Cool ancient names

[Loaf Warden]

And Icelandic still uses þ and ð. Yet another reason I want to learn Icelandic. If it weren't for the damn Normans, English would probably still have them. I love my language, but my god, we have the most boring version of the Latin alphabet available in the world today. German has ß, French has ç, Spanish has ñ, Portuguese has ã, Norwegian has ø, Danish has å, and most, if not all, of those languages also use umlauts (like ö) or accent marks (like é). Thanks to bloody William the piss-cutting Conqueror, English is the only European language I know of that uses no alternative forms for any of our letters for any reason short of writing words from other languages.

It's like we, English speakers, are the humans on Star Trek, and all the other European languages are the other races. They all have neat-looking additional stuff on their foreheads, or their ears, or their temples. We're the only ones that look bland. We're the only ones that have no features that the others lack. We're original-flavored potato chips, and the other languages have neat flavors like nacho cheese and zesty BBQ and sour cream 'n' onion.

Damn Normans.

 

[Mescalhead]

Nahuatl

-Tlatoani-
Netzahualcoyotl
Acamapictli
Huitzilihuitl
Chimalpopoca
Itzcoatl
Motecuhzoma Ihuilcamina
Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin II (Montezuma)
Axayacatl
Tizoc
Ahuitzotl
Cuitlahuac
Cuauhtemoc

-The Divinities-
Tlaloc
Chalchiuhtlicue
Chicomecoatl
Xilonen
Xipe Totec
Centeotl
Coatlicue
Tezcatlipoca
Huitzilopochtli
Mixcoatl
Camaxtli
Xochipilli
Huixtocihuatl
Cihuacoatl
Mictlantecuhtli
Huehueteotl
Xiuhtecuhtli
Yacatecuhtli
Toci
Tlazolteotl
Teteoinnan
Tlaloque
Tepictoton
Octli
Xochiquetzal
Nappatecuhtli
Opochtli
Zapotlantenan
Tlamatzincatl
Coyolxauhqui
Ilamatecuhtli
Tonantzin

 

[HighlandWarrior]

Sargon is a great one.

Norse god dog names, Odin & Thor sound so much better Zeus and posiden. also alot of the roman gods are planets now, who wants to name their dog after a planet

 

[HighlandWarrior]

Originally posted by samildanach
I like names from Celtic Mythology as well. My user name Samildanach " the talented one " is one of the names used to refer to the Celtic Zeus - the chief God of the Celtic pantheon. He is known by many other names, interestingly one of the most commonly used is Lam Fada, if I remember correctly, which means "the shining one " or "the light bringer". Notice that the Christian devil is also known as the "light bringer" i.e. Lucifer.
Samildanach is also thought to have been the model for the Norse God Odin.

If i remember correctly Lucifer was the most beautiful angel Also the highest ranking. I imagine he would command a great amont of light.

 

[Mattosization]

I love Latin. I need a Latin name. Does anyone know how to say 'warden of loaves' in Latin?

Custos panum

 

[MilesGregarius]

Cur a mortuis suscitabas?

 

[Kyriakos]

This is actually a cool thread... Sad to see it was bumped after a whole decade!

So i am not sure it will survive. For what its worth a cool name would be Amompharetos (some spartan military officer in the battle of Plataea) which means "of virtue which cannot be slurred". Cool name

 

[Lord Baal]

Wasn't there a Mothra leading a rebellion against the High King of Ireland at some point? And a warlord named Oprah in India?

 

[Domen]

This one: Confucius

Definitely the coolest one indeed:

Spoiler :

Link to video.

 

[NovaKart]

Wasn't there a Mothra leading a rebellion against the High King of Ireland at some point? And a warlord named Oprah in India?

Yeah I remember reading about Oprah causing the downfall of the Guptas.

 

[Gucumatz]

One of my favorite Maya Gods:

Vucub Caquix - [Seven Macaw]

He was the guardian of the previous creatures who dominated the earth, before the current gods overthrew him and allowed humanity to exist. His constellation even has him grasping a Black hole in his beak

 

[caketastydelish]

I want my child to have a really similar name to an indian tech support guy, so I'm going to name him 'Bob Jones' or something.

 

[ParkCungHee]

Wasn't there a Mothra leading a rebellion against the High King of Ireland at some point?

Mothra wasn't nearly that significant. I'd have to check the Annals again, but as I recall the only thing mentioned about him was that he was driven into a river and killed, by someone with a significantly less notable name.

 

[Lord Baal]

Mothra wasn't nearly that significant. I'd have to check the Annals again, but as I recall the only thing mentioned about him was that he was driven into a river and killed, by someone with a significantly less notable name.

Too bad, I was hoping he had a massive showdown with Godzilla.

 

[sydhe]

Mothra wasn't nearly that significant. I'd have to check the Annals again, but as I recall the only thing mentioned about him was that he was driven into a river and killed, by someone with a significantly less notable name.

When your main supporters are the Peanut girls, that can happen.

I was disappointed the royal baby (aka the stallion who mounts the world) wasn't named Aethelbald Aetherbert Aethelwulf Athelstan Aethelmertz.

 

[Lord Baal]

When your main supporters are the Peanut girls, that can happen.

I was disappointed the royal baby (aka the stallion who mounts the world) wasn't named Aethelbald Aetherbert Aethelwulf Athelstan Aethelmertz.

I wanted them to name him Ralph.

 

[ParkCungHee]

Kings should mount stallions, not the other way around.

 

[Lord Baal]

Kings should mount stallions, not the other way around.

No, you're thinking of Catherine II of Russia.

 

[Kyriakos]

Typhon is a good name. Not really for a human though. Or anything that does not have a few thousand tentacles as legs.

 

[Angst]

Loaf Warden, I want the world to start using the 'Æ' again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_and_Norwegian_alphabet