Well, it is not really for making up names. It just gives a random name which is already in use. And mixes the first name and middle name quite tastelessly. But otherwise it is pretty useful.

It's a program that churns out name combos, then. ^__^
But magicians don't need a middle name...do they? Or is it a choice?
I don't think this was ever mentioned in the series.

No, it wasn't mentioned. I guess it is a choice. Honestly, I find middle names stupid.

All family names a real ones, I've just matched them with suitable first names:

Lucius Prat
Caius Peacock
Aurora Coffee - (Aurora = Greek Goddess of the dawn)

or, if you want to become an evil magician:

Thanatos De Ath (Thanatos = Greek God of the Death) - the name is much more worthy than something like for example Voldemort ...

If you'd like an elegant French name:

Ambroise Beauregard (= beautiful gaze) or Beauvisage (= beautiful face)


And if you want to join the Resistance and would like to use a fake name:

Hassdenteufel - German: Hatethedevil: Most bestest name ever!!! Preferably, you match this name with a macho first name like Leo or Hercules :D

Vladimir (yes, I'm aware it's a dude's name) Wasabi shall be mine.

Could that be a cross between Vladimir Putin and Wasabi (the family under which cabbages come)?

Let me guess: no Japanese to be used. Because I totally wanna be Amaterasu.

In the books, it said that Japan was Britain's ally.
So I'm guessing that they'd let people take a Japanese name, if they really insisted on it.

nathanielandbartimaeus wrote:Could that be a cross between Vladimir Putin and Wasabi (the family under which cabbages come)?

Actually, I was thinking Vlaimir Nabokov. :P

Wasabi...not sure what made me think of that.

Cathy wrote:In the books, it said that Japan was Britain's ally.
So I'm guessing that they'd let people take a Japanese name, if they really insisted on it.

Yes, but magicians are conformists. I doubt many of the names mentioned in this thread would be tolerated.

Well, the almanac had weirdo names like Balthazar and Theophilus, and there was that fat guy named Marmeduke.
Why wouldn't Japanese names be accepted? Is it because they're not British enough?

Yep, only boring Anglo names such as John or Jane or Jessica are considered acceptable. Quentin Makepeace is a weird name, but he had already established himself as a weird person in general anyways.

Tristram Shandy, Willy Wonka, Gilbert N. Sullivan,
James Herriot.

Yeah, they'd be mainly names from the area, it doesn't look like they're all that accepting of other cultures. There to be ruled and looked down upon.

Abbot. My last name would be Abbot

FuzzyLobster wrote:Yeah, they'd be mainly names from the area, it doesn't look like they're all that accepting of other cultures. There to be ruled and looked down upon.

How unfortunately racist. :(

Do you think Irish/Scottish origin names would be acceptable? They're really close to England, and would probably have been part of the Empire from the very start.

Yeah, they might have been acceptable. As the British Empire was administered by the United Kingdom, as a whole.

I'd imagine that they'd allow Patrick Sloane, but they'd probably draw a line at Fearganainm Murchaidh.

These British magicians aren't very tolerant, are they.
They like to squash all the fun out of everything. :(

Could you use your real name and pretend it's a fake one?

If not, mine would be something like Bobvarditch Bobbords or Joe Schwarzenegger.

Hands down, Lyra Firestone.

If someone had the name I'd kick them.








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