Guide:Names

***Warriors of the Seas*** follows functional naming conventions. This means that all names will have a proper meaning, much like traditional naming conventions, but will not be restricted by the canon names in any way. Prefix and suffix rules apply to all Clan cats. This code is comprised of a list of each accepted prefix and suffix, and their meanings. If a prefix or suffix isn't listed here that fits into traditional naming conventions, it may be suggested on the talk page to be added to the list, with the meaning of it listed.
If suggesting a prefix or suffix, please check beforehand to see if it fits into the roleplay setting.

## Before You Read

We owe huge thank you to Diablo for allowing us to use the formatting and information you see on this page. Prefixes are thanks to Grey of ailuronumy on tumblr, and the research of users on this wiki. This format is not to be used without permission from Diablo on any other wikis or websites.

## Key

* Brown - brown tabby, solid or tabby chocolate, possibly solid or tabby cinnamon depending on the exact shade
* Gray - solid or tabby gray or lilac
* Ginger - red tabby or possibly solid or tabby cinnamon, depending on the exact shade
* Cream - cream tabby or solid of tabby fawn
* Tortie - solid black-red or chocolate-red tortie, possibly solid cinnamon-red tortie depending on the exact shade
* Dilute tortie - solid gray-cream, lilac-cream, or fawn-cream tortie
* Torbie - any tabby tortie
* Possibly with white - prefix is linked with white markings, but they aren't required
* Likely with white - prefix is linked with white markings, and they're highly suggested. Prefix may list a percentage of white the cat should have (40% or greater)

Everything else is pretty straightforward with their meaning. If "solid" or "tabby" aren't specified, they're entirely optional, except in the case of black which is always solid.
A note about colorpoints, bicolours, torties, and smokes: prefixes are given for the predominant color. This means that a mostly ginger tortie, for example, can be given a ginger or a tortie prefix. The same applies for any of the other patterns listed. Smokes may be given a prefix, for their base color, a specifically smoke prefix, or possibly a bicolor one depending on how strong the smoke is. Colorpoints can usually be given a pale-colored prefix, or a bicolor one.
## Name changes

In the event of a renaming ceremony, the prefix or suffix may be changed individually, or they may both be changed together. New names should be approved by Mink before the ceremony is posted.
Name changes are considered an honor among clan cats and therefore hold no negative implications. Name changes should be made for injuries or deformities that either had the potential to kill the cat or significantly impair them. They are usually given when the cat overcomes their injury or deformity in some way, either by surviving what could have been fatal or by adapting to or learning to work around their disability.
## Outside the Clans

Loners and Rogues have fairly loose rules for naming. The name can either be a real human name, or any word that a cat would be familiar with.
## Prefixes

### Rules

A Clan cat's prefix...

* Should come from the most notable trait about the cat.
	+ Can be used to honor another cat with a similar appearance.
* Should not come from eye color, as cat's eyes are not open at birth, and are blue for the first few weeks of the cat's life.
* Should only use words the Clan cats are familiar with.
* Should not have negative implications.
* Are forbidden to be Kit, Paw, or Star, as those are suffixes that are connected to specific ranks.
* Should not include any of the prefixes of the Clans; Aster-, Ember-, Fall-, Frost-.
* May be changed individually or with the suffix in a renaming ceremony
* It may not be gendered (ex. Buck- or Doe-)

