Portmanteau Couple Name / Literature

• Obscure and not really shipping, but there's a thing in Chinese poetry when pairs of great poets who share similarities but also have great differences, they'll be talked about together fairly frequently, almost as a unit. In at least two cases, they'll be given a portmanteau name. E.g., Du Fu and Li Bai, (a.k.a. Tu Fu and Li Po) are sometimes talked about as "the great Li-Du," while Li Shangyin and Du Mu are "the little Li-Du."
• The Artemis/Holly ship in Artemis Fowl gets the rather catchy names of "Artolly" and "Hartemis" (or, less popular, "Howl").
• The Camp Half-Blood Series has quite a lot. Just to name a few:
  • From the original Percy Jackson and the Olympians series: Percabeth (Percy/Annabeth), Perachel (Percy/Rachel), Lukercy/Percuke/Puke (Percy/Luke), Thuke/Thaluke/Lukalia (Thalia/Luke), Lukabeth (Luke/Annabeth), Annico (Annabeth/Nico), Annalia/Thalabeth (Annabeth/Thalia), Salleidon (Sally/Poseidon), Ruke/Racheluke (Rachel/Luke), Rico (Rachel/Nico), Percianca (Percy/Bianca), Lukianca (Luke/Bianca), Perlia/Percalia/Thalcy (Percy/Thalia)
  • From The Heroes of Olympus series: Liper (Leo/Piper), Jasper (Jason/Piper), Jeyna (Jason/Reyna), Leyna (Leo/Reyna), Frazel (Frank/Hazel), Lazel (Leo/Hazel), Jasico (Jason/Nico), Caleo (Leo/Calypso), Solangelo (Will/Nico, but taken from their last names Solace and di Angelo)
• The Chronicles of Narnia has Suspian (Susan/Caspian), Pevencest for the incest couples or particular names like Edcy, Ludmund or Edlu (for Edmund/Lucy), Petesu (for Peter/Susan) and Petmund (for Peter/Edmund). There is also Lucian (Lucy/Caspian), Casmund (Caspian/Edmund) and Casper (Caspian/Peter).
• A Court of Thorns and Roses: Several have cropped up amongst fans:
  • Feylin for Feyre/Tamlin although virtually no one ships them anymore.
  • Feysand for Feyre/Rhysand.
  • Nessian for Nesta/Cassian.
  • Elriel for Elain/Azriel.
  • Elucien for Elain/Lucien.
  • Gwynriel for Gwyn/Azriel.
• In Earth (The Book), Antony and Cleopatra are claimed to have been referred to as "Antopatra" by Egyptian tabloids.
• Earth's Children: Ayla named her daughter Jonayla - a portmanteau of hers and Jondalar's names.
• Fox Demon Cultivation Manual has "Rongsong" for Rong Bai/Song Ci.
• Good Omens: While "Ineffable Husbands" is the most widely accepted ship name for Aziraphale/Crowley, newer fans who are more used to portmanteau ship naming than idiosyncratic ones use "AzCrow" for them too.
• Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi has "Wangxian" (Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian). Among non-official couples there's "Xiyao" (Lan Xichen/Jin Guangyao), "Nielan" (Nie Mingjue/Lan Xichen) and "Xicheng" (Lan Xichen/Jiang Cheng).
• The Great Gatsby: The Nick/Gatsby pairing is nicknamed "Natsby" by the fandom.
• Portmanteau names are frequently cobbled together for Harry Potter ships, of which there are dozens, if not hundreds.
  • The most famous Harry Potter Portmanteau ships are Dramione (Draco/Hermione), Romione (Ron/Hermione), Snamione (Snape/Hermione, also known as SSHG) and Snarry (Snape/Harry). Other common Portmanteau names are Harmony (Harry/Hermione - adherents of the ship are known as Harmonians, although this term fell out of favor later on with fans who didn't want to be associated with the more militant Harmonians), Drarry (Draco/Harry), Dranny (Draco/Ginny), Snupin (Snape/Lupin), Snack (Snape/Black), and Honks (Harry/Tonks). There's also the term "Herons" for Hermione/Ron shippers, although it's rarely used by said shippers as it was originally coined as an insult by Harry/Hermione shippers.
  • In the Marauders Era fandom, beyond the popular Sirius/Remus ship, which is called the Idiosyncratic Ship Naming "Wolfstar", there is "Jilly" (James/Lily), "Dorlene" (Dorcas/Marlene), "Marylilly" (Mary/Lilly), "Jegulus" (James/Regulus), and "Jegulily" (James/Regulus/Lily).
  • The coolest portmanteau name out there is probably Bellamort (Bellatrix/Voldemort), which literally means "beautiful death".
