those funny names

[cornerofmadness]

It occurs to me that the boys WILL need to have last names if I am to give them a longer story. Naming things is hard. At least I have behind the surnames. Here's what I've got so far

Temple...sorry my boy but you're French.

Allard - from the given name Æðelred.

Bellerose - From a French place name which meant "beautiful rose".

Bonheur - From the French word bonheur, which means "good luck". See also Bonner.

Chevalier - Derived from chevalier, a nickname for "knight." Chevalier comes from cheval, the French word for "horse", ultimately from the Latin caballus.
(Frankly Temple, your dad hates you enough to name you Temple Chevalier, temple knight of the knights templar...just a tool)

Delacroix - In French it means "of the cross". It denoted one who lived near a cross symbol, or near a crossroads. (granted i'll be confusing you in my head with wildrider's character

Fontaine - Derived from old French fontane "well". It was probably a nickname for a person living by a well. This is the 18th most common last name in France.

Lachance Means "chance, luck" in French. (okay not for serious here, but Temple Lachance does sound like a porno name)

LeBeau - "the handome one" from French le "the", beau "beautiful", "handsome". (well I like Gambit...i could probably remember this one)

Caleb, at least Welsh is a little easier.


Argall - Means "dweller in a quiet place" from the Welsh Argol.

Davies -Variant of Davis.

Evans - Derived from the given name Evan. (okay it's one of the top surnames in Wales but I'd feel weird using it)

Jones - Derived from the given name Jon (John). (sadly this might make the most sense. Caleb is adopted. He might have been given a bland name upon adoption by the order)

Maddox -Derived from the given name Madoc. (has some style)

Pryce - variant of Price.

Rhydderch - From the first name Rhydderch. A famous bearer of this name is harpist Llio Rhydderch. HOW do you say this? Okay RH is pronounced Hr-er-th-er-hairball noise.


Agni...sadly behind the surnames does a poor job on those from India so I had to search around and pull names from people I know as well



Kumar

Gulati

Gupta

Sharma

Kapoor

Bhatia

Agrawal

Chopra

Krishnamurthy

Galapatti

Channarayapatra (just kidding, i'd never be able to spell this the same twice)

Comments

[enemytosleep]

Bonheur sounds suspiciously like boner when pronounced. It is late and that is about the gist of my contributions right now. Well, and this (I like Laroche):

Arceneau
Aucoin
Babin
Babineaux
Benoit
Bergeron
Bernard
Bertrand
Bessette
Blanc
Blanchard
Bonnet
Boucher
Bourg
Bourque
Boutin
Bouvier
Braud
Broussard
Brun
Chevalier
David
Depaul
Desmarais
Disney
Dubois
Dupont
Dupuis
Durand
Fortescue
Fournier
Garnier
Gaudet
Gillet / Gillette
Girard
Gravois
Grosvenor
Lambert
Landry
Laroche
Laurent
Lefevre
Leroy
Leveque
Lisle
Martin
Michel
Molyneux
Moreau
Morel
Neville
Pelletier
Petit
Prideux
Renard
Richard
Robert
Rousseau
Roux
Rufus
Simon
Thomas

[enemytosleep]

Oh, and go look at your dragon scroll.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh god why. Runs to look

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Bonheur definitely sounds like Boner (which given it's Temple...)


Hmmm you know I just don't like French names I don't think.

oh i see, many of my dragons have new sexual dimorphism

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Theo never thinks about the fact his name is of French origin. He's an Englishman to the bone (probably his ancestors were owned by a French family, and assimilated into same, I would imagine).

Indian names are really, really hard. I haven't yet figured out Matt's mother's family (because "surnames" are extremely confusing in Indian culture!).

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I think I sprained my tongue on some of those names ...

[ishte.livejournal.com]

I do like Temple Chevalier. I like the pun.

I also like Maddox as a last name, but Caleb Maddox is hard to pronounce because Caleb ends in a closed mouth consonant. Pryce has the same problem. I actually like Caleb Rhydderch, not that most of your readers are going to pronounce it correctly. I also like the idea of Caleb Jones being given a plain name by an orphanage.

Agni Ramachandra

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

Caleb Rhys doesn't sound too awful, but it's kind of simple.

I used the French surnames Bonchance and Valcoeur in constructing the New Orleans side of Frank Dollar's family tree. And there are always the wonderful descriptive names, like Dubois, Duboisblanc (yes, a real name), Desvilliers and Desjardins (I especially like this last one--I'd love to be Karen of the Gardens). Oh, and there's Joliecoeur, also a real name. The really Catholic names, like Dieudonne (gift of God) maybe not so much.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I had considered Desjardins as well. Joliecoeur is rather fun.

I had also considered Rhys for Caleb but just about every Welshman I have gets tagged with it

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Temple probably wouldn't appreciate the pun. However, his father actually thinks Temple's a bastard and doesn't like him so...

Caleb Jones or Davies would probably make the most sense for him.

Ramachandra is an interesting choice

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

easy to do

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

That would be a very good assumption about Theo. Of course it would be hard to confuse Theo and Temple should they have the same surname, one being proper, small and black and the other being a redheaded, paler than white rambunctious perv. They do have similiar occupations though

Indian names really are. I couldn't quite follow the Indian naming customs so I pretty much generated a list of my doctors and my friends above (most of which seem to be punjab in origin if wiki is to b e believed)

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

You and I seem to have a similar idea about names, anyway. Sean O'Connor, eh? (And apparently John Dillon, as well.)

[enemytosleep]

*is totally French*

XD

I'm digging the new dragons sprites. And I love that i didn't have to go and recatch half of my scroll to get them.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh and I was totally afraid that I had lost half my scroll again like the last time dragon cave did something

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Of course, I have a fondness for Maddoc, Maddog, Maddox and all of its variants. But Jones is easy. And works.

Temple Chevalier is just...perfect. And evil. Make him a "The Third" just to stick it in even deeper.

Nothing on Agni. But you expected that.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I know you have a fondness for Maddox as do I but really either Jones or Davies works best in Caleb's case.

Poor Temple. He doesn't even get a real name.


I might have Pushpa and Sangita help me with Agni

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, I understand. Besides, Caleb Maddox is almost overkill. :D

Temple Chevalier, III. Who hates horses. :D

That's a good idea.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes probably it is

Temple isn't happy

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

*pets Temple*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Temple doesnt' want to be a living joke

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

No, no, who wants to be Edward Elric, after all - Roy

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I HEARD THAT _ Ed

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, of course you did - Roy