The Lost Art of Naming A Warrior Cat
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- Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2023
- What a niche skill! ...But I have many, many words of commentary about it. Warrior Cats is a book series beloved by many, inspiring wonderful art and animation, and one of its defining features is its naming system. When one is naming their Warriors OC, there are certain things to keep in mind!
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Firestar was definitely one of the better leaders when it came to naming cats. Ferncloud, Echosong, Squirrelflight, Brightheart, and Briarlight are amazing names
I agree but we do still have some gems like Bristlefrost
For some reason I never thought about the fact that some leaders may be better at naming than others lmao, but that aside, echosong is a really pretty warrior name imo bright heart too
Wait Echosong was a name? Thats my oc name oops - LOL
IDC IDC IDC IDC IDC IDC IDC i am simply pretending haha! i care deeply
@@Criosphinx. She was in Firestar's Quest, she's the first medicine cat in the revived SkyClan
This reminds me of the fact that "Smokeweed" is a valid warrior cats name
Garfield and Pussywillowwillow are also valid names
So are marshmallow, mountaindew, and whiteclaw (which is actually used in the cannon)
So is airpod twitchstream flashlight Bigfoot twoleg powdernose and so on 😭
Garfield is also valid
Moonshine is also valid warrior name
14:04 The verb "grok" actually comes from the 1961 novel "Stranger in a strange land" by Robert A. Heinlein. It means to understand something so deeply that it becomes a part of you.
Thank you!!! Someone else who knows!!!
I don't actually know but I have a feeling the word was in the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
I think Hawkfrost as a name works because the frost part is referring to how his eyes are blue. His fur color is also brown with a light underbelly, kinda like a hawk. Lionblaze also works for similar reasons, he's an orange cat with amber eyes and Firestar is his grandpa. I think Appledusk could've worked for a dark colored cat, when I first heard his name I did not picture a light colored one.
I imagined one that was the colour of dried apples or wheat
There’s a Hawaiian species of hawk called an ‘io so for a clan on a tropical island Wario is a hypothetical name
I HATE YOUUUUU
In my version of Windclan, the menders (my renaming of medicine cats) have a sort of legacy naming sentence. All of them have wind/sky elated suffixes, both symbolizing their loyalty to their clan and honoring the first mender, Moth Flight. Some of the names include Dapplesky, Sootcloud, and Myrtlegust. No other cats in the clan are granted suffixes like this, though bird-related ones like feather and wing are okay. I've also decided that Riverclan's current leader, Shellstar, just names based on what he thinks is fun with some consideration of appearance/temperament. Some of his names include Reedrustle, Duckswoop, Turtlestep, Cloudshimmer, and Finskip
I thought Moth Flight was Thundeclan????
What?????
Also I am VERY sorry if I sound tired/bored or irritated at some points in this video; I’ve had a fairly nasty stomach bug for the last couple of days including while recording this haha ^^; I promise I do love talking about this subject!
EDIT: Thank you very much to everyone who has let me know that the word Grok does, in fact, exist! I think the fact that I searched "Grockable" was maybe the reason why nothing turned up; but I apologize for the unintentional misinformation! You can learn more about the word grok, which was coined by science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein, here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok .
Also, very sorry for the lack of responses! This was a lot more than I was expecting haha ^^;; I encourage you to rate each other's names if you would like to, though! Remember to keep all criticism respectful & helpful, which everyone is already doing an excellent job at
that sucks, I’ve only had the stomach bug once but it was so bad :( feel better soon !!
By the way I used to follow your scratch and toyhouse
i stumbled upon this video not even checking the video count and assumed it must’ve been in the thousands, i did not expect it to be so low! this is a very well researched and high quality video. great work
Agh thank you so much!! That really means a ton, I'm so glad you enjoyed it
I agree, your art is so beautiful, and arguments so well thought out, it's insane how little views you receive.
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I feel like these are okay general rules, but can be somewhat limited. I think having "mismatched" names with the characters, like Blackstar, add something to talk about with the character. In that way, they make a character stand out. Additionally, EVERY name being evocative in a group of cat names (like a clan) makes it hard for the important characters to stand out (storywise). In the human sense, it would be like everyone being named things like Cleopatria and no one being named Emily.
Good to finally see someone touch on this subject
If you wanted to you can rank my extremely old Ocs! RavenCall and RoseDapple. From what i remember RavenCall was the loud and obnoxious one and RoseDapple was the quiet one who just goes with the flow. If im also correct i think RavenCall was a black cat with a white spot on their chest (got alot of inspiration from RavenPaw i guess-) and RoseDapple was a calico spotted tabby.
I also seemed to like R prefixes back then... guess it just sounded cool in my brain back then. I will admit though, i do have more untraditional Ocs than traditional ones. The traditional names are a bit too boring for me i guess.
Thank you so much!
Haha I looove old warrior cats OCs; my oldest one was named Meadowwind (I do NOT enjoy that double w....
Talking about old oc names reaminds me of my old oc, Bushbarry, who I made up in middle school, don't reamber to much about him other then he was bland as cardboard lol, can't even remember his pelt color, but he sure was fun to draw!
Felt the R thing. I have too many kitties with the letter L in them lmao
My first warrior oc was called Talonflight. She had a grey pelt and blue eyes lol
I think Dapplerose would actually be great, it flows nicer!!
Just a lil correction (not important but still), Blackfoot has all four feet as black, not just one! Although a cat with one black foot sounds so cool, like a reverse Scourge!
