Lore talk:Orc Names

Named after a place

Can someone explain the reasoning behind these two edits? Is it just because of the name of Lash gra-Dushnikh, or is there some dialogue referencing it? -- Kertaw48 (talk) 19:56, 4 March 2013 (GMT)

Only example I can think of. Not sure how widespread the phenomenon is, especially since nobody else in her family even has a given last name at all. They may have given her the name specifically as a clue so that you'll look into it a bit more, though I've always gotten the quest from Gharol instead. Anyhow, seems speculative to me. — TheRealLurlock (talk) 20:07, 4 March 2013 (GMT)

Gro- and Gra-

Should I make a note about the usage of Gro- or Gra- before an Orc's family name to indicate gender? I just noticed that and thought the wiki needed to know. Piwah (talk) 18:46, 9 June 2013 (GMT)

It's already mentioned here. -- SarthesArai ^Talk 18:57, 9 June 2013 (GMT)

Ghunzul

Should we add the name of his 7 ancestors to the list. I think we should put their names under the Skyrim section, but have a star saying that the peoples are found in lore material, not in the game itself. PS the names are found on Ghunzul's Skyrim page. --Kharwog 21:14, 13 June 2013

There is (or should be) a lore section under the names. Jeancey (talk) 04:43, 14 June 2013 (GMT)

Yeah, they're already there. I added them a while back in the "Male Orc Names" Lore section. --Jimeee (talk) 10:00, 14 June 2013 (GMT)

Oh, I didn't see! Thx -- Kharwog 21:57, 14 June 2013

Sister?

I'm not convinced that Sister Shamuk's first name is "Sister". Shouldn't she be listed under "Shamuk" instead? baratron (talk) 04:41, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

I agree. Brother Gerard is listed on the Breton name page as "Gerard". Sister Shamuk should be the same. Nicholas Lee Dust 04:45, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Oops, yes, that was just me copy-and-pasting it and forgetting to link it in a way that it wouldn't automatically take the first word in the name. Fixed it. ~ Alarra ^(talk) 00:07, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Listing examples of atypical surname prefixes for gender

I know these are widely considered simple typos, but I still intend to collate all orc names with atypical surname prefixes for their gender, for the benefit of my own fannish worldbuilding. I think this list could helpfully be included into the main page as well, if only as an interesting collection of errata? I don't know the policy well enough to make that call unaided, though.

This is everyone I could find, although (for instance) Luktuv gro-Malog doesn't have her own page, and I only found the Lore page on which she was included by means of searches that are high-noise, low-signal, so I could be missing other more obscure figures.

Luzrah gro-Shar, female https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Legends:Luzrah_gro-Shar

Luktuv gro-Malog, female https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Agronak_gro-Malog

Drienne gro-Oglurn, female https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Drienne_gro-Oglurn

Lakhazga gro-Rimat, female https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Lakhazga_gro-Rimat

Shazgob gra-Luzgan, male https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Shazgob_gra-Luzgan

Ushat gra-Gulfim, male https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Hlormaren#Ushat%20gra-Gulfim

Yambagorn gor-Shulor, male https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Yambagorn_gor-Shulor

Mauhul gor-Burish, male https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Mauhul_gor-Burish

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