Writing Journey #13- Muse Names
ANOTHER YEAR, another set of goals. If you haven’t checked out the latest update, please be sure to give it a look to see what I plan for good ol’ 2018 (although that may change because of Youtube’s new rule to have 1k subs and 4k hours of watch time, but that’s a rant for another time XD)! Anyways, so Rel Rel meets 5 different types of Muses. I talk a little bit about this in my Writing Journey #8- What is Hand of Rel? if you’re interested to learn more!
ON THAT NOTE, today I will be talking about names in the Muse Realm. For awhile I was trying to figure out how I could create names that sound unique to my story? To Hand of Rel. I started by visiting baby name websites and choosing different types of names from various regions of the world. I narrowed it down to French, Latin, Scottish, Spanish, and other random names.
BUT EVEN WHEN I found some really interesting ones, it still felt too normal? I searched for mythical beings, angels, monsters, color types, creature types, and anything else that seemed intriguing to try and find names that fit, but were still specific to my story. I couldn’t find any that felt right.
IN MY QUEST for unique names, I stumbled across a website where you can generate your “Elf” name. I can’t remember what the original site address was, but it mentioned something like female elves used an “uil” suffix and men used a “dil” suffix. Something like that. These aren’t the exact suffixes, but what struck me was adding an ending.
FROM THAT I FIGURED I could create unique names by taking the baby names and adding different suffixes. Now, I didn’t choose any specific ending to the names for any important reason. They’re just suffixes that I thought sounded cool, or rounded out the names. And I went from there.
HERE IS A LIST of the naming conventions that I used for the five types of Muses in the Muse Realm:
Artists- Latin and Color
-Rowind row-wind “Rowen” Silver “Never swimming, always rowen home”
-Amenild ah-min-ild “Amen” Azure
-Delmarind dell-mah-rind “Draven” Raven
-Danteild dawn-teh-ild Vermilion
-Telesand teh-leh-saw-nd
-Undinand oon-dih-nawn-d
-Valarid vah-lah-rid
Female- and, id
Male- ind, ild
Creators- French and Clock Parts
-Lililith Oath of God lee-lee-lee-ith Sprocket
-Chevaliedith Knight sheh-vah-lyeh-dith Sprocket
-Serenelith Serene Sprocket seh-ree-ne-lith
-Tyreeneth Battle God Cogwheel Tie-ree-neth
-Saliaelith “Spinich” sah-lee-el-ith Mainsping
Male- eth
Female- ith
Musicians- Scottish and Music Forms
-Aileasiel ah-lee-see-ill
-Elsieliel “Elle” L-see-lee-ill
-Thaneuil thayn-oo-ill Medley
-Miraiel me-raw-E-el Sonata
-Padenuil pie-den-oo-will Medley
-Edinawiel eh-dee-nuh-well Medley
-Keavyiel key-vee-ill Allegro
-Jamsinewel jam-SEEN-eh-well “Jelly”
Female- iel, wel
Male- uil,nil
Writers- Names Chinese (ish) and Folklore
Regalin ree-gul-in Folklore -right eye green, left eye purple
Timrisin tim-rih-sin Folklore -right eye purple, left eye red
Amokri ar-tee-lee Legend -right eye purple, left eye red
Penrilli pen-ruh-lee Myth -right eye green, left eye purple
Quillin kwii-lin Myth -right eye green, left eye purple
Chenin chen-in Azure
Akiri uh-keer-ri Midnight
Sukiri soo-keer-ree Azure
Kairali kai-ruh-ill Grey
Female- ri, li
Male- in
Chefs- Spanish and Cooking Technique
-Asheradan awsh-ruh-don Grilling
-Dashrigall dash-rih-gawl Grilling
-Laomagor lao-muh-gore “Lionheart” Butcher
-Jesenigall yeh-seh-nee-gall Marmalade
-Serafinesh serah-fee-nish Savoy
-Galdrodan gal-droh-den Baker
Female suffix- gall, esh
Male suffix- dan, gor
THE FINAL WORD is their last name, each based on what type of Muse they are. So yeah! That’s how I came up with the different Muse names in the story. Just take a name and add a suffix! And yes, there was no background for the Writers, I kind of just chose names that sounded cool to me and added a suffix. Iono, it works for me. And that’s all that matters, you know?
**UPDATE 5-14-2018** I settled on the idea that a Writer’s base names is based on Chinese names. Ish? Some of them are, except of course for Kairaill (Japanese Kai) and Akiri and Sukiri (totally made up but based on Aki and Suki). Oh, and Amokri and Penri. Pretty much all the female names. Whatever, it’s my story!
**UPDATE 12-4-2020** I made a few more changes to the suffixes. These are the final updates to the names. I noticed that a few of the Muse types (namely the Chefs and Writers) had similar sounded suffixes. So I made them a bit more different.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for reading! What does your name sound like “MUSE” ified? Choose a Muse type and just add a suffix from their type! Anywho, I’ll be back with another entry next Monday. Keep that imagination kicking! Please take care, you all rock. Cheers!
