Nostraman naming. Night Lord names and culture to steal from

[Noctem Cultor]

Hi to all in Midnight Clad!

 

Just put together my Night lord Praetor and only have a nickname The Untainted. I have spent a few hours in the back of my head today trying to think of a name but struggled to find a Night Lord sounding one.

 

So I ask apart from recycling names is there a culture that the names are pulled or based on? For example the Space Wolves names have a Norse Scandinavian influence.

 

Any thoughts and ideas welcome!

[Stercus]

Most of the names of night lords in the fluff seem to have a kind of Mesopotamian feel. I'm not familiar with the language myself, but there's lads of info on wikipedia and the like.

[Noctem Cultor]

I just took a Wikipedia trip over to the Mesopotamian Deities pages and well they decently have some Night Lord sounding names.

 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mesopotamian_deities

 

Good call, not sure of that's the inspiration used but sounds close, that I think its a great place to start.

 

I did Google search on known Night Lords from ADB books and found a mix

Talos - Greek Name

Uzas - Croatian Word

Xarl - Made up

Mercution - Made up

Cyrion - Armenian Saint

Vandred - Made up

Sevatar - Made up

 

So most of the names appear to be inspired/made up.