I’m so glad to see someone talking about this topic! I’ve loved warriors for most of my life and have been in the fandom for around 10 years, and I’ve recently noticed how people naming warriors ocs have changed so much (as well as their designs too)!! Unrealistic designs and unconventional names that don’t exactly fit the naming conventions of the books used to bother me a lot but now I love and fully embrace them! I see them as a fun way for people to express their creativity, adding onto the framework books gave us instead of staying stuck in the constraints of realism and the warriors book universe. This is just how I view it, and of course I don’t mind if people want to stick those constraints too! We should all be able to enjoy the series and our fan characters how we want because that’s what fandom and ocs are all about :3 I hope this made sense aha
It definitely did make sense, no worries! I totally agree; it’s super nice to see people branching out into more uncommon words. I think my favorite “non traditional” suffix is probably -scuffle, but I also quite enjoy -tongue, -plunge, and -fern right now :P
The only ‘modern’ names that annoy me are the ones that use defunct/ridiculously specific words, mostly because I don’t even think the creators even know what they mean hahaha
i remember when people would get mad at you if your OC had blue eyes. like. no exceptions.
cats have blue eyes??? Siamese cats have blue eyes. 😭
Mika enstars pfp!!
i got excited when you mentioned 'tongue' as a suffix, one of my cats is named wasptongue (they have a hierarchy naming system though, so she was "demoted" to nettlesting). this is a wonderful video and i loved hearing you analyze language in relation to these cats and forming a character in your mind! i feel like its something so much of us do subconciously, i loved getting to delve into what exactly makes a name sound "right" to our ears. super informative and well put together!
I have a cat named Silvertongue, and she is the main antagonist in my story
On the topic of names, sunstartle is so fun to say haha!
Love this video, wonderfully made!
Side note but do you accept fanart?
I wouldn’t know like half of my vocabulary if it wasn’t for Arc 1 prefixes
I have a character named Rainflight, she is named Rain because she was born a kittypet and her parents named her Rain, flight is because she’s a tall cat with the ability to jump long distances, bluestar named her flight because several cats said it looked like she was flying any time she jumped. Also Rain makes sense for darker cat colors and she’s black with blue eyes :p
THIS IS SO BASED OMG literally exactly what i think, but you worded it so eloquently!! if you'd consider non-sb names (sorry) for review, i offer softstep!! i'm curious, because i believe it works with most of these rules, and also i just like how it sounds 😭
Thank you so, so much!! I absolutely do take non-sb names, and I looove Softstep! I love alliteration, it's so great. I'd give it an 8 or 9/10, because it's very descriptive and the only thing it's really missing is imagery that's a sliiight bit more visceral, but it's still very good and DEFINITELY one of the best names you could get out of just canon prefixes and suffixes.
Softprint, Softstride, Softstalk, Softshuffle, Softprowl, Softscamper, Softslink, Softskitter are all some replacements you could use, though I think Softstep works just as well as most of those! I think the only one I outright prefer is Softslink; but its not a very strong preference.
Hush, Silk, and Muffle are prefix substitutes that might be good. Hushtread? I don't know if I like that better lol... anyways sorry for rambling about alternatives, I do really like Softstep a lot; there's just a lot of synonyms for those words! Thanks so much for commenting!
YES! I love it when prefixes especially tell you something about the characters past/family. For example, my main oc, Lilybloom, has the prefix Lily, something that sounds sweet, cute, and innocent at first, but lilies are actually poisonous plants, making her name a bit of a backhanded compliment. Which describes how her mother thinks about her pretty perfectly.
I was startled to notice I actually agreed with this video, as I typically enjoy completely throwing out name conventions, and expected this video to be yet another "don't do this ever!" sort of thing. Instead, I was met with some actually excellent points and some wonderful tips on how to name a warrior cat something meaningful, or at least not anything that'll potentially impact others enjoyment of the character. I actually took some of this advice, and made an oc named howlinghail! Really ended up liking the character aswell- :D
this is super interesting! i’d be excited to see a part two, maybe, analysing how the canon books themselves approach naming now with the new team?
If Gar are a fish is Garfield a proper warrior name
I’d like to add one more rule; cats can be named after situations around their birth. I have some OCs named Sinking-kit and Cedar-blotch. Sinking-kit was born on a sinking ship and Cedar-blotch was born at the top of a very tall cedar tree.
Icewing, Nightwing, Mudwing, Sandwing, Seawing, Skywing, Rainwing, Silkwing, Hivewing, and Leafwing can be canon warrior names and there are two cats named Nightwing, and Icewing. Icewing is a riverclan cat.
(WoF and WC fan here)
Good news! “Grok” is a real-ish word coined in the novel Stranger In A Strange Land in 1961 meaning “to know [something] truly and deeply”. Your teacher probably took the word, which became part of pop culture at some point after the book’s release, and derived “grokable” from it!
Another tip that wasn’t quite mentioned here is: the prefix should either be about the character’s appearance/easily identifiable traits straight out of the womb or about the parents, whereas the suffix should be about their personality or achievements.
When I draw TallStar, he is tall. It's just how my brain works
Something that upsets me a lot is when I name a cat for my own original story and someone goes "they wouldn't know what that is!" but in my world they would. Like RubyCloud. These cats canonically live in a cave with a lot of crystals. also they're fantasy cats who act like humans basically all the time except on four legs with paws who have government and religion, I don't think it really matters what I'm doing in my own fictional spinoff world of these weird little cat books.
