What does your characters name mean?

Bedrovelse- Swedish for affliction, pain, suffering, sorrow, and sadness. Basically defines the backstory of this character.

Hevn- Norwegian for revenge. Describes this characters eternal mission.

In my head, I say Hevn like "heaven" without the second e, sort of giving the weird paradox of an evil aligned character using the name "heaven". Bedrovelse is an elaborate and interesting word. Together I thought they made a pretty cool combination of eloquence and mystery, as well as a plain old kick butt Star Wars name.

I liked the sound of Satele and wanted something similar. Then I picked a first name that fit.

Altus means high and Dux means ruler In Latin. I was looking for a cool-sounding name during Latin class and grabbed my Latin-to-English/English-to-Latin dictionary. Thus Altus was born.

Fael means wolf in old Irish Gaelic but I got that by accident playing with Sindarin.

So I never knew what the name 'Malora' meant. It just sounded pretty to me, so I used it. Just found out it's a name derived from the Latin word meliora, which means 'always improving'.

I guess she's one of those people that doesn't fit her name.


'Karana' apparently means a few different things in different languages. I stole it from the book Island of the Blue Dolphins, which was my favorite book as a kid. The word 'pure' seems to come up a lot, no matter the name definition. Another case of a name that doesn't fit the character, here.  I did find a blurb about the name Karana on one of these random name etymology websites that sounds legit. It says: "Karana possesses the tools to become an original person with a very creative approach to problem solving, and a penchant for initiating action. Someone may have to follow behind Karana to handle the details, but she knows how to get things going and make things happen. She has no need for supervision, preferring to act on her own with little restraint. Karana is both ambitious and determined. Self-confidence and self-reliance must be hers, as she develops a strong, unyielding will and courage through her convictions. Karana fears routine and fears being in a rut, so she often jumps the gun because she is afraid of being left behind."

Tali is short for Talia, which means 'dew from God'. Definitely doesn't work here.

Draykon just means 'I have the best last name on JvS and don't you forget it'.

Arcanus is latin for hidden or secrets. Since he started out as a masqued Jedi and eventually ended up as an assassin? I'd say that worked out too well.

Gideon Raith, simply started out as a badass name. When I looked into it, turns out Gideon means Destroyer/Mighty Warrior in Hebrew, and Raith was a shortened form of Wraith. A Mighty Warrior Wraith clad in alabaster warplate? Mhmm, I'll take seconds plox.

Now for the grand-daddy of them all. Belial means Worthless in Hebrew.

Surprise!

But it gets even better from there. In the New Testament, someone used the name to label Satan himself before it was later changed to represent an evil angel that loves himself some lawlessness and lusty busty babes. While that was taken into account for his personality, it really struck home when I found out it also belonged to a Prime Evil from the Diablo Universe, the Lord of Lies himself. Everything clicked together, and bam - Belial the Deceiver was born.

VinaaraJa
I decided that, as a Togrutan, she needed an Indian name--following in Shaak Ti's foot steps. It's a combination of two Indian names Vina and Raja, with an extra letter (because I like doing that). According to the site I found the names on, Vina means 'musical instrument' and Raja means 'king/queen'. I just liked the names.

Momo
A name I chose in honor of Momo from Avatar: The Last Air-Bender, who inspired my choice to make a lurmen.

Nox Kastra
I chose Kastra because it's another name for the Capricornus constellation, and I'm a Capricorn. I chose Nox because 'night' is always cool.

I used to have a best friend at school called Kali and truly liked the name. I have just researched the meaning for this thread and found this description of its meaning and am pleased to discover that its meaning fits very well for what I have planned for her character, lol.

The goddess Kali is fierce and destructive. Her name also means "Dark Female". Her worship is associated with skulls, cemeteries, and blood. She is black and gaunt, with an azure face streaked with yellow, and her gaze is considered ferocious. Her hair is shown as unkempt or splayed, and is sometimes braided with serpents. Her power is originative and destructive. The weapons or head of a demon she is usually seen holding symbolize this.

Helaine. Apparently means light. lol. I discovered it by googling names of mythological characters.