Guide:Names

***Warriors of the Wasteland*** 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. The setting is based on Australian flora and fauna, so research into those categories. Otherwise it will likely not be added.

## 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, bicolors, 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 Beau 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.
## Strangers

Strangers 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; Stream-, Cave-.
* 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, gray
**Berry-**

ginger, solid black
**Boulder-**

solid gray
**Cinder-**

solid gray, gray tabby
**Cloud-**

solid white
**Dawn-**

tortie, cream, ginger
**Dusk-**

solid black
**Dust-**

brown, solid gray
**Fire-**

ginger
**Flame-**

ginger
**Honey-**

cream, ginger, possibly brown
**Morning-**

tortie, cream, ginger
**Mud-**

brown, solid gray
**Night-**

solid black
**Pebble-**

solid gray
**Rain-**

solid gray, gray tabby
**Sand-**

cream, ginger
**Shade-**

solid gray, solid black
**Sleet-**

solid white
**Smoke-**

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

solid white
**Stone-**

solid gray
**Storm-**

solid gray, possibly solid black
**Sun-**

solid white, ginger

#### Colors

**Amber-**

ginger
**Black-**

solid black
**Blue-**

solid gray, gray tabby
**Bright-**

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

brown
**Copper-**

ginger, red-brown
**Cream-**

cream, fawn
**Dark-**

solid black, brown tabby, solid gray, gray tabby
**Fawn-**

fawn, cream
**Ginger-**

ginger
**Golden-**

ginger, cream
**Gray-**

solid gray, gray tabby
**Hazel-**

brown
**Light-**

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

solid lilac, solid gray, lilac tabby, gray tabby
**Orange-**

ginger
**Pale-**

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

ginger
**Russet-**

ginger
**Silver-**

silver tabby
**White-**

solid white
**Yellow-**

ginger, cream

#### Patterns

**Patch-**

patched
**Dapple-**

tortie, torbie, spotted tabby
**Brindle-**

tortie, torbie
**Spotted-**

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

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

tortie, torbie, spotted tabby

#### Size

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

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

solid gray (large cat)
**Fly-**

solid black, gray tabby (small cat)
**Goanna-**

tortie (large cat)
**Little/Tiny/Small-**

any color (small cat)
**Mosquito-**

brown, solid black (small cat)
**Pebble-**

solid gray (small cat)
**Perentie-**

tortie, possibly brown tabby (large cat)
**Wren-**

brown tabby (small cat)

