EDIT: I would like to start a discussion about which five hundred names would have been appropriate for the Five Hundred Companions, and review a proposed schedule for the Feast of the Dead.

Herewith for your edification, discussion, favorite promotion, and hackage, five hundred and thirty Nordic names, candidates for that hoary old host of Atmoran mercenaries what helped rid north-central Tamriel of the Falmer scourge in yon days of yore.

Abbard Adding Aegilief Aelfhere Aeschere Aeta Aevar Agarmir Agata
Agilaz Agnete Agning Aldi Aldor Alf Alfhedil Alfhild Alga Algot
Allding Alle Alof Alvitr Angantyr Anja Areas Arkming Arngrim Arnskar
Arvid Aslaug Asta Audmund Aumsi Authr Baldor Banstan Barirrid Barri
Baslod Batou Bedraflod Bedrir Beinir Beirir Beldegg Beowulf Bicke
Bittneld Bjadmund Bjalfi Bjorn Bjornrolfr Bodvar Bolli Borghild
Bormir Botrir Brandr Brasteir Breca Brego Briring Brodir Bronrod
Brurid Brynhild Brynjolfr Brytta Burd Burislav Daglin Deor Deorwine
Derek Drengr Dryngheid Eadgils Eanmund Ecglaf Ecgtheow Ecgwela Edith
Edla Egil Eigma Einarr Einherjar Eiruki Eitar Ekkhi Eldjar Eldrid
Elfhelm Elfhild Elfwine Else Emfrid Engar Ennbjof Eofor Eomaer Eomer
Eomund Eorl Eothain Eowyn Ergnir Erik Erkenbrand Erlendr Erna Erpr
Esbern Eskil Estrid Eydis Eyfura Eyja Fafnir Falki Fanar Fastred Felga
Fengel Finn Finna Fitela Fjol Fjorgeir Fjori Fjorrod Fjotreid Folca
Folcred Folcwalda Folcwine Folkvid Fraki Frald Frea Frealaf Freawaru
Freawine Freida Freydis Frik Froda Fryfnhild Gamling Garding Garmund
Geilir Geimund Gerlog Gisl Gjuki Godrod Gogrek Goldwine Gram Greidil
Grerid Gretta Grim Grima Grimbold Griss Grjotgaror Gromm Gudling Gudrun
Gukimir Gunder Gunnulfr Guthlaf Guthrithr Guthrothr Guthrun Gyrid Gytha
Haakon Haddingjar Haema Haening Haereth Haesmar Haethcyn Hafid Hagbard
Hakar Haki Halfdan Halga Hallbera Hallbjorn Halof Hama Hamdir Hamlof
Hamvir Hans Harald Haukr Havilstein Healfdene Heardred Heatholaf Hed
Heddvild Hefadmir Heidmir Heidrek Heifnir Heimdall Heime Heinrich
Helga Helgi Helm Heming Hengest Henrik Heorogar Heoroweard Herd
Herebeald Heremod Hereric Herrauthr Hervor Higil Hil Hild Hildeburh
Hildir Hildolf Hildr Hirnir Hisin Hjalmar Hjar Hjathningavig Hjoldir
Hjolfrodi Hjotra Hlar Hlod Hlofgar Hlora Hlormar Hnaef Hoag Hoc
Hodlismod Hoki Holger Holmgeira Hondscio Honmund Honthjolf Horstar
Hothbrodd Hrargal Hraudung Hreirek Hrethel Hrethric Hridi Hrisskar
Hroa Hrol Hroldar Hrolf Hrolfr Hrondar Hrordis Hrothgar Hrothmund
Hrothulf Hrundi Hun Hunroor Hurg Hurnfing Hurolf Hygd Hygelac Hylf
Hyring Idlami Igna Ilfhild Imsin Inga Ingeborg Ingeld Ingigerd Ingmar
Ingokning Ingvar Irroke Isgeror Itar Itreksjod Iver Jensine Jesper
Jofnhild Jofrior Jolding Jolgeir Jolgeirr Jollring Jonakr Jorck Jorg
Jormunrek Jorundr Jurgen Kalthar Kar Karl Keld Kerstin Ketil Kirsten
Kjarr Kjeld Kjolver Knurguri Kolfinna Korst Kunthar Larthjar Lassnr
Lisaa Logvaar Lorod Maering Maeva Malene Manheim Maren Margarte Merete
Merta Mette Modthryth Mogens Morwen Msirae Nels Nerfir Newheim Niels
Nikulas Nithhad Njars Norring Odd Oddny Odmi Offa Ohthere Olafr Olav
Olava Olfand Olrun Ondi Onela Ongar Ongentheow Onmi Onund Orgnolf
Ortis Oslaf Ottar Ozur Palnatoke Pelf Petrine Radd Raflod Ragnar
Ragnhild Ragnhildr Rakoslod Randver Ranmir Rathbarthr Regner Reinhardt
Reistr Rerir Rigmor Ringvild Risi Roggvar Rolf Rolgarel Roliand Rona
Roskva Rostlogi Runa Saetring Sarnir Sattir Savard Scyld Sifknir
Sigar Sigemund Sigi Sigmund Signy Sigrid Sigurd Sigvatr Silkisif
Sinfjotli Siri Sittar Sjarnfid Sjoring Sjorvar Skapti Skjoldr Skjorta
Skuld Slagfithr Snadir Snar Snedbrir Snorri Sold Sor Sorkvild Sorli
Sote Sottilde Star Starkad Steinunn Sten Storn Strom Sturla Styrbjorn
Svafrlami Svana Svanhild Svanhildr Svanhvit Svantepolk Svenja Svipdag
Svog Swerting Tharsten Thengel Theoden Theodred Theodwyn Thjalfi
Thongar Thora Thorbjorn Thorek Thorgeirr Thorgisl Thorgnyr Thormoor
Thornbjorg Thorormr Thrall Throknolf Thrond Thunmund Thurek Thurgestr
Tolgan Toralf Torbal Torbern Torolf Tymvaul Ulf Ulfgar Ulfgi Ulfr
Ulrika Unferth Urfing Val Valdar Valdemar Valgeir Valund Veborg
Velfred Vidfinn Vifill Vigdis Vigge Virgerd Visna Volsung Volund
Volva Vongvild Vori Waels Walda Wealhtheow Weohstan Wiglaf Wilhelm
Wondred Wulf Wulfgar Ygfa Yngling Yrmenlaf Yrsa Ysgramor Ysmir

