This post will be very general, since I only have a very general idea about this story.
There are aliens but they are very similar to humans.
I want them to have names that are familiar to pronounce, but definitely not common/someone would know someone has this name.
So what names fit that criteria and seem alien like to you? Thanks in advance!
(I will probably do another post with more info on specific characters later).
Phew, that’s hard.
My first thought was my list of names from Finland, because they’re easily pronounced but not common, but it would be super weird for someone from Finland to read your story and being fed those names as “alien”.
My second guess is to just take a simple pattern like vowel-consonant-vowel, and look what sounds like a name.
For example…
Oli
[name_m]Ura[/name_m]
Epu
Afa
Iko
…
If you’re still interested in the finish names, the list includes…
Tunne
Virve
[name_f]Aili[/name_f]
Helin
[name_m]Ly[/name_m]
[name_f]Anu[/name_f]
Hinga
Parba
Sulvi
Riho
Ivari
Vaido
Margus
Kulno
Agur
Simmo
Ustus
Vambola
Wow thanks for all your help!