OPTION: CHARACTER NAME GENERATOR

AMAZONIAN NAMES

Although Hellenic, Amazonian names reflect the matriarchal nature of their society. Female names reflecting beauty and flowers are reduced in use in favor of those based on strength, heroism, and lineage, while male Amazonian names are all but bereft of those indicating strength, valor, or skill-at-arms.

Amazonian Matronymics: Amazon society uses the name of the mother as a matronymic, modifying it with –doros (“gift of”). The mother’s name is modified in the matronym based on its ending, as follows: Ending -dra -e -ia -o Modified-doros -edoros-idoros-odoros

For example: Eunike, daughter of Alekto, would be Eunike Alektodoros. Argyros, son of Alexandra, would be Argyros Alexandoros. Hypatia, daughter of Theodosia, would be Hypatia Theodosidoros.

ATLANTEAN NAMES

Atlantean Clan Names: Rather than use the normal Hellenic patronymics and matronymics, Atlanteans use the names of their clans, all based on ancient sea gods, as their surnames.

COMMON NAMES

The names of common men are incredibly varied, often mixing influences from multiple cultures. It would not be unusual, for example, for the son of a Keltic mother and Viking father to possess a name such as Ciaran Snorrason. Mix this up a few generations, so someone is a Krimmean-Kelt-Pictish mix, and you could have a name such as Rhésos Macc Segovax.

In some locations, such as Khromarium, the cultural melting pot has been so extensive for such a long period of time that common names have developed into their own forms, and bear little resemblance to the cultures that contributed to them. For such names, use the following generators.

Common Personal Names – Male: Determine the number of elements randomly above. Roll for each element and combine in order if there is more than one. Extra consonants may be dropped if desired, or kept if no more than doubled.

For example: A roll of 40 for a single-element male name gives the name Qill. Rolls of 59 and 27 give Samm and Marr which can be combined as Sammarr, Sammar, Samarr, or Samar.

Common Personal Names – Female: Female personal names are determined the same way as male ones, but are then modified by adding –a, -esta, or –ia to the end as desired.

For example: The female version of Samarr could be Samarra, Samaresta, or Samarria.

Common Family Names: Most common surnames developed over time are family names, handed down across generations. These are typically male ancestral names, and are generated just like common personal names above. In some locations, such as Khromarium, the ancestral male name is modified by adding –os, –tos, or –tose to the end, all of which mean, “Of the Family”.

For example: In Khromarium, Qill, of the Samarr family, would be called Qill Samarros.

ESQUIMAUX NAMES

Esquimaux names are genderless, reflecting their original cult belief as all being equally unworthy in the eyes of Kthulhu.

HYPERBOREAN NAMES

Despite their use of the Hellenic tongue, Hyperboreans use personal and family names that are distinct to those of the other races, a point of pride in the eyes of these haughty people.

Hyperborean Personal Names: Hyperborean personal names follow a strict pattern of Element-vowel-Element, with the connecting vowels being restricted to a, i, o, and u. Female names are differentiated solely by adding the prefix Sha- to the start of the name, meaning “Female”.

For example: The elements Mor and Kol can be combined to give the names Morakol, Morikol, Morokol, or Morukol. For a Hyperborean woman, the names would be Shamorakol, Shamorikol, etc.

Hyperborean Family Names: Of the great Hyperborean families of antiquity, only sixteen remain, hotbeds of intrigue and rivalry tenuously united only by their sense of superiority to the sub-men.

IXIAN NAMES

Ixian Patronymics – Female: Ixian girls and women follow their personal name with a patronymic based on the name of their father (if unmarried) or husband (if married). They do not use their father’s or husband’s patronymic as part of their name. gunê: “wife of” thugatêr: “daughter of”

For example: Storanê thugatêrGaos is Storanê, daughter of Gaos, but when she marries her betrothed, the merchant Abragos Siranos, she becomes Storanê gunêAbragos.

Ixian Patronymics – Male: Male Ixians simply use their father’s unmodified name as a patronymic. This name does not change upon marriage.