The part about same sounds at the beginning of names came on when I was drawing my on, swiftsnatch
This was a super interesting video, and i wanted to share a couple names i thought of while watching!
*Vulturesnap* and *Vulturecrunch* both evoke the imagery of bones being crushed in a vultures beak to me, but where "snap" feels quick and sharp, "crunch" feels more slow and deliberate.
*Vipershape* is one i feel rolls off the tongue very nicely, and is quite evocative! It could imply a cat who resembles a viper, smooth and sharp, literally being "viper-shaped", or it could be a cat who is metaphorically viper-like, quickwitted and dangerous.
And last but not least, *Snowflood* sounds really nice with the double "o" sound, and makes me think of a cat who is white and fluffy, but not "cloudy", very dense and weighted, maybe almost drippy. But it also makes me think of a camp having all the dens blocked up with snow after a blizzard.
I hope you like these names as much as i do lol!
11:13 this is why i always thought tigerclaw’s name made no sense lmao, how do the forest cats know what tigers are????
Yeah the Tiger/Lion/LeopardClan stuff always fringed into unbelievability for me, especially when you take into consideration the canon presented in DOTC. You could always say they picked up the mythos from kittypets or whathaveyou, but for such seemingly pervasive mythology it's never brought up in the mainline books (outside of the temporary Clan namings at the end of TPB), only the guidebooks.
... This is actually making me think about WC paganism now that I'm remembering that. Maybe it was a religious practice that died out or something... idk lol ^^;;
Anyways you're totally right, even if we ignore the presented mythos they still shouldn't really know those words. The fact that they draw the line at Coyote but not Lion is so funny to me.
yeah exactly!! i think dotc names were /perfect/ sense-wise, i mean, jagged peak, clear sky, hawk swoop… it’s all stuff they were surrounded by, and when they travelled they only knew what the farm animals because of legends from their elders
@@sunstartle I find this especially funny because Tigerclaw was originally gonna be named Hammerclaw, and their reasoning for changing it was that wild cats wouldn’t know what a hammer was, but they sure knew about *tigers*
I've been waiting for someone to talk about this 😭thank you so much for actually touching on the fact that midnight and buttercup are so frustrating to say 💀
Yesss haha thank you!!! It irritates me also lmaoo
Usually I find it harder to sit through longer videos like this, but I found myself getting lost in your art, and your voice just sounds so calming! So, I did end up sitting through the whole thing, surprisingly, and I love your art style, it's so unique! I agree with all the points you made, and it will definitely help me when I make new characters. Earned yourself a new sub!
oh wow, i didnt know you used to have scratch. thats cool! scratch is nostalgic :)
Fun fact:Don’t know your clan characters personality to name them like it yet? Use clan development by saying at this time they use appearance over personality for naming!
I LOVE Breakinglight as a name. I can already envision that cat.
It scares me to death knowing i could've actually used one of your scratch generators bc i made silly warrior cat games and liked to see what ppl had in their gens on there
my first warrior cat ocs were Blueleaf and Amberheart, (I made them after reading the first book of the second series, i didn't even realize there was a series before it so I didn't know there was a Bluestar or Fireheart yet LOL) so I will say I've grown better with naming, or so I hope.. (I will never not love Ravensplash as a name)
9:47 - Now I want to make a warrior cat who IS a biologist XD
I cannot describe to you how excited I got hearing you mention scratch! Most of my internet involvement with the Warrior Cats community took place on scratch when I was in middle school, and I don’t see it talked about now very much. Every once in a while I log back in and look at all my old cat name and character generators because those were my FAVORITE. I’m pretty sure people STILL comment/use them to this day which makes me so happy. Anyways, loved your video and how you went into such depth with the naming system…it’s low key inspiring me to make some new generators and names haha.
I remember writing a background character in the spinoff of my fanfic named Weaslestride and even though I killed him off real quick, I’m obsessed with him now
He was always late, but strutted around like he owned the world, hence the suffix “stride”
Other names I had were “Newtspot” “Foxfoot” “Mapleclaw” “Rosebloom” and “Thunderstrike”
One of my favourite silly names was when my friend named his role play character “Hawkeye”
It makes me giggle now
Even though I'm not in the warrior cats fandom, As a worldbuilder and writer, it's really fun to learn about how different series come up with lore for the names of the characters.
My characters that break these rules and why:
Blossomfox and Tulipkick, they got their suffixes because they defeated a long term enemy (a fox), also because Tulipkick is really explosive while Blossomfox is more laid back but also smart. Their prefixes being similar indicates their close sibling bond.
Maplethorn, well uhh- she's a legacy name after Mapleshade besides literally having nothing to do with her except looking alike and being spiteful. But it fits though lol.
