Your Skyrim characters name

Post » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:46 pm

I cant think of any good names for my character for skyrim and will most likely just end up calling him Dovahkiin. Maybe some of you could help me think of a better name and post some good names for other forum users that like me cant think of a name

What will you call your character?

btw, if you would like to help me and others out post some names under these criterias to help people choose names for thier type of gameplay

Strength based
Stealth based
Magic based
All rounder
Marksman
Other


Stealth: class Shadow Assassin; name Haydée 'Hand of Night'. Probably a seductive female wood elf, maybe Breton;
Magic: class High Arcanist; name Drachenfels the Dark. Elder Breton Male probably;
Combat: class Lichtheld, name Fürst Andrjans. Honour-based advlt Male Imperial probably;
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Alexander Lee
 
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Post » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:49 pm

My character name will probably be by race,
which I only play as 3 of the 10:

Nord- Erick Hammerbeard/ Viktor Stonefist
Dark Elf- Redras Vvarlandas/ Ralas Valen
Orc- Karag-gro-Aluk/ Tharak-gro-Rahk

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Rowena
 
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:21 am

Kratos, perhaps some other greek names.

Or.. Zeroslack. (The classic gaming name i've used since 2002.)
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Ridhwan Hemsome
 
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:46 am

Vafud is one of the names of Odin, right?
My nord will probably have a similar name, and my Khajiit will probably be "Eremos". Then I'll have a Breton named "Will" or "William". Boring, but I like it.
That covers the three main archetypes, and all my characters after that will be more or less random.


Yeah, that's where I got it from. I should've also mentioned I like a little bit of symbolism in my characters' names. And your Breton name works nicely, they don't have to be complicated.
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Javaun Thompson
 
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:08 am

Keith.
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Nicole Mark
 
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Post » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:29 pm

Maximus, a former gladiator from the land of Cyrodiil, imprisoned for killing the man that murdered his family. He has nothing to live for but for the chance to make the world a better place....

Sound slightly familiar?
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stephanie eastwood
 
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:35 am

Dr. Badass.
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elliot mudd
 
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:09 am

Dr. Badass.

Any relation to Proffessor Badass? http://www.thevine.com.au/resources/IMGRELATED/060309030608_timepanties2.jpg
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Solène We
 
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Post » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:54 pm

MaXiM. A human (either nord or imperial type w/e type like that comes around) that has spent his wholes life poor in the cold with lack of clothes. When be wasn't spending his time being hunted by these maniacal creatures, he was hunting. He's now in the midst of the madness, love or hate.
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Miragel Ginza
 
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:54 am

Todd the Howard
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Michelle davies
 
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:13 am

Maximus, a former gladiator from the land of Cyrodiil, imprisoned for killing the man that murdered his family. He has nothing to live for but for the chance to make the world a better place....

Sound slightly familiar?

My apoligies, before I even saw your post, I commented MaXiM. Just lettin ya know I didn't reshape your name at all. MaXiM is my favorite name ;)
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gary lee
 
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:15 am

My female character's name will be Jordana Darkstride, a Dunmer assassin.

And my male character's name will be Ser Ivan Volkoff, a Nordic knight. He tries to maintains some form of civility in this barbaric land.
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Austin England
 
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Post » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:03 pm

I'll have a very hard time with names and tend not to be able to come up with one until after I've made the character. Something about the facial structure, perks and what-not all help me boil down into a "now what would my name be if I were this person" kinda thing. I do, however, know that I'm going to most likely focus on magic and melee weapons. I tend to lean towards the BattleMage stereotypic myself. My oblivion character was such, and I can't imagine not being the same (her name was Soura just in case you wanted to know seeing as though that's the main point in this thread).
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:22 am

I usually take few minutes to pick a name, because I will see this name pop up frequently throughout the game, so I want to be satisfied with it. My recent characters' names, which I will most likely use in one way or another in Skyrim:

Male Dunmer, Illusionist (Custom Class) - Lunar Shade
Female Bosmer, Assassin - Arven Oakspark
Male Argonian, Battlemage - Xerxes
Male Orc, Shaman (Custom Class) - Shagrat Woolfe
Male Breton, Mage - Franc Monet
Male Altmer, Mage - Moorak
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:14 am

Osrik Illvexus
Therivol Longfellow
Basher Grimlock
oh and of course, Archibald Regenald Maywether III (pompous mage)
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He got the
 
