Law of Alien Names: Difference between revisions

*** The more normal names in ''Atlantis'' are in keeping with the show's theme -- almost everything there was influenced strongly by the Ancients, and the Ancients have a very Latin naming scheme to associate them with the Romans (the Romans being to roads what the Ancients were to stargates, more or less). Even the Ancient language is basically [[Canis Latinicus]].

* ''[[The Inheritance Trilogy]]'' is full of these: the hero's kingdom of Alagaesia, an evil emperor/king named Galbatorix, hideous mooks called Ra'zac, brutish orc-like creatures called Urgals, a beautiful elf named Arya and homeland of the elves Alalea.

* [[Superman|Superman's]] cousin is named Kara, which is an example of the trope, but an odd one in that the name became popular in English as an actual name after the introduction of the character, to the point where on ''[[Smallville]]'' she just calls herself Kara and there's nothing weird about the name. In truth, it isn't actually alien, rather of Proto-Italo-Celtic origin (Italian "beloved", Irish "friend"), but as stated above, it was hardly ever used as a given name until Supergirl made it popular.

* Despite the name being Japanese in origin, Garamos (translated here as Galamoth) from the ''[[Castlevania]]'' series fits the above naming example almost perfectly.

* In ''[[Neopets]]'', Grundos, which are alien from Neopia, usually have names like this. But that only applies to (most) plot/game characters; 'user'-owned Neopets (Inlcuding Grundos) may have Names like this, or common names with numbers added.

* Parodied in ''[[Questionable Content]]'', when Jimbo the trucker (who also writes bad romance novels) decides to start writing bad fantasy novels.

'''Jimbo:''' No f***in' clue. Lotsa A's and E's, I guess. But it sounds cool. }}

* [[Anne McCaffrey]] pays ''a lot'' of attention to her naming conventions in the ''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]'' series.