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So this is a place for everyone to share some name fails by Bethesda's part. Not whining, mainly poking some fun.

I visited some town in the south, ugh, Falkreath, I think it was? Anywho, I picked up a quest and a guy said his battle companion had died - Berit. Sad, but it's always nice that the vikings have equal gender roles, right?

So I get a quest to deliver some ashes to a priest, and he says that Berit...was a man? Really? Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that a woman's name in Scandinavia (and maybe Iceland)?

Also, in Morrowind, we had a man with the name of "Lillemor", which basically means 'Little mother', if my Nordic is correct.

I personally find this entertaining as hell. Have you found anything similar?

I noticed this as well. And yes, you are correct.

Yeah I'm danish and the woman next door is named Berit.

And you are also correct about "lillemor", though it was more used back in the old days.

I think most of them are like how in points in histroy defreint names are for defreint genders.

Lillemor has never been a male name. I can assure you of that.

Let's hope that somewhere there's a female Erik...Probably won't happen, considering it's a pretty international name. Still though...

You have never met a guy with a girls name? it dose happen

I read a series of books by David Eddings in which there was a young man named Berit, so it appears Bethesda aren't the only one to use that name for a male character

Yeah... I to have seen it, its not a big deal and I know many guys with girl names and girl with guy names

Don't forget the cultural conflicts I can't think of any ingame examples but I remember Bujold writing a story with a main character called Dag. That's fine as a Scandanavian name (Daylight) but as an English name? Its more common usage is dung coated wool, a person who is a fool etc which is not okay to call a character Apologies None and anyone else from the Skyrim Region

The Number None wrote:Lillemor has never been a male name. I can assure you of that.

It has in Skyrim