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:25 am

Jenyburn Autumn (Female,Imperial,Strength,Stealh and Marksman)
Roderick Draghon(Male,Nord,Strength And Marksman and Magic)
Jay Zell (Male,Redguard,Stealth,Marksman and Magic)
Gwyn Knightsor(Male,Imperial,Strength and Magic)
Dean Shadow(Male,Argonian,Stealth,Marksman And Strength)
Lion Nelw(Male,Khajiit,Strength And Stealth)
Jasrick Frostic(Male,Magic And Strength)
Jenni Frostic(Female,Nord,Magic and Stealth)


Stories of some of those Characters

Gwyn Knightsor(The Knight)
Spoiler
Gwyn Knightsor was a Great Knight that Fought in Tamriel vs Akavir War During First and Second Era He Was Half Akaviri and Half Tamrielic he was Born in Cyrodill but his Father was a Akaviric Imperial and his Mom Was Tamrielic His Mom and Dad Divorced And when that happened he was just a kid 12 Years old 10 Years later The War With Akavir has begun he Found out His Mom is killed by some Akaviric's He Had to Protect Cyrodill so He Became a Knight at Age 18 He Have Slain Many Akaviric Warriors Just Because Akavirics Slain his Mom When he Was Fighting He Accidently slain his Akaviric Father because he was in His Way and yeah his Father was a General so after he accidently slain his Father he was Captured by His Partners But they were Vampires so he Got Bit and thought they killed him while he was Actually sleeping so His Dad's Partner Were Killed later By some of Gwyn's Friends and took him to the Castle one Day later He wake up as a Vampire and he was feeling his teeth and he Notice his Teeth are Sharp like Fangs he cut his fingers with it and svcked the Blood And he was tasting a Sweet Taste and Every Night he Fought and svcked Many Blood During the War so He Became Immortal He is a Great Fighter But the War was Over now and Knightsor is a little bit sick of his Disease Because he can't see the sun anymore and needs to walk in Sunrise so he Walked To a Healer and he asked how to Cure Vampirism Later he found PurgeBlood Salt and took a Bath with it at a Shrine Then he sleeps again and waked up as a Human in The Third Era he was Undercover at The Mythic Dawn and he Was a Spy Instead a Knight anymore and Gathered alot of Info and he Quit his Knight Job But The Blades Got him Under Arrest so six months before Oblivion Crisis he was in Jail for 6 Months Later he was free Because of Uriel Septim he said he saw him in his Dreams and Uriel Knows he was a Great Knight and Was hoping he Could Close the Gates Emperor got Slain by Mythic Dawn Assassin's and Baurus told him to bring the Amulet of Kings to Jauffre and Save Martin and Close the Gate at Kvatch he Slain Mankar Camaron and was Called the Champion of Cyrodill After Martin Killed Dagon When he was a Hero and Oblivion Crisis was over he was going to a Cave and Become Vampire again till he Locked in jail in the 4th Era During Dragon Crysis



Dean Shadow
Spoiler
Dean Shadow was a Deadly Ninja In Black Marsh During the 4th Era 20 years Before the Dragon Crisis he Joined a Assassin Clan in Black Marsh
He Was a Deadliest Ninja in Black Marsh And Killed For the Dark Brotherhood He Slained Many man's in Just 10 Seconds The Argonian Was a Deadly Warrior He is Like a Shadow you won't Expect him 6 Years Before Dragon Crisis He Assassinated A Important Guard in Black Marsh But the Guards Found out who killed him and found out Where he Lived 5 Years Before Dragon Crisis he Escaped to Skyrim
He Stole a Important Artifact From The Nordic Guards Then he Got Locked in Prison for 5 Years + Execution


Jasrick and Jenni Frostic
Spoiler
They Were Born in the Time of Oblivion Crisis But got Captured by Dremora's and they Were Raised by them while they were Captured as a Baby When they were 18 They were Evil Assassins That Worked for The Daedra's Till the Champion of Cyrodill Killed the Mythic Dawn Leaders and Destroyed The Daedra's Jasrick and Jenni were the Only Ice Cold Human Daedra Warriors in that Time And Killed Everyone That was a Blade When that was Done They Moved more North And Forgot one Blade of Cyrodill that Lived in the Borders of Skyrim and Cyrodill And Froze Them But he Got Chased By Guards so The Blade Runned Away And Jasrick and Jenni were Brought to a Cave 1 Year Before The Dragon Crysis some Dark Elf Melted The Ice and they were Free and they got Back to The Borders of Skyrim and Cyrodill and Poisoned The Blade Guy But then They Got Chased By Nordic and Imperial Guards and when the Guards Arrested them they were in a Prison in Skyrim


