What's in a Name?
Jan. 29th, 2009 03:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ickaimp... It's the last day of voting for a fic contest and my sock puppet is currently in a 3-way tie for first.
Which is kinda cool, means that Jack is holding his own against the fandom's BNFs. Muwahahahahaaa.
not telling who or where, because that'd defeat the purpose #^^# Just passing on gleeful news.
Anyway, been doing some research for a name in the SCA and settled on 'Yasha'. Yes, yes, 'Icka Yasha'. Years ago I was told that it's what my name meant in Russian (which it isn't) but I like the sound of it and it's a name I wouldn't mind growing into. So, next step: must Document it.
... which I have been utter FAIL at. But! I've had a great deal of fun finding out meanings and spellings.
Yasha - Russian diminutive of YAKOV
Yakov is a Russian form of Jacob/James and means 'Holder of the Heel' or 'Supplanter'. May also mean 'may God protect'.
-there's also a 'Yasha' in Ansteorra, although there was some complications with his sur-names. But the name -should- be documentable.
Yasha - 雅沙 – Chinese.
'雅' = 'Elegance'/'Refinement'. '沙' = '100 Millionth' 'Sand'. ("100 Millionth Elegance"? ME? o_O 'Elegant Sand' I like. ^__^ )
Yasha - 夜叉 - Chinese
'夜' = Night. '叉' = 'Fork (As in 'fork in the road') or 'Crotch'. (Night FORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRK - obviously my preferred chinese spelling)
Yasha - यक्श - Sanskrit
-the last two can also be spelt as 'Yaksa', which is also cool. And yes, I know what it means, but let's keep that under wraps until after the name is passed, okay? ~_^
So, now I just have to find where the names were used in history pre-1600 and choose a sur-name. Really would prefer a 'The' name, 'the trickster', 'the mischievous', 'the innocent', 'the superfluous', etc, because I don't really wanna be tied to one location. Travelling Silk Road persona, yeah!
But, once again, need documentation. And to talk to a herald, but there doesn't seem to be any gatherings before Estrella. *sighs*
Which is kinda cool, means that Jack is holding his own against the fandom's BNFs. Muwahahahahaaa.
not telling who or where, because that'd defeat the purpose #^^# Just passing on gleeful news.
Anyway, been doing some research for a name in the SCA and settled on 'Yasha'. Yes, yes, 'Icka Yasha'. Years ago I was told that it's what my name meant in Russian (which it isn't) but I like the sound of it and it's a name I wouldn't mind growing into. So, next step: must Document it.
... which I have been utter FAIL at. But! I've had a great deal of fun finding out meanings and spellings.
Yasha - Russian diminutive of YAKOV
Yakov is a Russian form of Jacob/James and means 'Holder of the Heel' or 'Supplanter'. May also mean 'may God protect'.
-there's also a 'Yasha' in Ansteorra, although there was some complications with his sur-names. But the name -should- be documentable.
Yasha - 雅沙 – Chinese.
'雅' = 'Elegance'/'Refinement'. '沙' = '
Yasha - 夜叉 - Chinese
'夜' = Night. '叉' = 'Fork (As in 'fork in the road') or 'Crotch'. (Night FORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRK - obviously my preferred chinese spelling)
Yasha - यक्श - Sanskrit
-the last two can also be spelt as 'Yaksa', which is also cool. And yes, I know what it means, but let's keep that under wraps until after the name is passed, okay? ~_^
So, now I just have to find where the names were used in history pre-1600 and choose a sur-name. Really would prefer a 'The' name, 'the trickster', 'the mischievous', 'the innocent', 'the superfluous', etc, because I don't really wanna be tied to one location. Travelling Silk Road persona, yeah!
But, once again, need documentation. And to talk to a herald, but there doesn't seem to be any gatherings before Estrella. *sighs*
