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  • #51488
    photobloggergal
    @photobloggergal
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      So I’m writing a story about a couple who (later in the story) finds a baby on their doorstep in NYC. What gender should I make it? Any name ideas? Any describing ideas? Thanks!

      Oh, and yes, I’m new to KP. My real name is Hadassah, but I go as @photobloggergal.  😀

      #51497
      Anonymous
        • Rank: Eccentric Mentor
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        @photobloggergal Welcome to the bestistest place on the internet!!! What’s your favorite genre to write? Do you have any favorite books?

        I think that a baby girl would be good.

        What time period are you writing this story in? That’s something that has to be taken into consideration when thinking of a name.

        Describing ideas: A dark haired light skinned baby with chubby legs and rosy cheeks. Unless the baby is supposed to be abandoned. Then it might be dark haired, pale, thin and homely. Just my thoughts. Hope that helps!

        #51500
        Mariposa Aristeo
        @mariposa
          • Rank: Knight in Shining Armor
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          Hi, @photobloggergal! Welcome to the forum! Are you a pirate (I see you like to shoot canons)? 😜

          I’ve found that the best way to find a name is by purchasing a baby name book. I have one with 5,000+ names and I get over 50 percent of my characters’ names from that. How would the gender affect the plot? If it won’t, then just have the baby be the gender you want it to be. 🙂 And if you still can’t decide, you could always have them find two babies at their doorstep (a boy and a girl). 😊

          Here are some of my favorite boy names in case that helps:

          Pierre, Avery, Typhoon, Zebby, Lothario, Esperanza

          And my favorite girl names:

          Alassandra, Lavinia, Rainbow, Cerelia, Letisha, Emalia

          #51502
          Joy
          @dekreel
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            @photobloggergal Welcome to the Bestest Place in Cyberspace!! (Rhyme intended.) My name is Dekreel. 😉

            I’m just going to throw you my favorite names of all time:

            Boys:

            • Victor
            • Tristan
            • Toby
            • Tyler
            • James
            • Jason

            Girls:

            • Piper
            • Julia
            • Nyssa
            • Phoebe
            • Lauryne
            • Rose

            You can pronounce it however you want.

            #51516
            Hannah R.
            @his-instrument
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              Hi @photobloggergal! Welcome to Kingdom Pen!

              I LOVE NAMING CHARACTERS. So I have a few questions for you: First, do you want a name with a specific meaning? If so, do you want that meaning to reflect your character?If not, that’s completely fine. I use this technique more in fantasy stories. I like to choose names with meanings because it helps me nail down my character better.

              Meanings aside, sometimes specific names convey specific appearances, characteristics, etc. to me, even if it has nothing to do with the meaning of a name. If you want to give me a character description I’d be more than happy to give you names I associate with that description.

              Here are some of my favorite names, just because of how they sound, not because of what they mean.

              Boys: Sebastian, Samuel, Pip (thank you, Charles Dickens), Archer, Matthew

              Girls: Cecilia, Samantha, Jillian, Katie, Kit, Isabella

              YA Fantasy Writer
              Obsessive Character Namer
              Find me at hisinstrumentblog.wordpress.com

              #51517
              Hannah R.
              @his-instrument
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                @photobloggergal

                P.S. What’s your blog called? Never hurts to have another follower. 🙂

                YA Fantasy Writer
                Obsessive Character Namer
                Find me at hisinstrumentblog.wordpress.com

                #51521
                Daeus
                @daeus
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                  @photobloggergal Just wanted to stop in to say hi. 😀

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                  #51523
                  Anonymous
                    • Rank: Knight in Shining Armor
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                    @photobloggergal First of all, Howdy!

                    Cool story idea! I think that what gender the child should be really depends on your preference. If you find it easier to write a girl, then make it a girl. It just depends. I like to use https://nameberry.com for names. You can use it to find rare names, which I appreciate because it’s always great to give your characters interesting names!

                    #51536
                    Aislinn Mollisong
                    @aislinn-mollisong
                      • Rank: Knight in Shining Armor
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                      Ok, favorite name time.

