Your Hidden Steampunk Name

[Nephele]

Toledo, take your pick:

Mireya Tatterbolt
Bertila May Totter
Litterata Trombey
Melita Trotterbay
Artemita Botterly
Myrtila Battertoe
= elyaotrttrbiaetm

Litterata:  Latin, meaning "learned, liberally educated."

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walking stick, take your pick:

Anastaja Juno Bassinsnead
Natassja Joanna DeBaussin
Nastassja Joanna Beaudins
Sasja Abundantia Jonassen
= aaaaaabdeijjnnnnosssstu

-- Nephele

[walking stick]

Anastaja Juno Bassinsnead
Natassja Joanna DeBaussin
Nastassja Joanna Beaudins
Sasja Abundantia Jonassen
= aaaaaabdeijjnnnnosssstu

Good collection.

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[Professor Cobb]

Here we are. Be gentle with me Nephele,I'm a newcomer. tlMlmoapascm

[Nephele]

Welcome newcomer!  We be gentle. 

Professor Cobb, take your pick:

Lt. Colm A. Spamm
Cpt. Amos M. Mall
= tlMlmoapascm

-- Nephele

[Whistling Bear]

I'm brand spanking new and pretty new to Steampunk but very excited to be part of the community now 

Yewlnaganeldatdngni

Male

Thank you 

[Nephele]

Welcome, Whistling Bear!  

Take your pick:

Dylan Alan Twiggenden
Allan Gwynn Dedingate
Gen. Allan D. Wyndingate
Gen. Alan T. Wyndingdale
Gen. Nate Adan Wyldling
Lt. Gwynn A. Edaningdale
Lt. Eagan N. Wyndingdale
Lt. Eagan D. Wynningdale
Gen. Dylan N. Waldingate
= Yewlnaganeldatdngni

-- Nephele

[Whistling Bear]

Thanks Nephele,

I think I like Gen. Nate Adan Wyldling or Lt. Eagan D. Wynningdale. Hmm choices choices.

Thanks again

[Whistling Bear]

Hey Nephele could you do me a set for a female, her letters are

Gnlaeldagnitdanycoej

Thanks,

WB

[Nephele]

Whistling Bear, for your lady:

Jenny Tilda Coggandale
Lady Jaede Clangington
Lady Jade Ann Coggletin
Lady Jannet Coggindale
Lady Antigone J. DeClang
Lady Jeneca Gladington
Lt. Anna Joy Diggledance
Lt. Candida Jane Noggely
Jacinda Eglantyne Gold
Delta Jayne Cogginland
Lady Jacenta Goldening
Jacenta Nydia Glengold
Lady Nelinda Janet Cogg
= Gnlaeldagnitdanycoej

And a couple more for you:

Dylan Wingate England
Alden Wayland Genting
= Yewlnaganeldatdngni

-- Nephele

[J. Wilhelm]

O exulted Oracle, Goddess of Letters, Nephele, I invoke you!

*Throws a dash of saltpeter into the hearth, and bows with dagger at hand after placing the sacrifice on the altar*

I have been a member in this forum for a very long time now, and have risen through the ranks, and yet I have never been in your presence. I humbly stand before you asking for inspiration.

My real name is male and is found in these scrambled letters:

hailmnwzunlinbdaanjo

My default persona is Admiral Johannes Wilhelm (male), but I am looking for a name for an androgynous character, and actually all gender-neutral, male or female variants are acceptable and useful (to see why and for whom the name is read below). I search in hope that you may have some ideas.

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Following my induction into Brassgoggles, as I rose through the ranks, I developed my alter ego, the good old Admiral Johannes Wilhelm, the son of Bavarian and Austrian parents who immigrated to Texas as a child. But now as his story has developed over the years, it has expanded into a greater universe (possibly a future novel), and a new character has emerged, an Elf-like type of Airship Engineer/mechanic from Austria. In a sense these two characters are very loosely mirrors of my person. But I can't get inspired to make up a name, and so I find myself here.

As a deeper background to that unnamed character (if that helps any):

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Admiral Johannes Wilhelm, was a German born immigrant, who came as a child to Texas in the late 1840s. A veteran of the Franco-American airship battle over the Desert of Sonora, Wilhelm saw himself a Union/Allied hero of the 1871 World War, which was fought between the United States, the United Kingdom and Prussia versus the Conferderate States, France and the Austrian-Mexican forces.

