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 Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:17 am
So.. I came up sort of with a new race, which might be sort of based on gaia's dark elves, only different..
They're for my new story.. They're like elves, only they have black skin, hair, everything, except for their eyes, which can be any shade of blue.
Now, I tried to come up with a name for this special race, but I can't think of anything at all..
Any of you have any ideas at all? Maybe some I can put together, any words I could half change into something that helps me describe these beautiful, though a bit scary creatures?
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Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:17 pm
I am plagued by this very question... considering I am writing a fantasy novel without humans, elves, or any traditional races. In most cases, I just slam the keyboard until an interesting combination of letters appears. Then I say that's what it is. But you could think of something that describes them, and then look up the word in another language... yay Google. But you can't go wrong with the keyboard strategy... just pronunciation can be killer.
But, if you want words...
Xylics - random slamming, 'x' is underused
Caligans - Latin root for 'darkness' and a ending
Decforians - two latin words slammed together 'beautiful terror'
Puteulans - almost the Latin word for 'blue', changed a few things.
some ideas, as you can probably tell, when I do the translating, Latin is my preferred choice
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:09 pm
I would recommend staying away from anything you can't pronounce easily.
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:29 pm
I'm in the middle of this same problem for my race of bird-like people. I have no idea what to call them. I was gonna call them "Aivines" but that sounds ridiculous. Something did pop into my head last night that I may use. Usually the names just come to me when I stop thinking about it so hard or I take existing words and mix them up into something new.
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:42 pm
Hemlock Key I would recommend staying away from anything you can't pronounce easily. Seconded. If you cannot pronounce it yourself, your audience will not either. I like the suggestion of "Caligans," personally.
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:33 am
I tend to change races just as it was stated first. My races are always from an idea from mythology or the like.
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DesertRoseFallen Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:20 pm
Nightmare1 Hemlock Key I would recommend staying away from anything you can't pronounce easily. Seconded. If you cannot pronounce it yourself, your audience will not either. I like the suggestion of "Caligans," personally. Unless she provides a small glossary in the back with proper pronunciations like some fantasy authors do.
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:56 pm
Amaranthien Nightmare1 Hemlock Key I would recommend staying away from anything you can't pronounce easily. Seconded. If you cannot pronounce it yourself, your audience will not either. I like the suggestion of "Caligans," personally. Unless she provides a small glossary in the back with proper pronunciations like some fantasy authors do. Yea... but still. I'd just stay along the lines of 'easy to pronounce'. Something smooth, and natural. But still completely unique. Other than that, there isn't much advice I can give... I can barely name my own characters, let alone a whole race sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:55 am
Everytime I create a new race, the names I come up with always sound and feel so silly. Nevertheless, I pick one name from the mass of sillies I've listed and I start writing with it. Sooner or later I find the name has grown on me and I'm fond of it (or it hasn't and I try another one)
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