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[ungood]

I'm really bad at naming my dwarves. I mean, really bad.  However, I use the custom profession field to give each of my dwarves a caste (peasant, workdwarf, craftdwarf, military, noble), so without a custom name, it's hard for me to tell if this particular dwarf is "Urist the legendary axedwarf" or "Urist the farmer".  Obviously, I want to not send the latter into battle.

So, what I need help with is how to name my dwarves something logical based on their profession.  To this effect, I created a poll:

The Poll

Any help would be appreciated - I'll post the results when complete.

[Dr. Johbson]

Woodbeard Chopmaster, Grimestone Hallowrock, Sharpeyes Longshot, Bloodbeard Helpmiester, Growmin Stinkfeet, Fiznish Carpmaster, Blackbeard Sootrot, Agate Eyeblood Junior, Tooltooth McRaft, Stonewall Beardbridge, Arrowblade Spearflail, Magmaface Sorrowfamily, and finally..Urist.

Aww yeah, Im bad with names too.  =P

[ungood]

Considering my militia commander's name is "Axey" I think your names are better.

[chewie]

"1", "2", "3", "4"...

Makes things very easy.

[Eugenitor]

Stumpy, Redshirt, Dipshit, Foodwaste, Magmabait, Fool, and Fodder for your starting seven.

[Gearheart]

Name them all after people who post on this thread.

Just for kicks.

[Creamcorn]

Name them all after people who post on this thread.

Just for kicks.

My trader's name is now Gearheart.

[ungood]

Name them all after people who post on this thread.

Just for kicks.

Done and done.  Gearheart is now a mechanic's name.  Eugenitor gets to be a peasant unless someone can argue for a better fit.  Creamcorn is clearly a miller. Chewie is in the miilitary.  And Dr. Johbson is a doctor, of course.

[Canalan]

I want to be dorfed...
Wait, this is starting to sound like a sucession game.

[Toast024]

Can I be a farmer. I am toast

[Zidane]

I sometimes name my dwarfs after Mythological creatures.


I name my farmer/brewmaster Dionysus, my mason Hephaestus, my miners Erebus and Tarterus, my smiths Athena and Aries. The entrepid leader is either called Hera/Hades/Persephone/Zeus, depending on how I feel and their gender.

All the classes are named after the appropriate deity, and when all the jobs are filled, the rest receive numbers.

[Zaerosz]

Shouldn't your militia captain be Athena/Ares, and your smith be Hephaestus?

[Zidane]

Shouldn't your militia captain be Athena/Ares, and your smith be Hephaestus?

I never think that far ahead really.

[ungood]

As promised, here's the results of my poll, cleaned up a bit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/dexyf/101_dwarfy_names_collected_from_reddit_and_df/

[Eugenitor]

Bah, make me a miner. Of the creating-caveins variety.