### Acceptable Prefixes

#### Nature

**Bark-**

brown, grey
**Berry-**

ginger, solid black
**Blizzard-**

solid white
**Boulder-**

solid grey
**Cinder-**

solid grey, grey tabby
**Cloud-**

solid white
**Dawn-**

tortie, cream, ginger
**Dark-**

solid black, brown
**Dusk-**

solid black
**Dust-**

brown, solid gray, ginger
**Fire-**

ginger
**Flame-**

ginger
**Fog-**

solid grey
**Hail-**

grey tabby, likely spotted or dappled
**Honey-**

cream, ginger, possibly brown
**Ice-**

solid white
**Lightning-**

solid white, ginger
**Limpet-**

light brown tabby, creamy-brown
**Morning-**

tortie, cream, ginger
**Mist-/Misty-**

solid grey, grey tabby
**Mud-**

brown, solid grey
**Murk-**

solid grey
**Night-**

solid black
**Pebble-**

solid grey
**Rain-**

solid grey, grey tabby
**Sand-**

cream, ginger
**Shade-**

solid grey, solid black
**Shadow-**

solid black
**Shell-**

brown tabby, brown, tortie, possibly cream or white
**Sleet-**

solid white
**Smoke-**

solid black, dark grey, smoke cat
**Snow-**

solid white
**Soot-**

solid grey, solid black, grey smoke, black smoke
**Stone-**

solid grey
**Storm-**

solid grey, possibly solid black
**Sun-**

solid white, ginger
**Wax-**

cream, golden

#### Colors

**Amber-**

ginger
**Black-**

solid black
**Blue-**

solid grey, grey tabby
**Bright-**

solid white, cream, fawn, grey, lilac, pointed
**Brown-**

brown
**Copper-**

ginger, red-brown
**Cream-**

cream, fawn
**Dark-**

solid black, brown tabby, solid grey, grey tabby
**Fallow-**

light brown
**Fawn-**

fawn, cream
**Ginger-**

ginger
**Golden-**

ginger, cream, golden
**Grey-**

solid grey, grey tabby
**Hazel-**

brown
**Light-**

solid white, cream, fawn, grey, lilac, pointed
**Lilac-**

solid lilac, solid grey, lilac tabby, grey tabby
**Orange-**

ginger
**Pale-**

solid white, cream, fawn, grey, lilac, pointed
**Red-**

ginger
**Russet-**

ginger
**Silver-**

silver tabby
**Tawny-**

ginger, cream, golden-brown, possibly dappled
**White-**

solid white
**Yellow-**

ginger, cream

#### Patterns

**Brindle-**

tortie, torbie
**Dapple-**

tortie, torbie, spotted tabby
**Fleck-**

tortie, torbie, spotted tabby
**Patch-**

patched
**Spotted-**

tortie, torbie, spotted tabby
**Speckle-**

tortie, torbie, spotted tabby
**Trout-**

brown tabby, grey tabby

#### Size

*Note some of these also appear in other sections.*
**Acorn-**

brown, golden-brown (small cat)
**Ant-**

solid black, brown, ginger (small cat)
**Beetle-**

solid black (small cat)
**Boulder-**

solid grey (large cat)
**Litte-**

any colour (small cat)
**Mole-**

dark grey, solid black (small cat)
**Mouse-**

brown, possibly with white (small cat)
**Mosquito-**

grey-brown (small cat)
**Pebble-**

solid grey (small cat)
**Shrew-**

light brown (small cat)
**Small-**

any colour (small cat)
**Swan-**

solid white (large cat)
**Tiny-**

any colour (small cat)
**Wren-**

brown tabby (small cat)

#### Mammals

**Badger-**

solid black, likely with white
**Bat-**

solid black, brown
**Deer-**

brown, possibly with white
**Elk-**

brown
**Ermine-**

brown and white, solid white
**Fisher-**

*This refers to the Fisher Cat*
brown, dark brown, solid black
**Fox-**

ginger, tortie, grey
**Hare-**

brown
**Lemming-**

*This refers to the Southern Bog Lemming*
reddish-brown, possibly with white belly
**Leopard-**

golden or brown spotted tabby, or predominantly ginger or brown tortie
**Lion-**

ginger
**Marmot-**

grey-brown, pale grey
**Marten-**

brown, possibly with white
**Mink-**

brown, possibly with white
**Mole-**

dark grey, solid black (small cat)
**Moose-**

brown
**Mouse-**

brown, possibly with white (small cat)
**Muntjac-**

brown
**Muskrat-**

dark brown
**Otter-**

brown, possibly with white
**Rabbit-**

brown
**Raccoon-**

grey tabby with dark stripes
**Rat-**

dark grey, solid black
**Sheep-**

solid black, black and white, white
**Shrew-**

light brown (small cat)
**Skunk-**

black and white, possibly black smoke and white
**Stoat-**

reddish-brown, likely with white
**Squirrel-**

grey, ginger
**Tiger-**

ginger, brown, possibly with white
**Vole-**

brown (small cat)
**Weasel-**

brown, likely with white
**Wolf-**

solid grey, reddish-brown,

#### Reptiles & amphibians

**Adder-**

brown tabby
**Frog-**

brown
**Lizard-**

golden-brown tabby, light-brown tabby, tortie, possibly with white
**Newt-**

spotted brown tabby, spotted dark grey tabby, tortie
**Racer-**

'*This refers to the Black Racer, a species of snake found in North America*
solid black and white, black smoke tabby and white
**Snake-**

brown tabby
**Toad-**

brown, predominantly brown tortie, both possibly with white
**Turtle-**

brown, brown tabby, predominantly brown tortie

#### Birds

**Avocet-**

white with brown tabby patches
**Bittern-**

brown tabby
**Brambling-**

brown tabby, tortie, likely with white
**Buzzard-**

brown tabby
**Coot-**

solid black, possibly with white
**Cormorant-**

solid black
**Crane-**

solid grey, possibly with darker markings
**Crow-**

solid black, possibly with white paws/tail tip
**Cuckoo-**

blue-grey tabby, blue-grey, both likely with white
**Curlew-**

brown tabby, possibly with lighter markings
**Dipper-**

dark coloured with white chest
**Dove-**

solid light grey-brown
**Duck-**

brown tabby, brown and white patched with possibility of cream, grey, or grey-brown markings
**Dunlin-**

