Place names, people names
Jun. 9th, 2008 11:59 pmAnyone got some pleasant sounding suggestions for me on place or usage words to add to "Rowan" ?
So far this story has a:
Hazeldine
Ashdown
Cedarbrook
Oakhelm
Elmwood
Since I used Hazel for the place name of a minor character, I can't use it for a major one... I'm trying to stick to British-native species, so I think that "Cedarbrook" might become "Alderbrook"...
I'd like a tree associated with elfish things for the one main character who still needs a tree/place name, so since Hazel is used I was thinking Rowan or Holly, but Holly sounds too much like Hazel for a repeating character with such different story uses...
So I was thinking maybe Rowanholm? It's not very euphonious, but it would suggest a status equivalency with Oakhelm.
I'd leave it at just "Rowan" but my world building convention is that folks with a tree name unattached to a place modifier are lower class than those who have place modifiers. I.e. John Spruce is commoner while a John Spruceton (ewww, I know, not nice sounding) would be higher status.
How sad is it that I'm actually using the book I picked up titled "English Place Names" in creating character names?
So far this story has a:
Hazeldine
Ashdown
Cedarbrook
Oakhelm
Elmwood
Since I used Hazel for the place name of a minor character, I can't use it for a major one... I'm trying to stick to British-native species, so I think that "Cedarbrook" might become "Alderbrook"...
I'd like a tree associated with elfish things for the one main character who still needs a tree/place name, so since Hazel is used I was thinking Rowan or Holly, but Holly sounds too much like Hazel for a repeating character with such different story uses...
So I was thinking maybe Rowanholm? It's not very euphonious, but it would suggest a status equivalency with Oakhelm.
I'd leave it at just "Rowan" but my world building convention is that folks with a tree name unattached to a place modifier are lower class than those who have place modifiers. I.e. John Spruce is commoner while a John Spruceton (ewww, I know, not nice sounding) would be higher status.
How sad is it that I'm actually using the book I picked up titled "English Place Names" in creating character names?