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KeriaFalls i need a name for a medievl princess Selene. Helen. |
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KeriaFalls i need a name for a medievl princess Medieval where? |
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Nacht-Ritter KeriaFalls i need a name for a medievl princess Selene. Helen. selene is perfect |
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Mey (Merry) Evans
Alan Evans Draco Vitiate Lucius Sigurd Mikel Askinia Grigori Tatiana Ezra Neva Equerry Elizabeth Damayanti Govinda Gabriel Please tell me what you think of these characters' names (yes, these are many characters from all over the world.) |
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Nacht-Ritter Lauren_Jonny Bump Why did you feel the need to bump a sticky? *sounds like drunken jackie chan* maybe sticky's lost its glue http://www2.shoutmix.com/smileys/surprised.gifhttp://www2.shoutmix.com/smileys/surprised.gif rofl rofl |
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Dev Kimiko The Naming Guidebook Brought to you by Eve, Dev and insomnia Need a name for that new character you thought up? Stuck on what to call your main character's hometown? Can't decide on what to call your story, other than 'Untitled-3.doc'? Then the Naming Guidebook is here to help! The Guidebook is full of useful tips, advice and links to help you develop titles, character, and place names. Contents Naming characters Naming places Titles Thread rules and thanks Other useful links finaly I can look at titles! im writing a book and I have no idea what to name the book yet. And sad to say..... I have writers block. sad |
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Esmurda http://www.seventhsanctum.com/ My favorite naming generator for just about anything you could ever ask for biggrin ninja thank u so much for the help |
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morpheus32 Nacht-Ritter Lauren_Jonny Bump Why did you feel the need to bump a sticky? *sounds like drunken jackie chan* maybe sticky's lost its glue http://www2.shoutmix.com/smileys/surprised.gifhttp://www2.shoutmix.com/smileys/surprised.gif rofl rofl lol wow. thats funny! lol blaugh |
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nefarious e I'm working on an original fiction story set in a world that is essentially 'just America' - it has been isolated from other cultures for about two hundred years now. Therefore, many names and such have died out or become over populous, simply because there is not an infux of names from other cultures (because essentially, with the exception of Native American names, most names in the USA appear to be either from other countries or altered versions of such). I think that as a result, unisex names would be more likely to be applied in both female and male capacities. One example of this is a character named Finley. The character is female, but with a name characterised as male, despite being female. She also has a recurring problem where people mistake her for a boy due to her short hair and general nature. However, I'm worried that giving her what is traditionally a male name (especially when condensed to the nickname 'Fin', which she allows only three people to call her) might be taking this too far. Opinions? (I know this might be taken as a 'do you like the name?' question, but in truth it's more a 'does this fit with my cultural scenario, and does it work story-wise?' thing.) I think its grate. Including if u describe it a surtin way in ur book, it will be grate! I love it so far and cant wait till its done and come out in stores so that I can read it. heart |
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DarknessofHeavenandDreams VampAngle okay are outlandish and made up names (not that made up they sound real) if the characters in question are shape-shifters? (no none of them shift into wolves!!!!!) and the parents named them because of their animals/ eye color?(yes because they're shape-shifters they don't have blue eyes at birth, and they shape shift within the first hour of birth) just making sure that thats olkay! i already have the names but i don't plan to say them i ant them to feel original to my readers. It depends on the culture and time. When, where, and what kind of parents are we talking here? Now, america. but the parents are shifters as well so they're cutsoms are..... different. |
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Two (maybe three) things to fix up with my naming conventions in this story.
My main characters are almost exclusively elves. However, in "my world", people do not have names. Neither places nor people. They have titles. But the narrator of the story - Dolores Carter - is a human from Earth, who has written and translated the story, piecing it together for human readers in English. So she assigns all of the elves arbitrary names (by which I mean the names of various alcohols and liquors), but given the relatively rare use of town names or city names, I can't seem to see the point in naming those as well. Comments, suggestions? Also, title. Currently titled Silent Sempiternity, because the MC (not Dolores) is a mute, and 'sempiternity' sounds fantastic and means eternity (important as one of the main focuses of the story is the search for immortality). But I don't really like the name. I'm sort of a single-word person for names, particularly given my unnecessary addiction to alliteration (only other two-word titles: Loricate Larceny, Aesthetic Anathema). Still, I don't like the sound of Sempiternity, or Eternity, on their own... so I'm sticking to SS. Any suggestions here, either? |
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Ophiucha Two (maybe three) things to fix up with my naming conventions in this story. My main characters are almost exclusively elves. However, in "my world", people do not have names. Neither places nor people. They have titles. But the narrator of the story - Dolores Carter - is a human from Earth, who has written and translated the story, piecing it together for human readers in English. So she assigns all of the elves arbitrary names (by which I mean the names of various alcohols and liquors), but given the relatively rare use of town names or city names, I can't seem to see the point in naming those as well. Comments, suggestions? Personally, I thin it'd be easy to name places, as almost all placenames are 'By the tree' or 'full of things' |
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