Powdersnow is, well, she's special- Powder is just a weird prefix but tbf her original name as a kit was just Snow (dunno why they didn't just call her Snowpaw though and switch prefix and suffix around when she became a warrior)
Names that I can confidently say I like:
Ashenrise (is gray, almost died in a fire, rise like a phoenix, fire powers) Flowerpatch (soft and lovely like a flower, calico so her fur looks like a patch of flowers) Waddlerstar (yeah penguin is too long so I made her clan call them waddlers since they waddle around, thought is was creative) Twosight (she was born with a split tail so everyone thought her warrior name would be Twotail, she can see spirits and has a literal third eye that she never knew about before she unlocked her powers) Carrionface (poor boy was hated by his clan, his mother called him Hopekit but yeah the leader was an asshole just because he looked different. Aka he had two left paws, a second smaller left eye beneath the normal one, and his left ear was oddly split) Tinystep (you really get the vibe that she is tiny because she takes tiny steps, but it's also because she's careful and caring, she doesn't want the kits to fall behind so she takes tiny steps as to not accidentally get ahead of them) Brittlestone (soft baby, name sounds nice, is sick a lot) Dustkick (she's very hot headed, sand coloured, and she kicks up dust when she fights)
A but off topic but if you were up for it I’d love to see a video potentially coming up with alternative names for different canon warriors. The names you came up with for lionblaze were awesome and I’d love to see more!
Great video!! And WOW, the art looks amazing!! Your style and OC are both so pretty and I'd love to be able to draw like you!!! :0
just fell in love with your content from this video. your beautiful art, your thoughtfulness, and your soft mannerisms. :3
I LOVE this video!!! This was super informative and im going to use everything you touched on with future characters! Would LOVE to see a discussion video about your characters! A video going over names in the series would be super cool too, I love your anylasis and would love to see more of it with warriors names
You know, whenever I create my warriors ocs, I always take into account their personalities and appearance, heck even when i'm coming up with characters for my original fiction/stories, I often have my characters' names relate to their personalities. One warrior name I really love that i came up with is Rosethorn. Rosethorn is a ginger-cream she-cat who has prickly spikey looking fur but despite her appearance, she has a sweet disposition but in the current story I'm writing with her in it, she had a crush on a warrior tom who was romantically involved with the medicine cat of her clan, but due to the tom dying, she blames Snakeblood (the medicine cat) for the warrior death. So she became very bitter and snarky, and her words whenever she speaks to Snakeblood always pricks Snakeblood's heart because her words are sweet/honeyed but they also stick like a thorn.
10:58 since I’m writing a warriorcats clan set in Maine I’m using lots of Maine flora & fauna lol
(I’m from Maine)
It’s called newt clan because of a memory when I was little where I caught a newt and was obsessed with it for like a day before I let it go lol
I have quite a few cats for some discord roleplays, my favourites are Thymeheart and Crowsong (looks opposite to what you’d expect from a cat called crow, but there is backstory to that), and the rest are Mallowburr (original Avensburr but the moderators didn’t like that name), Pearwhisker, Speckledstride, Cranehop, Turtletail and Dewdapple (the last two were named by a friend) and of course “Catstar” but I just use that guy as an example when I can’t bother coming up with a name for an example.
Those are all such cool names!! One of my friends has an oc named Crowsong as well, except he's a black cat like the name would suggest.
@@MystDupp haha, that’s so cool! My Crowsong is ginger and white, there is more to that and he does wear crow feathers, but I love him.
I have learned so much about poetry and writing from this video. It is truly amazing how you describe words.
24:25 this particular name generated a very clear idea for a character based on an inversion of Dancerain: Flamedance. I might make a whole oc from this thought alone
i love this video so much rlly got me thinking about my old warrior cats ocs again.
for me it reawakened old, forgotten memories of a handwritten fanfiction I made, full of ocs. interesting times
I have an oc largely based off of the song “on top of the world” by the carpenters. Anyways basically she has a lot of hearts and warm color pelt. Her name is Amorawelt. I’m unsure if it sounds very pretty but the meaning of it is cool to me. As stated she is a very love themed oc, reasoning for the prefix of Amora (love). She ended up breaking the code beofre being given her name so she ended up getting the suffix Welt. I love it because it literally means dying love 🫣
Also love love your naming ways hehehe
Ahhh I loved this video! It touches on this topic perfectly, how is this not more popular?? New subscriber!
Garfield is a completely valid warrior name, with a prefix of "gar" (the fish) and ofc the suffix "field". and the only rank itd sound kind of weird in is the leader rank bc both "gar" and "star" both contain the "ar" sound in the same spot.
and no i am not original in saying this i took it from a textpost
Me, watching this video, with most of my warriors ocs being apart of a decently big roleplay in which we have the most crazy, out of pocket warrior names:
My characters are Owlstem, Rookcall, Chroniclehaven (prefix picked by me, suffix chosen out of a list), Rosemaryrune and my current one, Boogarden (neither the prefix or suffix were chosen by me, but I applied for them when they were a kit.)
But we’re having fun, and that’s what matters :]
Thank you for posting this video! It’s really well thought out :D
[ 17:20 ] - An example of this could be ( *Cobraheart* ) my oc. No she doesnt resemble a cobra but. She is an *evil manuplative* she-cat that forces her mate to say in their relationship and threatens to kill him if he ever leaves her. So she is *toxic* like a cobra is!
Not able to watch it currently but I will definitely watch it later.
How would you rate Mothflare’s name?
Thanks, it's super appreciated!!
I think of mothflare as a moth flaring their wings
grockable is my new favorite word i shall try to gaslight my english teacher into thinking its real
I think the only one i have who doesn't follow is Delphinium'Wish but mostly because its a poisonous blue flower and he's a dark forest cat
Eclipsed'Heart is also a bit on the long end but we love him
This video pleases both my ears and my mind the way this naming system works is something I’ll be using for all my ocs.
