names usually take awhile for me. like most that already replied; i tend to look at the character that i'm trying to flesh out and give a name that goes with at least once aspect of them.
granted, when i first first made clio; she was briefly in another rp (forum based but typical/open generic fantasy setting) when i brought her here; her father was vastly influenced by gradania lifestyle and ignoring naming customs for highlanders; named her himself (to her mother's disdain...)
cliodhna (pronounced "KLEE-u-na" ) Possibly means "shapely" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend this was the name of a beautiful goddess. She fell in love with a mortal named Ciabhan and left the Land of Promise with him, but when she arrived on the other shore she was swept to sea by a great wave.
being the typical doting father type, newlyn was overjoyed to find he had a little girl and wanted a pretty sounding name for her. something delicate and sounding to fit a poised lady.
eoghan (pronounced "YO-in" ) Possibly means "born from the yew tree" in Irish, though it is possibly derived from EUGENE. It was borne by several legendary or semi-legendary Irish figures, including a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages.
like his own name, newlyn adopted a different last name than the one he had prior to leaving Ala Mhigo so naturally; he passed that along as well instead of the more traditional concept of letting cliodhna pick her own last name when she came of age to do so.
actually her name has been a minor source of hangups for her ic. she's rather picky about who gets to call her "clio" and up until the wedding rolled around, she was having a hard decision on changing her last name to "mynhier" or leaving it as it was; she finally came to a decision and has gotten a tad more relaxed about who can call her clio but it's still not an open nickname for anyone (ic, ooc i don't care xD)
granted, when i first first made clio; she was briefly in another rp (forum based but typical/open generic fantasy setting) when i brought her here; her father was vastly influenced by gradania lifestyle and ignoring naming customs for highlanders; named her himself (to her mother's disdain...)
cliodhna (pronounced "KLEE-u-na" ) Possibly means "shapely" in Irish Gaelic. In Irish legend this was the name of a beautiful goddess. She fell in love with a mortal named Ciabhan and left the Land of Promise with him, but when she arrived on the other shore she was swept to sea by a great wave.
being the typical doting father type, newlyn was overjoyed to find he had a little girl and wanted a pretty sounding name for her. something delicate and sounding to fit a poised lady.
eoghan (pronounced "YO-in" ) Possibly means "born from the yew tree" in Irish, though it is possibly derived from EUGENE. It was borne by several legendary or semi-legendary Irish figures, including a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages.
like his own name, newlyn adopted a different last name than the one he had prior to leaving Ala Mhigo so naturally; he passed that along as well instead of the more traditional concept of letting cliodhna pick her own last name when she came of age to do so.
actually her name has been a minor source of hangups for her ic. she's rather picky about who gets to call her "clio" and up until the wedding rolled around, she was having a hard decision on changing her last name to "mynhier" or leaving it as it was; she finally came to a decision and has gotten a tad more relaxed about who can call her clio but it's still not an open nickname for anyone (ic, ooc i don't care xD)
too sexy to keep unhidden 
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