IcePick wrote:

Strong association with Warframe... https://www.warframe.com/news/shrine-of-the-eidolon-update

Seems popular name.

It was the main feature from Warframe's large update last summer which was pretty well received; having played warframe myself, I immediately thought this was a direct shoutout to it. Even if the name is fair use it'll always pull my attention away from ES2 to another great game.

It is somewhat used but not oversaturated, The meaning of the word is also used differently in this context than in any other media I have seen unlike some other popular names.

Unique even if familiar!

Strong association with Warframe... https://www.warframe.com/news/shrine-of-the-eidolon-update

Seems popular name.

Posted my own Eidolon submission before doing a thorough search, hope this one takes the win though!

Put this name on the first page! Not to be lost in a odd system of last come first serve!

Anywho, does anyone else want this faction to not be directly involved with the Endless? I understand it is Endless Space here but to have every little detail chosen by the Endless makes the universe feel more limited to me personally...

Hmm, its unique and easy to spell.

Yeah, it's a word with a very broad meaning. It can be a manifestation of something concrete or abstract. It is a phantom, a thought, an image, a statue, an embodiment, an apparition, etc. It is a lot of things. And I think they all fit the theme well enough.

Eidolon does not have to be human at all to my understanding.

But... if Eidolon looks human... shoulden't the name change because the form we are waiting for is... alien?

Eidolon was a common term and device in ancient Greek literature. It is used in a lot of things, and it is very old. Nothing to copyright here.

Do we need copy right for such?

This on page 2 ! Not anymore.

Do like this one the most, and actually for the reason that Ezumiyr a "bad thing" I think this name fits very well into the game and I feel like I could jump online and say "I am gonna play as The Eidolon"  quite easily.  Again, it is indeed elegant.

Great name ! Secretive and ancient. About the fact that it is not alien enough, I would like to point out that every main endless space species names come form human language words: cravers (eng),sophon (greek),lumeris(french),even vodyani (hungarian or russian i don't remember)...

I'm seeing a lot of pros and only one con.

It's as alien as the sophons. Really the same Greek trend.

If I may pull a line from Wikipedia:

Eidolon
In ancient Greek literature, an eidolon is the spirit-image of a living or dead person; it is a shade or phantom look-alike of the human form.

Awesome name