I would absolutely be interested in hearing about your roleplay in detail, no matter how long that video might be
great video! 13:45 i cracked up at this part LMAOAO. i love the suffix tongue too! my main oc's name is suntongue. also, THAT OC IS SO PRETTY WHAT??
ASTER HI commenting helps the algorithm right THIS VIDEO WAS SO INTERESTING................. theres so much ideas to gnaw on (/pos) and the speedpaint was rlly cool to watch i love the atmosphere of the finished product too it's so like verdant and sunlit and overall rlly nice!!! also love how u touched on the bit about including rlly long/pretentious sounding(?) words for prefixes and suffixes some of those u see around and just shudder
hotshot doesn't exactly have a traditional warrior name but i do have a list of ones i keep around if you end up doing more of the name review thingy? handing u stormcrest, corncreak, and nymphclick
Ngl, one of my favorite warrior cats names that i've come up with is Grizzlysnarl, like, you can see the cat with this name so perfectly. But i was also curious on what anyone thinks of the names Newtspring (spring like jumping not the season) and Sagecure (sage the plant) since those two are my main oc's :]
I love ALL OF THOSE
this is quite helpful as a young writer trying to start a warriors story :o i’m a bit worried about overusing ‘extravagant’ words, but that might just be more because of my general vocabulary, not because of thesaurus, so i’ll start attempting to use simpler terms i can think of :D (basically reverse the goal of thesaurus users, lol) thank you for posting this!
You made a very good point about world building effecting the names cats can have, and I use that in my OC stories. I have a group of kittypets that joined one of my clans, and when they eventually have kits three of their names end up being; Sweetiedrop, Toastflight, and Jakewing.
Some corrections here based on linguistics: "Floweringrise" doesn't have the same as found in "grail". The is the second letter of the digraph which represents the /ŋ/ sound in English orthography, heard in words like "sing" and "thing".
(Real quick, is how a thing is written, // is how a thing is pronounced in the IPA, and the funny letters I use within the slashes are from the International Phonetic Alphabet, which can easily be looked up and their sounds identified.)
With regards to the flow of words, when we say a compound word, we still pronounce them _somewhat_ distinctly until time grinds them down into one word (think of words like "garlic" (gar leek) and "acorn" (oak horn) for older examples, and "mac'n'cheese" for a more recent one). Many forms of English are already going through sound changes that weaken stops (/p, b, t, d, k, g/) at the ends of words, so a name like Darkgaze would sound more like /dɑɹʔgeɪz/ (at least in my dialect of English).
Another small nitpick based on antiquity is that while you may not like alliterative names, alliteration was how a lot of poetry was made back in the day. Listen to Beowulf in the OG Old English and it's literally alliteration everywhere. (I'd assume you know this already being a poetry student, so-and I promise I'm being sincere here-excuse me if I'm being redundant with something you already know.)
This last one is just a me thing, but I don't think there's anything wrong with a prefix that ends with the same letter as the suffix's first letter with two exceptions: Moss- or Bass- with any suffix that starts with , as tripling up looks awkward (solved with a hyphen, "Moss-star"; and the canon names One-eye and White-eye (else English orthography would dictate sounds like /i/ instead of /aɪ/). Pheasanttail, Darkkit, and Parsnippaw aren't that big of a deal imo, though I have seen some individuals add a hyphen between them out of preference.
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Tell me a good name for an alley clan cat I’m taking that no one else is allowed to use it lol
I love your art omg!!
HUFF HUFF HUFF HUFF ASTER THIS IS SOO GOODDDD THANK YOU FOR THE SNACKKK I ADORE THE WORD GROCKABLE THATS BEING ADOPTED INTO MY DICTION (imagine the azzie emoji) this was sooo well put together and i really enjoyed the way you presented all the information in a digestible and entertaining day!!!! ALSO THE ART LOOKS FUCKING AMAZINGGGG AS ALWAYSSS (i lost my marbles at the flashfire cameo)!!! i am like the devil on your shoulder whispering to you, more talky videos.... please.... ANYWAYSSS i have dandeliondance, thoughts? ;DDD
THANK UU SMMM that one is my poetry prof's fault you can thank or blame her for it lolll I'm SO GLAD you enjoyed it though!!!
Thanks for making this!
Can you review some of my cat names?
Silentsong - black and white tom, loud and spikey, likes to yell his opinion to the crowd, yet he went though a lot of trauma when he was a kit, loosing his mother (named in RiverClan)
Lightningheart - Calico she-cat, waited for her friends to pass their assessment before becoming a warrior, cares about everyone in her clan (SkyClan)
Duskpool - Brown and black she-cat, medicine cat who is kind yet playful, (My clan, FireClan, they live underground)
Blackmoon - half black half white tom, mysterious and likes to keep to the shadows, has very few friends and prefers to be alone (ThunderClan)
I agree with most of these points here and utilize them when naming my OCs, great video! If I may suggest something else that I do is I typically reserve the prefix to something appearance-based or heritage-based and the suffix to something personality or experience-based. It makes logical sense to me as it would be hard to gauge a kits personality right off the bat, and it would make more sense for them to be named something resembling how they look and only then to get a name fitting of their personality after they’ve had time to grow and have experiences to make a suffix really matter and be fitting/relatable to the character.
Really the only times where I break this is if I have the leader switch up the name during the warrior ceremony, like I have a character named Twistedsong who was named Songkit/paw and upon graduating requested to be named Twistedsong for her experiences with finding herself and dealing with an injury she learned to live through.
