Guild Wars 2

Ok, so in every game I play I make at least 1 character who’s named Xpiher Duminous, and usually its a Dark Knight/Battle Knight/ or Necro, and then I make alts. In GW2 I wanted to make character names that kinda fit the lore of the game. Please tell me if my names make sense for the races/class combination I’ve made

Sylvari Elementalist- Victoria Hellbane
Human Necromance – Xpiher Duminous
Asura (male) Thief – Bippie the Unseen
Norn Guardian – Anton Stal (the Friar)
Char – I don’t know what name to pick, but he will be an engineer. Please help me create a name

Thanks all in advance!

Hellbane isn’t quite fitting lorewise..
Asura usually have shorter names, mainly in pronunciation. (Bipp, Blipp, Glimm, Rlixx)
Charr.. Rohgrus Gearforge
Grimraw Gunclaw
Ruthraw Oiltail

Victoria is not a too sylvari-ish name… Not even mentioning Hellbane, which is more Charr like.

If there’s no concept of Hell in the lore I’d leave it out and Victoria doesn’t sound Celtic. Baby name sites can be quite helpful in this regard. With the Asura, female names are more likely to be 2 syllables and with a vowel on the end. So I’d shorten it to Bipp for a man. Norn have a shamanistic culture and revere animal spirits rather than human style gods, so calling someone a friar doesn’t seem fitting to me. I’d go for either a surname ending in sson for a Norn man or a title.

Victoria Hellbane has nothing to do with Sylvari and very little with ele’s. So I would replace both parts of the name.

Bippie is ok for an asura, although I think Blipp would be more fitting. The name the unseen is I think wrong cause unseen is the name of another race called the mursaat (either extinct or again unseen).

Anton is a Slavian name, while norn should have scandanavian names like Beorn, Bjorn or Thorvald imo.

Sylvari, names tend to be Celtic, Welsh, Irish, and occasionally Arthurian. no last names typically, maybe titles like ‘so-and-so of the whatever.’

Asura are short and sharp, with double consonants being common, though longer names are seen. Bippie seems fine.

Norn tend to have old Nordic, and Scandinavian sounding names. Their last names refer to one of their parents, or kin, such as, so-and-so, Jorasdottir meaning doughter of Jora or so-and-so Stegalkin meaning kin of Stegal though some have a title gained from a great feat they are famous for.

Charr names can be either something like Torch, or Flint, or Ember. something war like. Or they can be nonsensical, guttural sounding names like Murga, or Rankar, or Kallfaz. Their last names are partly the name of their warband, and partly a descriptor of their talents, mundane or otherwise. like Kalla Swordshaodw, she is either of the sword or shadow warband and is wither good with swords or has something to do with shadows. that is largely up to you.

now humans idk so much, European? Italian? Spanish? Asian? something pretty normal.

Sylvari should not have last names. Victoria is also not very Sylvari-ish. If you want to come up with a good Sylvari name, think Lord of the ring’s elves…

Also, names like “Something the Something” tend to be more distracting in things like RP than anything. Make it a “name,” not a “title.”

Xpiher.5209:

Sylvari Elementalist- Victoria Hellbane
Human Necromance – Xpiher Duminous
Asura (male) Thief – Bippie the Unseen
Norn Guardian – Anton Stal (the Friar)
Char – I don’t know what name to pick, but he will be an engineer. Please help me create a name

The Sylvari one I don’t think fits, they go by Celtic names without last names normally.

Humans are mostly European names, or fantasy names, so I think that one will be fine, I mean it’s not like Tyria doesn’t know Elona and Cantha exist, so names from other cultures could be had.

The Asura name is perfect, they have a one to two syllable nonsense name, no last name unless there is a title, which is why it’s perfect.

The Norn have viking like names with their last name either the father’s or mother’s first name sometimes followed by “son” or “dottir”.

