Now, we all come to a point in the process of writing where we just don't know what to name a character. This comes as a huge problem especially if the as such unnamed character is the MC. So, I thought I might start this little thread in hopes of generating some good ideas for people. Below are a few of my own. They're more fantasy like but still good. Check them out and adopt as you like.
Cyena
Fellan
Tagart
Ostia
Galander
Plia
Ker
Deuner
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Oct 13, 2007 - 22 14
Some interesting, normal names, swiped from my spam folder. (I've named characters from spam before. It's a surprisingly useful resource for randomly-generated names.)
Orville N. Joseph
Dexter Sharp
Dominick Cross
Randolph Piper
Rae C. Darden
Rhonda Shelton
Lovetta Jelinek
Abby Gerome
Elvis Stanley
Kelly Z. Holliday
Ernestine Meuller
Erwin Len
Aaaand that's all I can be bothered for, but I might come back with more later. Woot, a use for spam!
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Oct 13, 2007 - 22 33
Continuing with the spam theme...I kept the subject lines I found interesting.
Ponce Adalbert unreasonably dissuade
Hugh O. Salas
Randell Wade Philip - 100% results
Gertie Bauer forethought combustion
Joanna A. Sears
Lionel serial carpet
Frost N. Neville
famm aza FROM RACHEL
Emmanuel curd
Gray X. Joseph nuptial
Dorothy Woodruff
Dickson S. Samson roar lifeline
Tilly K. Norman Fwd: advertisement-7a712e85161.pdf
Elisabeth S. Parker
Lowry Sophie washcloth
Brady Bobbie
Gareth Jones
Stephens Christina derive horror
Virginia Evelina
Tobias W. Bolton
Downey Sarah
Miles Bessie
Dyer
Annabel Ferguson
Joe Solmonese
Kamara Yusef
Campos J. Stanislas
Edmund Wood
I love the name Ponce Adalbert, but I've never been able to fit him into a story.
Emmanuel Curd could also be neat.
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Oct 13, 2007 - 23 32
"Dominick Cross" is a great MC name. I love it. I may just use that unless I come up with something better, which is unlikely.
"Ponce Adalbert" is indeed awesome, in a Don Quixote kind of way: "I am Poncé Adalbert, scourge of the west!"
I am so working that into my story somehow.
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Oct 14, 2007 - 01 24
I deliberated upon Sieglinde Stark and very very briefly on Sieglinde Spitznogle for the name of my main character, but both are pretty ridiculous sounding, so they're up for adoption ;)
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Oct 16, 2007 - 21 22
Okay, since I took a name (and I might another) here, here's a few I found that I think sound good, but don't have a use for:
Toni Hoyt
Hilary Jefferies
Arlene Merritt
Miranda Gedman
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Oct 16, 2007 - 21 37
This thread will perhaps save my story many times over. I have this thing with names that start with J. No idea why, I just do. The only people I know that well with names that start with J are Johns, and I have never used that name. >_>
Random J names (first name only):
Jack
Joe
Jesse
Jessica
Jeremy
Jerome
Jackie
Jasper
Jordan
James
Jose
John
Jenny
Joy
Jesus (Spanish pronunciation or religous figure, YOU CHOOSE!)
Jeff
Jagger
Jerry
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Oct 17, 2007 - 17 39
Some of my spam names
Coleman
Young Krum
Kerri Madison
Alexander Osbourne
Jodi Duran
Jose
Ben Hurt
Antonia Atkinson
Ash Brie
Regana Tenisha
Faithe Jett
Cathleen Looney
Elbert
Celeste London
Bobby
Suzanne Ashley
Nettie Howell
Rosemarie Finley
Rodger Addison
Anthony Schrock
Katherine Kiser
Lorraine Ledford
Lorenzo Lang
Geraldine Belcher
Tara Tatum
Archie Easley
Cecil Briggs
Rosie Harrington
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Oct 18, 2007 - 10 15
Just some random names:
Patti Elizabeth Beckwith
Evan Darnell Parker
Cody Millhouse
Rowan Lloyd Foxworthy
Xavier Heinrich van de Bogart
Milo Foxworthy
Max Bartholemew Quadgeley
Percy Tyreese Schmidt
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Oct 18, 2007 - 12 17
Yay for spam names!! I also work for a recruiting firm, so a lot of interesting names come across my desk daily!
Some of my favs that I've never been able to use:
Echo Wickenburg
Betty Baker
Pemberley Parker
Jaques Bellefontaine
Mary Katherine Hamilton
Trent Bennis
Emma Kensington
Charlene McBeal
Kenneth Upo
Kato Gutierrez
Skitt Jayko
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Oct 18, 2007 - 15 30
I'm going to be swiping names off this list of star names~
http://www.naic.edu/~gibson/starnames/
They're awesome if you're writing something with a fantastical bent to it, but don't want to resort to the bang-the-keyboard method of generating names.
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Oct 18, 2007 - 17 25
I'm taking these ones:):) Sadly I can't leave any becuase I'm horrible at names, which is why I'm adopting them:)
Cyena
Galander
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Oct 18, 2007 - 18 42
If anyone is interested, I have an enormous Notepad file of potential villain/fantasy names. They're not labeled male/female, but include meanings. PM me and I'll send you the list -- I'd rather not murder the thread with a gigantic list of character names -- neatly alphabetized, of course.
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May 13, 2008 - 20 13
Liliana Morse
Jordan Fowle
Lux Jones
Mercedes Dean
Leila Brookes
Maya Dangerfield
Roy Black
Franklin James
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May 16, 2008 - 10 55
I met a girl named 'Zenobia' (Nicknamed Zoe) once, and I always wished I could use it for a character, but it never seemed to fit (I don't write sci-fi or fantasy).