  • Some humorous-sounding portmanteau names would be Snufflepuff (what you get when you combine Sirius Black (aka Snuffles) and Cedric Diggory (who is a Hufflepuff)), Blamione (Blaise Zabini/Hermione Granger), and Quirrelmort (Quirrel/Voldemort). Quirrelmort as a name makes good sense but is usually (and justifiably) reserved for the form Voldemort actually takes at the end of the first book and film.
  • Then there's Snucius (Snape/Lucius). Actually, trying to get Snape into any portmanteau name comes out badly. The worst is probably Snily (Snape/Lily)... though at least it's not as bad as 'Snevans' and some opt for the somewhat nicer-sounding Lileverus.
  • Apart from Dramione, Drarry and a few other exceptions, most of the HP fandom use initials to denote ships as some pairings sound too awkward when combined. Examples would be HG, RHr, HHr, DG, RL, HPTR, etc... The usage of this method works better at minimizing discrimination in the epic Ship-to-Ship Combat always present in the fandom.
  • Harry/Hermione/Luna is sometimes referred to as Lunar Harmony, combining this with Idiosyncratic Ship Naming
  • And of course, we have Drapple: Draco and his film counterpart's iconic green apple.
• Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu gives us "HuaLian" (Hua Cheng/Xie Lian). Non-official couples include "FengQing" (Feng Xin/Mu Qing), "QuanYin" (Quan Yizhen/Yin Yu), and "HuaXuan" (Hua Cheng/He Xuan). "XuanXuan" is sometimes seen for Shi Qingxuan/He Xuan, but not nearly as often as "Beefleaf".
• The Hunger Games:
  • Averted with Peeta/Katniss for a while, as it was far too difficult to come up with a portmanteau ship name for their first names that didn't sound incredibly awkward (KatPee sounds like "cat pee", KatPeet like "cat feet", and Peeniss is just plain NSFW). Eventually, their fans combined Katniss's "The Girl Who Was On Fire" moniker with Peeta's background as a baker's son to get "Toast". Or they combined their last names instead (Everdeen and Mellark) to get "Everlark".
  • Other pairings that fare better with portmanteaus are Ganiss or Everthorne (Gale/Katniss), Clato (Clove/Cato), and Hayffie (Haymitch/Effie).
• The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun has Ranwan for Mo Ran/Chu Wanning.
• The Inheritance Cycle fandom has developed a ridiculous number of these, involving almost every possible combination of characters.
  • Some of the more popular ones include: Murtada (Murtagh/Nasuada), Erya (Eragon/Arya), Eraphira (Eragon/Saphira), Murtrina (Murtagh/Katrina), Saphikan or Saphruikan (Saphira/Shruikan), Thophira (Thorn/Saphira), Galbazandi (Galbatorix/Islanzadi)
• In-universe example in Jake and the Dynamo: After Jake "Barfing Boy" Blatowski is seen with Magical Girl Pretty Dynamo, the newspapers begins speculating whether "Dynabarf" is an official couple.
• Les Misérables fandom is not far behind in naming their ships such as Valvert (Valjean/Javert) and e/R (Enjolras/Grantaire, the name Grantaire sounds like the French word for a capital R) among others.
• Leviathan: The canonical pairing of Alek/Deryn is amusingly called Dalek. There is also Varlow, for Count Volger/Dr Barlow.
• The Locked Tomb: Griddlehark (Gideon and Harrowhark, with the first part coming from Harrow's nickname for Gideon), Harryanthe (Harrow and Ianthe), Kirianthe (Kiriona and Ianthe), Jodybeth or Judasbeth (Judith and Coronabeth), and the unfortunately named Sex Cam (Palamedes Sextus and Camilla Hect).
• Lockwood & Co.: "Locklyle" for Anthony Lockwood/Lucy Carlyle
• Maximum Ride: Fax/Mang (Fang and Max), Niggy (Nudge and Iggy), Eggy (Ella and Iggy), and Figgy (Fang and Iggy).
• The Maze Runner has "Newtmas" (Thomas/Newt), "Thomesa" (Thomas/Teresa), "Thominho" (Thomas/Minho), "Trenda" (Thomas/Brenda) and "Minewt" (Minho/Newt).
• The Mermaid Chronicles novel Quest for Atlantis has an in-universe example. Trent wonders if Wade and Cordelia should be called Wadelia or Corade.
• The Mortal Instruments gives us quite a few. Most popular is Malec (Magnus/Alec), as well as Clace (Clary/Jace) and Sizzy (Simon/Izzy).
• The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I mean Noel) has an in-universe familial example. Mrs. Carillon calls her adopted twins Tony and Tina "Tiny."
• The Other Boy has an in-universe platonic example. Shane and his best friend Josh call each other "Team Shosh."