When then-Captain Wilhelm captured the Confederate Airship Alamo, among the crew, he found Austrian Luftschiffengel engineers and maintenance personnel. Being the son of Austrian and Bavarian parents, Wilhelm spoke their language and offered them freedom away from Union/Allied prisoner camps in exchange for service aboard the captured ship which was re-christened the United States Airship Orca.

These Luftschiffengel or "Airship Angels" are an elven-like people, known as Engelfolk, who are not fantastical creatures, but rather a type of social group from the Catholic regions of Bavaria, Austria and Switzerland.

These Engelfolk or "Angel People" are basically an umbrella group for what we in modern time would call the LGBQT community (so they are not necessarily straight, gay or transgender, but rather an amalgamation of all possible permutations that are "variant"), and basically are the European version of the Native American "Third Gender" concept.

Originating in antiquity, probably among the migrating Allemanni and Goth tribes during the fall of the Roman Empire, these people would be tolerated by the Catholic church since Early Mediaeval times on condition of celibacy. But I assume they were persecuted by the Protestant in Northern Germany, leading to a type of Diaspora for these Germanic people.

The Engelfolk, were valued in society as "supernatural" beings because they combined stereotypically masculine traits like strength and concentration, with feminine traits like small body size, grace, flexibility and multitasking. These characteristics made them valuable as airship maintenance crew members, and so they became ubiquitous aboard military airships, and became known as Airship Angels or Luftschiffengel. The military airships became the Engelfolk's refuge.

In real history, Protestant Prussia was quarreling with Catholic Austria over political control of the German states, since Napoleon ended the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. Their conflict would peak between 1862 and 1871, with Prussia under the direction of Chancellor Otto von Bismark, wrestling control away from Austria, and excluding it from the German Federation, which is why Austria did not form part of the  Deutsches Reich (German Empire) in 1871.

I combine this internal German conflict in the 1860s to the fact that at the same time, an Austrian prince, Maximilian was installed as Emperor of Mexico, during the French Intervention in 1864, and which happens to overlap with the American Civil War (1861-65). So I presume that in desperation, the Confederate States could have asked help from Maximilian and France to fight the Union (northern United States) in exchange for unincorporated American Southwest territory being returned to Mexico  

I use all this real history for creating the Diaspora for the Engelfolk, and as a pretext for a World War leading to Wilhelm's famous battle fought in the skies over Southern USA and Mexico.  

Picture of a Luftschiffengel outfit (United States Landing Party Uniform) in progress:
http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,20391.msg969300.html#msg969300

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[Professor Cobb]

Thankyou kind lady.  I like them both. I think the way to go is Lt. during the week and a Capt. on Sundays.

[Nephele]

J. Wilhelm, what an absolutely fantastic concept!  I love your creativity!

Will either of these names work? 

Wodinaz Julin Bahlmann
Jannina Bluma Windholz
= hailmnwzunlinbdaanjo

Wodinaz:  reconstructed Proto-Germanic form of "Wotan," derived from the Proto-Germanic word woÞuz, meaning "poetic fury."

Julin:  variant of the name "Julian," which can be either masculine or feminine.

Bahlmann:  German surname, meaning "bold man."

Windholz:  German surname, meaning "wind wood," conjuring an image of the wind blowing through a small forest.

-- Nephele

[J. Wilhelm]

J. Wilhelm, what an absolutely fantastic concept!  I love your creativity!

Will either of these names work?  

Wodinaz Julin Bahlmann
Jannina Bluma Windholz
= hailmnwzunlinbdaanjo

Wodinaz:  reconstructed Proto-Germanic form of "Wotan," derived from the Proto-Germanic word woÞuz, meaning "poetic fury."

Julin:  variant of the name "Julian," which can be either masculine or feminine.

Bahlmann:  German surname, meaning "bold man."

Windholz:  German surname, meaning "wind wood," conjuring an image of the wind blowing through a small forest.

-- Nephele

Thank you Dear Nephele!  You know?  I'm liking the first one in transposed form:

Julin Wodinaz Bahlmann.