The Char have Romanesque names followed by their warband name, or a name that symbolizes them, probably picked out by their warband while getting raised. The name for my Charr engineer is Grimnar Geartooth.

You can see this if you just search through random NPCs or look at the members of the Destiny’s Edge. Charr – Rytlock Brimstone, Human – Logan Thackeray, Sylvari – Caithe, Asura – Zojja (or Zojja’s mentor Snaff), Norn – Eir Stegalkin.

Thanks for your help guys. I knew Victoria Hellbane didn’t really fit for my Sylvari. I might reroll her.

I looked up Scandinavia names for my Norn. Stal means steel. The Friar was just the concept I was taking for the guardian overview.

I’ll have to disagree with people saying The Unseen doesn’t fit my Asura. Hes a thief after all.

I’ve rerolled my Sylvari as Aneslis which is Irish for careful/thoughtful. Works with my RP for this character as well. Thanks again guys

Glad you found a name

I just thought I’d post for anyone else still in need of some lore-friendly names.

Sylvari: Have a look at NameNerds for an extensive list of Irish and Welsh names with their meanings.

Norn: The Viking Answer Lady will be your best friend. This website is incredibly comprehensive regarding old Norse names/name construction.

just a note

Bippie ends with an E. Asuran names ending with vowels are traditionally female.

Just a note on Norn names:
Many of them aren´t viking names, nor even very old names.
There´s lot´s of contemporary scandinavian names, and few that aren´t actualy even names (spotted Olut and Sima, ale and mead in finnish).

The most annoying thing about Sylvari having no surnames is that makes it MUCH harder to find a good name. Like… my Norn’s first name is Astrid, which would surely be taken, except that since Norns have surnames, she becomes Astrid Svandottir, which isn’t.

TotalLamer – lucky for me, my second sylvari character has a backstory that justifies a second name (yes I rp). He’s an engineer who’s supposed to have been trained by a charr (who he bugged and bugged until he gave him a chance) – so I figure they would have given him a nickname, like a mock warband name. I’m currently thinking Cullen Flytrap :P

My first sylvari I was lucky enough to roll early and get what I wanted for her.

Xpiher.5209:

Ok, so in every game I play I make at least 1 character who’s named Xpiher Duminous, and usually its a Dark Knight/Battle Knight/ or Necro, and then I make alts. In GW2 I wanted to make character names that kinda fit the lore of the game. Please tell me if my names make sense for the races/class combination I’ve made

Sylvari Elementalist- Victoria Hellbane
Human Necromance – Xpiher Duminous
Asura (male) Thief – Bippie the Unseen
Norn Guardian – Anton Stal (the Friar)
Char – I don’t know what name to pick, but he will be an engineer. Please help me create a name

Thanks all in advance!

Sylvari usually only take singe names and Norn names are more Nordic sounding

As far as the Charr name i would base the last name off your legion some examples for each might be

Ash
Shadowstrike
DarkClaw
Blackblade

Blood
Fiercestrike
Grimtooth
Warblade

Iron
Steelclaw
Ironstike
Burntblade

Bippie is actually a feminine name — Asura that grow up with a name unfitting their gender are ridiculed through childhood by their peers.

Most Asura names have a double consonant, but it’s not required. Male Asura, however, do not end their names with vowels.

Male Asura name examples: Kratt, Takk, Zat, etc

(Bippie would work if it was an affectionate name for Bipp)

TotalLamer.2470:

The most annoying thing about Sylvari having no surnames is that makes it MUCH harder to find a good name. Like… my Norn’s first name is Astrid, which would surely be taken, except that since Norns have surnames, she becomes Astrid Svandottir, which isn’t.

Not to be a hater but “Svandottir” is not a real name if that’s what you were going for. I have however heard of the Icelandic surname “Svansdottir” with an (s).
In old Norse naming rule the children had their surname created from (often but probably almost always) the fathers name. Svan is the Swedish name for the bird species Swan and not a person name, you could ofc have made up your own name and get it registered but back in the day that didn’t happen.
It’s not until much later that ppl started to come up with their own lastnames like for example: Silverhjälm (Silverhelm) and Stridsberg (Battlemountain). They do sound funny translated to english lol.

