Im trying to decide, of all things, on a name for a recurring character in my renders. She can be seen at my renders:

Twin Blades

Three Fair Knights v3.0

Well Armed v2

Im thinking due to her white hair, of some name with the root of "Ash". I looked at a baby name site, and the two English origin names I like most are

Ashlyn
Ashtyn

both sound feminine, the second seems a bit more exotic. Looking at the woman in the renders, what would anyone interested suggest as a character name?

Thanks for reading,

Logan Edit: oh yeah, for names, think Fantasy Sword & Sorcery genre, and im sorry but I absolutely refuse to consider the moniker "Alan Alda" ;)

Message edited on: 03/15/2006 21:08

I vote for one of the following:

Ulla
Dallas
Petra
Haldis
Jordis
Emma
Nikita
Solange
Sierra

Message edited on: 03/15/2006 21:32

Hmmmm... Valla Asheon Terris and I like Ulla and Petra from Acadia's list.

Levana! It's Hebrew, derived from Levan, and means moon, or moonlight.

Hera. Artemis. Sabine. Leaha.

Attached Link: http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/fantasylinks.htm

ewwwwwwwwwww ok Ashtyn is O U T I really was hoping for some exotic versions of the Ash name root that I hadnt yet heard. Lessee, whats left... Ashlyn Ashlynn Ashleigh Ashly Ashlee Asheon I can kind of see her as a Petra actually, although its nothing like I was originally thought. Nuala sounds cool as well, as does Tirann, although maybe exoticing it out (waitaminute, did I just make up a word there? um anyhow) with a spelling of Tyrann might be cool. And frustrating. No one would have any friggin idea which of several different possible ways it should be pronounced...

Petra is Greek, and means Rock, or stone. Paetros (Peter), the Rock upon whom was founded the Christian religion, is a derivative form. Tiran, or Tyran are the straits at the tip of the Sinai peninsula, where the Red Sea enters the Gulf of Eilat. Are you sure you wish to name her after crystalized minerals, or geological features?
Being the Israeli patriot that I am, I still suggest Levana, or Levanah, which means moonlight, and makes a positive allusion to her white hair.
But of couse, she's your figure, and the final choice is yours. BTW, did you get my Olga figure, is everything in order?
Yours truly,
David

Message edited on: 03/16/2006 01:54

Yep, got the char, I have yet to experiment with it though, I just installed a few more Posette hybrids and will see how many it is functional on. This char im working on the name of is a hybrid as well, PosetteV3 from netherworks. Another name dawned on me: Ashen Im not necessarilly looking for a real name, with a real-world definition. I tried a few elven name generators putting in such words as Moon, beams, light, star, etc but nothing there really fit. Im kinda hoping that someone comes up with some really unique name, maybe from some fantasy novel or fairytale that I havent heard and that has "ash" in it

What about 'Aiyellet' -morning star (spelling is optional, I arbitrarilly rendered it this in English so as to clarify the pronunciation). David

Well, since she'e on my mind, Aishwarya - sounds liks ash, kinda sorta. Ashanti Ashmodea Ashean Ashoptera - weird deja vu on that, musta dated her in a past life Ashlantia Ashnetia Ashteria Ashtalavista

lmckenzie: FYI Ashmodea is Hebrew. It a contraction of two words: Asham=guilt, and Modaa or Modea=knowledge. Ashamodea would therefore mean 'Knowledgable of Guilt.' An interesting name for a Warrior Princess. Alternatively I might suggest something based upon the Goddess Ishtar, or Astarte. She was the Babylonian Goddess of both erotic Love and Fertility. But to the Assyrians, she was also the Goddess of War, Death and destruction being the reverse side of birth and renewal. When her cult traveled west, and arrived in ancient Greece, her personna was split into two entities, Demeter and Athena. Demeter became the Goddess of fertility, growth, and harvest, while Athena became the Goddess of Knowledge and War. Athena is usually depicted wearing armor and carrying a spear. Iterestingly, even though Ishtar was the Goddess of love, she was also a perpetual virgin. Being as she was the Goddess of all growth and fertility, no one man could 'possess' her; ergo inspite of having a string of lovers, she remained a virgin. End of lecture, David

Well, our wave of rightwing religious zealotry has made a revival of goddess worship sound appealing. Starting a new religion is usually lucrative too if you play your cards right. The *Cult of Ashmodea * has a nice ring to it. Sasha Cohen as high priestess, all the vestal virgins for myself, selling indulgences, none of that silly desert religion guilt tripping. By jove, I think you've got it!

The Mountain Ash is also known as Rowan.

Ash is masculine and Rowan is the feminine in Wiccan and probably Celtic circles.

Message edited on: 03/16/2006 05:54

I get a dvu whenever I hear the name "Ash" or a derivative. Google-browsing I found out that even Pokemon has an "Ash" character. The names linking her to a particular religion, culture, etc ... may be limiting and thus a disadvantage. "Cendra" or "Sendra" maybe ? "Cendres" is French for ashes ...

Adasha

Adasha means pebble in Hebrew; lentals because of their size and shape are commonly refered to as Adashim; not exactly an overwhelming sobriquet. On ther otherhand, the word Esh in Hebrew means fire. Eshraba-Great Fire; Eshkala=Consuming Fire; Eshkatal=destructive Fire.