It has a nice ring to it,  probably because of the familiar length of the first and second names. I think I can make this work.

I like the second name too. I'll find a place for it. Jannina is such a sumptuous name. And Windholz almost sounds like a technical name. Maybe an engineer? The Luftschiffengel are tentatively the precursor of a worldwide order known as "The Guild"  which I'm going to tie probably to The Guild mentioned in the Diesel/Steampunk Japanese Anime Last Exile. Bahlmann and Windholz are great sounding surnames.

"A Windholz engine"

[Nephele]

Glad you enjoyed, J. Wilhelm. 

Have another:

Maj. Hannibal Ludwinzon
= hailmnwzunlinbdaanjo


-- Nephele

[4wheel]

Wow!  These are so cool... if it's not too much trouble, I'd love it if you could do mine. I'm a male.

troohedefrikredeconrzaza

[Nephele]

4wheel, take your pick:

Doctor Zeke Frazer Ironhead
Doctor Zedekiah Frazer Nero
Dr. Ozzie Konrad Aetherforce
Doktor Frederic Azzo Hearne
= troohedefrikredeconrzaza

-- Nephele

[J. Wilhelm]

Glad you enjoyed, J. Wilhelm. 

Have another:

Maj. Hannibal Ludwinzon
= hailmnwzunlinbdaanjo


-- Nephele

Have! I'm really liking this one. Sounds like the name of a nemesis. Everyone needs a nemesis. Like a person who is a complete pain in the posterior to deal with 

[Nephele]

Have! I'm really liking this one. Sounds like the name of a nemesis. Everyone needs a nemesis. Like a person who is a complete pain in the posterior to deal with 

Yes, he is definitely the nemesis type.  Maj. Hannibal Ludwinzon has a handlebar mustache and a monocle, and when he gets worked up he hollers: Ihre Mutter säugt Schweine!

-- Nephele

[4wheel]

4wheel, take your pick:

Doctor Zeke Frazer Ironhead
Doctor Zedekiah Frazer Nero
Dr. Ozzie Konrad Aetherforce
Doktor Frederic Azzo Hearne
= troohedefrikredeconrzaza

-- Nephele

I'm digging it!  These are great.  Thank you so much!

[James Golba]

This is my scramble: teodasbimasenlejr and I am a male.

Thank you for your help thus far.

[Nephele]

James Golba, take your pick:

Adm. Jeb Ironsteasel
James T. Ironsbeadle
Maj. Abel Ironsteeds
Adm. Jesse Rainbolte
Einar J. Steamesblod
Abdiel J. Steamerson
Jeremias A. Boltsden
Maj. Ares Boltenside
Ares J. Boltinsmeade
Jared Albion Steems
Jordan Steemblaise
Bjorn A. Steamdiesel
Jameson Dieselbart
Jamieson Steelbard
Jerome T. Bassindale
Jaisen Stormblaede
Asriel Jaeden Tombs
= teodasbimasenlejr

-- Nephele

[James Golba]

I do rather enjoy the names to pick from, but so hard to pick only one. Thank you. Now to pick the right name for the job...

[The Amber Automaton]

laeelageyhrilepbmrri and I am female. Thank you ahead of time, I look forward to what comes of this

[Nephele]

The Amber Automaton, take your pick:

Lillia Phebe Merrygear
Hygeia Pearl Merribell
Hermia Pearl Gillerbey
Pelagia Bree Merryhill
Mirabelle Hera Prigley
Meriel Raphaelle Rigby
Philyra Mirebelle Gear
Ephelia Ella Grimberry
Mlle. Ephelia Greybriar
= laeelageyhrilepbmrri

-- Nephele

[The Amber Automaton]

The Amber Automaton, take your pick:

Lillia Phebe Merrygear
Hygeia Pearl Merribell
Hermia Pearl Gillerbey
Pelagia Bree Merryhill
Mirabelle Hera Prigley
Meriel Raphaelle Rigby
Philyra Mirebelle Gear
Ephelia Ella Grimberry
Mlle. Ephelia Greybriar
= laeelageyhrilepbmrri

-- Nephele

I quite like Ephelia Greybriar and Pelagia merryhill, all are terrific though, thank you!