Well ive checked the name generators and I don't really like what they came up with. Does anyone have a good name? Or at least a way to come up with one. I mean, how does Bethesda do it?

Bethesda follows what I assume are just a few simple, unwritten conventions to create new Dunmer names. Since you obviously don't know what those conventions are, I suggest you look up a list of Dunmer names that already exist, attempt to deduce these conventions on your own to the best of your ability, deliberate on the subject for a day or so, and craft a few names for yourself. You'll get better at it the more you do it, but the key is patience - don't pick the first name you happen to dream up, because in a day or two you may realize that it's not actually any good.

The same holds true for any of the races, by the way.

I always find http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Dunmer_Names page to be a useful source.

http://uesp.net/wiki/Category:Morrowind-Dunmer is a list of all of the Dunmer in Morrowind. You can mix and match first and last names to your heart's content, but if you want to stay true to the lore it would help to do a bit of research into the specific family histories.

Here are the names of all Dunmer from previous games:
http://uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Dunmer_Names

I usually do slight variations on these names.

Thanks for the help guys. I'm sure those pages will be very helpful.

Jiub

My Dark Elf name is Rashir Nashida. I think it sounds so awesome. But it's my name you can't take it. Just giving out information.

Also Rashir's older brother is named Aserun Nashida.

I keep my Dunmer names short and sweet. Eno Dren was my most recent.

I like vaden

So, is that Nerd One backwards?
My Dunmer's name is Evil Dan... but that's probably not what the OP had in mind.

Deryn Othrelas or Malvyn Indoril seem like good names to me

My Dunmer character's name is Ano Samma. I picked a first name and last name from the ingame Dunmer name lists on UESP. I was going for something that sounded japanese because he's kind of inspired looks-wise and skills-wise after a samurai.

Just take the Words Dunmer and or Dark elf and Jumble them up

OP, I hope I can help.


Bethesda also uses actual culture for...well, everything; not just names. The Redguards, for instance, are based mostly on Moorish culture, while Nords are obviously Nordic. When it comes to names, I don't know what they use for every race, but there are some obvious ones, like that Imperials are influenced by Roman culture and Bretons by the French.

I understand your desire to come up with something unique (that is, not previously used by Beth) that's also cohesive with the in-game culture. Look for inspiration anywhere you can and match accordingly.

My mage, for instance, is an Altmer named Amadeus, after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I'm a musician and the movie Amadeus (as well as Mozart himself) was very important to me in my youth, and luckily enough, it fits perfectly with Altmer names.

He hasn't been created yet, but I'm going to make a Dunmer vampire named Sorin Markov. Again, I find myself lucky because the inspiration for this name fits perfectly into the Dunmer nomenclature. The name comes directly from Sorin Markov of Magic: The Gathering, mostly inspired by the fact that he's an awesome vampire and that I use a black deck (I'm truly in love with Earth magics, though, but that's another story).

The Orc I plan on creating is probably the best example of changing names to suit TES culture. His name is going to either be Garruk gro Ulamog or Ulamog gro Garruk; I still haven't decided which sounds better. Garruk, after Garruk Wildspeaker and Ulamog after the Eldrazi creature, both from Magic: The Gathering (in case you can't tell, I really love Magic). It's pretty simple to combine the names and it has a very Orcish ring to it.

Altogether, naming your character should be an important decision for you, and as long as you do what I usually do and use an important inspiration, you're going to be very satisfied.

I, in fact, once had a Nord named Isaac Wolf-Heart, named for my love of wolves, their courageous nature and the Triforce of Courage (hence Wolf-Heart), and Isaac from Golden Sun. I was very pleased when, playing as him, I came across a book written by another Nord...the book was titled "Nords of Skyrim," a piece of cultural history, written by a man I'd never heard of before: Hrothmund Wolf-Heart. It was an amazing experience; I had found my ancestor!

I can only hope you have an experience like that. Good luck naming!

Take the surname of a notorious killer as a first name, then add Shand as a surname. The Dunmer in my avatar is called Manson Shand. Here is a list of the 100 most notorious serial killers - try it.

http://www.hellhorror.com/killers/

I used 'Muthsera' in Morrowind. They always said that to me so I figured that had to be my name.

dreldas venim is my dunmer name. just went through a few name generators got a good understanding of how they work and created my own...

If you play as a female Dunmer just name her Barenziah just to be funny.

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Vivec for a boy.

Ranys for a girl.

Az

Thank you

I like to use mixtures of already established names for example my skyrim dunmer is named Indrele Arinith.