Posted by Nada on January 7, 2000 at 18:50:46:
In Reply to: Help with names posted by Salipek on January 7, 2000 at 009:49:47:
Get a good multi-cultural baby book. As long as you're not using the name of big mythical characters or gods, you're usually ok. And you can use the meaning of the name to give more depth to your character (Jawahir - meaning jewel as a middle eastern name, Ahlam - meaning dreams, again middle eastern, Ciara - black as a celtic name, Deirbhile - poet's daughter as a celtic name, and lots more.) Check for your name in a major dictionary and/or encyclopedia. www.dictionary.com and www.encyclopedia.com are good resources. At least you can know if your name is obscure enough that few will recognize it. Names that are difficult to type will generally get you as a permanent alias in my client, making it easier to attack you than to attack one of the people with relatively normal names. Besides, it's so irritating to try to send tells to someone with a name like wuifjeksfjeisi. Bleech. Nada, whose handle has more than one meaning and would be likely denied immediately if made into a mud PC.