I do find myself wondering if the main reason that they want to give her a name—even if it's not really her name at all—is so the audience will feel more likely to trust her. If she seems loose-lipped in regards to her name and her intentions—"I think none the worse of him for keeping his own counsel, but I'll be free with mine"—that will make the viewers that much more likely to think she's a good guy. There will be more of a sense of knowing who she is and what she's about.
fantasia_kitty wrote:I am enjoying reading all of the name suggestions. I can't quite bring myself to dig in like the rest of you all are cause I'm currently expecting a little girl and doing lots of research for her name currently. As the inspiration for the two aren't exactly the same
I can't seem to bring myself to go looking for yet another name at this point in time.
Awww, congratulations and good luck with the name search for your little girl on the way!
I can see how that would be just a
little bit more important right now, as well as difficult to multitask on.
Pattertwigs Pal wrote:I was thinking that left us hardly any time at all.
Good point.
I've been so busy lately, I think my perspective of time is a little bit skewed.
Pattertwigs Pal wrote:Yilan
Lorelind (murmuring snake)
Oranyilan (green snake)
Elinoran (most beautiful woman, green)
Grenadar (green fire)
Oooh, those are awesome! (I listened to the pronunciation of Yilan over at google translate, and it's very pretty!) I think my favorites are Elinoran and Lorelind. I
love the meaning of Lorelind. The murmuring part perfectly fits the scene where she tries to mesmerize Rilian and his rescuers! I can also imagine it spelled as Lorelinde or even Lorelyne.
waggawerewolf27 wrote:I've been mulling over a name and it occurred to me that the character that LOTGK might resemble most is the French Melusine, alleged to be the ancestress of the European St Pol family and, in particular, Jacinta, Lady Rivers, the mother of Queen Elizabeth (Woodville) and grandmother of Elizabeth of York.
Ooh! I had been reading about Melusine recently, but I didn't know that she was alleged to be an ancestor of all of those people. Wow!
According to my google searches, Melusine is a version of Millicent. A really pretty French and German version of Millicent is "Melisande"—I love the way it rolls off the tongue and has a sweet sound to it. I just wish it had an R for the trill factor.
waggawerewolf27 wrote:However, to call LOTGK Melusina or Melusine would be identifying her too closely to an already well-known folk tale. I'd prefer a name that would identify her with serpents but also with the colour green or one of the varieties of green we know of. eg Esmerlinda, Viridiana etc.
I
am fond of those Esmer names.
Viridiana is pretty!