Writing Article: Character Names!!!!

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posted by breebree446

To think, most of my character names come from a thrift store baby book!

Baby Name Books!

My #1 resource is the baby name book I bought from a thrift store. It's a lifesaver! Not only does it have over 5,000 names but origins, boy and girl names, and alternate spelling. But, if you can't get a hold of a baby name book there's always...

Name Websites!

Just as good and pretty much the same thing. They have access to millions of names online! One website I find really useful;

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link - Thanks ellie_bellie135^^

Symbolic Names!

Often, writers give thier characters a name that has a certain meaning. For instance, one of my characters is named Roni. Which is short for Veronica. She's a very tomboyish girl. She is a witch who is suppose to save an entire kingdom of magical creatures. She is the reincarnation of one of the creators of the world.

Veronica: Truth And Purity

Caleb is another character. He is a friend of her love interest. He also gets turned into a vampire in the first book. Out of her love interest, Caleb, and thier other friend, he is pretty much the voice of reason.

Caleb: Faithful, Bold

Splure Of The Moment Names!

Sometimes writers just name a character randomly. There's nothing wrong with this. Some of the best character names come from nowhere at all.

Made-Up Names!

Sometimes writers create names themselves. This definatly gets a thumbs up on my "Kudos" meter. Mostly because you use your own imagination to make them.

Take another one of my characters. Brielle (Bree-el). A sweet, animal loving girl. I made her name up myself. For some reason, i'm positive the name will show up on a website somewhere! But for the moment, I created it myself. So let me enjoy my victory dance in peace.

Thanks for reading. I hope this helps you with naming your characters!

Right now i'm articled out! I'll publish a few more later, kay? Peace<3

Nice-Guy, twilightvixen09 and 6 others like this

katana64 that web site does help thx

becca85 Baby books and baby name websites are my favorite source of character names for writing. My mom gets worried everytime I come home with a baby name book. ;)

ellie_bellie135 http://www.cool-baby-names.com.au/search-main.php

acklesgirl87 I usually use baby name sites for inspiration. I really like www.nameberry.com

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Fear is emotion,
When you fear,
You intend to let yourself cry,
Sometimes you don’t even bother to try,
You can’t seem to keep yourself serene,

You want to cry your heart out,
You intend to shout,
Yet you can’t always seem to do so,
There seems to be nowhere left to hide,
You desperately want someone by your side,

You don’t want let people know your fears,
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I am 12 years old.
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She lied.
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