I'm writing a novel, but I'm slightly short on names. I need 2 or 3 more for female characters. if you have any suggestions it would help a lot. so far the characters are called Ariana, Elena, Blaize Dorian, Lucien and Katriana.
Thanks in advance.
2007-03-06 03:30:20 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
no Firefoxy, it isn't set at the local chip shop. it's set in an alternate world, similar to the past of this one.
2007-03-06 03:40:39 · update #1
Bob The Boat, I know the proper Irish way of spelling Catriona, I also vaugely know about 3 people with that name. I'm Irish, and dislike naming charachters after people.
2007-03-06 03:59:38 · update #2
Save the fancy names for main characters. Give your readers a break by putting in some common names for the secondary and walk-on characters.
One problem I can see with your names is all three female names end in a. This can result in a reader tripping over the names or unintentionally rhyming them. You may want to change one to a different ending.
You have a similar problem with Dorian and Lucien. They sound too close. You need to think ahead to when your book is published and they are considering an audio version.
I suggest you change Lucien to Lucas and Elena to Elaine or Ellen or Helen. Something with an N sound to make it different from the other two female names.
2007-03-06 03:41:10 · answer #1 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Karana, Ysabelle, Wynonna, Lysannia, Lillianna, Onnionce, Nora, Adrienne...I think you'd need to know what kind of a character they are (i.e. the heroine, the sorceress, the innocent maiden, the farmer's wife, WHATEVER!) before you could come with better names. Also, it'd be ironic and slightly clever to come up with names pertaining to their personalities and looks (for example, a girl named Violet would never be caught dead in anything other than purple. A guy named Richard Stone has a chiseled face and hardened heart. A child nicknamed Fudge or something is constantly a burden to his mother because of the sticky residue left behind on his face which gives him his name). Only then, I believe, can you really develope a good character.
Hope this helped.
2007-03-06 03:44:46 · answer #2 · answered by ღQueenღ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Names can be problematic at times. What I did was buy a book on baby names and their meanings and history and famous or infamous people who had that name and when I am short of a name for a new character, I scan through the book until the right one pops out. It's a good way as often you discover a new facet to the character when you find the right name and its history; it shapes them a little more.
2007-03-06 04:34:00 · answer #3 · answered by Vivienne T 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How about Riona, Marrin, Amaryllis, Amara, Solana, Anatola, Seraphina, Samira, Raziel, Jesminda, Damaris, Malantha, Hesana, Beulah, Tierney, Graina, Galen( or Galena), and Vanora. I'm a writer too and these are just a few of the names that caught my eye. But don't worry I haven't used any of these yet. I have a whole huge list of them. Good Luck with your story.
2007-03-06 05:38:13 · answer #4 · answered by Becky 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is what I did....Open two Microsoft Word or Wordpad documents, name one, "boys names" and the other, "girls names". Then begin writing all the boys and girls names you can think of, and I wrote them in alphabetical order, just to make it easier, but you have to write them that way, because the computer won't do it for you, at least mine didn't!!! Another idea is to get a notepad and start writing names, names from the genre you are writing, like if I'm writing a fantasy, I will begin by writing like, Frodo, Eowyn, Tsarmina, stuff like that to get me in the mood, then I write jibberish words and see if I can get names out of them. If I were to write a romance, I would probably start with romance novel names, I would write, Scarlett O' Hara, Cary Grant....the Cary Grant because he plays in romance movies!! I get short on names too, you could also ask your friends, your siblings, just sit down with a few people, and write whatever comes to your minds....it's worked for me!!!
2007-03-06 03:41:07 · answer #5 · answered by Joanna 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Er, how about -
Milton Keynes, Luton, Bradford, Shingay-***-Wendy (a village in Bedfordshire), Blandford Forum, Pullox, Arseley, Caitriona ( spelt the proper Irish way) or being a Geordie myself, what about Doris & Hilda. I think they lived next door.
Also nothing wrong with the song "Bobbie Mcgee"
Yes I am sometimes called Bobbie. oh dear.
Best of.
Bob.
2007-03-06 03:57:10 · answer #6 · answered by Bob the Boat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about Gabriel and Chloe.
However, as a writer, myself, I have to comment that if you are writing a novel about everyday people, using nothing but exotic names really makes it lose credibility. After all, how many people do you know in your circle of friends that have all those names...and no one is named Barb or Jane or Diane...etc. If just doesn't happen. Part of writing means making your story something people can relate to.
2007-03-06 03:37:07 · answer #7 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wayne, Waynetta, Frogmella
Lucien? Blaize? Ariana? I assume that this isnt set in the local chip shop then?
2007-03-06 03:36:06 · answer #8 · answered by Vinni and beer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Talitha, Tallulah, Gracie, Charity, Sofia,
2007-03-06 03:34:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Penelope
2007-03-06 04:24:42 · answer #10 · answered by fingersmith 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