                      Jason!!!!! (bestest name ever)

                      Amber, Allie, Aislinn, Aelis, Anna, Bailey, Brynn, Emily.

                      ENTP, Aether-borg Hero with cape obsession and fascination with swords.
                      https://forums.theaetherli

                      #51543
                      Silverclaw Bonnetfolly
                      @silverclaw-bonnetfolly
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                        Wow everyone is posting great names and places for names, personally I use BehindTheName for my names as it has names from every ethnicity and the meaning of the name as well.

                        #51545
                        Sink
                        @sarah-anson
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                          Hi @photobloggergal! Welcome to the bestest place ever, Kingdom Pen! I’m Sarah. The sarcastic horse fanatic that dreams of someday being a published author.

                          So, you want names, eh? Well….*digs through giant list*

                          Ah, here we go! How about:

                          Boys:

                          Jasper

                          Jey

                          Jason(or Jeyson, or Jaeson, depending on what you like)

                          Kyle

                          Kale(weird one, but I love it)

                          Jaxon(Jax, Jackson, Jack, Jake…)

                          I like J names, in case you haven’t noticed. 😉

                          And girls:

                          Amelia

                          Arial(Ariel, Arael)

                          Sierra

                          Sahara

                          Savannah

                          Emmie

                          Remy

                          Kasey

                          Dakota(not really a baby name…)

                          Rose(totally the best baby girl name, ever!)

                          Elinor

                           

                          Hope some of these helped! I personally love seeing baby girls, but it really depends on what is best for your couple. I like seeing outdoorsy people raising princess-loving girls, city folks raising country-loving boys.

                          ~Sarah, the passionate coffee drinker, artist, writer, rider, and ironist. (I’m not sure that’s a word…)

                          *vader vibes*

                          #51601
                          SeekJustice
                          @seekjustice
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                            @photobloggergal

                            I love namingcharacters, like others have said Nameberry is really good, i personally have a names book and supplement that with BehindTheName.

                            Time periods and genre definitely make a difference and should impact your name choices. Here’s a few ideas though:

                            Girls:

                            Cassia

                            Cait

                            Maitland

                            Tabitha

                            Lauren

                            Bryony

                            Ainsley

                            <span style=”line-height: inherit;”>Boys:</span>

                            Blake

                            <span style=”line-height: inherit;”>Chandler</span>

                            Colm

                            Joseph

                            Jarvis

                            Wolfe

                            I hope this is helpful! Welcome to the forum by the way. I love the name Hadassah, its one of my favourites. ☺

                            INFP Queen of the Kingdom commander of an army of origami cranes and a sabre from Babylon.

                            #51604
                            NC Stokes
                            @daughteroftheking
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                              @photobloggergal Welcome welcome! Finding the right names for characters is definitely not my superpower, but I wanted to say hello. *enthusiastic waving* 😀

                              Blog: https://weridasusual.home.blog/

                              #51606
                              Snapper
                              @dragon-snapper
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                                @photobloggergal Weeell…

                                Girl, I always like the baby girls. 😀

                                • Layla
                                • Molly
                                • Marion
                                • Alayna (and that sounds like fantasy)
                                • Janie
                                • Jane

                                And I’m not very good at this as you can see, not to mention other people have lots more suggestions. 😉

                                 

                                But welcome and thrice welcome to the forum. 😀

                                • This reply was modified 7 years ago by Snapper.

                                ☀ ☀ ☀ ENFP ☀ ☀ ☀

                                #51637
                                Anonymous
                                  • Rank: Eccentric Mentor
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                                  @aislinn-mollisong Pleased to hear that you like my name. *bows*


                                  @sarah-anson
                                  I love the name Rose too. I want to name my baby girl someday Amy Rose. And I have a nephew named Jaxon. SO cute.


                                  @dragon-snapper
                                  My little sister’s name is Molly and my middle name is Jane!

                                  Sorry for the comments guys. It’s cool to see what names people like. 😛 😛 😛

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