Regional Naming Conventions?

[AmandaGreathouse]

I make names that sound really cool to me, for example, 'I should make a stone elementalist girl! What's a cool name for her. Uh. Beryl! That sounds bumpkin enough.'

And then realizing later it's a name of a bloody stone. God, what a newb I felt like.

Holy crap, I think I remember her, too.

[brytta.leofa]

I make names that sound really cool to me, for example, 'I should make a stone elementalist girl! What's a cool name for her. Uh. Beryl! That sounds bumpkin enough.'

And then realizing later it's a name of a bloody stone. God, what a newb I felt like.

Holy crap, I think I remember her, too.

As do I.  I only wish my PC at the time had survived long enough to find opportunities to boss her around.

[FantasyWriter]

I think, taken on the whole and looking at historic personalities, northern names are more Egyptian/Persian sounding, while southern names are more Greek/Roman sounding.

I'm in agreement with this.

[gfair]

I think, taken on the whole and looking at historic personalities, northern names are more Egyptian/Persian sounding, while southern names are more Greek/Roman sounding.

I don't see any strong correlation. The range of names present has never struck me as being from any region of our world, they have been myriad and diverse. As long as the name sounds tribal, and not contemporary or appearing near to fiction, it's a good name.

There is one naming convention in our world that follows naming children after the wealthy. The name "Tyrone" for example, is a very high-brow English name that poor families would give to their children. It's a bit like the whole Rude Boy concept of people dressing above their income / class level to present the image of a sharp, wealthy person. The name did that early on, but after heavy use it loses its luster.

[Bogre]

I think one thing that could show some regional differences would be people named after objects or nature:

Nak: Sid, Rat, Red, Sand, Spider

Tuluk: Horta, Thorn, Baobab, Shik

[FantasyWriter]

Egyptian Names: http://www.mybirthcare.com/favorites/pg1/Egyptian-names.asp
Persian Names: http://www.mybirthcare.com/favorites/searchresults.asp

You can look up any culture but selecting the nation of the "Origin" Box here: http://www.mybirthcare.com/favorites/babynames.asp