I have a special system where the clan cats are named after adverbs/verbs as their warrior names ex: my oc Luminous’Papillon. They were originally named “Luminous’Kit” and got the name from a kittypet who understood French. The naming system is generally backwards, with the suffix being given first and the prefix (typically an adverb) given after!
Some other examples:
Evening’Kit -> Evening’Shadow/Evening’Star
Shimmering’Kit -> Shimmering’Crane
Clouded’Kit -> Clouded’Mind
Fogged’Kit -> Fogged’Heart
Shrouded’Kit
Thank you for addressing this! I’ve been waiting for someone to step up and say something for a while now lol. While I don’t believe anyone who uses unnecessarily long/contradictory names for their cats should be forced to suddenly change them, etc. I do think this video’s topic should be kept in mind while coming up with a suitable name that won’t get in the way with writing or character development!
This is exactly how I feel about names! I hunt so hard for my own names to match personality and pelt that my list is quite full, my favorite name I have ever made was for my gf: VaporTalon, a black and white (which fades into each other) tom who stays in the background, sneaks out of camp many times on his own and has agressive flashes when reminded of the past but can attach to those close to him.
Oooh this is cool! It's been a while since i've made Warriors OC, but here some of my old names
Foxleap -
Fox, because shes fox coloured, leap because in her backstory, she was raised fighting other cats and her signature move was jumping over her enemy to attack from behind.
Willow grove -
Literally just a name i made up for a random pretty cat i drew.
Sandybreeze-
A sweet fluffy yellowy coloured cat.
Bird feather-
Anxious deputy, blue gray with one white paw and soft flowing fur, the feather was because he caught a small bird when he was a young kit as an act of defiance (he wanted to be an apprentice)
Hazel star-
Hazel coloured leader, strong personality, kind. Overall a very good leader.
Here are some others that i thought of while watching this
Hollowcough, Frostform, Bitterwind, Scarsetuft, ScreechingNettle, Softbrush, Rosedawn, Sunfrost, Snakerattle
Some of my favorite OC names I've come up with are
Wildpad, a kittypet turned warrior, tends to volunteer for patrols
Spiderhound, no real reason for the spider other than one freaking out the med cat apprentice during kitting, but she is the clan's best tracker
Sneezeblood, very sneezy kit who got sick often, she's got unusual red striping and she's a medicine cat. Her forepaws are also red, kinda looks like blood if you don't know it's her actual color lol
Aridsun, he was born during a drought, has light cream pelt
Echotail, has two tails
Blacklight, for the meme of it, but also she's a dark tortie with very vibrant blue/violet eyes
Honeymumble, golden she-cat, very shy
Wolfdart, her father was killed by a wolf, very fast B3
That's a lot... xD
uber cool vid! i just got back into wc so its nice to see that the fandoms still here.
anyways its time to make 100 cat ocs that i will never use
personally I do enjoy compound prefixes too, they don't tend to feel hard or confusing to read (at least provided the prefix is something that's not hard itself to understand, like Primrose or Dragonfly)
One of the more fun names I've had was Doodlebugtumble, long but still feeling snappy
though I will concede I'm more tolerant of long prefixes in general than most may be (while still holding a distaste for unnecessary latin names or scientific/technical terms anyway)
I LOVE Doodlebugtumble
1000/10 VIDEO ASTER LOVE THE SPEEDPAINT OF FIDGE SO MUCh!!! she looks so pretty in that lighting 😭💕
telltale doesn't have a traditional name unfortunately but you could rank aer alternate traditional ones if you want! frostplunge / frigidspire :3
ALSO an unrelated one that im actually proud of ;3 feel free to rip it to shreds?? fleetingflake
tldr another BANGER from aster sunstartle sumire's blessings
THANK U SMMM CASH ILYSM PLATONIC!!!!
Oh my god finally names that are super up my alley... Frostplunge is such a banger, Frigidspire is also! I'm sooo biased towards -plunge as a suffix (it's one of my big faves) so I'd go with that if it was a choice between the two. I think the only negative here is that they're more temperament matching names than appearance matching names so they're just the slightest touch awkward when paired with Telltale's base design but that's honestly something you could totally get away with by emphasizing her eyes more (like in an art piece I mean lol).
I'd give Frigidspire 8/10 & Frostplunge 9/10!
Now Fleetingflake, though... that's a 10/10 name right there! Alliterative, even to the L (as in Fl-Fl), strong, visceral imagery; sounds that match the words... yesssss. Brilliant! Spectacular!
@@sunstartleI PASSED THE TEST WOOOHOOO!!! i feel like a chef after a food critic has written a good review about my food
THANK YOU BTW especially about fleetingflake :3x the name has so much meaning to that character it might be my magnum opus (i will not bore you with an infodump in the youtube comments section)
Ok that art is beautiful but I must say just YES
I entirely agree with (most) of these ideas, I myself am not very good with my words but I wholeheartedly feel like almost everything said here is what I would’ve if I had the time/script/etc…
And completely fair on the whole ‘less into controversy’ thing, personally I agree that it can be anxiety inducing and either way you’re very well spoken.
…and yes I *will* be taking into account your name review offer hello there
I’m personally less into warrior cats outside of reading-wise, but I have this old character I used to work on in a like ‘in the future’ thunderclan setting based(very, very loosely) off of another fan story that I read a total of one page of..
