Fantasy Names

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Name Lists

Hey guys, here are all of the name lists I've made so far, organized into categories. Hope these help :-)

Names by Season:

Summer.....Autumn.....Winter.....Spring

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Names by Holiday:

Halloween

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Names by Nature:

Flower.....Crystal.....Sea.....Lush

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Names by Feeling:

Anger

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Names by Personality:

Heart

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Names by Theme:

Survival

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Fantasy Names:

Magic

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Names for D&D Classes:

Barbarian

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Names for followers of D&D Deities:

Auril

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Final Fantasy Classes:

Thaumaturge

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Item Sets:

Elemental Magic Books (Bengali)

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Element Spotlights:

Chant - (French) song

Laf - (Old English) surviving, remaining, what is left behind

Ten - (Turkish) skin

Zin - (Burmese) orchid

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Language Spotlights:

Georgian

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Starmist (English) - the stars cover the sky like a blanket of fog

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Gaja / ˈɡa.ja - f (Esperanto) cheerful, merry, glad

This name is currently popular in both Poland and Slovenia.

Photo by Victoria Strelka_ph on Pexels

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Zillah צִלָּה / ˈzɪl.ə - f (Hebrew) shade

Other Forms: Tzillah, Tsila, Tzila

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Fabrice / fab.ʁis - m (French) craftsman

French form of the Roman family name Fabricius, derived from Latin faber, meaning "craftsman".

It's popularity in France peaked in the 70's.

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Flowers that look like something else

The Naked Man Orchid

The  Dancing Girl Impatiens

The  Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid

The  Swaddled Babies Orchid

The  Flying Duck Orchid

Orchid That Looks Like A Tiger

The Angel Orchid

The Orchid That Looks Like A Ballerina

The Moth Orchid

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These would make great D&D creatures or magical items

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Bulutek / buˈɫ̩utec - m (Turkish) lone cloud

A small village in the middle of a desert claims to get all the water they need from one mysterious cloud.

From Turkish bulut "cloud" and tek "alone, unique"

IPA Pronunciation: buˈɫ̩utec

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Morgenbrise - f (Danish) morning breeze

From Danish morgen "morning" and brise "breeze". Both elements would also make nice names on their own.

IPA Pronunciation: ˈmɔr.ənbriːsə

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Maram مرام - m/f (Arabic) wish, desire

It's been gaining popularity as a feminine name in Spain since the mid 2000's.

IPA Pronunciation: ma.ˈraːm

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Ariwanas - m/f (Filipino) the Milky Way, galaxy

IPA Pronunciation: Aɾiwanas

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Ha-Yeong 夏英 - m/f (Korean) summer flower

From Korean ha 夏 "summer, great, grand" and yeong 英 "flower, petal, brave, hero".

This name could also be read as "great flower", "great hero", or "summer hero".

IPA Pronunciation: ha.jʌŋ

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Chalun - m (Nivkh) fog

From Nivkh ch'alu, "fog".

Usually given to a boy born on a foggy day.

Nivkh is an endangered language that I'm having trouble finding resources for. If anyone knows the pronunciation or Cyrillic spelling for this let me know!

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Ohma ဥမ္မာ - f (Burmese) linseed flower

Borrowed from Pali ummā, "linseed flower"

Other Spellings: Ohmar, Ohnmar, Omma, Onma

IPA Pronunciation: ʔṵmmà

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Myron Μύρων - m (Greek) sweet oil, perfume

Originally a Greek word, it's been translated into many languages due to the fact that it belonged to two Christian saints. It's been a relatively popular name in the United States since the 1880's, it's popularity peaking in 1930 and falling out of use completely in 2000.

Greek IPA Pronunciation: murɔːn

English IPA Pronunciation: mˈa͡ɪɹɑːn

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Lumine - m/f (English) the principle or medium of light. The luminiferous ether. To illuminate, to give light to, to throw light upon, to adorn.

This is a modern but rarely used English word.

From Middle English illuminen, which is from Old French illuminer, which is from Latin illuminare, "to illuminate".

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Sihëna - f (Albanian) like the moon

Literally translated from the Albanian phrase si hëna, "like the moon".

IPA Pronunciation: Sihəna

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How to Pronounce Names!

Hi guys! I'm going to start including how to pronounce the names I post. I'll be using the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), which explains pronunciation using universal symbols.

Easy IPA Pronunciation

Copy the IPA Pronunciation of a name and paste it into this website: ipa-reader.xyz or this one: unalengua.

Choose the language of the name in the dropdown below and press read. The IPA reader will pronounce the name for you.

You can also go to google translate if the IPA reader doesn't have the right language!

Thorough IPA Pronunciation

If the IPA reader doesn't have the language, you can go here: Vulgarlang

This website lists every IPA symbol and provides examples of the pronunciation in English. It's more work but a great resource.

Scroll down to IPA for English.

One at a time, find each IPA symbol and look at the examples provided for English. You can also click on the symbol and it will be pronounced for you.

I hope this is helpful for you guys! Thanks for reading!