What we might consider to be their true name. Personal Name, or Soul Name (Sal’melin): This is the personal name of the Dalish. Thus genders, when given, will be based on either what FenxShiral has provided in the original post, or if the asker requested a specific gender for the name.įenxShiral's Stance on Dalish Naming Conventions:ĭalish are named with patronymics, similar to Russian names, except there is no suffix added to their patronymic.Ī Dalish is given three names: Their personal name, patronymic, and clan name. For example, Shannon is a neuter name, but our culture has dictated that it is feminine. Which names are male or female will have started to become dictate by culture, rather than language. So names very much are done on a case-by-case basis. There are names that end in -l, such as Merrill that are considered feminine rather than neuter.īecause of this left over system, while some names conform to it, others don’t. There are names that end in -n, such as Ilen that are considered masculine rather than neuter. For example, there are various feminine names, like Mihris, that end in -s. It is treated as masculine when it ends in -s, -t, or -rn. It is treated as neuter when ending in -e, -o, -u, -l, or -n. Generally, a name is treated as feminine if it ends in -a, -i, -or -y. Most of the items left over are various gendered words, but mostly only for pronouns and names. Most of the system is left over from Proto-Elvhen (which did have a gendered system). On genders and Elvhen names FenxShiral states the following:Įlvhen doesn’t really have a gendered system.
Whenever possible I will list the gender neutral spelling as the main entry for the name. From the words: _ +_Īlternate spellings: (where given, with gender where given)Ībbreviations for genders are as follows: I have compiled the various names in alphabetical order based on the Elvhen Alphabet found in Project Elvhen : Expanding the Elvhen Language. It is also meant as a resource for fanfiction. It is meant to be a resource for the fan community in creating and/or finding names for Dalish Wardens, Inquisitors, and other Dragon Age characters. This work is a compilation of all of the name asks submitted to and answered by FenxShiral, thus the credit for the names goes to them.
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