so I had the opportunity to create my own take on a wizarding world sort of name. So, I spent hours on baby name sites looking for something that was out there-- but not too much so. I knew I didn't want to "copy" anyone from the books and use a forename or surname that was pre-existing.

I'd like to think that I hit the nail on the head. Fionnula Spink sounds (to me) like someone you might meet in the halls of Hogwarts. /happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />

Olive Palmlip · Post by **Olive Palmlip** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 4:42 am

I looked on my kitchen counter and saw the Palmolive "Olive Palm" and a tulip candle that I love "Lip" Not very original, but that's where it came from!!

Winklet Davids · Post by **Winklet Davids** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:04 am

My cousin made up Winklet... and Davids is the name of that soccer player my brother is obsessed about....

Syn Edwards · Post by **Syn Edwards** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:15 pm

Well... mine is not really as interesting as others, but let's do it.
Syn = I just like the way it's said. And it also reminds me of the 7 sins and, of course a sinner, which is always a cool thing.
Edwards = well, just decided to homenage that Johnny Deep character that had scissors intead of hands. I just thought he was sooo cool!

That's all for now!

NÃ¡poldÃ« Vinetree · Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:20 pm

NÃƒÂ¡poldÃƒÂ« is the elvish name for my real name!! and Vinetree is the fairy name for my surname. /rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />