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Names - Goren

Gorenite names are Germanic, of course. First names in Goren are usually formed of two parts from separate lists. They used to carry a meaning and reflect the hopes of the parents, and often still do in Jošland. A second name is patronymic, although in towns they’ve started to develop into actual surnames.

Name beginning

Bryht, frit, grim, gund, her, hild, maer, ric, sig, wulf, wyn, elf, adel, blith, ceol, coen, cuth, cwic, ead, eald, earn, ecg, fri, gold, holm, heath, heah, hlud, hreth, hroth, hyg, iaru, ing, leof, liut, os, od, rath, seax, wig, theod.

Name ending

Bryht, frit, grim, gund, her, hild, maer, ric, sig, wulf, wyn, bald, beorn, beorg, brand, by, ferth, flaed, gard, gar, gifu, gyth, helm, heit, hun, lid, laf, mund, noth, raed, stan, swinth, trud, walh, weald, weard, wine.

Names for things and places can well be combined from these as well. I’ve been on a binge of making meaningful names like “Hildearn”, ‘war eagle’ with various dictionaries (and Wikipedia), but don’t let that trip you.