I’m writing a story that is in a world very similar to this one with a few ‘magical’ differences, but the world feels very grounded in reality still. However, the names are a bit on the fantasy side, and I’m concerned it might be too much?
The main characters would be:
Siblings: [name]Celeste[/name] [name]Meryl[/name], [name]Yvaine[/name] Aderyn, [name]Dorian[/name] [name]August[/name]
[name]Celeste[/name] has a best friend named [name]Zelda[/name], and [name]Yvaine[/name] is close to a girl named [name]Maren[/name].
Their parents would be [name]Eduardo[/name] and [name]Anna[/name].
I think with parents [name]Eduardo[/name] and [name]Anna[/name], [name]Celeste[/name], [name]Yvaine[/name] and [name]Dorian[/name] feel waaaay out of base.
The name [name]Zelda[/name] take things too “fanstastical”
I really like the sibling names together. But the parents names(especially [name]Anna[/name]) seem out of place. Maybe something like Alora, [name]Alanna[/name], [name]Aurelia[/name] or [name]Amabel[/name] would fit better.
I’m not sure if you’re trying deliberately to set your story is a post-racial world, but otherwise [name]Eduardo[/name] and [name]Anna[/name] feel very grounded, very traditional, and very Spanish. Their naming children [name]Yvaine[/name] (a name somewhat exclusively associated with Stardust, though Yvain was a medieval male name), [name]Zelda[/name] (associated with the Legends Thereof), and [name]Dorian[/name] (invented by [name]Oscar[/name] Wilde) sound both incongruous and a little close to copyright infringement if you’re serious about wanting people to read it. [name]Celeste[/name] [name]Meryl[/name] is fine (though [name]Meryl[/name] [name]Celeste[/name] sounds better); however, it’s quite French/Welsh and does clash with [name]Eduardo[/name] & [name]Anna[/name].
[name]Yvaine[/name] is Stardust related and if you don’t want to get sued, you might as well change it. Same goes for [name]Zelda[/name]. The rest are fine, but change [name]Yvaine[/name] and [name]Zelda[/name] due to popular references.