For example: Abragos, the husband of Storanê, is the son of Siranos, so his name is Abragos Siranos.

Ixian Racial Identification: Many Ixians show their racial allegiance and pride by appending the following to their name in greeting. Ixês: “of the Ixians” (male) Ixis: “of the Ixians” (female)

For example: Abragos Siranos might introduce himself to outsiders as Abragos Siranos Ixês, while his wife could introduce herself as Storanê gunêAbragos Ixis.

KELTIC NAMES

Keltic Patronymics: Kelts use their father’s or grandfather’s name as a patronymic, preceeding it with Macc (son) or Inghean (daughter) depending on gender.

For example: Morann Macc Bran indicates that Morann is the son or grandson of Bran. Mòrag Inghean Neasán is the daughter or granddaughter of Neasán.

KIMMERIAN NAMES

The Kimmerians of the steppes came to use the Hellenic tongue as their own over time, and with it the use of Hellenic names in place of those traditional to their people. Believing that people stand on their own merits, they do not use patronymics or matronymics, but do use appropriate epithets as marks of distinction.

KIMMERIAN (Kimmeri-Keltic) NAMES

The majority of Kimmeri-Kelt tribes have long adopted Keltic names, as their traditional tongue fell into disuse everywhere save in the subterranean realm of Krimmea. A few tribes, however, use Hellenic names much as the steppe-dwelling Kimmerian tribes.

KIMMERIAN (Krimmean) NAMES

The subterranean Kimmerians still use their ancestral names, though by the time the Scythian ancestors of the Ixians had driven them into the Caucasus Mountains, Hellenic elements had already entered their tongue. Like the Hellenic-named steppe Kimmerians, they use epithets instead of patronymics.

PICTISH NAMES

Pictish Patronymics – Male: Although Pictish inheritance is traced through the mother’s line, Pictish men traditionally use a patronymic based on their oldest uncle. Female Picts do not use a patronymic. nepos: “nephew of” The uncle’s name is modified in the patronym based on its ending, as follows:

For example: Cunovindos, nephew of Lugotorix, would introduce himself as Cunovindos nepos Lugotorigis. Tancorix, nephew of Caranacos, would introduce himself as Tancorix nepos Caranaci.

PICTISH (Half-Blood) NAMES

Following the Pictish invasion of the Savage Boreal Coast, many cultural identifiers such as personal names were lost to the few surviving Tlingit. However, as the Half-Bloods started to reject their Pictish masters, they also began to rediscover their Tlingit heritage, and to take the most apropriate Tlingit house names as personal names. The matrilineal customs of the Tlingit were a strong component to the Half-Bloods rejecting the paternal ancestry; that and the fact that the pure blooded Picts across the strait frowned upon the half breed progeny of the conquerors as something less than themselves. Thus, only a few loyalistic Half-Blood tribes continue to use Pictish names. The names are considered genderless in Half-Blood society.

Half-Blood Pictish Moeity Names: Half-Blood Picts use only two different surnames, those of their two moieties: G̱ ooch (Wolf) and Yéil (Raven). These matrilineal groups require that marriages must be between opposite moieties, though in most villages both moieties are common. Both are equally represented, so a given Half-Blood has a 50/50 chance of belonging to either moiety.

VIKING NAMES

Viking Patronymics: Both male and female vikings use a patronymic based on their father’s name, adding –son (son) or –dóttir (daughter) respectively. The father’s name is modified slightly, however, depending on its ending as follows:

For example: Einarr, son of Hallr, would be Einarr Hallsson. Ástrídr, daughter of Kvígbjörn, would be Ástrídr Kvígbiarnardóttir. Hergrímr, son of Geirmundr, would be Hergrímr Geirmunarson.

Note that all Viking personal names that begin with “Ull” (honoring Ullr) should be replaced with “Thor” when creating an outcast Viking from the Isles of Thur; e.g., Ullunn would become Thorunn, Ullormr would become Thorormr.