I’m writing a novel as a challenge (my son and i made a bet) and am having a hard time coming up with additional names, particularly for a “bad guy” and his buddy. Modern/current times, mid-20s in age, set in rural USA.
Also need a strong ex-military guy name. Female names seem to come far easier to me and these 3 are my only unnamed as of yet characters.
Ideas?
[name_m]Hi[/name_m]! I will warn you right off the bat that I’m unlikely to be much help, since I also have a much easier time with feminine names. I have villains called Aevia, [name_f]Melantha[/name_f], [name_f]Zella[/name_f] [name_u]Marie[/name_u], that sort of thing. For the ex-military guy, maybe [name_u]Max[/name_u], [name_m]Baz[/name_m], or [name_m]Ike[/name_m]. For the bad guys, perhaps [name_u]Ennis[/name_u] or [name_u]Murphy[/name_u]?
Bad guy ideas:
[name_m]Dacre[/name_m] (pronounced day-ker) it has a beautiful meaning but sounds quite gothic so I thought it might lend itself well to your character’s dark side!
[name_m]Rook[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
Mostyn
[name_m]Rurik[/name_m]
[name_m]Mark[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Unwin[/name_m]
Ex-military man: [name_m]Bradden[/name_m], [name_m]Clark[/name_m], [name_u]Axel[/name_u], [name_m]Bryan[/name_m] (I just know several!) [name_m]Donovan[/name_m], [name_m]Bastian[/name_m], [name_u]Lee[/name_u], [name_u]Douglas[/name_u], [name_u]Dean[/name_u], [name_m]Isaac[/name_m] “Ike”, [name_m]Mike[/name_m], [name_m]Conrad[/name_m].
You both are freaking awesome! Thank you! I’m totally using [name_u]Ennis[/name_u] (maybe [name_u]Ennis[/name_u] [name_u]Murphy[/name_u] as a whole nane), [name_m]Rook[/name_m], [name_m]Ansel[/name_m] and [name_m]Unwin[/name_m] (brothers), and [name_m]Bastian[/name_m] [name_m]Conrad[/name_m] as the ex military guy. There will be a few more males coming up that haven’t yet been named and I’ll definitely draw upon these. You guys rock!
Now all I have to come up with is a surname for the main family (Ember, [name_u]Rhett[/name_u], [name_u]Forest[/name_u] and Opal).