brown tabby, solid grey, both with white
**Dunnock-**

brown tabby
**Eagle-**

brown
**Egret-**

solid white
**Falcon-**

blue-grey tabby, likely with white
**Finch-**

brown tabby, reddish-brown tabby
**Gannet-**

solid white, cream
**Godwit-**

solid grey, grey-brown, both with white
**Goose-**

light grey tabby, light grey-brown tabby, likely with black and white markings (large cat)
**Grouse-**

reddish-brown tabby, brown tabby, solid black
**Gull-**

solid grey and white, white with grey/black patches
**Harrier-**

light grey, brown tabby
**Hawk-**

brown tabby
**Heron-**

solid grey, blue-grey, both likely with white
**Jay-**

grey-brown, possibly with black/grey/white markings
**Kestrel-**

brown spotted tabby, predominantly black/brown tortie
**Kingfisher-**

solid grey and white
**Kite-**

reddish-brown tabby
**Knot-**

solid grey and white
**Lark-**

brown tabby, possibly with white
**Linnet-**

brown
**Loon-**

solid black, grey-brown, both with white
**Magpie-**

solid black and white
**Nightingale-**

light brown
**Owl-**

brown tabby, dappled brown
**Partridge-**

grey-brown tabby, possibly with white
**Pheasant-**

brown tabby, golden-brown tabby
**Pigeon-**

blue-grey
**Pipit-**

brown tabby, likely with white
**Piper-**

spotted brown tabby and white
**Plover-**

white with grey-brown patches
**Pochard-**

dilute tortie
**Quail-**

brown tabby, likely with white
**Rail-**

brown tabby
**Raven-**

solid black, possibly with white paws/tail tip
**Robin-**

tortie, reddish-brown, both with white
**Rook-**

solid black, possibly with white
**Shrike-**

solid grey and white
**Sparrow-**

brown tabby, possibly with white
**Starling-**

solid black, possibly with white
**Swallow-**

solid black and white
**Swan-**

solid white (large cat)
**Swift-**

dusky-brown, solid black, possibly with white
**Tern-**

solid grey with white, possibly with black markings
**Thrush-**

grey-brown cat, possibly dappled, possibly with white
**Turkey-**

brown tabby
**Twite-**

brown tabby, likely with white
**Verdin-**

pale grey
**Widgeon-**

dilute tortie
**Whimbrel-**

brown tabby
**Whinchat-**

brown tabby
**Wren-**

brown tabby (small cat)

