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Posted by: SilentAssaultX.9285

SilentAssaultX.9285

So I am completely new to Guild Wars 2, played WoW for years but have decided to change games after all the good things I have heard. I am planning to make a Human male Guardian.

I have a first name picked out but I want a last name with meaning to it. I found the word Conleth which means “purifying fire”. I think its fits really well with the whole guardian thing. The problem is that it is an Irish name which I understand is more associated with the Sylvari. There are other forms of the name which are: Conlaeth; Conlaid; Conlaith; Conlath; Conlian. Do any of these work better?

Any other name suggestions are welcome! I was also looking into names that involved being the protector of others but my first name already means fortress so I do not know.

Thanks for any and all help!

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Posted by: Maethor.2810

Maethor.2810

While the naming convention for Sylvari runs more on the celtic side, there isn’t anything that says humans can’t have celtic-sounding names too.

There are Human NPCs within the game that have Celtic/Gaelic names. Aidem Finlay, Elmo Finnigan, Killian, and more.

There’s a big ol’ list on the wiki that has names of Human NPCs that you can take a look through if you like: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/index.php?title=Category:Humans&pageuntil=Carnie+Jeb#mw-pages

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Posted by: smekras.8203

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generally speaking, the humans are split in these “bloodlines”

Ascalonian: usually of “european” looks and names (ranging from Russian to English)
Krytan: usually of “mediterranean” looks and names (spanish, italian, etc)
Orrian: usually of “arabic/egyptian” looks and names
Canthan: usually of “asian” looks and names (with notable exceptions)
Elonan: usually of “african” looks and names

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Posted by: BuddhaKeks.4857

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Just here to confirm what Maethor said. Humans are culturally the most diverse, so many indo-european, semitic and east asian languages would be fine as basis for names.
I think the first one you chose, Conleth, would be best for a human, maybe Conlian too, the others are more in the Sylvari territoy, while still acceptable for human though.

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Posted by: Obsidian.1328

Obsidian.1328

The Norn have Celtic images in their tattoos and styles, but their names tend to be more Scandinavian. So I don’t think it matters really, especially since the humans now are kind of a “mutt” species.

Just use whatever name you want and come up with an interesting backstory to explain it. Maybe your Guardian was raised by, or lived near, a Norn or Sylvari settlement and his family was influenced by that. :P

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Posted by: SilentAssaultX.9285

SilentAssaultX.9285

Thanks everyone! This was very helpful and I think I will go with Conleth.

Thanks again for all the help!

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Posted by: Tman.6349

Tman.6349

my human guardian is named ‘The Body Guardian’ eat your heart out Kevin Costner…Guardian Angel was a monk friend of mine from GW1 so that was reserved