Back to the “Viking era”; if your dad’s first name was called Sven for example you would be the Son of Sven: Svensson or the daughter of Sven: Svensdotter. The reason for doing this was ofc to honor your family and your elders and if your father or grandfather had gained fame etc your name had a real value to it. First names was often passed down through generations; every male in your family would often have the same first name.

Being the son of Harald who were a great trader was a big honor and ofc you would swagger around with your lastname: Haraldsson and at the same time you would have to work your butt of to be a better farmer, fisherman etc then your father and when you were old and your son was the next person to lead the family name you passed the baton to him and he would be the new great fisherman in the Svensson family.

I can also add because I see this a lot with Norn player characters; “-dottir” is the Icelandic version of daughter. In Sweden you would write it like this “-dotter” just a note.

In Denmark, Sweden and Norway names like: Svensson or Andersson (Svens son, Anders son) still exist but the name doesn’t have the meaning they had back in the day e.g. just because your surname today is Svensson doesn’t mean your father or your grandfather’s name is Sven.

It’s just a fragment that still exist from the past however while the two last names Svensson and Andersson (surnames that ends on dotter eg. daughter is almost non-existant in Sweden nowadays but they still do exist on Iceland) is extremely common not everyone have a last name that has a name and son after. There is a lot of other names now because ppl came up with other types of lastnames during the 1800s and forward on.

My lastname for example is Landgren which means Land and branch: eg. Landbranch which doesnt even make sense in Swedish.

~ Source: I am Swedish

Mmmm lets see here. Great choices my friend, however I fear your human’s last name is quite uninspiring. Dominus, would be a more fitting variation of the spelling. The name now exudes power and dominance.

You have just been blessed by King Mantastic.

FelixTheFox.8590:

Male Asura, however, do not end their names with vowels.

Actually they do:
Jonno, Kudu or Zu are guys.

I could use some help

i want to participate in an RP server with both of my toons

-Human -Warrior: Gabriel Lionhart

-Charr-Guardian : Koran Skullbreaker

what are your opinions?

Sialor.7396:

FelixTheFox.8590:

Male Asura, however, do not end their names with vowels.

Actually they do:
Jonno, Kudu or Zu are guys.

Kudu is mocked for his name. That’s where the tidbit about vowel endings comes from. Rytlock asks zojja “isnt kudu a girls name?” then you can speak with Zojja and ask her yourself to which she replies “Asuran names ending with vowels are traditionally female. I think his parents hated him”

Zenyatoo.4059:

Sialor.7396:

FelixTheFox.8590:

Male Asura, however, do not end their names with vowels.

Actually they do:
Jonno, Kudu or Zu are guys.

Kudu is mocked for his name. That’s where the tidbit about vowel endings comes from. Rytlock asks zojja “isnt kudu a girls name?” then you can speak with Zojja and ask her yourself to which she replies “Asuran names ending with vowels are traditionally female. I think his parents hated him”

All the more reason to have my male be a Thief! Thanks for the info

Mantastic.6170:

Mmmm lets see here. Great choices my friend, however I fear your human’s last name is quite uninspiring. Dominus, would be a more fitting variation of the spelling. The name now exudes power and dominance.

You have just been blessed by King Mantastic.

Getting back to this thread late because I was gone on business. Duminous I came up with myself to sound ominous and its been my last name of choice for Xpiher since GW1.

Xpiher.5209:

Char – I don’t know what name to pick, but he will be an engineer. Please help me create a name

Thanks all in advance!

I named my Charrs
Fargon Ironfist (engie)
Khallum Feralblade (warrior)
and this one other one that i somehow forgot. He was a thief (thief)
I mainly make the first name sound really really cool but unique, and the last name relative to the profession