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 I’ve always thought it hilarious that it could be considered canonical for Cor and Aravis to have a son named Ramen as their first born son “Ram the Great” a was perhaps the best ruler of Archenland

@digorykirke, I could see the other son getting called Ramen the Tasty behind his back!  

Posted by: @the-mad-poet

@digorykirke, I could see the other son getting called Ramen the Tasty behind his back!  

  

Haha! Fortunately for him, I don't think Japanese-style noodle soup was ever a known thing in Archenland or Narnia (as it wouldn't have been a known thing in England in the 1950s when Lewis was writing the books)...

Mind you, off the top of my head, all or most of the Archenland-style second sons' names we hear of have an -in suffix, not -en. In HHB, we have Cor and Corin — and Cor, when he explains the naming convention, points to Dar and Darrin and Cole and Colin as other examples. So I'm guessing Ram's younger brother would more likely have been Ramin or Rammin. But we don't know.

We're also not told if there's any similar naming convention for girls in Archenland... in fact, now I think about it, I'm pretty sure we don't get introduced to any named women in Archenland at all. Now there's something Lewis could have filled us in on and didn't (though maybe some fan-fic writers have)! Do first daughters have a one-syllable name and second daughters have the same name with a suffix (perhaps it's -ina for girls — I'm imagining, say, Mel and Melina)? And what about third sons and third daughters, or even more after that... what are the traditions for names in larger Archenland families?? I don't think I ever thought about this before, but now I can't stop wondering...  

Posted by: @courtenay

Posted by: @the-mad-poet

@digorykirke, I could see the other son getting called Ramen the Tasty behind his back!  

  

Haha! Fortunately for him, I don't think Japanese-style noodle soup was ever a known thing in Archenland or Narnia (as it wouldn't have been a known thing in England in the 1950s when Lewis was writing the books)...

Mind you, off the top of my head, all or most of the Archenland-style second sons' names we hear of have an -in suffix, not -en. In HHB, we have Cor and Corin — and Cor, when he explains the naming convention, points to Dar and Darrin and Cole and Colin as other examples. So I'm guessing Ram's younger brother would more likely have been Ramin or Rammin. But we don't know.

We're also not told if there's any similar naming convention for girls in Archenland... in fact, now I think about it, I'm pretty sure we don't get introduced to any named women in Archenland at all. Now there's something Lewis could have filled us in on and didn't (though maybe some fan-fic writers have)! Do first daughters have a one-syllable name and second daughters have the same name with a suffix (perhaps it's -ina for girls — I'm imagining, say, Mel and Melina)? And what about third sons and third daughters, or even more after that... what are the traditions for names in larger Archenland families?? I don't think I ever thought about this before, but now I can't stop wondering...  

That's food for thought.

Maybe, after Aravis became Queen, there was a fad for Calormene female names among the nobility, and over time these trickled down into the middle class, becoming anglicized (or Archenlandized) along the way.

We only get two feminine Calormene names, Aravis and Lasaraleen, but I've noticed they both have "ara" in them. (Well, I guess there's also Zardeenah, which has an "ar" but no "ara.") Maybe that's a naming convention. It's subtle but weirdly specific. 

I hadn't thought about "ara". It could just be a syllable-phrase the Calormene language used a lot. I didn't notice only three females are named, but many males. Granted most of them are male ancestors of the characters or peopple that died in battle.

Ooh, fun topic!

I think in Archenland, siblings can almost have rhyming names or ones that sound similar, like Cor and Corin, Dar and Darrin, Col and Colin. It's almost similar to Lord of the Rings, where it had Aragorn son of Arathorn or two brothers named Boromir and Faramir.

So in Archenland, there's a lot of rhyming names and even simple names. Maybe Lilia for a girl or Daryl for a boy.