I love getting in-depth about names! Usually it takes me a couple of hours and lots of scribbling down possible combinations to come up with a good one.Â
Despite the fact that I RP a lore abiding Elezen her first name is Spanish. It is the Spanish feminine form of Noël. That's because I got the game for Christmas. Her surname "Cleriseaux" is a twist on the surname Clérisseau. This comes from the name of the French architect and artist Charles-Louis Clérisseau. I found this through one of friends who happens to be a student of architecture. She just happened to have some work about him, I saw the name and something just clicked.Â
For my Raen I followed the naming conventions as much as I could. Her first name Izayoi can be translated at "16th night" or the night after a full moon. I liked the moon connotations and 16th is her IC birthday so it fit her perfectly. For her last name I did a bit of research in to more traditional Japanese names. I tried incorporating something that would make her whole name mean something but it didn't really work that way. I settled on Fujiwara which means 'Wisteria Plain' and it links to her homeland where a tree similar to wisteria grows perennially. It's also the name of the greatest clan in the Heian period of Japan. I intended her family to be quite important in their little village.
Despite the fact that I RP a lore abiding Elezen her first name is Spanish. It is the Spanish feminine form of Noël. That's because I got the game for Christmas. Her surname "Cleriseaux" is a twist on the surname Clérisseau. This comes from the name of the French architect and artist Charles-Louis Clérisseau. I found this through one of friends who happens to be a student of architecture. She just happened to have some work about him, I saw the name and something just clicked.Â
For my Raen I followed the naming conventions as much as I could. Her first name Izayoi can be translated at "16th night" or the night after a full moon. I liked the moon connotations and 16th is her IC birthday so it fit her perfectly. For her last name I did a bit of research in to more traditional Japanese names. I tried incorporating something that would make her whole name mean something but it didn't really work that way. I settled on Fujiwara which means 'Wisteria Plain' and it links to her homeland where a tree similar to wisteria grows perennially. It's also the name of the greatest clan in the Heian period of Japan. I intended her family to be quite important in their little village.