His name is Softfur(or pelt… don’t entirely remember-?), mainly due to his soft and round build compared to the very pointed, ‘sudden’ marks on his fur. He’s got a soft tongue and doesn’t really like verbal or loud fights, and tends to keep things on the quiet side, which somehow made him a little prone to being very good at ending arguments very quickly, despite seeming to have an odd hunger for battle.
Uhh ..
It’s been awhile since I used him and don’t entirely remember his story much (plus something he did I might wanna keep off of the RUclips comment section ig) but that’s about it. I’m more so curious on any opinion atp
Oh Jesus this is really long help 💀
Sorry bout that 😭
Thank you so so much!! And never apologize for long comments, I LOVE long comments to death!
Softfur is definitely very good thematically, but I feel like if its about the personality of the cat also a suffix other than -fur might be a bit more fitting? Some suffix related to his words might be nice, like Softcall, Softsong, Softmurmur. Could also use other body parts -- if its his *shape* that's rounder, something like Softbrow, Softchin, Softsnout. And then walking: Softstalk, Softstride, Softgait etcetera.
Other words for Soft that might function are Feather, Breeze, Fleeting (or just Fleet), Dainty, Downy, Low, Quiet, Satin, Velvet, Silk.
Wow sorry for just dumping 20 bazillion words on you lmao -- I do think Softfur (or Softpelt!) definitely works and may be even more fitting than some of the names I'm suggested if it's supposed to come off as canon compliant. I also love how its given to a tomcat, since toms are usually thought of as harsh aggressive strict etcetera it's nice to see a character who breaks that mold :)
@@sunstartle Oh yeah honestly the division between the male and female names never really was noticed by me so I went with the more soft thing lol
But honestly it’s ok! I actually do feel like a good amount of those fit really well too I’ll probably experiment with a few of them to see how I like them :00
I went into this comment section expecting this to be posted weeks ago, but no! If it’s alright, would you have a name suggestion for a soft-spoken, largely unobtrusive cat who was somehow chosen for a prophecy? Think background character suddenly switched to hero. They have long, dusty-grey fur with splotchy white paws. (Kinda like how snowballs get stuck in dogs/cats fur, if that makes any sense?) They’re currently an apprentice, but are probably going to be made a warrior early because of the prophecy (against their doubts).
Some warrior cats names i made for my clan originally are:leafclaw,rotstar,rosemrytail but i think im changing them to sound better you can give suggestions btw but i think leafland,marytail (used to be a kittypet) and bearstar (beartuft) might be better
Love the names shellheart and grasswhisker . So cute
I want to be part of Ally clan so badly
The editing gag made me laugh!
5:54 I feel the same and I'm so glad someone is saying it
So many times I've seen cats with the prefix kingfisher and it just makes the name a mouthful
This is an amazing video, and I love coming up with names for warrior cats characters! I’m just gonna list my best ones here…
Marigoldflight - A ginger cat with yellow accents, who enjoys being independent. Much like Firestar in Warriors, Marigold was prophecized to play a major part in the clan in the future, via falcon imagery. He’s just too bad at everything to live up to Firestar’s legacy.
Wolfheart - A large grey cat who is very friendly and reliable.
Branchbreak - A dark-furred kitty who tends to be very nervous. Very thin and droopy. Permanent wet cat vibes.
Dawnspeech - Her fur is a gradient from purplish black to orange. She likes being acknowledged and has a talent for being convincing.
Finally, Sunfern(star)- typical leadery cat with a cream pelt and blue-gray-green accents. She’s very responsible and has always been a very important part of both clans she’s been in.
I remember when in roleplays we all had normal names like Stormpaw, or Foxtail. Nowadays people are using so many weird suffix’s and prefix’s that never existed! I saw someone named ‘SpringVineStar’ once and was super weirded out. I’ve seen so many CrysamfumumUnicornSparkle's in my roleplays. Meanwhile I’m still just a black or cream cat named Ravenfeather or Honeytail! This literally is what I joke about to my brother basically every day!
There’s a word for the repetition of similar sounds that you’re talking about! It’s called assonance. I’ve mostly heard about it in reference to prose, but you’re definitely articulating an observed concept here!
I’d also like to discuss your examples of names in which the prefix and suffix contradict each other, since I think there’s a conversation here about what doesn’t work about them and what could be salvaged.
- Moosefish. I actually find this to be the most redeemable name of the three you listed. Your segment about warrior names being a bite-sized poem really resonated with me! Sometimes I also approach it as if it’s a compression of a sentence that might be directed at a character. So to me, this could say, “he looks like a moose, but swims like a fish”. Granted, there may be other ways to communicate this concept; moose are already water-loving creatures, not only swimming but also (allegedly?) submerging themselves in search of food. But Moosefish has a sort of clunkiness that’s almost charming to me. I could see it acting in service of describing a cat who’s awkward on land, to the point where one would think he’d be no good in the water either, but then, surprise! Another way to communicate this could be Mooseglide, but that feels like a slightly different character.
- Vulturechomp. Another commenter, Scribble_heart504, mentioned this evoking the sound of bones being crushed, but I think their idea of Vulturesnap does get this across better. This is a good example of the trouble you mentioned with similar sounds sitting too close to each other; The sneaky extra “ch” sound in “Vulture” makes this one a mouthful. I agree that it would need some work.
