I second that. Japanese and Chinese games usually have meanings also. Even Portuguese surnames have, most of them, or have had, a meaning before that has been passed down from generations. Most English names do too, like Miller, Smith, Baker, Brown, and so forth.SpiritCaller wrote:I agree. It very well could be a name she was given as praise.ewancummins wrote:Sounds like an epithet to me.Nathan of the FoS wrote: Or she took the name as an adult--or, she comes from a long line of paladins.
Most "silly" Ravenloft names I like pretty well, actually.
It should also be noted that we come from a culture in which we have to look up what names mean, and rarely pay attention to the original meanings behind names even when we know them. Many, many other cultures are not like that; native Americans are not the only peoples whose names had direct meanings. And in some cultures, yes, a name like that could become a surname.
For instance I once met a family by surname 'Baixinho'. That means, literally, 'Shorty'. And they were all not very tall. Another friend of mine's surname translated to Rabbit, and indeed it was a trait in him, his sister and his mother that their incisive teeth reminded those of a rabbit. Some of these things can go down generations.
For instance, some translations of Portuguese surnames: Dry Fountain, High Tower, Very White Mount, White Castle, Pear-tree, Olive-tree, Bush, Stream, Axe, Days, Rivers, Wolf, (and Dog, for that matter), Camel, Pleasures, etc.