#### Fish & aquatic life

**Bleak-**

silver tabby, silvery-grey
**Bream-**

silver tabby, silvery-grey
**Carp-**

golden-brown
**Chub-**

brown, possibly with white
**Dace-**

blue-grey
**Eel-**

dark brown, possibly with white
**Gudgeon-**

spotted brown tabby, likely with white
**Lamprey-**

brown, possibly with white
**Loach-**

dappled brown
**Minnow-**

grey tabby, brown tabby
**Pike-**

grey-brown tabby
**Roach-**

grey, blue-grey
**Rudd-**

grey-brown, golden-brown
**Salmon-**

spotted/dappled grey tabby
**Trout-**

brown tabby, grey tabby

#### Insects

**Ant-**

solid black, brown, ginger (small cat)
**Argus-**

dark brown, dusky tortie
**Bee-**

golden tabby, golden-brown tabby (small cat)
**Comma-**

tortie
**Beetle-**

solid black (small cat)
**Fly-**

dark grey tabby, solid black
**Fritillary-**

ginger, golden, tortie
**Hornet-**

ginger, golden
**Leech-**

tortie, torbie, possibly with white
**Mosquito-**

grey-brown (small cat)
**Moth-**

grey-brown, or predominantly ginger/brown tortie with white
**Nerite-**

tortie with white, golden/reddish-brown/brown tabby with white
**Skipper-**

ginger, tortie
**Slug-**

solid grey, solid black, brown, grey tabby
**Snail-**

brown tabby, predominantly brown tortie
**Spider-**

brown, brown tabby, solid black
**Tip-**

ginger, tortie, both with white
**Wasp-**

ginger, golden
**Weevil-**

dark brown

#### Plants

**Acorn-**

brown, golden-brown (small cat)
**Alder-**

brown tabby
**Apple-**

ginger, golden
**Aspen-**

dappled grey, grey tabby
**Asphodel-**

ginger, golden
**Ash-**

grey tabby
**Barley-**

golden-brown, light brown
**Beech-**

brown, grey-brown
**Birch-**

pale grey tabby, dappled/flecked tabby
**Bramble-**

brown tabby
**Briar-**

brown tabby
**Burdock-**

solid grey, blue-grey
**Burnet-**

ginger
**Campion-**

ginger, solid white
**Cedar-**

dark brown tabby
**Chanterelle-**

ginger, golden
**Cherry-**

tortie, ginger, dark ginger, solid white
**Chervil-**

solid white
**Clover-**

solid white, light ginger
**Comfrey-**

solid white, solid light grey, blue-grey
**Cypress-**

reddish-brown tabby, dark ginger
**Daffodil-**

golden
**Dandelion-**

solid white, golden, pale golden, pale ginger
**Daisy-**

solid white, light golden, light ginger
**Elder-**

grey-brown tabby
**Elm-**

dark brown, dark brown tabby
**Fern-**

brown tabby, ginger
**Fennel-**

light golden
**Fir-**

solid grey, grey tabby, grey-brown tabby
**Fumitory-**

solid pale grey
**Garlic-**

solid white
**Gorse-**

golden
**Heather-**

light ginger, pale grey
**Hemlock-**

solid white
**Hickory-**

brown tabby
**Holly-**

dark ginger, solid white
**Ivy-**

dark grey tabby, dark brown tabby, possibly black
**Juniper-**

grey tabby, blue-grey
**Laburnum-**

golden
**Larch-**

golden-brown
**Laurel-**

solid white
**Lavender-**

solid pale grey, blue-grey
**Lily-**

solid white
**Mallow-**

solid white, cream
**Maple-**

golden, ginger, predominantly ginger/light brown tortie
**Marigold-**

ginger
**Mint-**

solid pale grey
**Mistletoe-**

solid white
**Nettle-**

solid grey
**Oak-**

brown, brown tabby
**Oat-**

golden-brown
**Orchid-**

solid pale grey
**Peach-**

ginger
**Pear-**

solid white, ginger
**Pine-**

grey-brown, blue-grey, grey-brown tabby, blue-grey tabby
**Plum-**

solid white, dark ginger
**Poppy-**

dark ginger
**Privet-**

solid black, solid white
**Reed-**

golden-brown tabby
**Rose-**

ginger
**Rowan-**

dark reddish-brown
**Rye-**

golden-brown, light brown
**Sage-**

solid pale grey
**Sedge-**

solid black, brown
**Sloe-**

solid black, solid white
**Sorrel-**

dark ginger, reddish-ginger, predominantly ginger tortie
**Sycamore-**

dilute tortie, grey tabby, possibly with white
**Tansy-**

golden
**Teasel-**

solid light grey, brown tabby
**Thistle-**

solid grey, blue-grey, grey tabby
**Thrift-**

pale ginger, solid light grey
**Thyme-**

solid grey
**Valerian-**

solid white, ginger
**Vervain-**

solid light grey
**Willow-**

solid grey, grey-brown, ***not*** dark grey
**Wisteria-**

solid white, solid grey, pale ginger
**Yarrow-**

solid white, pale ginger
**Yew-**

brown

## Suffixes

### Rules

A Clan cat's suffix...

* The suffix should come from one of the following:
	+ A skill the cat excels in
	+ A notable personality trait
	+ The cat's appearance, usually as an extension of the prefix
* It may not use any of the rank-specific suffixes, kit, paw, and star, unless they are currently the associated rank

#### Skills

**-claw**

exceptional in combat
**-fang**

exceptional in combat and hunting
**-flight**

exceptional reflexes
**-foot**

exceptionally fast
**-leaf**

*Only given to medicine cats*
exceptional knowledge of herbs
**-nose**

exceptional sense of smell and good at tracking
**-shade**

*Should not be used with the Shade- prefix*
exceptionally stealthy
**-splash**

exceptional at fishing
**-stream**

exceptional at swimming
**-tail**

exceptionally good balance and agility
**-whisker**

exceptional at hunting

#### Personality

**-berry**

*Not medicine cat exclusive. Should not be used with the Berry- prefix*
exceptionally nurturing, especially towards sick cats
**-breeze**

exceptionally easy-going
**-cloud**

*Should not be used with the Cloud- prefix*
exceptionally calm, gentle, and patient
**-fall**

exceptionally resilient
**-flower**

exceptionally motherly
**-heart**

exceptionally passionate
**-spirit**

exceptionally spirited
**-storm**

*Should not be used with the Storm- prefix*
exceptionally unpredictable

#### Other

**-face**

exceptionally beautiful
**-fur**

no noteworthy traits
**-pelt**

no noteworthy traits
**-stripe**

tabby, no noteworthy traits
**-spot**

spotted tabby, no noteworthy traits