Race names - dragon men (brainstorming)

[DM Quietus]

This is a thread meant for me to record possible ideas for finally naming this stupid race; I'm going to lay down anything that comes to mind, no matter how stupid, and break it down to see if I can come up with something useable.


Latin :
Man. Sapiens. Dracus Sapiens (shortened to Dracus?) Probably not.
Beast : Bestia - Drakia? Drakus... drakes? No.
Dragon : Draco

Draconic :
Human. Munthrek. Dramun? Draymen? Drakkenmen? ... Drakken? Drakkin?
Man. Sthyr. Drasthyr... Drasth... Drath?
Dragon. Darastrix. Daramen.. no.
Magic. Arcaniss. Dracaniss... Drakaniss... Drakana.. Arcdrakken.. no on that...

Greek : Drakon (gazer)? Drakkon?

Old English : Wyrm (Serpent), Draca (Dragon); Man-wyrms?


Drakonid? Drakkenoid? Dragonoids.. no... Drakkoid, no..


Cryptids?


Drathyr? Darathyr?

[DM Quietus]

After all that brainstorming, I've narrowed it down to a few that I think sound good - any preferences?


Darthyr : my current favored name, it FEELS like a good name for a race to me.
Drakken : Not bad, but seems too derivative.
Dracus Sapiens : Way too scientific, but it could be something used only by overly educated scholars?

I suspect that in all cases, it will become a matter of "This is what they as a race call themselves, but are often referred to as dragon-men, or more often, freaks" outside of their own racial circle.

[DM Quietus]

Alternative option : They could simply call themselves the "Dragon Blooded". Easier to remember than anything above, a little simplistic, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

[Sugarphix]

Darthyr sounds too much like Darth Vader.

What about something like Dracsap (DRACus SAPiens)

I think their nick names should be "scaleywags"

[DM-Delfon]

Darthyr, does sound like it belongs in the star wars universe.

Ahh Scalywags, the dragon blooded pirates!
Drakken remind me of the wheel of time, which isn't a bad thing. They have Rakken, which are dragon-like creatures that one of the races use as mounts for their scouts.

Dracsap sounds like dragon blooded actors in cheezy romance movies.

So we have Dragon Blooded from fantasy fiction, future space, pirates and cheezy romance... What's next for those crazy scaly bastards?

How about Drakesoul(ed) - Drake for short.