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What is the significance of your first name? As in, why did your parents name you what you're named? Birth names only, please.
Named after a relative or friend
Named after a religious figure
Parents just liked the name
Named something that was popular at the time
Name has cultural/traditional significance for parent(s)' culture
Named after a fictional character
Named after a famous person (excluding religious figures)
Other
For the purposes of this poll please just stick to birth names! I'd like to do another poll for names people chose themselves later in life.
Naming International POC Characters: Do Your Research.
This post is part of a double feature for the same ask. First check out Mod Colette's answer to OP's original question at: A Careful Balance: Portraying a Black Character's Relationship with their Hair. Below are notes on character naming from Mod Rina.
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@writingraccoon said:
My character is black in a dungeons and dragons-like fantasy world. His name is Kazuki Haile (pronounced hay-lee), and his mother is this world's equivalent of Japanese, which is where his first name is from, while his father is this world's equivalent of Ethiopian, which is where his last name is from. He looks much more like his father, and has hair type 4a. [...]
Hold on a sec.
Haile (pronounced hay-lee), [...] [H]is father is this world’s equivalent of Ethiopian, which is where his last name is from.
OP, where did you get this name? Behindthename.com, perhaps?
Note how it says, “Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. Check marks indicate the level to which a name has been verified.” Do you see any check marks, OP?
What language is this, by the way? If we only count official languages, Ethiopia has 5: Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, & Tigrinya. If we count everything native to that region? Over 90 languages. And I haven't even mentioned the dormant/extinct ones. Do you know which language this name comes from? Have you determined Kazuki’s father’s ethnic group, religion, and language(s)? Do you know just how ethnically diverse Ethiopia is?
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To All Looking for Character Names on the Internet:
Skip the name aggregators and baby name lists. They often do not cite their sources, even if they’re pulling from credible ones, and often copy each other.
If you still wish to use a name website, find a second source that isn’t a name website.
Find at least one real life individual, living or dead, who has this given name or surname. Try Wikipedia’s lists of notable individuals under "List of [ethnicity] people." You can even try searching Facebook! Pay attention to when these people were born for chronological accuracy/believability.
Make sure you know the language the name comes from, and the ethnicity/culture/religion it’s associated with.
Make sure you understand the naming practices of that culture—how many names, where they come from, name order, and other conventions.
Make sure you have the correct pronunciation of the name. Don’t always trust Wikipedia or American pronunciation guides on Youtube. Try to find a native speaker or language lesson source, or review the phonology & orthography and parse out the string one phoneme at a time.
Suggestions for web sources:
Wikipedia! Look for: “List of [language] [masculine/feminine] given names,” “List of most common [language] family names,” “List of most common surnames in [continent],” and "List of [ethnicity] people."
Census data! Harder to find due to language barriers & what governments make public, but these can really nail period accuracy. This may sound obvious, but look at the year of the character's birth, not the year your story takes place.
Forums and Reddit. No really. Multicultural couples and expats will often ask around for what to name their children. There’s also r/namenerds, where so many folks have shared names in their language that they now have “International Name Threads.” These are all great first-hand sources for name connotations—what’s trendy vs. old-fashioned, preppy vs. nerdy, or classic vs. overused vs. obscure.
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Luckily for OP, I got very curious and did some research. More on Ethiopian & Eritrean naming, plus mixed/intercultural naming and my recommendations for this character, under the cut. It's really interesting, I promise!
Dungeon Meshi Adventurer's Bible - Naming Notes.
Transcript on ALT and my own observations under the cut.
20 Victorian-era names for girls
Adelaide: Derived from the Germanic name Adalheidis, meaning "noble" or "of noble birth."
Beatrice: Derived from the Latin name Beatrix, meaning "she who brings happiness" or "blessed."
Charlotte: Of French origin, meaning "free" or "petite."
Clara: Derived from the Latin word clarus, meaning "clear" or "bright."
Edith: Derived from the Old English name Ēadgyð, meaning "prosperous in war" or "blessed."
Eleanor: Derived from the Old French form of the name Aliénor, meaning "bright," "shining," or "light."
Florence: Derived from the Latin name Florentia, meaning "flourishing" or "prosperous."
Genevieve: Derived from the Old Germanic name Genovefa, meaning "woman of the race" or "tribe woman."
Georgiana: Feminine form of George, meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker."
Harriet: Derived from the French name Henriette, meaning "home ruler" or "ruler of the household."
Isabella: Derived from the Hebrew name Elisheba, meaning "God is my oath" or "devoted to God."
Josephine: Feminine form of Joseph, meaning "God will add" or "God increases."
Lillian: Derived from the Latin name Lilium, meaning "lily" or "pure."
Matilda: Derived from the Germanic name Mahthildis, meaning "mighty in battle" or "strength in battle."
Penelope: Of Greek origin, meaning "weaver" or "duck."
Rosalind: Derived from the Germanic elements hros, meaning "horse," and lind, meaning "soft" or "tender." But the meaning later changed to mean "lovely rose", from the Latin rosa lindaI.
Victoria: Derived from the Latin word victoria, meaning "victory" or "conqueror."
Winifred: Derived from the Old English name Winefrið, meaning "friend of peace" or "blessed peacemaking."
Prudence: Derived from the Latin word prudentia, meaning "foresight" or "wisdom."
Clementine: Derived from the Latin name Clemens, meaning "merciful" or "gentle."
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