I thought I would start a new thread for everyone to contribute to.
The idea is to list character names from a book you’re currently reading or from a personal favourite
I always look for name inspiration from books but have never thought of writing character lists until now.
Please feel free to post your character lists!
I thought I would start with [name_m]Ken[/name_m] Follets “Pillars of the [name_f]Earth[/name_f]”
It is historical fiction, based in [name_f]England[/name_f].
I like that it includes a lot of familiar names that have a long history.
Male:
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]Tom[/name_m]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
Waleran
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
Regimus
[name_m]Cuthbert[/name_m]
Milius
[name_m]Johnny[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
Female:
[name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Aliena[/name_f]
[name_u]Regan[/name_u]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Sally[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
There are some truly awful characters in this book which I would not want to name my child in honour of so it’s more about listing the names for inspiration not based on the characters morality
Following up with the sequel to Pillars of the [name_f]Earth[/name_f], 157 years later
[name_m]Ken[/name_m] Folletts “World Without End”
Male:
Merthin
[name_m]Godwyn[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
Wulfric
[name_m]Philemon[/name_m]
Elfric
[name_u]Joby[/name_u]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Saul[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Henri[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Gerald[/name_m]
Female:
[name_f]Caris[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwenda[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
Annet
[name_u]Mattie[/name_u]
[name_f]Madge[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Griselda[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f] nn [name_f]Lolla[/name_f]
[name_f]Bessie[/name_f]
[name_f]Mair[/name_f]
[name_f]Tilly[/name_f]
Petranilla
[name_f]Odila[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]
Fun idea and some interesting names! [name_f]Caris[/name_f], [name_f]Lolla[/name_f], [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], [name_m]Goldwyn[/name_m] and Bartholmew caught my eye
I just finished Wives and Daughters by [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] Gaskell so I’ll start with that!
There was:
[name_f]Hyacinth[/name_f]
[name_f]Cythia[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f]/[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Maria[/name_f]
[name_f]Aimee[/name_f]
[name_m]Osborne[/name_m]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
I’m currently reading “The [name_m]Long[/name_m] Dark [name_f]Tea[/name_f]-Time of The Soul”, the second [name_m]Dirk[/name_m] Gently book by [name_u]Douglas[/name_u] [name_m]Adams[/name_m]
Some characters
Male:
[name_m]Dirk[/name_m]
[name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Thor[/name_m]
[name_m]Odin[/name_m] / [name_m]Oswin[/name_m]
[name_m]Clive[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_u]Neil[/name_u]
Female:
[name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Sally[/name_f]
[name_f]Janice[/name_f]
[name_f]Cynthia[/name_f]
Not the most usable names
I read a werewolf series and here are some names that I love
Boys:
[name_m]Finian[/name_m]
[name_m]Odin[/name_m]
[name_m]Paley[/name_m]
[name_u]Keegan[/name_u]
[name_m]Greyson[/name_m]
Loki
Ryeson
Shamus
Girls:
Kalla
Meela
Elska
An old favourite series of mine is [name_m]Philip[/name_m] Pullman his dark materials
Male:
Asriel
[name_m]Gerard[/name_m]
Farder
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
Iorek
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_u]Bernie[/name_u]
[name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Will[/name_m]
Balthamus
Female:
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Marisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Serafina[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
Ruta
Note worthy [name_m]Daemon[/name_m] names:
Pantalaimon “[name_m]Pan[/name_m]”
Stelmaria
[name_f]Asta[/name_f]
[name_m]Ben[/name_m]
[name_m]Jesper[/name_m]
[name_f]Kaisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
Characters from [name_u]Robin[/name_u] Hobb “The Liveship Traders Trilogy”
Male:
[name_m]Ephron[/name_m]
Wintrow
[name_m]Selden[/name_m]
Kendry (liveship)
Kennit
Brashen
[name_u]Kyle[/name_u]
Reyn
Female:
[name_f]Ronica[/name_f]
Keffria
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Malta[/name_f]
Vivacia (liveship)
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] (liveship)
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Amber[/name_f]
Kekki
Serilla
[name_f]Jani[/name_f]
I really love the female names in this series!
I’m currently reading A.D. 30, by Ted Dekker, and it has the most interesting names! So far:
Girls:
Maviah
Phasaelis “Phasa”
Nashquya “Nasha”
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
Shaquilath “Shaqui”
Boys:
[name_m]Rami[/name_m]
[name_m]Judah[/name_m]
[name_f]Saba[/name_f]
[name_m]Yeshua[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
Malcheus
[name_m]Brutus[/name_m]
Herod Antipas
Aretas
I’ve always loved [name_m]Judah[/name_m], but I’m quite enamored by Maviah, [name_m]Rami[/name_m], and [name_f]Saba[/name_f]!
