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Need a name for my MMC

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Quinpilix
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I've been using Brandon as a placeholder, but I have found that it just doesn't fit. I'm shying away from using any actual names, or at least any that aren't unusual. The setting is based off of the internet, if that makes any sense.

Brandon is early to mid twenties, tall, thin, a courier, and looks like he needs a good meal and a good night's rest and he's not going to get either ay time soon.

Red Queen
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Idk why, but "David" instantly came to my mind. Or maybe "Jesse". Second to cross my mind line.

Hanka
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Aaron :)

Aria617
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I actually made a list of naming sites on my blog actually that might help (http://jessicadall.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/the-name-game/) the character name part is:

-behindthename.com: Personally, I consider this site a bit like the Holy Grail of naming resources. Not only do they have an amazingly long list of names (each with a full explanation of the history behind it) but you can sort them by country, see what names were the most popular in the year your character was born, or even search by meaning. They have also recently started surname.behindthename.com, which has last names. The list isn’t quite as extensive as the original behindthename site so far, but it’s still a great source.

-thinkbabynames.com: Though I am partial to behindthename, thinkbabynames.com is also a good source for first names, including the rarer names behindthename doesn’t have listed. For example where “Me’Shell” might only get you this list of similarly spelled names on behindthename, it’s featured today on thinkbabynames, which will tell you it is a variant of Michelle.

-babynamewizard.com: Another useful baby name site. Perhaps most useful is it’s front page “Find a Name” feature, which lets you search for a name based of certain criteria such as “Must start with __” or “Can’t start with __” If you really want an uncommon but traditional sounding name for a character that doesn’t start with B, but ends with an A, this is your site.

-census.gov: If you’re looking for relatively common last names (for US-based) characters, this list provides, by percentage, the top ranked last name down to 88799th place. (Sorry Johnson, Smith has replaced you as most popular once again.)

-wikipedia.org: Yes, it had to pop up eventually, and now that it isn’t blacked out it’s really quite useful when naming characters, especially (I find) this list of common surnames. You can pick which country your character comes from, and pick one that is currently common in the region.

iwillfinishmynovel
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Ethan
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DarkPassenger
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Ryder
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