Is not a pebble but a small rock? Is not a rock indicative of strength? Is not this character strong - though a woman who is diminutive to man? (Though there may be some copyright issues with the creators of "The Flintstones.")

All this while thinking I made up the name for its phonetic appeal, unaware it had such deeper meaning. And am I wrong in thinking that this character is not of Hebrew origin?

Aislinn
Asha
Ashai

Fine, you call her Pebble, and I'll call her Lental; I always did love my wife's lental soup, finger-lickin good.
David Oh, I nearly forgot, -in modern Hebrew, an Adasha is also a lens. Contact Lenses are called 'Adashay Eenayim' (Eye Lenses).

Message edited on: 03/16/2006 10:14

Asha is a possibility, randym77; but if you were to add an 'i' to the middle of the name, and make it Aisha, then her name would mean 'Life' in Arabic. This reminds me of H. Rider Haggard's great Heroine Ayesha, from his noval 'She'. Her name was Ayesha, but her subjects referred to her as 'Hiya (She)', and her title was 'She Who Must Be Obeyed!' Surely this too would be a fitting name for the Princess. David

"Asha" is a Hindu name meaning "hope."

Other Indian names:

Ashna (Beloved)

Ashni (Lightning)

George. Or Alan. But then, I'm on medication. :)~

"She Who Must Be Obeyed" Wasn't that Rumpole's wife?

You will laugh but as soon as I saw her in the first pic, a name popped into my head: TUNA. Don't ask me why. ;o)

ToooNah, toooNah, it all began tooonah, la la la la la lahhh...

Rumpole, you mean Rompole of the Baily? Of couse she was, but then as an English schoolboy he obviously read Rider Haggard too.

"TUNA" Well, she is in a can kind of. I'm not going to tell her she smells fishy though, not while she's carrying that can opener. "...as an English schoolboy..." And would have developed a taste for the cane as well accounts if he went to 'public' school. Ah, I get to use "rum, sodomy and the lash" again so soon. Just call her Xena-change the X to a Z or Buffy-change the B to an M, and no one will ever notice. Just make sure she has a little friend, like a tomboyish page girl, with whom she has an ambiguous relationship and I'll tune in.

Hehehe, Just got back from a horrible day and I see the thread has gone some fun places :) JRay, yep, not a char of Hebrew origin, just a female warrior of Sword & Sorcery genre, if anything with an Olde English flavor. The name origins/definitions in this thread are facinating, but I think that for this character my choice is going to be based more on how well a name rolls off the tounge than any specific meaning. Ive been thinking of this character as "that 'ash-something' broad" pretty much from her inception so Im pretty sure ill go with something based on the Ash root. still sounding good are: Ashlyn Ashlynn Ashleigh Ashly Ashlee Asheon Ashen Asha And this popped into my head earlier: Ashiel dunno if that came from a book or what. Im thinking im leaning to Ashen. I dont think its a real word, unless its descriptive of an ash hue or color, or something burned to a state of ashes, which would be fine, and it sounds somehow both unique and familiar as a name I think. Youse guys like it or hate it?

"Ashen" is a real word, and a pretty commonly used one. Usually used to describe a very pale color, particularly skin. As in, "I knew he was guilty because his face turned ashen when the police drove up."

I'm not big on names that start with "Ash". For some reason to me it they sound very cliche.

Ashen is a real English word, it's dictionary discription is as follows: Adjective: ashen (ashun) 1: Ash-coloured or anaemic looking from illness or emotion. ex. "a face turned ashen." 2: Made of wood of the Ash tree. It is synonymous with such terms as: blanched, bloodless, livid, & white.

Another alternative (and the first thought that entered my mind) was something that relates to ice or cold ... like Crystal, or Frezetta, or Snow.

'Snowleopard' would be a sperlative sobriquet, evoctive of snow and ice on one hand, and feline feminine grace on the other, with a real touch of deadly combined. Silent, purposeful, gracful, and Deadly; without a trace of wasted movement, or distraction from intent. I think that would be a winner.

Two chapters lie back to back in my vintage copy of Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. One is the French victory at Orleans in 1429 and the other is the defeat of the Spanish armada in 1588. I reckon if you can change the world with a plain old handle like Joan or Elizabeth then maybe that's all you need. "I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms..." - Elizabeth I to the troops at Tilbury

You could also call her: Mercedes Daphne Elana Melanie

Message edited on: 03/16/2006 22:51

If we are mark'd to die, we are enowMap To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires. But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England. God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour As one man more methinks would share from me For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more! Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host, That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made, And crowns for convoy put into his purse; We would not die in that man's company That fears his fellowship to die with us. This day is call'd the feast of Crispian. He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian.' Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say 'These wounds I had on Crispian's day.' Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember, with advantages, What feats he did that day. Then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words- Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester- Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red. This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day. -- Wm. Shakespeare, King Henry V

Shirley ~

Agina -after Henry V famed soliloquy at Agincourt.

"Agina -after Henry V famed soliloquy at Agincourt." Sounds as serious as a heart attack. I can picture her saying "And don't call me shirley," too.