• Qiang Jin Jiu gives us "Cezhou" for Shen Zechuan/Xiao Chiye. It's derived from their courtesy names, Shen Lanzhou and Xiao Ce'an.
• Real Mermaids has an in-universe example. The teenage mermaid Serena's parents are named Finalin and Medora. When she starts attending human school, her legal name becomes Serena Finora.
• The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong has "BingQiu" for Luo Binghe/Shen Qingqiu and "MoShang" for Mobei-Jun and Shang Qinghua. Non-official couples include "BingJiu" (Original Luo Binghe/Original Shen Qingqiu AKA Shen Jiu), "LiuShen" (Liu Qingge/Shen Qingqiu) and "QiJiu" (Yue Qingyuan AKA Yue Qi/Original Shen Qingqiu).
• Social Queue has an in-universe example. After Zoe publishes an article about her successful date with Jake, whom she refers to in the article as John, commenters start shipping "Joey."
• A Song of Ice and Fire:
  • Sandor + Sansa = San-San, which is, admittedly, rather cute. And very amusing, as Sandor is about as far from cute as one can get, possibly with the exception of Tyrion. And talking about him, the Tyrion/Sansa ship is sometimes called TySan or Sanrion.
  • Other names include Jonerys (Jon/Daenerys), Gendrya (Gendry/Arya), Robbcella (Robb/Myrcella), Edreen (Edric Storm/Shireen Baratheon), and JoffSan for Joffrey/Sansa, Braime (Brienne/Jaime) among others.
  • Lannicest is also sometimes used by fans to refer to incestuous relationships between the members of House Lannister, although by this point the name almost exclusively refers to the canon romantic relationship between Jaime and Cersei.
  • There is also Throbb (Theon/Robb) which is one the most fortunate and meaningful portmanteau names (not only in the ASOIAF fandom).
  • Speaking of Theon, don't forget Thramsay for Ramsay and Theon.
• Stranger Than Fanfiction has an In-Universe example in shippers of Dr. Bumfuzzle with Dr. Peach tree. The ship is known as "Peachfuzzle".
• Frequently discussed in-story in Tales From Verania. The protagonist is a well known wizard apprentice, his love interest is a famous knight, and the competition is the nation's prince. There are dedicated fanclubs who argue about who should end up with who. Some support "Rystin" (Ryan Foxheart the knight and Prince Justin), but some support "Haveheart" (wizard Sam Haversford and Ryan Foxheart). When Sam visits his mother's homeland, he finds out people there ship him with his grandmother's "wolf", or second in command, Ruv. They call it "Havewolf."
• Things I Should Have Known has an in-universe example. Chloe wonders if she should call Ethan and Ivy "Eth-vy" or "Iv-an."
• Thrawn: Those who ship Thrawn and Eli Vanto call them "Thranto".
• Tornado Brain has an in-universe example. The other kids used to call Colette and her boyfriend Bryce "Brolette," even though they barely interacted before they started dating.
• The Twilight Saga:
  • For the Edward/Bella/Jacob love triangle, there's Bedward (Bella/Edward), Blackswan (Bella/Jacob), and Jedward (Jacob/Edward, despite the fact that it's already taken).
  • Other names are Blackwater (Jacob/Leah), Callwater (Embry/Leah), Bellice (Bella/Alice), Jalice (Jasper/Alice), Jaspella (Jasper/Bella, Rosebella (Bella/Rosalie) ...and many, many more.
• Vampire Academy and Bloodlines have a few of these, most notably Romitri (Rose/Dimitri), Dragozera (Lissa/Christian), Rissa (Rose/Lissa), Adrose (Rose/Adrian)and Sydrian (Sydney/Adrian). Jeddie (Jill/Eddie) has been gaining popularity lately, due to the events of The Fiery Heart and Silver Shadows.
• The Vampire Chronicles has "Loustat" for the very popular Louis/Lestat ship.
• Warrior Cats fans who ship Mothwing and Leafpool usually refer to the ship as "Mothpool".
• What to Say Next has an in-universe example. When Justin and Jessica were going out, everyone called them "Justica." Every time Kit heard it, she thought, I can't wait to go to college.
• For Wicked, the ship names are the same as they are for the musical (Fiyeraba, Gelphie, Flinda, Foq, Gloq, Bessa, etc.), but as there are characters not included in the musical, naturally there are more. Most notably, Thrope for Tibbett/Crope and Elpharic for Elphaba/Avaric.
• The Wicked Lovely fandom has Nirial (Irial/Niall), Keenlinn (Keenan/Aislinn), Devani (Devlin/Ani), Keenia (Donia/Keenan), Neth (Niall/Seth), Anial (Ani/Irial), and Niallia (Donia/Niall).

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