character names

[jezelf]

Found these while browsing during my lunch hour. (Wanted dig deeper and find other stuff than the usual baby names webites).Thought they might help others too.

I haven't had time to explore in depth, but they looked like a wealth of information, so I just had to share them!

http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/
http://www.name-meanings.com/
http://www.namenerds.com/irish/lists.html
http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/names.htm
http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/cel-anci.php
http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/anci.php
http://www.mythome.org/celticnames.html
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/nameetymologies/p/AncientNames.htm
http://www.egyptpyramidhistory.com/pyramid_names.htm
http://ahd.exis.net/monaghan/irish-names-naming.htm
http://pleiades.stoa.org/names

Some of these are not just lists with meanings, but also structure for families like the Irish Naming Patterns for Children for example...

The 1st son was usually named after the father's father
The 2nd son was usually named after the mother's father
The 3rd son was usually named after the father
The 4th son was usually named after the father's eldest brother

etc.. and pronounciation, and more.

I did have a link to "Celtic Names of the British Isles", but it is no longer in use. However I did download the list, so I'll create a PDF and post up a download link if people are interested.

BTW: is there a place here on CN for resources - lists of links like this? I'm talking about something like the Photo reference archive that forum users have built up over at

REFERENCES - ConceptArt.org Forums

Having a sub forum like that where people post links for everyone's reference would be pretty handy. It can be time consuming trawling through posts where it goes off topic and the like.

please post other links if you don't mind sharing them.

Hope it helps.
Cheers
jez

[jezelf]

- my 'puter's playing tricks on me.

[Xwing Mom]

Hey, thanks! We can never have enough naming "books". I still remember the funny looks I got in high school when I bought my first book of names. (and yes that was long long ago in a galaxy far far away where good little girls in high school didn't need baby names )

[TheUltimateChosenOne]

I know this site I'm about to tell you about is a baby names site, but it has over 27,000 names with info on the meaning, pronunciation and its origin. I've picked out over 1,000 names and wrote them down in my note book, so whenever I'm writing and I need a name I just browse through my notes.

Browse Baby Names by Alphabet at Baby Names World