Need a female name for Star Wars

[Djeta Thernadier]

Hello,

I will be making up my new character for Star Wars tonight. She will be a human scoundrel. She's not force sensitive. I'm stumped as far as coming up with a name. Can anyone suggest anything?

Thanks!
Sheri

 

[Douane]

I'm not really good with names, [groans of my players in the background ]

but perhaps these links might be of use to you:


Random SW Name Generator

SW Name Gazetter


And for the visual aspect:


SWAG Online



Hope these will help!

Folkert

 

[Djeta Thernadier]

Much thanks!!!!

 

[The_Universe]

Hello,

I will be making up my new character for Star Wars tonight. She will be a human scoundrel. She's not force sensitive. I'm stumped as far as coming up with a name. Can anyone suggest anything?

Thanks!
Sheri

I ran a d6 star wars game for 6 years, and have thus spent a lot of time learning the nuances of the setting. For names, there are a few rules that help:

1) name types from the prequel films (unless they already appeared in the original 3 films) are to be ignored (at best), or mocked incessently (at worst).

2) For humans, planet of origin is VERY important for names.

Humans from outer-rim worlds like tatooine tend to have surnames like "Skywalker" (duh) "Darklighter" "Cloudrunner" "Mistbreather" "Starkiller" (the formula is generally (noun)+(verb-in-present-tense)+er) prededed by a fairly normal (and usually short-ish) first name. Luke, Biggs, Anakin, etc. But, since you're of the female variety, you might want something a little more feminine. Ann, Anna, Leia, Carrie, Lynn, etc. Full examples would be something like Anna Starkiller, Lynn Cloudrunner, or whatever.

Humans from "rogue" and "spaceport" worlds, closer to the galactic core, tend to have shorter names on the whole. Corellia has the most defined name structure. Corran Horn, Hal Horn, Han Solo, Wedge Antilles, etc. are all names in this vein. Antilles, I have been led to believe, is the rough equivalent of "Smith" or "Brown" in the Star Wars universe.

Other coreward worlds tend to have seasonal sounding or 'noble' names. Mon Mothma, Winter, and other important female characters are all from these regions. This includes places like Chandrila, Aleraan, and Coruscant (Coruscantis tend to have planets of origin in other parts of the galaxy, however).

There are other human name types, as well. I once spent 2 days just loooking at everything with words on it, jumbling up the letters, and then using those as NPC names. The letters in the word, "Arizona" once made up something like 20 different names for my star wars game. 'Ari' 'Zona' 'Rizon' 'Anoz' 'Zira' 'Zori' etc.

Lastly, try roadsigns. When I lived in South Dakota, the interstate named more characters than I did. Just combine the names of the towns and cities, and maybe you'll get something that sounds good.

Spink 10 miles
Akron 24 miles

becomes "Spink Akron," a sullustan pilot. "Nunda Ward" was a female jedi. "Conova Bridgewater" was a rogue-ish scoundrel. For the stumped, roadsigns are just the bomb.

Hope that helps!

 

[Henry]

One of the many naming rules for Star Wars I've heard, and coincidentally my favorite, is:

First syllable of your last name + First syllable of your first name;

First syllable of your mother's maiden name + first syllable of your town of birth

So if your name is Anna Kournikova, and your mother's maiden name was Jones, and your place of birth was (say) Albany, you would be "Kourann Jonal."

 

[Douane]

One of the many naming rules for Star Wars I've heard, and coincidentally my favorite, is:

First syllable of your last name + First syllable of your first name;

First syllable of your mother's maiden name + first syllable of your town of birth

So if your name is Anna Kournikova, and your mother's maiden name was Jones, and your place of birth was (say) Albany, you would be "Kourann Jonal."

Siedfol Hoehan ???




Folkert

 

[billd91]

One of the many naming rules for Star Wars I've heard, and coincidentally my favorite, is:

First syllable of your last name + First syllable of your first name;

First syllable of your mother's maiden name + first syllable of your town of birth

So if your name is Anna Kournikova, and your mother's maiden name was Jones, and your place of birth was (say) Albany, you would be "Kourann Jonal."

Dunnbill Willpoy

That's spiff.
Many of these rules just don't work that well with single syllable names.
There's an anagram server out there somewhere (google it). I used that to find reasonable anagrams for Nyarlathotep in Call of Cthulhu.

 

[Hammerhead]

Oehmat Brasaint?

I think not.

 

[Pbartender]

One of the many naming rules for Star Wars I've heard, and coincidentally my favorite, is:

First syllable of your last name + First syllable of your first name;

First syllable of your mother's maiden name + first syllable of your town of birth

"Dommatt Pioak"... hrm. Maybe I can use that for the Enworld Living Star Wars game we're working on...

Or, you can use this extraordinary Random Name Generator. It uses data from the US Census to generate random names. Just the the name 'obscurity factor' to maximum, and you'll pretty good Star Wars Names.

For example, here are 30 female names at obscurity level 99:

1. Eneida Castin
2. Venice Klaich
3. Evelyne Arnerich
4. Shelba Berneri
5. Ciera Osias
6. Landu
7. Daisey Glaue
8. Tomika Nargi
9. Heide Cascia
10. Joselyn Lashlee
11. Skye Krawitz
12. Kabzinski
13. Tarah Chisari
14. Olewine
15. Gigi Boillot
16. Brigid Harbus
17. Rachele Fosburgh
18. Michiko Hortein
19. Delta Kanakares
20. Lenna Hauslein
21. Ronni Bernell
22. Shonna Josic
23. Ayana Alquesta
24. Diamond Patanella
25. Shea Lorr
26. Eveline Langi
27. Serina Fredicks
28. Akiko Arrospide
29. Delana Camon
30. Shelba Blanscet

Some of them are better than others, but there are lots to choose from.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Muldan Fahnaur?

Hey, the method isn`t that bad, I think. Some names are stranger than others..

Mustrum Ridcully