(Sources: UESPWiki for Nord names from Morrowind, Bloodmoon, and Oblivion. Wikipedia for Norse people and heroes; Viking Age people, heroes, and lawspeakers; and Tolkien's House of Eorl.)

What?

Reopened; the OP will clarify the purpose of the thread.

Nice, but I'd double or triple up some of the names for authenticity's sake.

Sorry for the confusing start, and many thanks to the kind moderator. The point of this thread is not to simply list names for characters. I actually am aware of the name generator. I mean to start a discussion about which five hundred names would have been appropriate for the Five Hundred Companions. I didn't clearly say that in the OP.

In addition to deciding on names, we can talk about this proposed program for the Feast of the Dead.

You mean have fewer names, since some of the companions had the same given name, with different personal descriptors (eg, Einherjar Dog-Breath, Einherjar the Clever, Einherjar Elf-Smasher)? To do this, we should really weed out the names that aren't Atmoran enough (eg, Derek).

By the way, thanks for replying.

Yep, that's what I mean. And no problem. I mean, I'm gonna steal a few of them, anyway .

You're welcome to them, none are original, all are public domain. Except maybe the Tolkien ones, but that probably only counts if you steal their whole character.

So, since all the original 500 are dead, they can in personality reflect the Norse myths, heroes, and Viking-Age people, which is an easy way to figure out which ones to keep (those with a historical story). Once we get past those, we can attach interesting qualities of Norseman and women as kennings, and maybe preserve one plain name, under the theory that the kenning was used to distinguish two or more with the same given names.

So this thread expands to discuss interesting kennings.

Bj?rgl says he's got dibs on the painted cow!

YES!!! I love this type of nationalism. Great job on this list, and I enjoyed Ysmir being the last name.

Some legendary and historical kennings.

