Meaning behind names

[guyverfanatic]

Any particular reason why guys chose certain names? Coinicidence perhaps?

Atrahasis - King of Shuruppak during Sumerian times. (1700 BC). Name means "Extra wise".

Prometheus - Father of the Greek flood hero Deucalion. Name means "Forethinker".

[thanosfan82586]

Any particular reason why guys chose certain names? Coinicidence perhaps?

Atrahasis - King of Shuruppak during Sumerian times. (1700 BC). Name means "Extra wise".

Prometheus - Father of the Greek flood hero Deucalion. Name means "Forethinker".

Wasn't Prometheus also the Greek titan who gave the gift of fire to humanity? From what I remember, it didn't turn out too well for him.

[WarriorZoalord]

Wasn't Prometheus also the Greek titan who gave the gift of fire to humanity? From what I remember, it didn't turn out too well for him.

According to God of War 2.... you'd be correct there.

[W'Kar]

No name is ever random in GWOTG at least.

[BloodStorm]

No name is ever random in GWOTG at least.

So what's Rabid mean?

[W'Kar]

1. irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.

2. furious or raging; violently intense: a rabid hunger.

3. affected with or pertaining to rabies; mad.

[BloodStorm]

Yeah.. deffinatly option two fits best.

(for the record, that ALSO wasn't the question)

[McAvoy]

As far as WG is concerned. I think they're names that just sounds cool.

1. Dreadnought means Dread-not=Fear Not=No Fear.

2. Zeus, well we all know what that means

3. Ultimus, I don't have a clue

4. Valkryie, are Norse Deities that served Odin. All they di was when a warrior died they came got that warrior and carried him to Valhalla.

5. Sedah: Is Hades backward

6. Angel, well she's an angle I guess

That's all i got

[W'Kar]

Yeah, Sedah is hades spelled backwards. I was unusally creative that day

[*zeo]

Dreadnought, as is in vehicle of unstoppable destruction. Pretty descriptive

Zeus, well Takaya already gave Agito that name.

Ultimus, as in Ultimate. Max is still a teenager after all.

Valkyrie, was also a female warrior and the name also means supernatural women who decide who lives and who dies.

Basically the word "Valkyrie" comes from the Old Norse valkyrja (plural "valkyrur"), from the words "val" (slain) and "kyrja" (choose).

Literally the term means choosers of the slain. So her name is more than just sounding cool.

[McAvoy]

Dreadnought, as is in vehicle of unstoppable destruction. Pretty descriptive

Zeus, well Takaya already gave Agito that name.

Ultimus, as in Ultimate. Max is still a teenager after all.

Valkyrie, was also a female warrior and the name also means supernatural women who decide who lives and who dies.

Basically the word "Valkyrie" comes from the Old Norse valkyrja (plural "valkyrur"), from the words "val" (slain) and "kyrja" (choose).

Literally the term means choosers of the slain. So her name is more than just sounding cool.

I never heard of the name Dreadnought meaning that unless you mean the HMS Dreadnought?

[*zeo]

It's a cultural definition.

Like a Dreadnought Class Ship is often referred to as a heavy battle ship.

Or in comics they have character robots of destruction called Dreadnought.

"Dreadnought" was also used as a weapon of mass destruction in Star Trek Voyager - Dreadnought

In Warhammer 40,000 a Dreadnought was a power armor in which a soldier was perminently put into after their original body was too severely damaged. Turning them into living weapons of destruction.

So it isn't just a name anymore, it's a description

[McAvoy]

It's a cultural definition.

Like a Dreadnought Class Ship is often referred to as a heavy battle ship.

Or in comics they have character robots of destruction called Dreadnought.

"Dreadnought" was also used as a weapon of mass destruction in Star Trek Voyager - Dreadnought

In Warhammer 40,000 a Dreadnought was a power armor in which a soldier was perminently put into after their original body was too severely damaged. Turning them into living weapons of destruction.

So it isn't just a name anymore, it's a description

Which is based off the HMS Dreadnought which by definition is a larger more powerful version of the battleship.

[*zeo]

Aside from the fact that at the time it was the most advance Battle Ship and it's name became a coinage of that level of military might.

Which is based off the HMS Dreadnought which by definition is a larger more powerful version of the battleship.

Doesn't matter, it's cultural meaning that now breaks down to the concept of any weapon, usually a vehicle that in most cases is a ship of some sort, capable of immense destruction and is hard to near impossible to stop.

So the name implies the pinnacle of military power and that is how the name is used now.

Btw, Dreadnought does not mean "Fear Not"

"Nought" is actually a reference to math in terms of a consistant number which is part of the dictionary definition of the name "dreadnought"!

Which basically is a battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber (In other words the same number).

So since the name is a reference to military power a more accurate translation would be "Fear - The Firepower"!

[McAvoy]

Dread-nought directly translates from the 16th century as "Fear Nothing". In fact it was a motto for many British houses such as Jackie Fisher, the father of HMS Dreadnought.

But you are correct, the term dreadnought means the biggest and baddest of the same type.

Nought also pronounced as nawt or the same way most British say not as nawt.

[*zeo]

Like some words Dreadnought has developed to have dual meaning, in the Thesarus "nought" also means a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number.

Since the first Dreadnoughts at the time did all use the same number and caliber of cannons instead of having different number and caliber cannons like other ships. This too could be the meaning of the name.

You are right that the name originally meant fear nothing and for the most part still does but now it means both Fear Nothing and Fear The Firepower, which is what people think when they hear the name Dreadnought. Since a Dreadnought's firepower is usually such that it need fear nothing.

[Zoaknight]

cool meanings! okay then, what are the meanings behind names such as Zeugma, Kron, Tonnin, and Albass? Or are these all simply cool sounding, made up names derived from creator language (well except Tonnin since he isn't a master zoalord from ancient times or even a descendant of one like Albass)

[*zeo]

They all have meanings...

Kron

Usage: German, Swedish

Extra: Statistics

Means "crown", perhaps a nickname for one who worked in a royal household.

Zeugma (Greek: Ζεύγμα) is an ancient city of Commagene; currently located in the Gaziantep Province of Turkey (coordinates 37°03.5′N, 37°51.95′E). It is a historical settlement which is considered among the four most important settlement areas under the reign of the kingdom of Commagene. It was named for the bridge of boats, or zeugma, which crossed the Euphrates there.

While Tonnin is actually a name but in Finnish it means Ton.

You'll have to ask Allen what Albass means but he gets pretty much all his names from history/mythology references.