[Namron] Help me find a name!

Wed Apr 21 12:28:41 PDT 2004

On the subject of people calling you what they want
to, do NOT let them know any wierd nicknames.  I was
introduced to the SCA by my computer science floor
friends, and now am stuck with the nickname Bit (as
in, Bit & Byte, me and my twin brother).  

Christopher Froste

--- marc adkins <winkleried at oecadvantage.net> wrote:
> My understanding ( Based on when I was the founding
> herald of the defunct shire based outta Chickasha)
> Is that you can keep one element of your mundane
> name as long as it is in the proper order. I.E. On
> mine I took my first name and converted it to
> German.My advice is not to get too wrapped up in the
> multiple layers of each meaning of the individual
> portions of your name.
> Other guidelines from the College of Heralds for
> submitting a name ; No mixing of languages( A
> mixture of Latin and French and roma will be nixed )
> no titles (until awarded by the SCA); No famous
> personality (Eleanor of Aquitaine will be nixed as
> well), No conflicts with any other name in the SCA (
> Agnese de Siena is already spoken for) and no
> obviously fantasy names ( Arwen daughter of Elron ).
>     We as Americans come from a varied and wildly
> mixed heritage that simply was not the case in the
> periods that we are trying to portray. 
> My advice is to find a time period and a country
> that fascinates you and go from there. Again as an
> example when I first started playing I was extremely
> interested in Switzerland particularly around the
> period during the rise of the Swiss Confederation.
> So I based my persona around that region and time
> period. 
> My lady on the other hand took a little bit longer
> to determine what she wanted. all she knew was that
> she was interested in pre renaissance Italy. after
> some false starts she landed on a time, place and
> background for her persona. that she still portrays.
>     I Guess what I am trying to say is take your
> time, it will come and you definitely don't want to
> get stuck with a name that you are unhappy with.
>     No one is forced to register a name and I know
> several in this group that have not done so. Keep
> talking to the heralds and let me know when You are
> going to be at the next pop meeting. I have a
> article that address this and a couple of related
> topics. 
> As a side note I was the only Germanic persona in a
> shire full of Celtic type personas. Wilhelm von
> Winkleried( Pronounced Vilhelm Won Vinkleried) was a
> bit too complicated for them to say. So it was
> shortened to Willy ( As in Free...) 13 years later I
> am still referred to that today. People are going to
> call you what they want to and mean no ill will when
> they do so.
> 
> Lord Wilhelm von Winkleried (OHSS)
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Sami 
>   To: Namron at ansteorra.org 
>   Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 10:47 AM
>   Subject: [Namron] Help me find a name!
> 
> 
>   To the Populus of the Barony of Namron and all
> it's territories.
> 
>   Greetings all!
> 
>   I've spent all morning researching names and
> personas and I'm more confused than when I first
> started.  So, I am most humbly asking for help in
> creating my personna and name.  Once mine is done,
> we'll work on Heathers. 
> 
>   As my actual given name is Samantha
> (Hebrew/Aramaic meaning She Who Listens) and Faye
> (Latin French for of the fairy folk)  I almost want
> to keep my own name (She who listens to Fairy
> Folk)...but where would be the fun of that?  So, I'm
> taking suggestions.  I'm not settled on a period or
> an era, so I'm open for suggestions there as well. 
> However, I'm told that my personality traits include
> the following and would like my personna to be
> similar....
> 
>   1.  Earthy and Bohemian/Free Spirit
>   2.  Spiritual and Joyous faith in God (NOT a
> prudish stick in the mud however)
>   3.  Adventurous and funloving/impish
>   4.  Creative and musical
>   5.  Nurturing and caring
>   6.  Reliable and hard working
> 
>   My actual family origins are English( Weatherford)
> Danish(Jensen) Native American
>   Scotts (Leslies) Irish/French (Flournoy) and
> German (Brown) and I'm told some Gypsey.
> 
>   So, the polls are open...please submit any
> suggestions you have, and have fun with this, as I
> hope to!  All suggestions will be considered
> thoroughly and with sincere interest.  If I do
> choose your suggestion, there may be an apple pie in
> your future!
> 
>   With Sincere Thanks
>   Sami of Maysville
> 
>   PS...Apparantly I'll be married to a
> Scotts/Viking.  I don't know quite how that will
> affect my personna, but cest la vie....
> 
> 
> 
> 
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