Guild Wars 2

I’m planning on remaking my Character as an Asura and I’m clueless when it comes to thinking of an Asura name. So any suggestions would be appreciated

My name irl is Amy if anyone could “Asurafy” it :P any any name would do

Also my middle and surname’s are Alyx Louise McQueen. If Amy is un Asurafyable (making up words is fun)

Male or female character? They have different naming conventions.

If female, ‘Ammi’ fits the naming convention (double consonants, vowel at the end). Male names do the double consonants but typically end with them, and don’t add the vowel. ‘Amm’ doesn’t sound so great, though, so perhaps ‘Alxx’ based on the middle name if you plan to roll a male character.

If the name is taken (as one word names often are), you can add a title. Here your options are really varied, because it’s not beyond Asura to make up their own titles. Anything that sounds vaguely scientific works.

You can also make up the krewe of your character and add that to the name. I.E. “Ammi of Aerological Transogenics”. The more complicated and technical the krewe name sounds, the better!

Asura do not typically have surnames – it’s not unheard of for Asura to adopt one, but they are usually the target of jokes by other Asura. So generally it’s best to avoid a surname unless you have a particular idea why the character would have adopted one.

Thanks Caledore, I’ll try Ammi, that sounds great I had that or Amii in my mind but wasn’t sure if it sounded like an Asura or not, if it’s taken do you have any ideas of a Title/Krewe suitable for a thief?

Maybe try to work in “Umbra” (the Latin word for shadow) or “Umbral”. Since real-world sciences typically are named in Latin, using Latin words is a good way to make a science-y sounding name. Maybe “Umbral Arcanology”, which would roughly be ‘science of shadow magic’?

I like to mash different words together until I get something that sounds good, so finding some suitable words and scientific suffixes (-ology, -ography, etc.) and fitting them together can be a good way to approach it.

In addition, descriptors do nicely, for instance, “Ammi the Sly”.

Good luck on getting a name that you like!!

My asura name (male) according to the wiki would be unusual as he has a last name and no double letters but I’m happy with it. My asura guardian’s name is Vekros Kalidan