I recently posted asking for people to name my four unidentified characters in my current story. I really appreciate all the help I received and I have now successfully named three out my four characters. Unfortunately My main character still remains nameless… She is a girl at age 16. She comes from a wealthy family but she is very down to earth. She has a happy fun persona on the outside but has a darker more serious side that she keeps hidden until faced with conflict. Above all she is someone who knows what she wants and knows exactly how to get it. I also need to make sure that her name will pair well with her boyfriend’s name {[name]Everett[/name]}. I was testing [name]Bailey[/name] for a while, but I’m not sure that’s quite what I want. I think I would like to use the last name [name]Collins[/name]. If you have any suggestions that you think would be better, or if you think I should stick with [name]Bailey[/name] let me know! Thanks guys!
~CMAzdell
I don’t like [name]Bailey[/name] to begin with, but it’s too happy-go-lucky for someone with a darker side, to me.
Mavery [name]Collins[/name]
Ashka [name]Collins[/name]
[name]Deirdre[/name] [name]Collins[/name]
Amelin [name]Collins[/name]
[name]Roselind[/name] [name]Collins[/name]
[name]Winter[/name] [name]Collins[/name]
If she’s from old money, I say go with something classic like [name]Caroline[/name] or [name]Katherine[/name], or something vintage, like [name]Sybil[/name] or [name]Olivia[/name]. If her family is nouveau-riche, [name]Bailey[/name] could work. Have you tried looking at lists of the top 100 names from the character’s birth year (1997 if the story takes place in the current day)?
I like [name]Winter[/name] with [name]Everett[/name]. He could call her [name]Winnie[/name] for short.
I also like [name]Tamsin[/name]. Maybe [name]Tam[/name] or Sin for short. Not a fan of [name]Tammi/name.
[name]How[/name] about [name]Scout[/name]? I really pretty girl can pull off [name]Scout[/name] easily and you could write a cool backstory for a name like that…
[name]Bailey[/name] doesn’t seem quite right for the character.
Other ideas:
[name]Bethany[/name] [name]Collins[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Collins[/name]
[name]Iris[/name] [name]Collins[/name]
[name]Raina[/name] [name]Collins[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name] [name]Collins[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Collins[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name] [name]Collins[/name]
[name]Alicia[/name] [name]Collins[/name]
[name]Bailey[/name] sounds much to trashy and doesn’t fit the character. Also [name]Bailey[/name] and [name]Everett[/name] sounds awkward together. I like [name]Eliza[/name] [name]IMO[/name]
I like:
[name]Winter[/name]
[name]Jasmine[/name]
[name]Tuesday[/name]
[name]November[/name] nn [name]Ember[/name]/[name]Em[/name]
[name]Sybella[/name]
[name]Aubrey[/name] (definitely a favorite of mine for this character)