What Is In A Name?

Post by **Ravariel Aiwince** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 2:39 am

My name has quite a long story actually^^ Both parts are in Quenya, the High Elven language from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. I usually go by Draugwen in most places; it is Tolkien Elvish too, but Sindarin, the Grey Elven language. It means 'wolf girl', and I've had that name for quite a long time already, loving wolves as I do. (There's a *very* long story behind that... waaay too long for this forum^^')
Ravariel means exactly the same as Draugwen, with the only difference being that it is the other elven language. I translated it because I wanted a second name in the same language and just couldn't find a nice one in Sindarin /wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />
Aiwince is a nickname I gave one of my RP characters because of his enchanting voice; it means 'little bird'. I'm quite fond of that particular character, so I thought it nice to carry around his name in mine /wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />
A little complicated, isn't it?^^'

Post by **Amunet Grint** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:00 am

Wow I read a few of those explinations and it's just so amazing how anyone picks their names. Really cool /happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />

I got Amunet from well ... *story ensues* I write and I love using new unique names and so I went on a baby name site and found Amunet which means: Goddess of Mystery. I have then always used this name for pretty much everything online.
I got Grint from well ... the actor Rupert Grint who plays Ron Weasley. I just love Rupert as an actor and ya know ... he is so attractive to me I wish I had his last name /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

Claire D. Smith · Post by **Claire D. Smith** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:49 am

Hmm. How did I choose my name? Normally for these kinds of things I just randomly pluck names out of the air but for HOL, this time, it actually means something. I named myself after my future children. My partner and I have discussed what we would like to call our kids when we have them and we settled on Claire for a girl and Dylan for a boy. So I took Claire as the first name, Dylan as a middle name (as it can be a female name as well) and Smith is the last name I will take on when we get married.

A little cheesy, but I really like it and I love that it means something significant to me. /happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />

Post by **Phedre Montreve** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:47 am

I adapted my name from a series of books I absolutely fell in love with. The full name of the title character is Comtesse Phedre no Delauney de Montreve. The series of books is called Kushiel's Legacy. The books are filled with wonderfully unique names, but she was my favorite character, so I went with her. The end. /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Post by **Jenna Hathaway** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:36 am

Jenna is simply one of my favorite names, especially since I love the movie 13 Going on 30 in which the main character's name is Jenna. Hathaway is a last name I've used in one of my stories before and I end up really liking it. It was a story adapted from Charmed, my favorite show, and the girls' last name in the show is Halliwell, so I tried to find something similar and end up with Hathaway. /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Post by **Tahjah Mudblood** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:05 pm

Tahjah - Caz its a cool name -- kinda magical sounding to me... also a tiger i held once ... its name was tahjah so i just kinda took it from that!

Mudblood - because thats what I am -- and Im proud /wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> half muggle half magical! /wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

Post by **Jennifer Reed** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:44 am

My HOL name is a mix of my favorite band member and my favorite hobby. I kind of wung it.

Post by **Merry Notters** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:25 pm

How I got my name is I couldn't think of any unique names other but my own which isn't very unique. /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> So ya.. My name on HOL is my real name.

Post by **Nika Gallagher** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:59 pm

Nika... Short for Nikita which is a beautiful name, I think.
Gallagher... Some English guy's last name, Funny guy I once saw on TV. Cherished the name ever since.

Post by **Dawn Daray** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:52 am

Pretty simple.

Dawn- Very beautiful name.

Daray- A name my sister picked out for me.

Post by **Malacai Micheals** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:40 pm

Greetings, I am first year student Malacai Micheals. I would like to say that there is some big ordeal surrounding the creation of my HOL name,but the sad truth of it is that there just isn't. The name came about one night when a friend introduced me to the game black nova traders. For those of you not familiar with it they require you to create a name to play and Malacai was the first name that came to mind. I think ihad just finished watching the first children of the corn movie or something. and micheals well i just made that up. Sort of sounded good.

Post by **Claire Sebastian** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:13 pm

My name is literary, I got it from my favorite character in a series of books I really enjoyed as a child by Susan Beth Pfeffer.

Post by **Luxian Denorak** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 4:34 am

My name has base in several ideas. My first name is a bit of a derivative of a character from Kingdom Hearts II. In the game, members of Organization XIII all have an X in their names. I always thought this was really interesting. There was one character in particular whom I always liked the way his name rolled off your lips, Luxord. So I altered the name a bit and you all can see the end result. As for my last name, it's a bit of pseudo-lineage I have created. In the game Final Fantasy XI online, my character's name is Fallina Isolde Dicetla, in my overall story for the character she eventually has two children named Promise Denorak and Abettor Denorak, I am to be considered a descendant of Fallina's according to the Denorak lineage.

Post by **Persephone Farnon** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 4:54 am

The very first character I created at an interactive writing website I frequent has the surname Farnon. In her story, she's a graduated Slytherin student (a far cry from this Hufflepuff!). I've always liked the name Persephone and just haven't gotten around to using it until now.

Post by **Olivia Charm** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 8:01 pm

well, i was eating a salad when i signed for hol,
and in Israel we have this salad dressing company, and her name is Olivia /happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />
and charm, well, i looked for a nice and magical name, so there you go.

Post by **Maija Nevalainen** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:32 pm

I'm a total Finland-fanatic and Maija is my favorite finnish name /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Nevalainen sounded good, so that's it.

Post by **Sandy Forks** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:51 pm

Gosh, there's really not much rhyme or reason as to why I chose this name ... I started a fic several years ago that I've long since abandoned, and one of my main characters was named Sandy (short for Cassandra, as opposed to just plain Sandra) Forks. I've always liked the name Sandy, and Forks, well .. I was honestly probably looking for a last name and naming random objects I saw around the room. And thus Sandy Forks was born!

I also picked AJ Michalka as my PB, 'cause I always imagined Sandy as a blonde. Plus, she's so pretty! So there you have it. /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:58 pm

Ahhh another Sandy! Welcome, I call myself Sandy, which is actually short for Sandra. Heh, and Ravenclaw to boot. Well, have fun, and I love your name /wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

Post by **Peyton Shadows** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:55 am

I just picked the name because I liked it. I've used it on other HP themed sites and decided I would keep it. Nothing really special to it.

Post by **Stella Noge** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:08 pm

My name is Stella Noge. It's not like, super special, but it does reflect me. I'm really interested in stars and constellations, and in Latin, Stella means star. Stella is also such a pretty name so I decided on that.

As for my last name, Noge, well, I kind of took a friend's last name and altered. It went from Nogulman to Noge. I don't know how I came up with it. LOL I just thought Stella Noge sounded like a good name. =P