#shadowhunter names

[missbrunettebarbie]

Do we have a list of all Shadowhunter last nanes ever used in TSC?

[dayscrazed]

Julian: “Lex malla, lex nulla.”

Emma: “I wonder what other family mottos are. Do you know any?”

Julian: “The Lightwood family motto is ‘We mean well.’”

Emma: “Very funny.”

Julian: “No, really, it actually is.”

Emma: “Seriously? So what’s the Herondale family motto? ‘Chiseled but angsty’?”

Julian: “‘If you don’t know what your last name is, it’s probably Herondale’?”

Emma: “What about Carstairs? ‘We have a sword’? ‘Blunt instruments are for losers’?”

Julian: “Morgenstern, ‘When in doubt, start a war’?”

Lord of Shadows, page 442

[killing-the-cuckoo]

Some Shadowhunter family names, some you may know, others will be new.

Verlac (French; meaning “water snake” - Emblem is a serpent) Notable members: Theodor Verlac I, Sona Carstairs (née Verlac), Élodie Verlac, Sebastian Verlac, Sophia Verlac, Theodor Verlac II, Marcel Verlac 

Montclaire (French; meaning “clear mountain” - Emblem is a valley) Notable members: Céline Montclaire, Octave Montclaire, Marie Montclaire, Alexis Montclaire, Rémy Montclaire, Jace Herondale    Gladewell (Scottish Gael; from the springs of the Caledonian Forest - Emblem is a stag) Notable members: Cyrus Gladewell, Arthur Gladewell, Agatha Penhallow (née Gladewell) Ashburn (Norwegian; from the ash tree, Yggdrasil, of Norse cosmology - Emblem is a Scandinavian ash) Notable members: Milhous Ashburn, Matthew Ashburn, Nicola Ashburn (née Casaleña), Iris Ashburn, Marina Ashburn, Florence Ashburn, Hugo Ashburn   Casaleña (Spanish; meaning “wooden house” - Emblem is a cart wheel) Notable members: Isabel Casaleña, Nicola Ashburn (née Casaleña), Danilo  Casaleña     Xuānyuáng (Archaic Chinese; meaning “sun king” - Emblem is a yellow lily) Notable members: Shen Xuānyuáng, Lì húa Mayweather (née Xuānyuáng)

Lovelace (English; named for the ring worn by the first Lovelace - Emblem is a love knot) Notable members: Jessamine Lovelace, Armand Lovelace, Periboea Lovelace, George Lovelace, Simon Lovelace Mayweather (Faerie; from an ancient poem verse “May weathered souls be guided home” - Emblem is a unicorn) Notable members: Lì húa Mayweather (née Xuānyuáng), Elias Mayweather, Christian Mayweather  Nightsbane  (English; from the name given to the moon that aids a hunter’s watch - also the name of the sword wielded by the first of the Nightsbane clan - Emblem is the full moon) Notable members: Eleanor Nightsbane (née Branwell), Jonathan Nightsbane, Matilda Nightsbane 

[knopeswifts]

A lot of people have chosen Herondale as their Shadowhunter names. And while I love the Herondales very much, I think I would honestly prefer to be a Lightwood.

[killing-the-cuckoo]

Shadowhunter family names + Latin mottos

Fairchild - Alis volat propriis (”She flies with her own wings”) Herondale - Per ardua ad astra (”Through adversity, to the stars”) Lightwood - Aut invenium viam aut faciam (”I shall either find a way or make one”) Morgenstern - In hoc signo vinces (”In this sign you will conquer”) Carstairs - Veritas vos liberabit (”The truth shall set you free”) Blackthorn - Esse quam videri (”To be, rather than to seem to be”) Branwell - Sapere aude (”Dare to be wise”)

[mythomagically-delicious]

Verlac?

I can’t even really believe that “Verlac” is a shadowhunter’s last name. Where’s the compound? Where is the haughty air to it? Where is an element of nature or magic? Verlac is not an awe-inspiring shadowhunter last name.