Adalvard the Elder
Adalvard the Younger
Aethelmaer the Stout
Aethelweard the Historian
Authr the Deep-Minded
Bjorn at Haugi (Bjorn at the Barrow)
Bjorn Ironside
Canute the Great
Eadgils of the Myrgings
Ealdgyth Swan-neck
Edgar the Peaceful
Edgar the Outlaw
Halfdan the Black
Harald Fairhair
Edmund Ironside
Edward the Confessor (these apparently had a...)
Edward the Martyr (... religious bent to them)
Emund the Old
Eric Bloodaxe
Eric the Victorious
Ethelred the Unready (he looted the corpses)
Folkvid the Lawspeaker
Gorm the Old
Guthrothr of Scania
Halfdan the Valiant
Harald Wartooth
Ivar the Boneless (I love this one)
Harald the Old
Harold Harefoot
Helgi the Sharp
Oda the Severe
Olof the Brash
Orvar-Odd (Odd of the Arrow)
Sigrid the Haughty
Sigur?r ormr ? auga (Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye)
Styrbjorn the Strong
Sweyn Forkbeard
Thora Town-Hart
Thorkell the Tall
Uchtred the Bold
Ulf the Brave

It seems if a name has a nearly-identical form with and additional "r", I can remove the Anglicized form without the 'r'. For example, Sigurd is more properly Sigurthr, if we're going for the archaic forms.

The point of this list is to provide some duplicate names, but distinguish them with kennings, as MK suggested.

So, what...we're just going about those names only?

Cull some of the females if they're in there in equal proportions, and perhaps some of the more distinctive notables, like Yngling.

If you're in the historical fiction market, I've been there for years, and I'd love to do some collaborative work.

Do we really need the eth?

Good question. In the ordinary course of events, I'd say no, for any character in the last century or even millennium. If we're talking about Atmorans who lived a couple thousand years ago, it may be entirely appropriate that their names are archaic, and difficult to write and pronounce in the same way they did.

This distinguishes (1) Sigurd the Stable Hand, named by his Imperial mother who overheard the Litany while buying snowberries in the market in Windhelm, and who as a teen during the fourth age turns over the hay under the horse's rear end every day for a septim a year, from (2) Sigur?r (Sigurthr) the Horse Whisperer, who kept the cavalry of Ysgramor in peak condition to mow down the babykilling, soul-stealing elven horde, to establish the base for the genocide of an elven race and the First Empire of Man in Tamriel, all before Sigurd's half-revered, mostly-ignored St. Alessia was even born.

No, the list is intended to be a starting point. If you think a name on the list is not what an Atmoran mother would name her mercenary son, then suggest it be stricken from the roll. If you suggest a new name which is more appropriate for the list, definitely tell me one to take off. Our goal is to get to 500.

I like names which are in the Old Norse form (see Wikipedia) better, since they're more archaic. Leaning towards using the thorn, eth, etc, since I can express it here and where I keep my formal list. But feel free to use th, aa, etc. instead.

Funny, that...I had a list of a bunch of Nordic/Atmoran names around here. Simply because Orvar-Odd etc etc sound horrible, no offense.

I'll see if I can dig it up.

Yes. It's manly.

If you wanted to get technical, ?thelred is the preferred spelling. It's a pretty common Saxon name. ?thelred, ?lfred, ?thelwold, ?thelwulf ect.

Aethelred is too obvious nowadays, however.

It was back then too.

Well, I'd put it the other way since the eth, thorn, and the "ae" ligature make the names feel more sophisticated for modern day Nords. But, in my absurd opinion well it's too fancy shmancy.



Hehe, you and your Nordic fetish.

Even though the thorn and the ash aren't Nordic.

The thorn and the eth are both used often in Old Norse name forms, which is the what I'm shooting for here, since it seems the right amount of archaic-Nordic I'm feeling for Atmoran. AE was also used inside names, though I would certainly accept that if its overuse at the beginning of names (in the House of Wessix, for example), is mostly an Anglian or Saxon thing, then it isn't what we want.

It looks like I need to reconstruct the list, using only the Old Norse forms of names (until 1066AD) I find in Wikipedia. Does anyone have an equivalent list, to save gathering time?