My dad named me after three different stage magicians he looked up to -- he was a stage magician himself, so wanted to give me a meaningful name. Having a lot of names is a good thing for a wizard -- your enemies would need your full name, with the same intonations you use, to get a handle on you magically. This way I can introduce myself as Harry Dresden, and without knowing how I say my middle names, it's not a big deal if people hear it.
And, no, written records aren't useful. Maybe a signature, but that's about it. So people might find my old school records listing me as Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, but it won't do them any good.
Oh, so your name's useful as well as meaningful! You have so many, though. Most of the humans I know only have two; do you have more than that just because you're a wizard?
Mom might have told Dad to make sure of it, but I know a lot of other ways people where I come from have more than two names. A lot of kids get middle names when they're born, and some religions add middle names when you join -- you're supposed to pick something meaningful. Or sometimes people adopt names if they're sick of people mispronoucing their real names -- I remember a Vietnamese kid in my class when I was a kid who went by Huey because none of us could say his real name right.
Well, its a common practice for most Europeans to have a first name, middle name, and surname or family name. Middle name is often distinguishes one person from another if they by chance share a name with some one in their family, or if its a really common name like "Gregory" or "Greg", which is what I usually go by. Although the practice varies from region to region, country to country. In Norway, its kind of antiquated now, but instead of a middle name there's two surnames, from the mother's and the father's side. So Hojem is actually my middle name, taken from my mother's surname.
Admittedly I think the one name thing is a little odd, too, but from what I've been told everyone here is from a different world or time period, which explains it a little...
My dad! He named me Rock after the music and it goes with my sister Roll's. And if I need to use a family name I use my dads. I don't have a mom. I'd never change it. I like my name.
I was taken from my parents when I was born, and the people who raised me designated me a number before I was taken on as an apprentice. I only learned my name a couple of years ago, but nobody bothered to keep a record of my parents' last name.
Audio, locked from cat!Scourge. Because he remembers these things.thunderleaderApril 15 2009, 02:42:08 UTC
I suppose in the spirit of your question, my name is Firestar, but I once had a different name.
My housefolk gave me the name Rusty, but when I joined my Clan I was given the name Firepaw for my orange fur. All apprentices, you see, are given names with -paw at the end. When I became a warrior - a step higher than an apprentice - I earned the name Fireheart. I...had that name for a long time, but I became Firestar when my previous leader, Bluestar, died and I succeeded her.
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Honestly I don't know. It probably means something to the humans back in my world, and that's why they named me it, but I've never really stopped to wonder. And yes, the last part of my name relates to rank. Though a warrior name can have any ending, a leader must always have -star, an apprentice must always have -paw, and a kit must always have -kit.
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And, no, written records aren't useful. Maybe a signature, but that's about it. So people might find my old school records listing me as Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, but it won't do them any good.
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Admittedly I think the one name thing is a little odd, too, but from what I've been told everyone here is from a different world or time period, which explains it a little...
Jenny is a pretty common name on my world, too.
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Well, humans on my planet often have two, but when I got asked about my name it hadn't been assigned yet so she just gave me one.
Where and when are you from?
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Heh, I don't have a mom either.
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How come you don't have another one?
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I was taken from my parents when I was born, and the people who raised me designated me a number before I was taken on as an apprentice. I only learned my name a couple of years ago, but nobody bothered to keep a record of my parents' last name.
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Do you ever think about taking a last name? Like, if you marry or something?
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My housefolk gave me the name Rusty, but when I joined my Clan I was given the name Firepaw for my orange fur. All apprentices, you see, are given names with -paw at the end. When I became a warrior - a step higher than an apprentice - I earned the name Fireheart. I...had that name for a long time, but I became Firestar when my previous leader, Bluestar, died and I succeeded her.
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