I'd say I need help coming up with one, but to be honest I have no idea where to start, so "brainstorming" it is.
If it matters, this is for a prose fanfic, rather than RP. The dragon I'd like to name is this fellow, who, as far as I know, does not have a canon name.
I've been going by the official Dragonspeak dictionary, and I realized I have no idea how dragons are named.
Older dragons apparently do not have names based on that dictionary, like Vidofnir, Vedrfolnir, Gullinbursti, etc. However, younger dragonets and apparently wyverns do: the three examples I know of are Ohl Deeh and Orn Khai for dragonets, and Whei Ahf for wyverns.
Ohl Deeh translates as "call deep" according to the Dragonspeak dictionary. Which kind of makes a sort of naming sense: a "deep call", or a "caller of the deep", perhaps. However, "ohl" might also mean "bone", so it would be "bone deep", which makes rather less sense.
Orn Khai is "born sad". Which, again, may make sense, if a little peculiar and heavy for a kid.
And when we have Whei Ahf, whose name either means "wait half" or "method half". At which point I gave up.
Should I just slam together two random words from the Dragonspeak dictionary? Should I ensure the name has some meaning? What arrangement of words is better, ie why "Ohl Deeh" and not "Deeh Ohl"?
If it matters, this is for a prose fanfic, rather than RP. The dragon I'd like to name is this fellow, who, as far as I know, does not have a canon name.
I've been going by the official Dragonspeak dictionary, and I realized I have no idea how dragons are named.
Older dragons apparently do not have names based on that dictionary, like Vidofnir, Vedrfolnir, Gullinbursti, etc. However, younger dragonets and apparently wyverns do: the three examples I know of are Ohl Deeh and Orn Khai for dragonets, and Whei Ahf for wyverns.
Ohl Deeh translates as "call deep" according to the Dragonspeak dictionary. Which kind of makes a sort of naming sense: a "deep call", or a "caller of the deep", perhaps. However, "ohl" might also mean "bone", so it would be "bone deep", which makes rather less sense.
Orn Khai is "born sad". Which, again, may make sense, if a little peculiar and heavy for a kid.
And when we have Whei Ahf, whose name either means "wait half" or "method half". At which point I gave up.
Should I just slam together two random words from the Dragonspeak dictionary? Should I ensure the name has some meaning? What arrangement of words is better, ie why "Ohl Deeh" and not "Deeh Ohl"?