I’m currently reading My Life As A Rat by [name_u]Joyce[/name_u] [name_f]Carol[/name_f] Oates and the main character is [name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_u]Rue[/name_u], which I just love. I’m about to have my first baby, a girl, and would absolutely use that if my partner liked it too. Or i’d consider [name_u]Rue[/name_u] as a middle name but we’re using [name_u]June[/name_u] as an honour name instead, which I also love. Thus far I’ve also come across a [name_m]Jerome[/name_m], [name_f]Miriam[/name_f], and [name_f]Lula[/name_f] in the book.
There’s also a character named [name_m]Hadrian[/name_m] in the novel (which I highly recommend by the way!).
I’m currently reading [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_m]Stewart[/name_m]'s My Brother [name_u]Michael[/name_u]. It’s set in Greece in the mid-1950s. Characters so far:
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u] (not surprising!)
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
Giannakis
[name_m]Nigel[/name_m]
Angelos
[name_m]Stephanos[/name_m]
Nikolaos & [name_u]Niko[/name_u]
[name_m]Dimitrios[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
[name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m]
O’[name_m]Brien[/name_m]
[name_m]Syme[/name_m]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
I recently read Frankenstein, which included
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_m]Ry[/name_m]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_m]Ron[/name_m]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
Also the [name_m]Essex[/name_m] Serpent
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_u]Frankie[/name_u]
[name_m]Will[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
The book I just finished is “The Flight of [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] [name_m]Hardy[/name_m]”, which is sort of a reimagining of [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Eyre[/name_f]. Most of the names are pretty tame, but I like a few of them! It takes place in 1950’s [name_f]Scotland[/name_f] (and a bit in Iceland).
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
[name_f]Nell[/name_f]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u] (m)
[name_m]Archie[/name_m]
[name_m]Will[/name_m]
[name_m]Seamus[/name_m]
I’ve just completed Hornets Flight by [name_m]Ken[/name_m] Follett.
WW2, Mostly based in Denmark
Harald
[name_m]Arne[/name_m]
[name_m]Digby[/name_m] - quite like this!
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Poul[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_f]Karen[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermia[/name_f]
[name_f]Tilde[/name_f]
[name_u]Read[/name_u] [name_m]Will[/name_m] and Testament by Vidgis Hjorth - I’m not Norwegian so I found it so interesting to read a book with all these Norwegian/Scandi names!
Bergljot
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
Bård
Søren
[name_f]Klara[/name_f]
Åsa
Tale
[name_f]Ebba[/name_f]
[name_u]Bo[/name_u]
Fido
I’ve been reading the Throne of Glass series by [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] J. Mass. Characters include:
Celaena
Aelin
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
Chaol
Nehemia
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_m]Cain[/name_m]
Phillippa
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
Aedion
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
Lysandra
[name_f]Manon[/name_f]
Some of these are really interesting.
So I’m currently re-reading [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] and loving it just as much as the first time round. Here are some lovely names from the series:
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f], [name_f]Minerva[/name_f], [name_f]Millicent[/name_f], [name_f]Poppy[/name_f], [name_f]Luna[/name_f], [name_f]Fleur[/name_f], [name_f]Pansy[/name_f], [name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f], [name_f]Andromeda[/name_f], [name_f]Susan[/name_f], [name_f]Lavender[/name_f], [name_f]Charity[/name_f], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f], [name_f]Ariana[/name_f], [name_f]Petunia[/name_f], [name_f]Arabella[/name_f], [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f], [name_f]Angelina[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Olympe[/name_f], [name_f]Irma[/name_f], [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], [name_f]Sybill[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f].
[name_m]Ronald[/name_m], [name_u]Percy[/name_u], Rubeus, [name_m]Draco[/name_m], [name_m]Lucius[/name_m], [name_m]Severus[/name_m], [name_m]Albus[/name_m], [name_m]Phineas[/name_m], [name_m]Sirius[/name_m], [name_m]Neville[/name_m], [name_m]Remus[/name_m], [name_m]Newt[/name_m], [name_m]Reginald[/name_m], [name_m]Amos[/name_m], [name_m]Cedric[/name_m], [name_m]Igor[/name_m], [name_m]Seamus[/name_m], [name_m]Percival[/name_m], [name_m]Cornelius[/name_m], [name_m]Viktor[/name_m], [name_u]Teddy[/name_u], [name_m]Rufus[/name_m], [name_m]Horace[/name_m], [name_m]Ernie[/name_m], [name_m]Augustus[/name_m], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], [name_m]Cormac[/name_m].