Roderick Draghon
Spoiler
Roderick Draghon is a Dragon Slayer That was Borned in Akavir Home of The Dragons Were he Was a Great Hunter He Slain Many Dragons and Killed Cliffracers just with His Bare Hands He always wanted to Go to Skyrim Because that is The Home of The Nords and he is a Nord so He Moved to Skyrim But one thing he Couldn't Slay any Dragons because Dragons was not Attacking yet He Studied Much about the Tamrielic Dragons How they Fight What Happened to them and Other Things He Had Nothing to Do and Joined The Thieves Guild and Stole Many Items Till he Got Caught and in Prison in Skyrim



Jenyburn Autumn
Spoiler
Jenyburn Autumn was a One Damn Hot Imperial that Joined The Dark Brotherhood in Cyrodill That Killed Alot of Peoples with Her Poison Kiss she Killed Every man that Tries to [censored] Her just By Kissing Him She Moved to Skyrim 3 Years Before Dragon Crysis and Got Caught By Poisoning a Man That Tried to [censored] Her but she got in Prison for along time For Poisoning Peoples

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Rob Davidson
 
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:17 am

I usually pick random names out of the Bible. There are some seriously cool sounding names in there.
Are a lot of your characters named Jesus?

On topic...I usually play through with a couple races
Breton/Imperial/Redguard- Darion Silver
High Elf - Alorien Telmnar
Wood Elf.....I never play Altmer..
Dark Elf - Denorilo Silverwarrior
Orc - Go'rok Ungbar
Nord - Josh Tepulski....no lol Skidi Oxjaw
And I don't play Kajit or Argonian...


IGB I like the back stories and dislike that they are each one giant run on sentence lol
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:34 am

Wood Elf.....I never play Altmer..

A Wood Elf Is Bosmer. A High Elf Is Altmer.

Anyways.
Ham (Imperial, Thief (No Class selection in Skyrim!))
Boris. Boris be Big Nord. Boris Smash You With His Boris-Hammer. Boris Be A Berserker Or Maybe A Bosmer Basher Kind Of Boris. Boris Be Big Warrior Boris.
Boris also be dumb.
Orr Mage-Is-Good: An Argonian Mage
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Adriana Lenzo
 
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:40 am

My name will be Elenthar Dalas Grand-Grand-Grand-Grand son of Elendil Dalas.

hey! my second Morrowind character had Dalas for a surname :]
i think im gonna use it again
thanks for reminding me, cousin!
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:18 am

ill probably create some new first names and recycle a few old surnames
maybe they can be related to each other? so many options :P
anyways creating an Elder Scrolls clan seems like a good way of killing time till Skyrim comes out
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Becky Palmer
 
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:14 am

ill probably create some new first names and recycle a few old surnames

I think I chose the most unimaginative surname possible with "Smith". Although not in the list of lore-correct names on the likes of UESP (at least not by itself) it seems a not unreasonable name for what is one of the most common professions. In fact in a mod I'm working on, once I felt I'd plundered the "correct" names to its limit, at least as much as I was happy with, the same methodology was quite handy for coming up with names at least for Bretons and Imperials, with all manner of Smiths, Coopers, Fletchers, Cartwrights and so on. Part of me thinks they're perhaps a little overshadowed by contemporary examples, but it turned out to be a handy supply of new names once I'd started running out of ideas elsewhere!
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:29 am

BEOWULF
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:29 am

I think I chose the most unimaginative surname possible with "Smith". Although not in the list of lore-correct names on the likes of UESP (at least not by itself) it seems a not unreasonable name for what is one of the most common professions. In fact in a mod I'm working on, once I felt I'd plundered the "correct" names to its limit, at least as much as I was happy with, the same methodology was quite handy for coming up with names at least for Bretons and Imperials, with all manner of Smiths, Coopers, Fletchers, Cartwrights and so on. Part of me thinks they're perhaps a little overshadowed by contemporary examples, but it turned out to be a handy supply of new names once I'd started running out of ideas elsewhere!

ah, well if you run out of imaginative names you could always try one of my favorite methods
its real easy, you just google translate a random english word into a cool languange
i tend to get pretty epic names using Norwegian and Icelandic for translating
for example ''crushing the adoring fan - alger í fanatískur''
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:56 am

I don't like surnames for my characters as thinking of a nice character seems too hard.

I'll name my heroic character (most likely sword and shield imperial) Cassio - taken from Othello, a kind of noble character (despite prosttute Bianca) and it seems like a fitting name.

Generally not very nice guy which will be stealth character will be Iago- again from Othello

My first character is going to be a huntsman, most likely a wood elf providing they fixed their stupid appearance. Not sure what to call them but will likely use a name someone has posted on this topic.
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Post » Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:15 am

My character's name will be E'el Rolyat. I'll either be Dunmer, Breton, or Imperial, depending on how they look.

It's a variation of my name backwards.
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