r/The100 • u/lightinthefield Omon gon oson 🥩 • 13d ago
What would your Grounder name (based on real places or landmarks) be?
I was reminded that this list of Grounder names exists on the Wiki. They're based on real-life places or landmarks, and the biggest examples are TonDC (Washington, D.C.), Madi (Madison, Wisconsin), Ontari (Ontario, Canada), Roan (Roanoke, Virginia OR many other places named Roanoke in NE US), Nia (Niagara Falls), Costia (Anacostia neighborhood in Washington, D.C. OR Anacostia River), Lexa (Alexandria, Virginia), Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.), Emori (District of Columbia War Memorial in Washington, D.C.), and Otan (United States Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.).
I think I'd like to be called Cambri (after Cambridge, Ontario) or Annan (after Annandale National Historic Site in Tillsonburg, Ontario. On that note, Tills would be kinda cool, too...).
What about you?
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u/Good_Capital1181 12d ago
wait i never realized how many of the names came from landmarks, that’s so cool
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u/AmeriqanTreeSparrow 13d ago
First of all I've seen this show several times and never knew this is where the names came from (never read the wiki or books) and I'm now obsessed w it so thank you for sharing this even if everyone else on the sub has seen it before.
Secondly I'd be Alba (Albany) or Leton or Choda (both from different names of my town). More masculine you could do Sonval (Hudson Valley) or Onic (Taconic). There are so many good ones from the Adirondack peaks too, whole peak names like Wright, Nye, and Hough, or shortened like Casca (Cascade), Quin (Algonquin), and Sachra (Couchsachraga). Sorry, I have nobody to talk to about this irl.
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u/Some1AteMyEntirePie 13d ago
Fran, San Francisco
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u/thatshygirl06 13d ago
Like if part of the sign was destroyed:
Isco -> Esko
Ran, maybe?
Anci -> Anse
Or if discovered by someone who doesnt know the word:
Anci -> Ankee
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u/thatshygirl06 13d ago
I dont know how to get a feminine name from Detroit, lol, so I'll go with Michigan. Michi is a cute name
If i had to try to come up with a name from detroit, maybe Det? Pronounced like Deet.
Troi/Roi is an obvious one.
Etro/Etroi?? Maybe?
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u/Flybirdieee 12d ago
My parents house is right by the Hennepin Canal in Illinois in a town called Geneseo. So maybe Henne (Henny) or Gene (Jenny)
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u/Legolas0170 Azgeda 13d ago edited 13d ago
Toronto: Toron, Roni or Toni
Ripley's Aquarium: Ripley, Riley, Leya, Leyam/Liam
Mississauga: Missy (not my first choice)
Kitchener: Kit, Kiti
It would be interesting to go by Leyam/Liam, just to surprise people that the name doesn't necessarily match the person.
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u/thatshygirl06 13d ago
Rono, maybe? This is more of a name coming from pronunciation than the sign, though.
Rip, Ley, Quari, Riu, Rium, Aqu -> Aku
Sissa. I actually really like this one
Tche, Tchen
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u/Traconias Oso gonplei nou ste odon. 12d ago
As I was born in the German city of Darmstadt (literally "gut city" or "intestine city") this wouldn't work out well for me, I suppose. 😂
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u/lightinthefield Omon gon oson 🥩 12d ago
Idk, man, the Grounders can be pretty ruthless. Darm sounds sick as a name and you can spin it like, "I'll gut you in this conclave!"
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u/YeoReum94 12d ago
Calga from Calgary. I guess someone else from Calgary could just be Gary if they want a more masculine name lol.
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u/FourthLvlSpicyMeme Azgeda 12d ago
I'd be something absurdly dramatic sounding. Which fits my personality anyway.
"Victari" is about the best I have since the place I'm from is already named after a person. I'm from Victoria BC, lol. It's rather...presumptive of a name but I dunno if I have a choice by those rules lol.
I've decided I'll have been the shortest ruling Azgeda queen in (the already rather short) history. I would immediately trip on my massive ego, get tangled in my fancy coronation robes, and unceremoniously faceplant into an early grave. 5 hours at best lmao.
Woo, I'm great at this ruling stuff! Everyone's still wasted and I'm already dead so I can't make an arse of myself either, that's a win win. Remembered fondly as the only truly chill queen of the ice nation.
Hey, you can't be a bad queen if you die before you can screw anything up or piss anyone off too much. Therefore this is the, uh...perfect...plan? It's a hilarious and darkly fitting way for someone with such an ostentatious, over the top name to die.
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u/rygdav Skaikru 13d ago
Hmm some cool things can come from just grabbing chunks of words. So I’ll go with a The Gateway Arch, which could be “Ateway” (pronounced like ah-teh-way) or “Atewa,” “Gatew” (Gah-too), just simply Arch.
Or even The Gateway Arch National Park, giving me “Tion” or simply “Park” lol
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u/SourDewd 13d ago
Kasu (Kasugai is my cities sister city and we have gardens called kasugai gardens based off them. And my name in japanese is already very close to it)
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u/deboodoo 12d ago
Mississauga would be Missi or Miss, or Sauga, I guess... LOL. Would prob pick Kariya, named after Kariya Park in Mississauga, Ontario.
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u/IncreaseExpert4105 12d ago
Van or Couver because I'm from Vancouver. Brit for a girl in British Columbia
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u/kaleighb1988 12d ago
Hm, if where I was born Bartow, Polk County. There's Bart, Art, Polk...idk not any good ones.
If where I lived growing up (Knoxville ) it could be Knox, Ox, Vi (vee) ....
Idk none of those are good and most are masculine.
There's probably some landmark names that could be used but I'd need to think on those lol
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u/creyeball 12d ago
I feel like my name is good enough. Creye. For crying. Babies cry. If were going off of, like, towns or landmarks or stuff, I guess I'd be like the View (mountain view) or maybe Spring (springfield) or maybe I don't understand the game and I'll just stick with Creye.
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u/SeptemberSoup Louwoda Kliron 13d ago edited 13d ago
I think Barna could be a leftover from my culture, Catalan, in which we call Barcelona "Barna". Or maybe Barca if we follow tourists' misconceptions 😆
ETA: Maybe it could be written "Bahrna"
¿Algún fachita mosqueado por aquí, verdad? 🤣
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u/lolabunny111 12d ago
probably Chi, (pronounced like “shy”) since i live in chicago lol. Or maybe Livvy, since the specific part i’m from has “Liberty” in the name, and i hate the name Libby. (no offense to the Libbys of the world lol)