Aug 20, 2010 20:51:11 GMT -6 @tenoko said:

Tenoko was easy.
it's my real name! ^^

Himoto... I think I heard it somewhere, and it sounded Asian-y enough, [but that one's minor, as I still have yet to find a partner for that character]

so ye. if anyone knows what Tenoko means let me know. :3

~Tenoko~

Tenoko as a whole, couldn't find anything.
"te" - sky (pacific islander)
"no" - of (japanese?)
"ko" - heaven (korean)

how repetitive! xD

@joychi - yeah, 'supported lotus'. the name was apparently chosen as a reflection of her parents' opinion of her, as a delicate flower (lotus) that needs to be 'supported' due to her blindness.

• Most of my names were inspired by a combination of the Irish Gaelic language and Tolkien's Elvish. Any of my Mothguaith characters are named such, with almost all males having CVCV or CVVC name patterns, and females anything ending in a vowel (with the exception of Lotelin, see below). Surnames in Mothguaith culture are given not by family lineage but by character, at adolescence, so they are taken directly from Tolkien.
  
• Taed is... my name! It is also, ironically, a fidelisation of my two middle names, "Thomas" and "Aaron", into both Irish and Elvish (they turn out the same), and is related to the Irish "Tadhg (poet)". Luinnar means blue fire since Taed bends blue fire.
  
• Lotelin is an almost verbatim name from Tolkien's Elvish — "loth" means flower and "lin" is a word root for sing or singing. Caranhith means red mist, a reference to early posts with Lotelin where I describe her firebending as "ethereal."
  
• Coer is partially derived from that same root "caran" meaning red, but it's also meant to sound similar to "mor" dark. His surname Morcaran... is now self-explanatory.
  
• Tenzin comes from a Tibetan name meaning upholder of teachings. I haven't made the character profile yet but I posted him as an NPC a while back... he is an escort in a Galgori village. I can't remember his surname or I'd post that too.
  
• Inoue is Japanese for "above the well" but I think I just stumbled across it as a cool name for a Galgori master. Similarly for her surname, Michiya.
  
• Cale is another Mothguaith, whose name I created from a fidelisation of the first and last names of the friend he was originally based on. His surname Gilhith means commander of the mist in Elvish.
  
• Goen's name comes from the Tolkien word "gon" for rock, since he is an earthbender. His surname Culril means red spark, a reference to marine lightning.
  
• Etsuko was not originally my character but I've RPd her on and off. The member that originally RPd her has a similar name in real life. Both names mean joyful child. Her recent surname Nireariel can be translated from the Elvish as child of sea tears.