Character Names

[Rolena Hatfield]

I love naming my characters! It’s one of my favorite things to do when creating my story; picking the names that will fit each character best.
What are some of your favorite names that you’ve used?

Here are a few of mine. (some of these where from when I was a much younger writer mind you :))

Protagonist:
Lady Delia Guantly
Merlie
Katty Henning

Secondary Characters:
Captain Alistar Truegis
Pemberly
Prince Elish
Lord Ellyon Duretish
Fritz Brake Isdorner

Villians:
Master
Dart
Rage de Darken (he was a pirate)
Mr. Burton

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[Kate Flournoy]

Haha that’s funny, I had a villain named Mr. Burton too! He was a land agent…

I have so many characters and so many names it would take for-ev-er to list them all, but a few of my favorites are as follows. I’m only going to list historical fiction ones to save time.

Minor Characters:
Button Smallwood (Police Inspector)
Corrie (Cornelius) Murray
Josiah Hackett
Dr. Spenceley (apothecary)
Benjamin Guthrie
Lady Cora Horner
Leon Lampitt (lawyer)
… and tons of others.

Main Characters:
Ethan Chumley
Kelsea Hackett
Jennie Prescott
Harrison Turner
… and tons of others.

Villains:
Bartholomew Snaith (lawyer)
Ananias Hanby
James Morris
Mr. Burton :)) (land agent)
Jacob Turner
… and tons of others.

Good topic Rolena!

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[Rolena Hatfield]

Ooo I love Button Smallwood. Hahaha! Cracked me up! And he’s a police inspector. Very nice!

Well it’s official then, Mr. Burton is a great villain name on account that two great minds where thinkin’ alike. 😉

My Mr. Burton is a futuristic technician, for his villainous gang.

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[Tatiana]

This is such a great topic! Thank you, Rolena, now I get to share my characters with the world!

Protagonists:
Princess Asbee of Valor
Kadira
Winter Maher

Secondary Characters:
Chance Tudors
Lyric Donner
Laila
Sir Camden
Princess Rue

Villians:
The Benefactors (a group of men)
Qadir

[Daeus]

Oh boy, I love names. At least when you do them right.

Some of my favorites are actually my french characters. I have three I really like:
Piercot Archambault (the name just fits him like a glove)
Pierre La Sanglante
Rameaux

Of course, I love my MC’s name, Edwin Brook.

Of my other english names, I especially like:
Extor
Percy Fletcher
Thomas Cartingworth or Henry Coldwater (I haven’t decided on one yet)
Oliver Sanders

For the other novel I’m writing, I think my favorite name is Sestin. Even more than him though, I’ve really fallen in love with the name of the city, Rondinburg.

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[Hope Ann]

Protagonists:
Ethaniel
Anna West

Secondary Characters:
Levi Hawthorne
Nathan Flint Key
Sean Lindstrom
Jether
Jagger
Silvara

Villians:
Jasper Cornelius Wyss
Kagan Trent

INTJ - Inhumane. No-feelings. Terrible. Judgment and doom on everyone.

[Rolena Hatfield]

@ Tatiana Lyric is such a neat name! Very creative. I also really like Kadira.

*sigh* I feel so sad now that I know all your character names and I don’t know their stories! 🙁

@ Daeus Do you have a pronunciation key for Piercot Archambault? hahaha. I love it, but am botching the pronunciation I’m sure. Also the more you’ve talked about Edwin Brook, the more the name is growing on me. I like it.
And you bring up another exciting topic… city names!

I have a Chalcedony which is actually a kingdom. And I’ve always been fond of my little villages called Mauven and Giltread. And in another story I have an Ahvan, Chonten and yet another story has my dear Akten! I also made up a town called Wadburn, Missouri. 🙂

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[Rolena Hatfield]

@ Hope Jagger and Jasper Cornelius Wyss are amazing names! Oh wait, I also love Levi Hawthorne!

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[Kate Flournoy]

I like Percy Fletcher and Oliver Sanders, @Daeus!
And Sir Camden, @Tatiana!
And Jasper Cornelius Wyss and Sean Lindstrom and Kagan Trent, @Hope!

😀

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[Daeus]

@rolena-hatfield Haha, I’m really not sure. Of course, I have a general idea of what it sounds like. The thing is that just about any pronunciation of those letters would fit his character just about perfectly. My mom studied french, so I asked her. She wasn’t able to give me a definite answer though. So I have a pretty good idea, but I don’t actually know for sure. I’ll try to get a conclusion on that.

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[Rolena Hatfield]

Wait a minute… I just recalled to mind one of my old chums Everette Fletcher. (He was from the city of Mauven.) How odd that he and Percy have the same last name… perhaps distant cousins? Pray tell, where does this Percy Fletcher hail from?

Come to think of it Kate… could Mr. Burton and Mr. Burton be somehow related?! *gasp* Perhaps twins separated at birth! How sad to think that each of them plague their stories with villainous acts! Their poor mother must have fainted with grief! (hehehe)

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[Little Brown Dog]

Protagonists:
Alexandra Fox
Stephen Fledgly
Hywire
Piper

Supporting:
Surgeo Viego
Rowan Dyer

Villains:
Amelia Jackson
Mason Collins
Darlene Collins

[Little Brown Dog]

I love all these names!!! You guys are so creative!

[Daeus]

Bedfordshire England

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[Ivy Rose]

Oooh, this is fun. I love names. You all are so creative!!! None of mine are very interesting…I’m no good at coming up with creative names! Here are a few characters/names that I love.

Protagonists:
Chelsea Sanders
Rhett Newman
Lavina Lewis
Travis Houston

Secondary:
Rachel Gretchertson
Jewelynn Chaucer
Elaina Gatsburg
Melody Hall
Violet Wilson

Villain:
Grant Nickly (I know, not a villainous name, but…)

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