Hey guys! Long time no see. I didn't see a thread devoted to people just throwing names around and seeing what people think. So please do that here.

To start us off: Asht

I want to know:
- Is it interesting to read?
- Is it interesting to say?
- Do you immediately imagine this as a Character who is good, bad, or not sure?
- Male or Female?
- Anything that concerns you or you would like to mention?

Please answer anywhere from 0 to all of the questions. I am by no means in love with this name, so feel free to bash it so I can trash it.

Alternative spellings: Ausht Awsht
Complete alternatives: Isht Esht Eshton Eston Makasht Mekkesht
(if you can't tell, I'm trying to include the sht consonant blend without it sounding like a bad word)

Cool. Oh, you could add the question, "How would you pronounce this?" That's a helpful thing to find out I believe.

I actually like "Asht". It is pretty interesting. Although, I pronounced it as "ash-tear", until I saw from your alternate spellings that you meant it to be "posh-tear". Also the "sht" could fit in better in a longer name. If it makes you feel any better, none of the names made me think of a bad word, until you mentioned it.

What do you guys think of "Tachiprand"?

Thanks for the help! I might use it in a longer name.
It has a nice kind of rhyming singsongy sound to it. Like something out of Narnia. It would sit well on the page next to Nikabrik or Puddleglum. It also seems a little uppity. "The man was the grand old Tachiprand, and he wasn't having any nonsense."

I first read the "ch" like the end of Attach, but I could see someone reading it as a soft k sound.
I read the "i" as a short vowel
And I read the end as "and" (hence, the grand old Tachiprand)


Another name I am considering is Mizzah. The problem is that I have used the name for a character for so long, that I can't get myself to change it. Something about it seem to not fit the character, but every time I try a different name I end up reluctantly coming back to Mizzah.

I like Mizzah. It's effervescent, but the M makes it sound somewhat sensible.