{"id":1840,"date":"2013-03-22T22:30:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T02:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2013-03-22T22:30:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T02:30:54","slug":"beyond-fred-sumerian-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/22\/beyond-fred-sumerian-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond &#8216;Fred&#8217;: Sumerian Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Reconstructed_sumerian_headgear_necklaces_british_museum.JPG\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"Sumerian necklaces and headgear discovered in ...\" alt=\"Sumerian necklaces and headgear discovered in ...\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/57\/Reconstructed_sumerian_headgear_necklaces_british_museum.JPG\/300px-Reconstructed_sumerian_headgear_necklaces_british_museum.JPG\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumerian necklaces and headgear discovered in the royal (and individual) graves, showing the way they may have been worn. British Museum. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finding a character&#8217;s name can sometimes be the hardest part of building a character. If you&#8217;re looking for something different from the usual fantasy sources and more pronounceable that a random name generator, you may find something here you like.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond \u2018Fred\u2019 is an occasional series that provides lists of names from real-world cultures, both past and present. In other posts, I\u2019ve covered everything from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/12\/beyond-fred-italian-names-for-characters\/\">Italian<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/13\/beyond-fred\/\">Ancient Egyptian<\/a>. This time, we\u2019re covering names from ancient Sumer. Some of these names are names of gods and goddesses, some are names of kings, and some are names of ordinary people. A few lists didn&#8217;t even have names broken down by gender or seemed to be used for either gender. For that reason, I&#8217;m including a third category I don&#8217;t normally use: unknown gender or gender-neutral names.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An important note:<\/strong> I\u2019m listing names that I think sound cool for rpg game purposes. I\u2019m not worrying about historical accuracy. If you\u2019re looking for a name for historical re-enactment, please check out my list of sources at the end of this post. I also don\u2019t usually cover name meanings, but again, most of my sources list those. Finally, I tend to stay away from names that are currently in common usage. I figure if you were interested in those, you wouldn\u2019t be looking at this list. <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\";)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_wink.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Male Sumerian Names<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aradegi<\/li>\n<li>Aradlugal<\/li>\n<li>Babum<\/li>\n<li>Balih<\/li>\n<li>Dadazig<\/li>\n<li>Dumuzid<\/li>\n<li>Entana<\/li>\n<li>Enki<\/li>\n<li>Gilgamesh<\/li>\n<li>Gudea<\/li>\n<li>Hablum<\/li>\n<li>Hadanish<\/li>\n<li>Ibranum<\/li>\n<li>Iltasadum<\/li>\n<li>Kalbum<\/li>\n<li>Ludari<\/li>\n<li>Luninni<\/li>\n<li>Mageshgetil<\/li>\n<li>Nanni<\/li>\n<li>Puzur-Suen<\/li>\n<li>Tuge<\/li>\n<li>Undalulu<\/li>\n<li>Yarlangab<\/li>\n<li>Zizi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Female Sumerian Names<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aea<\/li>\n<li>Anunit<\/li>\n<li>Bau<\/li>\n<li>Elutil<\/li>\n<li>Ereshkigal<\/li>\n<li>Gemekala<\/li>\n<li>Gesthinanna<\/li>\n<li>Inanna<\/li>\n<li>Ishtar<\/li>\n<li>Kishar<\/li>\n<li>Lahamu<\/li>\n<li>Mesh-he<\/li>\n<li>Nammu<\/li>\n<li>Nigbau<\/li>\n<li>Puzur-Nirah<\/li>\n<li>Uttu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sumerian names of unknown gender (or gender-neutral)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bauninsheg<\/li>\n<li>Meania<\/li>\n<li>Sheshkala<\/li>\n<li>Urusilim<\/li>\n<li>Zimu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sources<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seekhim.deviantart.com\/art\/Female-Sumerian-names-251108205\">Female Sumerian Names by *SeekHim (DeviantArt)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sumerian_King_List\">Sumerian King List (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nookofnames.com\/2011\/07\/02\/sumerian-names-part-1\/\">Sumerian Names &#8211; Part 1 (Nook of Names)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nookofnames.com\/2011\/07\/03\/sumerian-names-part-2\/\">Sumerian Names &#8211; Part 2 (Nook of Names)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourbabynamer.com\/Sumerian-names_origin_1.html\">Sumerian Names A to Z (Our Baby Names)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bounty.com\/baby-names\/name-origin\/Sumerian\">Top Sumerian Names <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysteryworlds.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/18\/sumerians-anunnaki-gods-planet-nibiru-and-giants\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sumerians, Anunnaki, Gods, Planet Nibiru And Giants!<\/a> (mysteryworlds.wordpress.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lessermystery.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/21\/the-sumerians-then\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Sumerians Then!<\/a> (lessermystery.wordpress.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/romaissarimi.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/04\/sumerian-disappearance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sumerian Disappearance<\/a> (romaissarimi.wordpress.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feminismandreligion.com\/2013\/03\/01\/inannas-return-and-bread-and-waters-of-life-by-deanne-quarrie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Inanna&#8217;s Return and Bread and Waters of Life By Deanne Quarrie<\/a> (feminismandreligion.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_a.png?x-id=a697dccb-958c-4836-871f-2e9f8b800e1a\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding a character&#8217;s name can sometimes be the hardest part of building a character. If you&#8217;re looking for something different from the usual fantasy sources and more pronounceable that a random name generator, you may find something here you like. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/22\/beyond-fred-sumerian-names\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[66,223,65,219,220],"class_list":["post-1840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-characters","tag-beyond-fred","tag-characters","tag-names","tag-sumer","tag-sumerian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1840"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1867,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions\/1867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}