- Dapplejump/Dappledjump? It was hard for me to tell which version you meant, but that says something about how the d would vanish into a “dj” sound that’s hard to distinguish from a straight j in this example. It does evoke an image, that being a cat leaping through a smattering of sunlight. But I do agree that there’s no real connective tissue between the two parts. I’m struggling to think of a name that does a better job at painting this picture, but I know there must be a way.
All in all, fascinating video! I agree with a lot of your points. This feels like the enlightened gigachad version of traditional naming, which I’ve always found to wobble on the fence between useful and restrictive. It’s got some delightful concepts, but it’s also ended up with me joining RPs with spreadsheets on what names you can and can’t use by pelt color. (So, well-intentioned, but kind of a lot.) I think this loose system of ideas proposed here brings forward the good ideas of traditional naming without making it into essentially another rulebook! Great work.
Btw I have subscribed in hopes of seeing the big RP summary :3
I do agree with the majority of these, but I have used Butterflypaw and Buttercupsway as warrior cat names and I will not apologize for it. Limiting prefixes to just be one word kind of defeats the purpose of my wild adventure of finding prefixes that I haven't used yet. I have used other words for prefixes not commonly known to the warrior universe. Such as Granite, Garnet, Pearl, and other gemstones and have used Iron in the same way, as Ironchirp. It is mainly used to describe the cat's color and the -chirp suffix could mean the cat is very short-spoken or just very awkward. Limiting prefixes to the natural world isn't something I enjoy doing and there's nothing wrong with that.
Firstly, I really enjoyed the amount of research and information that you shared. I always love when someone mentions Kiki and Booba lmao.
If you don’t mind, could rate my two main OC’s, Spotseeker and Hollowcry?
Spotseeker was a kittypet that joined the clan and quickly rose in rank as a medic. She was given her name because of her peculiar appearance (she has a single marking in her eye) and because she was extremely adept at finding clever and unique solutions to problems that went right to the point, no dawdling.
Hollowcry was born during a time when the clan was basically facing extinction. Their father died of illness the same day they were born, so their mother saw it as a hollow victory. She did very little to care for Hollowkit during his early childhood, believing it was a waste of effort and hope.
Thanks to Spotseeker’s arrival, the clan recovered, and the extremely pessimistic and bitter Hollowpaw became her apprentice. Once they graduated, Spotseeker allowed them to choose their suffix, or even change their name entirely, but Hollowpaw, being extremely petty and venomous, chose their father’s suffix (his name was Ravencry), but kept Hollow, to mock both him and his mother, basically. Personality wise it’s meant to reflect her defeatist and morose behavior.
1:49 I remember these .. a game like our current clangen was my DREAM 😭
I didn't think I'd be seeing a clangen joke/reference while watching a silly video about the lost art of warrior naming 🤣Truly love how far the game has come!
3:19 - perfect example of a disclaimer for opinios, beutifully executed
I have pretty mixed feelings ab this video bc on the one hand i really hate when others dictate rules for how u should name ur own oc(though i understand this is just for fun) but also i agree w some of ur rules whole-heartedly!! I hate "traditional" naming and how limiting it is based on names in canon(most of which are quite boring ngl) but also i find it so fun to take into account the territory, personalities of parents or leaders, and skills the cat has when naming them(though my names due get repetitive after a while bc i have a habit of naming good mentors -path or -trail). Long names are also my love(throwback to that one oc i had named densukewatermelonvolcano(it was mostly a joke)) that u cannot take away from me but i understand when it gets confusing esp with compound words.
all that being said im interested in what u have to say ab some of my oc's names: Shadedpath, Copperhorse, Inkyswarm, Hearthscatter, Doesmoke, and Autumnflood
ik thats a lot of names, those are the ones i just think demonstrate the way i name ocs the best. If u could only do 1-3 i'd choose Autumnflood, Doesmoke, and Copperhorse in that order. Also those three in particular have reasons as to why their names are that way so I'd be curious to see what u thought the reasoning behind them was.
One last thing- could u link the perchance generator u made that u were showing off in ur video :0 it looks rlly cool
I agree on pretty much everything in this video! The way you talk about it is so... just, good. Eloquent?
Time to use this as an excuse to talk about my oc names :D
My main warriors oc is named Kestrelstorm, and I have another named Fawnfeather, both of which the prefixes and suffixes have nothing to do with each other. Kestrelstorm was first named after his similarity to a kestrel, but his suffix comes from the storm of thoughts always circling within his mind. You could even say his mother named him late and after his flighty nature instead of pelt patterning. Fawnfeather was first named after his fawn-like spots and soft nature, then named after the feathers he stuck into his pelt. The feathers represent something (I haven't decided what yet).
I usually give characters prefixes based on their appearances and suffixes based on their personalities, but that's just me. My warriors sona is exempt from this, as he's named Silentsong for similar reasons to Kestrelstorm's 'storm'. I also LOVE using alliteration in my names. Sandyshrike, was going to rename one of my ocs to Peachprance, Goldenglow, etc.
I love names like Fallensnow and Shatteredice, they make amazing leader names as well! Fallenstar could've been like, a soft-spoken yet ambitious young cat who's want to be leader got the best of them, while Shatteredstar was already evil? Just the names tell a great story.
18:50, must be why i like the warrior cat name sporespot :)
Good to know the warriors oc I made in elementary school holds up (Her name was Flurryfur, she was born during a snowstorm, and her speckled silver coat allows her to basically vanish among the snowfall, which is useful when she is hunting or attacking)