What are your favorite names?

What are some of your favorite out of the ordinary names from history, religion, or fiction? Could be the name of a person, animal, place, etc.

I’ve really always liked the name Bellerephon from Greek mythology. I also like the name of the home planet of the Time Lords from Dr. Who, Gallifrey, as well as Rassilon, a Time Lord.

backhdlp,
@backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

My favourite name is Luna (who could’ve guessed)

Sertou,

I like long, ridiculous names like Sylvester Birtwistle from Lovecraft Investigations or Thockmorton P. Ruddygore from Jack Chalker’s Dancing Gods novels.

SkybreakerEngineer,

Visit The Unbelievers With Explanatory Pamphlets

Adonalsium Will Remember Our Plight Eventually

clay_pidgin,

Sir Archibald Cunningham Nastyface

Geek_King,

Here are some of my favorite names I’ve come across:

Sylphrena, a spren (type of sprite) from the Stormlight Archives

Koriel Zeth, a Adept who was in charge of “The Magma City” in a Warhammer 40k book

j4k3,
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R. Daneel Olivaw - not as much for the name itself but more of its significance. My AI assistant’s name is Dors Venabili.

Worx,

Spoilers!

Masimatutu,

For some reason I really like Ānanda, who was the Buddha’s primary attendant.

AnalogyAddict,

Also the dog from Swiftly Tilting Planet.

DharmaCurious,
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In Hinduism, Ananda means something akin to ecstatic or joyous, and swamis will often take it as part of their name. Such as Vivekananda, or Yogananda. I’ve always loved that, and Vivekananda is a major player in forming my personal philosophies about life.

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