Ocelot Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I have an obsession w/ name meanings, and here a few I've discovered from ASOIAF: Aegon:Egon: edge of a sword (German)Self-explanatory Aerys:Eris: strife (Greek)Ares: bane, ruin; male (Greek)Sums up the Mad King pretty well, dontcha think? Naerys:Nerys: lady (Welsh)Targ queen; actually the "ae" and "ys" found in Targ names are common in Welsh Visenya:Visnja: sour cherry (Serbo-Croat)Fits w/ Visenya's personality Joanna: God is gracious (English/Latin/Greek/Hebrew) Jaime:James: supplanter (English/Latin/Greek/Hebrew)Jaime supplants Robert Tyrion:Tyrone: sovereign, king (Greek); land of the noble (Irish)Maybe Tyrion will end up lord of CR! Kevan:Kevin: kind/gentle/handsome + birth (English/Irish)Kevan is a kind man of "gentle" (noble) birth--but he's not handsome. Actually I think "Kevan" (or Kevin) is a terrible name for a Lannister, or any medieval-world character. Tommen:Thomas: twin (Aramaic)Tommen is the product of twincest. Arya: honorable, noble (Sanskrit)Arya starts out aspiring to be this--how will she end up? Garlan:Garlin/Garland: triangle-shaped piece of land; land of the spear; prize; wreathGarlan is a skilled warrior from a wealthy landowning family specializing in horticulture Margaery:Marjorie: pearl Loras:Laurus: laurel (Latin)Knight of the Flowers in search of glory (laurels) Garth: garden (Norse)Founder of House Gardener Robert: bright fame (Norman/Germanic)Robert in his youth Shireen: sweet (Persian)fits the character's personality Brienne:Brian(ne): high, noble (English/Irish)Brienne is one of the few nobles who's actually noble. And she's freakishly tall. What do you think of my etymologies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obebb Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Wow, those are cool. I never really though about name meanings at all. I like that Aegon edge of a sword. And Tommen twin, born of twincest :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
averde Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Awesome work, a lot of these fit really well and I wouldn't at all be surprised of George RR Martin maybe got some inspiration for his names from stuff like this. I especially like the Aerys and Brienne ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Those are great! If you do any more, please update the thread with your findings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindchap Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Nice. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reek Havoc Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Awesome! I actually posted this in another thread, but since it fits perfectly here, I'd like to repost if you don't mind... In a moment of boredom, I googled "the meaning of the word hodor". Mostly all I came up with where references to the ASoIaF character (of course) but eventually found that it was also listed as a last name. Under meanings & origin it says:Polish and Slovak: from the eastern Slavic personal name Chodor, a vernacular form of Teodor (see Theodore).So then I check out the meaning of the name Theodore at a some baby names websites. Theodore means "divine gift", "God's gift", or "godly" depending on which site you're looking at. Incidentally, there's another character whose name is associated with Theodore. Not that it isn't obvious, but I'll say it anyway...Theon.Does it mean anything? Probably not. Total stretch, absolutely. But it's a fun coincidence!Oh, and another fun coincidence... I looked it up the day after 402 premiered on HBO and the baby name of the day was Joffrey. Ha! P.S. I love baby name websites. I've obsessed over the meanings of names every time I've been pregnant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kinkslayer Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Ned (English): Ouch!, my neck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime FTW Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 i know only about Brandonin old Irish it means- prince(!), bravein Gaelic- little crow(!)in old French- swordin old English- laburnum, hill. i don't know how this fits to Bran tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Leela Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I love Etymology! Here's a few more: CatelynDerived from Katherine, in Greek it means "torture." MeeraSlavic; meaning "peace" StannisStan, meaning "stand, become" PetyrPeter, meaning "stone." SamSamuel, "God has heard." JoffreyJeffrey, has meanings "stranger" "hostage" and "territory." Interesting. SelyseSileas, form of Cecilia. It means "blind." That totally fits! OshaFrom the biblical Hoshea meaning "salvation." DaarioFrom Darius, "to possess." OberynForm of Oberon, possible form of Alberich, meaning "power." SandorForm of Alexander, meaning "to defend." PodrickForm of Patrick, meaning "nobleman" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidrun Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Frey- Norse god of fertility. Certainly fits Walder Frey, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordStoneheart Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Daenerys Duh Nair Iss Duh Air Iss The Heiress I think this means she's a secret Targaryen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kinkslayer Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Frey- Norse god of fertility. Certainly fits Walder Frey, eh? Not quite the god of wine and teats, but close enough. :ack: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocelot Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Petyr=Peter=stone: House Baelish's original sigil, the stone titan of Braavos. Also the stone giant Sansa destroys in the Ghost of High Hill's vision is IMHO Baelish. As for Daenerys, as far as I know no one has ever pointed out that the Romans had a silver coin called the Denarius. Daenerys is a silver-haired descendant of Old Valyria, i.e. Rome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flrtwtrble Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Ned – Short for EdwardMeans "rich guard", derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and weard "guard". BenjaminFrom the Hebrew name ×‘Ö¼Ö´× Ö°×™Ö¸×žÖ´×™×Ÿ (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Weirwoods Eyes Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Eris isn't just the goddess of strife, she's Chaos & Discord too. All fits Aerys quite well I think. as far as descriptive words go have to be honest though as its my daughters name I don't like to ascociate the mad king with Eris. so I try & pronounce it Air-is. eris was the greek Godess who threw the apple of Discord into the room declaring the most beautiful of the godesses present should claim it. leading to the Trojen war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod The Impaler Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Hodor I assumed came from the Norse god Hodr. Now if someone can figure out the origin of "Sansa", I would be grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Leela Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 The closest I can get to Sansa is Sans, which derives from Sanctius and means "saintly, holy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arianne_martell Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Sansa comes from Sanskrit meaning "praise, invocation, charm." http://www.babynology.com/meaning-sansa-f55.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon's Bane Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 For me "Daenerys" was always simply the female "Aerys" - the mad queen. And Aerys' name is mentioned in the opening post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reek Havoc Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Sansa is also a type of apple. The apple is the symbolism of love and youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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