[name_f]Do[/name_f] you guys think this game of thrones name can be usuable this day and age like the khaleesi. It has almost a king arthurian [name_f]Nimue[/name_f] sound about it?
Yes and no.
As it’s the name of a wolf, I have a hard time picturing it on a person. However, it is pretty sounding.
That being said, I find it weird that people use the name [name_f]Khaleesi[/name_f] to begin with…
I think people might not associate it as strongly with Game of Thrones as they do [name_f]Khaleesi[/name_f], since [name_f]Daenerys[/name_f] is a beloved main character and Nymeria is one of hundreds of secondary characters who only appears in a few episodes.
I think it has a pretty sound. I think Nym and [name_f]Meri[/name_f]/[name_f]Miri[/name_f] are cute nickname possibilities. I think it will get raised eyebrows because it’s an unusual-sounding name, not necessarily because of the Game of Thrones connection. I don’t see why it couldn’t be a name for a person.
I wouldn’t use it on a human I’m afraid but it does have a pretty sound. I actually have it saved for a future dog (husky).
I would like to add I am not a fan of using most made up names from (recent) literature on children. I think they are just too associated with the characters and since they are made up they have little to no meaning.
@Kibby said it perfectly.
[name_f]Queen[/name_f] Nymeria isn’t a wolf lmao she was the Rhoynish ruler who brought her people to Westeros from Essos, she married Mors [name_m]Martell[/name_m] and combined their houses - Martells are using her name as well and known as Nymerios [name_m]Martell[/name_m] ever since. She is the reason WOMEN are allowed to rule Dornish houses! Although Rhoynars are iffy bunch it is a great name and usable.
There are also Nymeria Sand and Nymeria Tolland from Dorne.
I think its perfectly usable and quite pretty. My issue (and a lot of people’s issue) with [name_f]Khaleesi[/name_f] is that it isn’t a name, its a title, and as Nymeria is a name, its fine. She’s also much a minor character that I think a lot of people wouldn’t get the game of thrones connection at all.
@elifsu yes but most people would be familiar with the name as [name_u]Arya[/name_u]'s direwolf.
Most people who do get the connection, will likely think of [name_u]Arya[/name_u]'s wolf though.
I’d say wait and see what they do with the spin off series. Right now, most people would probably associate the name with the direwolf, unless they’ve read the books and know of the many secondary characters with the name. But many fans believe that the spin off series might center around the original Nymeria and the rhoynish wars. If that is the case, this name could become as well known as [name_f]Daenerys[/name_f]. Regardless though, I love a lot of the names in A Song of Ice and [name_m]Fire[/name_m] and would love to see them enter the real world. Nymeria is one of my favorites, and I think Nym makes a perfect nickname.
I l[name_m]Ike[/name_m] it! Full name and nn [name_m]Nim[/name_m].
I agree that I would wait and see how it ends, if a Nymeria becomes a main character or feature it might start sounding a bit “token”
Exactly. Very few viewers, especially the most common ones that have not read the books or obsessed over it, will hear Nymeria and think Direwolf without remembering why [name_u]Arya[/name_u] named her that in season 1.
I was about to say this. I did not read the books, but [name_u]Arya[/name_u] naming her direwolf Nymeria after the queen was a significant event on the TV show.
Although [name_m]Martin[/name_m] invented his characters’ names, several of them are modifications of already existing names; some are obvious like Eddard/ [name_m]Edward[/name_m] and Oberyn/ [name_u]Oberon[/name_u], while others aren’t (and are more speculations than anything) - [name_f]Sansa[/name_f]/ [name_f]Sancha[/name_f] and Rhaegar/ [name_m]Ragnar[/name_m]. If I had to guess the inspiration for Nymeria, I would pick [name_f]Nayara[/name_f] and [name_u]Neriah[/name_u] as possibilities. Of course, people’s main association with Nymeria is GoT (if you want to use it, you got to accept this), but maybe you can find some extra meaning/reason for using this name (eg you’re a GoT fanatic and a Catholic [[name_f]Naiara[/name_f]] = Nymeria).
I currently know 3 husky dogs with this name lol, named after [name_u]Arya[/name_u]'s direwolf. I couldn’t imagine this on an actual child, too much connection to the show but I guess it isn’t as bad as naming your kid [name_f]Khaleesi[/name_f].
Like the users above me suggested, [name_f]Naiara[/name_f] I think would be a better alternative if you maybe wanted something similar.
Im not familiar with the character (?) but to me Nymeria sounds like an illness à la malaria or pneumonia; it does have an interesting sound but I can’t get past that.
Not only her wolf but [name_u]Arya[/name_u] herself is known as Nymeria in the books. Nymeria represent her wanting more than what Westeros gives him, becoming a lady and being in background. [name_u]Arya[/name_u] wants to be a warrior [name_f]Princess[/name_f], a high septon, a knight and many more. She names her wolf Nymeria after the [name_f]Queen[/name_f] Nym - and later finds herself trying to find a happy place away from war. And Rhoynish mythos about [name_m]Long[/name_m] [name_m]Night[/name_m] revels who [name_m]Jon[/name_m]'s mother might be and thus gets more important. Rhoynish ruins are home to people with grey sickness.
Both Nym and Meria would be great nns since Ny seems to be a seperate word, one of Rhoynish cities is Ny Sar ( maybe the name originally was Ny Meria? There is [name_f]Queen[/name_f] Meria [name_m]Martell[/name_m] + after Mors’ death Nymeria had three other husbands. She seem to live long after her husband. )
I think the name fits in with other well known -ia girls names, [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Sophia[/name_f], [name_f]Natalia[/name_f], [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_f]Lydia[/name_f]… I assume if you love GoT that you won’t mind the connection. Although, a PP noted that people are naming their dogs Nymeria. That would give me pause. But generally, even if it’s an invented name it’s pretty and fits in with existing names.