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Friday, March 12, 2010

Complete names for a character?

im writing a book, and i dont really know wich name would be right.. i don't want a jenny and stuff you can find in any corner.. i dont want a nehaya or any weird stuff! (im looking for guy names too.. and i want them complete!) and i also would like one and another elegant names like edward and stuff.. no french names pleaseand DEFINITELY not latin names
Complete names for a character?
Ava


Race


Xavier





thats all i got


hope i help somehow...


:D
Complete names for a character?
First of whats wrong with latin names and secondly Edward Boonsfield? Sounds like trouble to me.
Reply:Okay..... well why don't you just call the characters "He" and "She" for the time being. Then maybe the perfect name will come to you. That's what I do when I write. :)
Reply:Boy names from my list:





Theodore


Martin


Vincent


Luke


Jacob


Giles


Anthony


Christian


Nicholas


Jeremy


Timothy


Albert


Matthew


Calvin


James


Ceidric


Christopher


Michael


Daniel


Lawrence


Tanner


Zephan





Girl names from my list:


Ally


Jules


Julia


Juliet


Romona


Mona


Marie


Mary


Maria


Farrah


Harrah


Areana


Adriana


Miranda


Mandy


Marissa


Tatiana


Olivia


Claire


Janine


Samantha


Brooke


Sarah


Rose


Paige


Hailey





Good luck!





Edit: Not all of my names are Latin. Some are English and others from different places.





English names: Aaren--for a girl--Aaron--for a boy. Abigail, Abel, Abner, Abraham, Adam or Adamina, Adela, Aden, Adria, Adriana, Aislin, Alana, Allegra, Amarantha, Ambrosia, Amery, Antonette--it's English--Arden, Benjy, Bennett, Benton, Bradley, Caleb, Calista, Cameron, Carolyn, Carter, Carver, Casimir, Cassidy, Cecilia, Celestine, Chad, Chadwick, Chanel, Chalice, Chandler, Charlotte, Chastity, Chelle, Chloe, Chauncey, Christal, Clement, Clive...I could go on, but I think you have better luck going onto the website and picking a name specifically catered to your story according to what ethnicity you want it to be from.





Here's the site I use for name help: http://www.behindthename.com/





It's never failed me! Good luck!
Reply:for a chick-


evangeline bancroft/alcott/harcourt





for a dude-


ernest cliffton or cliffton ernest





:D
Reply:Girls:


Romana


Audrey





Boys:


Nathan


Vince
Reply:ok well you didn't give us any descriptions of characters but here I'll spit out a few random names for ya..





Jenna Sparks


Malorie Griffith


Josh Brinkman


Tricia Spence


Andrew Mason


Michael Avery





hope these help or inspire you :)


good luck!!
Reply:Vincent Travo


Daniella Drake
Reply:my favourite name for a boy would be,


Harper, or Jasper.


and for a girl Alethea
Reply:Male:


Kade Oranil


Hunter Johnson





Female:





Anika James


Carys Andren
Reply:For boys name, Omar, Wesley, Raymond, Kyro. Pretty simple but not your everyday names. Girls.. Hmmm.... how about Kiarni,Autumn? Hope this helps. !
Reply:River Boat Johnson





Clarity Day Freedman





Lyric Melody Waverly





Rennaisance Dayton





Ragina Fulton





Lloyd Peters
Reply:I like names that have harmony to them. Words that reverberate together. For first names, I use either the two baby books I keep in my reference library at my right shoulder or www.behind the name.com. I also like meanings of names that fit the characters. For surnames, I use the US Census Bureau List of Surnames in America from Most to Least Common. I keep both sites bookmarked and play around to match up names. I try not to get too common or too uncommon unless it is for a reason. No, I never use friend's names.





Nelson de Mille does an interesting thing with character's names in his books. Friends of his make nice donations to his favorite charities and he names a character for them. And occasionally Michael Connelly will hold a contest and the prize is a character named for you. Fun ideas.





I know another author who always chooses his names by reading the credits in movies. Sound man, camera man, etc. He picks interesting names up that way and saves them.





Names can always be changed later. I once wrote a whole novel with my female lead having one name and then decided when the book was done, I hated the way the name sounded with the last name of the man she married. So I used find and replace on Word, and she had a new first name in seconds.





Whatever works for you. Pax-C


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