Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-71.58.163.238-20130703034923/@comment-2.24.99.212-20160306191315

71.58.163.238 wrote: So every Dragon has a Name made of three words of power or 1 full shout. Except Numinex... why?

My theory is Numinex isn't the Dragon's true name, but rather a misinterpretation and a possible misspelling of his true name by humans after he was captured.

My evidence; Paarthurnax visits Numminex while captured, Paarthurnax claims he was so disturbed that he did not even remember his own name. So perhaps Numinex told the humans his true name, but they didn't pronounce it corretly. After years of this Numinex forgot his true dragon name and simply gave up and died.

So what might be his true name? well we have a decent amount of words from the Dragon Lanuage, (see link below)  to choose from.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Language

the words I think are most likely are Nu meaning Now, Mun meaning Man, Nax meaning cruelty.

Nu mun nax

So Numinex is really Nu mun nax, meaning Now man is cruel possible referring to the Dragon Wars when the dragons where cruel to humans. Numinex / Numunnax by have even been one of the dragons to fight along side humans with Paarthurnax. Explaining why he wanted to visit him later on.

I what to know your thoughts on his true name, and if you think  it's something else please post what you believe his true name to be and what's the meaning behind it. That is a good point. I mean Paarthurnax never actually directly referred to him as Numinex, and even said that he couldn't even remember his own name. There is a chance that the dragon's name isn't even Numinex.