I’m writing a story that takes place on a different planet, so I need names for my characters that don’t sound like [name_f]Earth[/name_f] names – you know, names that are just totally different. And no typical dystopian/sci-fi names either: no [name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f], [name_m]Lysander[/name_m], [name_m]Cassius[/name_m], etc. Which means you’ll probably have to make them up. I don’t need anything long and crazy, like Scheherezade; easy-to-pronounce names like [name_f]Abra[/name_f] or Feray or [name_f]Dorrit[/name_f] or something are more what I’m after.
Any help is appreciated.
An idea is to restrict your alphabet, since it’s unlikely that aliens would have all the same sounds as English. For example you could eliminate Q, W, H and X from your alphabet. You could also eliminate double letters and things.
Ezada
Fifon
Iskrala
Yilza
Zeponai
Nakti
Onaba
Setlani
Asdovai
Yina
Rozdo
Navdelai
Kitsi
Genza
Unadi
Fenzi
Yevastan
Noldi
Foroni
Sosi
Zavaneh
Iroya
Telsara
Yestoy
Eshta
Kazdoni
Sosko
Rosbi
I tried - I’m not too good at this kind of thing!
Etherea
Zoella
[name_f]Elora[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabine[/name_f]
[name_f]Zadie[/name_f]
[name_f]Boheme[/name_f]
[name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_f]Melusine[/name_f]
[name_f]Novalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_f]Novella[/name_f]
[name_f]Sachi[/name_f]
[name_m]Ilario[/name_m]
[name_f]Kodiak[/name_f]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_f]Oona[/name_f]/[name_f]Una[/name_f]
[name_f]Sapphire[/name_f]
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u]
[name_f]Celestia[/name_f]
[name_f]Tanaquil[/name_f]! The first name that I thought!
Lilinete
Lukar
[name_m]Scy[/name_m]
[name_u]Vega[/name_u]
[name_u]Shura[/name_u]
Terk
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Thank you everyone for your suggestions! My favorites are Genza, Telsara, [name_f]Kodiak[/name_f], and Lukar. Also thanks @amberdaydream for your suggestion of restricting the alphabet – I’ll try that!