User blog comment:Phoenix Flight/how to make realistic characters: a guide/@comment-25926899-20150731053556

really great idea but i'm gonna have to disagree w the names... i mean think we've got lion-, tiger-, and leopard- as canon prefixes and these are all big cats that have never existed in the same location so obviously none of the warriors have ever seen them and been able to name them that way. it doesn't really make sense but we let it pass.

gemstones i'm thinking they're actually more likely to know about and have names for. these are rocks, they exist in many environments, the chances are much greater for a warrior to find gemstones than for a warrior to see a big cat.

so i think as long as we're not naming cats after human things or giving them people names without explanation or making up words, whatever, it's not really a big deal what you name your character as long as it relates to the natural world (which gemstones do) or has a decent explanation for why it does not.