#### Mammals

**Bandicoot-**

solid gray, gray tabby, brown, brown tabby
**Bibly-**

solid gray, gray tabby
**Cuscus-**

ginger, possibly with white
**Dingo-**

ginger, cream
**Echidna-**

brown, brown tabby
**Fox-**

*This refers to the Flying Fox.*
black, ginger, tortie
**Kangaroo-**

solid gray, gray tabby, ginger, brown tabby
**Koala-**

solid gray, possibly with white
**Kowari-**

solid gray, gray tabby, brown tabby
**Numbat-**

solid black, tortie, ginger
**Phascogale-**

solid gray, gray tabby, possibly with white
**Platypus-**

brown
**Possum-**

brown, brown tabby, gray tabby
**Wallaby-**

solid gray, gray tabby, brown, brown tabby
**Wombat-**

brown, brown tabby

#### Reptiles & amphibians

**Adder-**

brown tabby
**Crocodile-**

solid gray, gray tabby, brown, brown tabby
**Devil-**

*This refers to the Thorny Devil*
tortie, possibly with white
**Frog-**

brown tabby, tortie
**Goanna-**

tortie
**Lizard-**

brown tabby, possibly tortie
**Newt-**

solid black, brown tabby, tortie
**Perentie-**

tortie, possibly brown tabby
**Python-**

brown tabby, possibly ginger
**Skink-**

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

brown tabby
**Taipan-**

solid black, brown, brown tabby
**Tiger-**

*This refers to the Tiger Snake.*
brown tabby, solid black
**Toad-**

brown, possibly tortie
**Turtle-**

solid black

#### Birds

**Bittern-**

solid black, brown tabby, possibly with white
**Booby-**

solid gray, possibly with white
**Bustard-**

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

white
**Cockatoo-**

black, white, gray tabby
**Coot-**

solid black
**Corella-**

white
**Cormorant-**

black, possibly with white
**Currawong-**

black, gray, possibly with white
**Cuckoo-**

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

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

black, brown tabby
**Dove-**

solid gray, gray tabby
**Duck-**

solid gray, gray tabby, brown, brown tabby, possibly with white
**Eagle-**

brown tabby
**Egret-**

white
**Emu-**

solid gray tabby, brown tabby
**Falcon-**

solid black, brown tabby, possibly with white
**Finch-**

solid black, brown tabby, gray tabby, ginger, possibly with white
**Galah-**

solid gray, possibly with white
**Gannet-**

white
**Grebe-**

solid gray, gray tabby
**Gull-**

solid black, solid gray, possibly with white
**Heron-**

brown tabby, gray tabby, possibly with white
**Ibis-**

white
**Kingfisher-**

brown, brown tabby, solid black, possibly with white
**Kite-**

black, brown, brown tabby, solid gray
**Kookaburra-**

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

brown tabby, gray tabby
**Magpie-**

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

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

solid black, brown tabby, gray tabby, white
**Oystercatcher-**

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

brown, brown tabby
**Plover-**

solid gray, gray tabby, possibly with white
**Pratincole-**

cream
**Quail-**

brown tabby, gray tabby, possibly with white
**Rail-**

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

solid black
**Robin-**

brown tabby
**Shoveler-**

brown, brown tabby
**Snipe-**

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

brown tabby, gray tabby
**Starling-**

solid black, brown tabby
**Stilt-**

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

solid black
**Tern-**

solid gray, solid black, possibly with white
**Thrush-**

brown tabby
**Turkey-**

brown, possibly tortie
**Warbler-**

brown, brown tabby
**Wren-**

brown tabby (small cat)

#### Fish & aquatic life

**Bass-**

solid gray, possibly gray tabby
**Bream-**

gray tabby, possibly with white
**Bullrout-**

soild black, tortie
**Callop-**

gray tabby, likely with white
**Carp-**

solid black, brown tabby
**Catfish-**

solid gray
**Cod-**

gray tabby
**Conger-**

ginger
**Congoli-**

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

solid black, brown, brown tabby, possibly with white
**Grudgeon-**

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

ginger, cream
**Mussel-**

solid black, brown
**Perch-**

solid gray, gray tabby, brown tabby, cream
**Shark-**

*This refers to the northern river shark.*
solid gray
**Smelt-**

solid gray, gray tabby
**Trout-**

brown tabby, gray tabby
**Yabby-**

solid black

#### Insects

**Ant-**

solid black, brown, ginger
**Bee-**

solid black, tortie, brown tabby
**Beetle-**

solid black, brown, solid gray
**Centipede-**

brown, ginger
**Chaser-**

solid black, tortie, ginger
**Cicada-**

brown, brown tabby
**Cricket-**

brown, brown tabby
**Darter-**

ginger, solid gray
**Fly-**

solid black, gray tabby
**Gnat-**

solid black
**Hawker-**

solid black, brown tabby
**Hornet-**

tortie, brown tabby, solid black
**Millipede-**

brown tabby, solid black, solid gray
**Mosquito-**

brown, solid black
**Moth-**

solid gray, tortie, possibly with white
**Spider-**

solid black, brown, brown tabby
**Wasp-**

tortie, brown tabby
**Worm-**

brown

#### Plants

**Chamomile-**

white
**Chanterelle-**

ginger
**Daisy-**

solid gray, white
**Eremophila-**

ginger, likely with white
**Fern-**

*This refers to the Elkhorn Fern and Mother Shield Fern, respectively*
brown, ginger
**Geebung-**

ginger, cream
**Grass-**

*This refers to Kangaroo Grass.*
brown
**Hop-**

*This refers to the Sticky Hop Bush*
ginger
**Lignum-**

ginger and white
**Lily-**

*This refers to the Nodding Blue Lily.*
solid gray
**Midgen-**

white, solid gray likely with 40% (or more) white
**Mint-**

white, gray, ginger
**Parakeelya-**

solid gray
**Pea-**

*This refers to Sturt's Desert Pea.*
ginger
**Peach-**

ginger
**Saltbush**

white, ginger
**Wattle-**

*This refers to the Mulga Wattle*
ginger, cream

## 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