Every character needs a name (unless you’re content to be 3rd Level Ranger or Seelie Redcap, which some people are), and if you’re looking for a name for your sluagh, here are some suggestions based on sound, meaning, and place of origin…conveniently divided up into categories.
Names from Literature
Annabel: name of the dead girl in Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee”
Ariel: Shakespeare, “The Tempest”
Astrophel: from Sir Philip Sidney’s “Astrophel and Stella” sonnets
Beatrice: Dante, “The Divine Comedy” and Shakespeare, “Much Ado About Nothing”
Belphoebe: Edmund Spenser, “The Faery Queen”
Benedict: Shakespeare, “Much Ado About Nothing”
Guildenstern: Shakespeare, “Hamlet”
Juliet: Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet”
Lenore: the name of the dead girl in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”
Mercutio: Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet”
Miranda: Shakespeare, “The Tempest”
Ophelia: Shakespeare, “Hamlet”
Pitho: minor Greek goddess associated with persuasion.
Portia: Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”
Rosencrantz: Shakespeare, “Hamlet”
Scheherazade: from “The 1001 Nights”
Shylock: Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”
Virgil: Roman poet, Dante’s guide through Inferno in “The Divine Comedy”
Everyday Objects
Ant
Arrow
Belladonna
Cobweb
Dawn
Dusk
Echo
Eclipse
Foxglove
Ghost
Glass
Leaf
Lotus
Mildew
Milk
Mold
Moss
Rose
Ruby
Seed
Shadow
Silk
Silver
Snow
Spider
Spirit
Spook
Star
Thimble
Violet
Weaver
Web
Weed
Winter
Meanings of Interest
Almos: Hungarian, “sleepy, dreamy”
Astrophel: Latin, “star lover”
Cailean: Scottish, “whelp”
Callum: Scottish, “dove”
Catherine: English, “pure”
Crepuscula: from crepuscular, occurring at dawn or at dusk.
Deoiridh: Scottish, “pilgrim”
Luna: “moon”
Nemo: Latin, “nobody”
Nilbog: “goblin” backwards
Senga: Scottish, “slender”
Tasgall: Scottish, “kettle/cauldron of the gods”
Thomas: Aramaic, “twin”
Tunder: Hungarian, “fairy”
Hungarian Names
Russian Names
Scottish Names
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