What's a good name for a book character?

Question

I'm writing a new book in which the main character goes through many modern day obstacles to discover the truth to a conspiracy. There is a girl with whom he works and eventually falls in love (at the end) but I can't figure out a fitting name for her. She's independent and can easily defend herself. She's the type who feels life is sometimes better without the burdens of love, until she meets the main character. She's of good height (5' 10" or so), brunette, and in-shape. She's very intelligent and level-headed. But I need a name that is both "sexy" or "feminine," but also dignified--for a girl anyway. The main character's name is Patrick, so a name that goes well with his would be good as well. Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

i'm sorry to say that there's no one name that's good, but from the way that you write you have a mono cultural view of your writting.you can take in acount other cultures to add depth to your characters and the culture that you want her or him to be will influence her or his name and the way they behave, for example the chinese have the surname or family first,followed by the name for example hwang foong kim with the name translating loosely to goldern phoenix.
then you have spanish tradition of having your baptized name( the name given at baptism)followed by the confirmed name(the name given at confirmation, the catholic rite of coming to the faith.) and then the family name., an example of this would be Maria Estella De la Cruz.the naming convention of each culture gives an idea of what is important to them .in the first instance where the family name comes first shows the emphasis on the family and society while the other shows that religion and self is the emphasis. this may not help very much ,but i hope that it will help you in developing your characters. you may want to invest in a book of baby names and combine them with names that catch your eye, they can be from friends or anything , for instance Katlin O'brian or Jeliza peppercorn. all the best, gabe

Answer 2

Patrick is Irish, so you could go with a similar sounding name(meaning of Irish descent) What about Colleen? Victoria has an elegant sound to it. I always liked the name Maud Gonne, the woman W.B. Yeats was in love with, but she was a real person. The plot sounds similar to the Da Vinci Code, but it sounds like it would hold the reader's interest. Good luck with the writing project.

Answer 3

If you're wanting another Irish name then I suggest Kelly, yes I know it's my name too...but it's a good name. Here's a few other suggestions.
Grace, Zoe ( pronounced like Joey with a Z, Zoey), Emily, Anna, Hannah, Elizabeth, Kathryn, Katie, Abby, Madison.
I hope this helps!

Answer 4

Claire

Answer 5

Marilyn after Marilyn Monroe, maybe nicknamed Mattie

Answer 6

Annastasia

Answer 7

Emmalee

Answer 8

You could go with something like Lauren or Alexandra....do i get some royalties off of this.

Answer 9

Melissa
Madison
Morgan(I wish sometimes this was my name)
Alex short for Alexandra
Tamora
Claire
Christine

Answer 10

What about - Suzanne Winters