ultracrepidarian's list "dragon name ideas" of 8 great name ideas: REVERIE - Hamnet!

dragon name ideas

Pretty, highfalutin, bizarre, and flat-out cruel names for my FR dragons.

REVERIE

Ribaldry

Riddle

Originally a surname deriving from the Roman twin Romulus, this attractive name was introduced to the English-speaking world as a first name by painter Augustus John who used it for his son. Romilly John became Admiral of the Fleet in England. 
 A French surname from the twelfth century on, it's more recently been heard as a girls' name. Emma Thompson, for example, used Romilly as her daughter Gaia's middle name. And Romilly was used in the US last year for a dozen baby girls.
 The logical nicknames would be Romy or Milly, both very much in style.

Romilly

Solstice graduated from word to official first name when author Lionel Shriver used it for a character in her novel Big Brother. But of course, there were people named Solstice before: 16 baby girls were given the name in the US in 2021 (and it is occasionally used for boys too).

The word solstice is derived from the Old French and Latin term meaning "point at which the sun seems to stand still." There are pagan celebrations around the time of the winter and summer solstices, June 21 and December 21, the longest and shortest days of the year, which makes Solstice one of the best <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/577/names-for-december-babies">names for babies born in December</a> or June.

Solstice

Esprit

Xanadu

Ultimately from the Germanic Haimo, Hamnet is a homely name, best associated with the son of William Shakespeare. Hamnet died in childhood and his name (and death) may have provided the inspiration behind the bard's famous tragedy, Hamlet.
 
The name was likely made more familiar when it appeared as the title of a by Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel, Hamnet, about Shakespeare, his wife Agnes, and their children. In 2025, the book was adapted into a movie, which may further familiarize people with the name.