My name in Talossan

[Dílan Lupulet]

Hello everyone,

My Name is Dillon Roulet, but I would like to adopt a Talossan name. If anyone has any suggestions, or even a direct translation of my name, please let me know.

Thanks,

Dillon

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

Have you been told anything about what your name means?

Dillon can be a variant of the Welsh name Dylan, or it can be a name of Irish, Norman French, or English origin. Either way we'd probably transliterate it into Talossan, and the actual origin would only influence the details of pronunciation.

Roulet is trickier. The best sources I can find suggest that the original form was Rollet. My best guess at this point is that it's a diminutive version of the name Rollo/Roul, which are Normanised or Latinised versions of the Scandinavian/Germanic name Hrolf/Rolf, which is itself a contraction of Hrodwulf (Rudolph), which means renown+wolf.

[Dílan Lupulet]

well, my first name is from my mother's maiden name, Dillon which is Irish. And my last name I'm not quite sure, because it probably shouldn't be my last name. When my great great great grandfather, or maybe just great great came from Germany, to escape the Nazi Regime, he took the last name Roulet for no apparent reason, that we know of. All we know is he wanted to start a new life, and not have so many questions asked about his identity, but we don't know his connection with the last name.

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

Apr 30, 2008 20:20:19 GMT -6 Dílan Lupulet said:

well, my first name is from my mother's maiden name, Dillon which is Irish.

The original Irish is most likely O'Duilleáin, then, which I think means something like "son of the little blind one." Based on the Gaelic (or my best guess of how it would be pronounced), I suggest transliterating it as Dílan.

And my last name I'm not quite sure, because it probably shouldn't be my last name. When my great great great grandfather, or maybe just great great came from Germany, to escape the Nazi Regime, he took the last name Roulet for no apparent reason, that we know of. All we know is he wanted to start a new life, and not have so many questions asked about his identity, but we don't know his connection with the last name.

Are you not related, then, to the family descended from Rollet Bayard? They seem to have some connections to the Hohenzollerns.

[Dílan Lupulet]

We don't know if we have any genetic relation to the actual Roulet family, but we are guessing there must be some sort of a connection. My grandfather said that when my great great great (or something like that) grandfather came over from Germany, he arrived with members of the actual Roulet family. But we do know he was a direct descendent of Fredrick William the III, who was the king of Prussia.

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

May 2, 2008 15:48:17 GMT -6 Dílan Lupulet said:

We don't know if we have any genetic relation to the actual Roulet family, but we are guessing there must be some sort of a connection. My grandfather said that when my great great great (or something like that) grandfather came over from Germany, he arrived with members of the actual Roulet family. But we do know he was a direct descendent of Fredrick William the III, who was the king of Prussia.

Interesting! Do you know through which of Frederick William III's children?

So then, Roulet is probably at least inspired by the Roulets descended from Rollet Bayard. And my guess is that it's a diminutive of Rollo, which is equivalent in meaning to Rudolph. Does that sound reasonable, or do you have some other ideas?

[Dílan Lupulet]

um.. no im not sure sorry. Wow! you must be good at geneology and names, if you were able to find all of that out. That sounds great!

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

I'm just decent with Google. Now, wolf is lupul, and renown is capraría, and a diminutive suffix is -et. Normal practice is to focus on the "key" element of the surname, and translate that. So you could wind up with Lupulet (same as Danihél Lupulet) or Capraría. Or you could transliterate the surname as something like Rolet, Rulet, Roulet, Rulé, or Roulé.

[Daniel Filan]

I advise Lupulet, clearly the most awesome of the available choices.

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

You would, wouldn't you?

[Dílan Lupulet]

Well Actually I happen to like both Lupulet and Capraria. But I can only choose one, so I guess I will go with the advise of Danihel and choose Lupulet. Thank you very much for the help! I feel like I'm finally becoming more of a Talossan every day!

[Hooligan]

(I think Danihel's advice was fairly tongue-in-cheek, given that he chose Lupulet for his own name. The choice, though, is yours, and if you do go with Lupulet, it will likely be the first time in Talossan history that two persons shared a surname without being related to one another.)

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

Actually, there have been simultaneous unrelated Furxheirs. Which, after all, means "Smith."

[Hooligan]

Ah yes. I knew that, and spaced. Thanks for always being on top of things, good Sir Knight.

[Daniel Filan]

May 5, 2008 20:36:34 GMT -6 Hooligan said:

if you do go with Lupulet, it will likely be the first time in Talossan history that two persons shared a surname without being related to one another.)

Nothing wrong with that! Although it might make family trees difficult. If there's a problem, maybe we should get third names, like the Romans. Or, alternatively, I could change my name to da Lupulet.