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May 16, 2008 - 12 42
Channa
Jael
Kyra
Prairie
Chantey
Saenna
Cello
Monroe Forde
Courage Hennessey
Ruth Parson
Hollywood Brown
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May 20, 2008 - 21 27
(These names are best with fantasy settings)
Aza Merrivon (M/F)
Oneva Dews (F)
Sapphire Harwook (F)
Cassandra Merringston (F)
Bellona Hillis (F)
Orcus Avenuth (M)
Landeth Laverinth (M/F)
Chian O' Merell (M)
Ebara Orgon (M)
Savanath Mordell (M/F)
Marya Astellis (F)
Aail Artelling (M)
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Jun 15, 2008 - 14 45
I'm in love with the name Niamh (pronounced Nee-ve, not Nim) but it doesn't fit my character. It was her name for a while, but I kept calling her Norah both in my head and on the page. I actually do know a young girl named Niamh and she's adorable. It's A Gaelic name, if that helps at all.
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Jun 22, 2008 - 10 29
Some random names I just thought of. (why can I never do this when I NEED a name?)
Lisa Shannon
Katherine Wolffe
William Court
Michael Cooper
DJ Ross
Rosalinda Dunn
Feel free to take them!
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Jun 23, 2008 - 12 42
Once, on an MMORPG forum, someone misspelt "red snails" and wrote it as "rad sniles." And I thought Rad Sniles would be the coolest name (or, more likely, nickname) to use for someone like a band manager, bouncer, club owner...someone in that kind of line of work. I dunno if I'll ever use it, so maybe someone else can get some use from it.
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Jun 25, 2008 - 04 31
Brianna Rollins
Seth Dunn
Kelsey Robbin
Robyn Willis
Chastity St. James
Dylan Claymore
Saundra LaChance
Brendan McClain
Zachary Macaroy
Brenda Mahoney
Kasey Money
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Jul 25, 2008 - 21 33
I like really old fashioned or weird names like
Amity
Adelaide
Maxwell
Tera
Tara
Alexandria
Amaryllis
Analise
Andromeda
Annette
Babette
Aurora
Meline
Samantha
Victoria
Camille
Celeste
Cecilia
Felicity
Iris
Millicent
Evander
Felix
Griffin
Lande
Talon
Oliver
Silas
Vincent
Cora
Lenore
Shyla
Teague
Verity
Valentine
Maddox
Kenya
Amethest
Ryann
Ashling
Maeve
Primus
Lillian
Ivy
Kendra
Sasha
Shira
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Jul 26, 2008 - 21 01
Pierce is a favorite name of mine... as well as:
Brandon
Adrian
Mason
Terrall
Ophelia
Klyde
Kyle
Alyse
Dr. Miller
Rukie
Nathaniel
Daniel
Nigel
and I really like the name "Chester" for a girl.
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Jul 28, 2008 - 00 22
Me too. Those are really pretty. I love the name Valentine(for a guy) but could never find a way to use it. Pretty though.
Anyway, here's my list of adoptable names:
Armando
Cesare
Constantine
Isidore
Leopold
Luciano
Alexis
Draven
Desmond (I really like this name too)
Valentin (not Valentine, the i has an accent over it)
Vicente, Vincent
Michele
Ivan
Ansel
Darius
"Everything has a color. Except water. It's clear."-My eight year-old cousin.
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Jul 29, 2008 - 16 33
Liam Erickson
Dora St. Monica
Shirley Indigar
Lester Cameron
Simon Martin
Maxwell Stevenson
Riley Adams
Samuel Hamilton
Ophelia Morris
Alexa Mortimer
Lianne Goldstein
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Aug 2, 2008 - 17 32
Enoch Maxmillian Willson
Gabrial McShore
Immanuel Collins
Ima Hoarse
Hehe...best I could come up with. ;P
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Aug 9, 2008 - 18 20
Genevive Ronne
Ruthie Sagona
Ara Roxane
Sergio Moon
Nola Landers
Von Spingola
Rayford Patuto (srsly?)
Keshia Moerke
Deanna Lovig
Candis Schrader
Constant Romanoff
Pamella Deporter
Ting Alicehy
These were taken from spam senders, yes, though I'm kind of liking Sergio Moon. ^_^
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Aug 9, 2008 - 20 44
Saundra Rains
Genevieve Wolffe
Victoria Reid
Sophie Wilks
Fawn Sommers
Roy Kale
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Aug 17, 2008 - 21 24
Jayde Star
Sky Storms
Jason Johnson
Krinana (rhymes with "banana") Parker
Joy Star
Stan Grey
Eli Perez
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Aug 24, 2008 - 13 46
I'm borrowing this for a secondary character! And leaving...
Joanna Raleigh
Trish Naito
Elizabeth Hawthorne
Valentine Falcon
Francis Kruse
Eric Jefferson
Ann Howard
James Avey
Avery James
Denise Bravo
Christi Dukes
Herman Rush
Burt Coates
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Aug 24, 2008 - 20 23
Taking Fellan, Ostia, and Galander, though more likely for place names than characters. :D
Some names I considered for my MMC and antagonist:
Brynmor
Tamati
Sieffre
Theocritus/Theokritos
Thracius
Thurstan/Torsten
Thutmose
Panagiotis/Panagiotakis
Talfryn
Iapetos
Aiolos
Torgeir
I slapped "Torgeir" on MFC's father, and will probably be using Talfryn for MMC's mount. But don't let that stop you from borrowing at leisure! :)