I need some help

Acalewia · 08-02-2006, 01:39 PM

A friend and I are in the planning stage of a story. The problem is I can't find any Names for a 9th Century Highlander.
Anyone have any ideas that might help?

Spock · 08-02-2006, 01:51 PM

Well a couple of sites have information on exactly what you are doing:
http://www.seasonofthedead.com/
http://bookpagebuzz.blogspot.com/200...z_archive.html

maybe you can contact them for further information................or go to the Scotland Tourism page and ask them.

***Earniel*** · 08-02-2006, 05:47 PM

First or last names? For first names, maybe this site can be of use: behind the name. There's a scottish section, but I don't know whether it can tell which are the the 9th century names.

Curubethion · 08-02-2006, 06:23 PM

William Wallace! William Wallace!

I'll take a look at those links. I've actually got a fantasy story planned with a sort-of Scottish Highlands setting. So with the names slightly tweaked...for example, instead of "Mac" as a prefix, I've got "Gan'". Names like Gan'Artun, Gan'Twaedirk.

Spock · 08-02-2006, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Curubethion

William Wallace! William Wallace!

Who was William Wallace?
Wallace was the younger son of a Scottish knight and minor landowner. His name, Wallace or le Waleis, means the Welshman, and he was probably descended from Richard Wallace who had followed the Stewart family to Scotland in the 12th century.

Little is known of Wallace’s life before 1297. He was certainly educated, possibly by his uncle - a priest at Dunipace - who taught him French and Latin. It’s also possible, given his later military exploits, that he had some previous military experience.

Curubethion · 08-02-2006, 11:21 PM

Time-traveling William Wallace!

Acalewia · 08-04-2006, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Curubethion

I'll take a look at those links. I've actually got a fantasy story planned with a sort-of Scottish Highlands setting. So with the names slightly tweaked...for example, instead of "Mac" as a prefix, I've got "Gan'". Names like Gan'Artun, Gan'Twaedirk.

You might want to take a look at Gaelic Given Names The link will be toward the bottom of the page for both male and female.
Now to look for surnames

Acalewia · 08-03-2006, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Eärniel

First or last names? For first names, maybe this site can be of use: behind the name. There's a scottish section, but I don't know whether it can tell which are the the 9th century names.

There was some Gaelic names in there. Thanks for the links, guys. They helped out.

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08-02-2006, 01:51 PM	#2
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Well a couple of sites have information on exactly what you are doing: http://www.seasonofthedead.com/ http://bookpagebuzz.blogspot.com/200...z_archive.html maybe you can contact them for further information................or go to the Scotland Tourism page and ask them. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-02-2006, 05:47 PM	#3
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	First or last names? For first names, maybe this site can be of use: behind the name. There's a scottish section, but I don't know whether it can tell which are the the 9th century names. __________________ We are not things.

08-02-2006, 06:23 PM	#4
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	William Wallace! William Wallace! I'll take a look at those links. I've actually got a fantasy story planned with a sort-of Scottish Highlands setting. So with the names slightly tweaked...for example, instead of "Mac" as a prefix, I've got "Gan'". Names like Gan'Artun, Gan'Twaedirk. __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

08-02-2006, 11:21 PM	#6
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Time-traveling William Wallace! __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)