(06-20-2015, 06:30 AM)Yours Truly Wrote: Do Kanehana and/or Yasuhana function as names? How about if you wanted to have a name that involves the words for "princess" and "bird", would Himetori or Torihime work? Aside from those, if anyone has suggestions for other names that invoke concepts like warmth, gentleness, dance/music, gold, or white/paleness. Basically, anything that a traditional Raen of the warrior class might name a doted-on daughter.
Secondly, the surname - does anyone have any ideas for something that roughly translates to "spearman", or what have you? If I can't find anything better I'm thinking of just going with Kamayari, but I'm not fond of how literal it is to have the surname just straight-up be the name of a weapon.
Regarding your first point: if you were to be strictly following naming convention, then technically Yasuhana and Kanehana are a little too modern to adhere to Raen naming convention. However, I really wouldn't worry about that though unless you're looking for extreme lore adherence that only Japanese players will really understand anyway, so if you want to use those then feel free to. The main part of Raen names is the meaning: every part of the name means something. Modern or not, as long as your name has a meaning then really any Japanese-sounding word will do.
For "bird princess", Torihime is the more concise, "literal" translation of it.
As for your second, you have a few options. The Japanese word for spear is "Yari", so you can build some literal names off of that. "Yarijin" means "Spear person", more specifically "Spearmanship person". "Yarikihei" is a lancer. "Soujutsu-ka" means "Person of the art of the spear", while Soujotsu is "Art of the spear". Look around or play with a dictionary for a bit and you'll probably find something you like.
