Opinion on a name

[Arc]

I was wondering if I could get peoples opinion on a character name. He is a male Hyuran Midlander. His first name is Arc or Aedan

 

Some possible surnames that I cant decide on.

 

Windveil

Fellstar

Weild

Mathis

Lucis

Kildaren

Falkland

 

Indecisiveness is my mortal enemy, and I like all of these names, but I want y Balmung character to conform with the lore and naming conventions of his race. I would appreciate other people's input.

[Lost River]

The first two make me think of a Highlander, for me, I'd go with Mathis.

[Roda]

I'm fond of Aedan Mathis, myself. :3

It's nice to say.

[Arc]

Thanks for the thoughts so far, they've really helped. And windveil and fellstar DO sound like Highlander names.

[Arc]

Have whittles it down to either Arc Mathis or Aedan Mathis. Thoughts?

[bamcart4]

I say Arc Mathis. Only cause Aedan is way too popular nowadays.

[Vinter]

Aren't hyur supposed to have names based on old timey professions, like what the English have?

You know... Smith, Carpenter, Thatcher, Fletcher, Archer, Baker, Baxter, Butler, Harper, Mason, Merchant, Porter etc. etc.

[Arc]

Dargh... I'm quite fond of both. And on the Balmung Server,  there are only 4 Aedans and 4 Arcs. You can check this on the FFXIV website under characters. Curse this indecisiveness.

[Kylin]

Some possible surnames that I cant decide on.

 

Windveil

Fellstar

Weild

Mathis

Lucis

Kildaren

Falkland

 

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[Arc]

Ah... not that one then.

[Ildur]

There's no realistic reason for not picking a common name. The only reason is to claim originality. But that only works if how uncommon it is has any effect on how much you like the name.

With that said, Aedan Mathis sounds good to me.

[Arc]

Aren't hyur supposed to have names based on old timey professions, like what the English have?

You know... Smith, Carpenter, Thatcher, Fletcher, Archer, Baker, Baxter, Butler, Harper, Mason, Merchant, Porter etc. etc.

That's just one aspect of possible surnames for Hyuran Midlanders. The lore states that the racial naming conventions include names based on professions, but are not limited to them. Basically anything that works in a medieval, pre 17th century anglo-saxon, celtic, and briton names. Some were based from professions, as you said, some were an indicator of where people are from (North, Southway, Westmorland, etc). Some were an actual physical description of the person. (Browne, Greene, etc). There are some that dont have any of these factors, but were still surnames around in the time period that the lore speaks of. (Holmes, Wright, Bellveil, Stark, etc). I googled a few naming sites that could give me more examples to work with than the ones that appeared in the name generator, and Mathis was one I liked that also fit the first names (Arc and Aedan) that I wanted to use. I also noticed that many of the nore common surnames in the area had a french sound to them. Just a fun fact.

I think I'll use Aedan Mathis. A massive thank you to everyone who replied. It was all extremelyhelpful. Cant wait to meet you all in game.

[Evalentino]

Aedan Mathis flows the best. Shame I like the name Arc too.

[Arc]

I felt that Arc was a name that would fit well among other populat final fantasy characters like cloud, squall, arc, zidane, tidus, etc. (See what I did there:D ) Then I found the naming conventions lore and was just loathe to change it, but Aedan worked with the lore and it was the name of my warden in dragon age, so i know its a name i will be happy with and confortable with using long term. that for me is a big thing. I keep asking myself. I like the name now, but what happens days or weeks or even months down the line? So i reached out to you fine people and your feedback and input has given me confidence in the name itself. I am now Aedan Mathis, resident of Eorzea.

[Vinter]

Woo! Welcome to Eorzea, Aedan!

[Arc]

Cheers dude. Maybe we can RP sometime cos Aedan is on thr Balmung server.

[Lost River]

Can always make a second character named Arc in the future.

[Arc]

True dat, but I've been playing for the past couple of hours, and I really like his name. Plus, within an hour, I witnessed my first roleplay! It was awesome! Sent one a tell after they finished their conversation to see if it was okay to ask them a few questions OOCly, and now I have a linkshell. Im involved! *beams like a kid on Christmas*