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 Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:12 pm
I need a good name for my mad scientist character. Originally, I named her Dr. Josephine Doosleberg, but I found out that on the cartoon show Phineas and Ferb, there's a character named Dr. Doofenshmirtz. The two names are too similar for my tatse, so now I need to think of a new surname for my character.
I was thinking of making her surname Nachash, which is the Hebrew word for snake (because I'm Jewish and I also like snakes), but I tried Googleing it and the first few things I found were related to the biblical story in the garden of Eden. I don't want people thinking of biblical stories EVERY time they hear my character's name, so I would like it if you could give some feedback as to what you think.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:34 pm
She is female, yes? I would suggest something German. Those crazy Germans, always coming up with silly names i.e. the Untersee Boot, Literal translation: Undersea Boat. Lol.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:38 pm
May I suggest the archaic tongue of latin, mad'am?
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:20 pm
Shalom, sister!
Why not go for something Yiddish, then? It's a mix of both Hebrew and German, so you can't go wrong when coming up with a name for a mad scientist!
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:40 pm
Hmm, Yiddish! I hadn't thought of that. Thanks!
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:42 am
I'm thinking of using "Dr. Josephine Yashcherke" as my character's name now. Yashcherke is the romanization of the Yiddish word for lizard.
(The Yiddish word for snake was shlang, and I am NOT going to be Dr. Shlang. rofl )
So, I'm wondering what everyone else thinks of using Yashcherke as my character's surname.
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:33 pm
Eisenheim? Don't believe it means anything however does sound both steamy and scientisty.
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Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:21 pm
I don't know about Eisenhiem. It's just so... normal. sad
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Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:07 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:18 am
http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/steampunk-resources/steampunk-name-generator
try that. it generates Steampunk/Victorian names.
i got Michael Gifford out of it when i put my name into it. He is now one of my most used RP characters, one of the mains in a book im writing, etc.
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:55 am
Behind the Name has a surname section. You can look for ideas there and it'll give you some history as well.
Surnames
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:54 pm
fire - link http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/steampunk-resources/steampunk-name-generator try that. it generates Steampunk/Victorian names. i got Michael Gifford out of it when i put my name into it. He is now one of my most used RP characters, one of the mains in a book im writing, etc. "Those who revel in the brilliance of the Sun,"
I'll have you know, I was going to suggest that link. But then I saw I was too late. But yeah, that is a good place to try out. I tried it twice, and didn't particularly care to use the names it gave me, so I'm saving the names for later, because I know I could use them. So, tell us how it goes if you use the generator!
"Should take time to dance under the Moon"
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:02 pm
I played around with the name generator at Brass Goggles, and decided that I liked the name Gertrude Latimer. Thanks for your help, everybody! smile
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