# RPG name question **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 8, 2000, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201 "2000-11-08T00:12:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/1 "2000-11-08T00:12:44Z")
Hey I’m creating a barbarian rogue on this RPG i play and i cant think of any good names for him, any suggestions? I want something really roguish sounding and really scandanavian sounding at the same time cause the barbarians in this game are supposed to be like the big husky people from the far north (i.e. vikings). Anyone know the Norse word for Rogue? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/2 "2000-11-08T00:41:53Z")
There’s always Loki, of course, who is a trickster character in Norse mythology. But copping a name from mythology for some random character is so Xena-esque. What you want to go for is something gutteral, but not so gutteral that the other characters will be forced to give you a nickname. You can be Grubenhauberak, but everyone will call you Grue. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/3 "2000-11-08T01:00:45Z")
Ghan-buri-ghan (it’s got accents, but I don’t know how to do them). Tolkien, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/4 "2000-11-08T01:02:29Z")
Thor is a good one. For sheer humor, call him Shelly. Then beat the crap out of anyone who mocks you. Ishmael? Ender always has a nice ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/5 "2000-11-08T03:02:53Z")
Bloody Sarc, is an excellent name. That or Bloody Arse. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/6 "2000-11-08T03:08:56Z")
Hehehe… I once ran a character called Volfson Thanseblut… hehehehehe Of course, I also ran a gnome called Virgil Poperhimin… ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/7 "2000-11-08T15:46:47Z")
Where’s **ssskuggiii** when you need her? IIRC, her screen name means “shadow” in some Scandinavian language (allowing for some spelling variations 🙂 ). Maybe you should ask her if you can borrow it? ---
**Author:** ![Blackclaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Blackclaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackclaw)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/8 "2000-11-08T17:33:39Z")
I like Gorre. It sounds gruesome and the extra R makes sure you’re not mistaken for Al. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/9 "2000-11-08T17:35:20Z")
Sounds like you are playing Everquest. Send my main character, Transya, a /tell. 🙂 You can also go to one of the many online translators such as babelfish or yahoo for the word. I am sure soda, coldfire, or Anniz could give you a good translation into another language. Personally I went to [Free Online English to Finnish to English Dictionary](http://www.freedict.com/onldict/fin.html) and translated rogue into Finnish 🙂 for Roisto. I actually like that one a lot. 🙂 Hope that helps. HUGS! Sqrl ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/10 "2000-11-08T19:25:04Z")
I like to use real words that sound Tolkien-esque: Angstrom (who went on to become “Angstrom Wolfslayer of Whom the Bards Sing”) Aileron (the Flighty) Meniscus (for that Old Latin flavor) And the periodic table is full of em. A few unused ones: Codec the Barbarian Thorium the Fierce Hafnium of Wiffleheim Boron the Thick-Skulled Zoloft the Happy Nasalcrom the Clear-Headed Strontium of Skasborg ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/11 "2000-11-08T19:43:10Z")
Personally, I kind of like “Tanden och Näve” which is Swedish for “teeth and fists.” The a in Nave has an oomlaut, if it doesn’t make the shift in font. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/12 "2000-11-08T20:36:42Z")
SqlCub what server do you play on? Ive always played on Tunare but im making this barb rogue on Luclin. -The guy who has played religiously since final and still doesnt have a character over lvl 30 -29 gnome rogue -28 troll shaman -28 half elf paladin -26 gnome warrior -way too many teens to mention ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/13 "2000-11-08T22:25:02Z")
The thing with barbariens is, you have to give them a nickname (this is historicaly accurate - the viking lofved nicknames) So calling your guy Svart isnt enough - you should call him Svart Daggereyes, or Svart Blackfist, or Svart the Incredibly Big. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/14 "2000-11-08T22:54:03Z")
Just call him “Meat Grinder.” If someone tells you he needs a nickname, you can say he’s “Meat Grinder the meat grinder.” ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/15 "2000-11-08T23:38:19Z")
Iso ja Tylsä: Big and stupid (Finnish) Husere og Plyndre: Ravage and plunder (Danish) Stór Fábjáni: Big idiot in Icelandic ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/16 "2000-11-09T05:04:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Just call him “Meat Grinder.” > > If someone tells you he needs a nickname, you can say he’s “Meat Grinder the meat grinder.” **ROFL** ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/17 "2000-11-09T05:26:14Z")
How about Elvis? Or Shaft? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/18 "2000-11-09T10:58:21Z")
How about ROFL? Rofl Wolfslayer. Or Warren Anderson. Hmm. For some reason that one doesn’t quite have the right kick. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/19 "2000-11-09T14:45:45Z")
Big McLargehuge? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg-name-question/40201/20 "2000-11-09T20:27:14Z")
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