[Namron] Help me find a name!

Wed Apr 21 18:58:52 PDT 2004

Oh you don't have to worry whether or not you tell people your nicknames arround here.  Trust me, they'll come up with plenty of new and "interesting" ones on their own.

Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair 
Barony of Namron 
Honorable Brotherhood of Brewers, Mazers, and Vintners 

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From: Zach Greggs <chrisfroste at yahoo.com> 
To: Barony of Namron <namron at ansteorra.org> 
Sent: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:28:41 -0700 (PDT) 
Subject: Re: [Namron] Help me find a name! 

> 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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