hey berries!! 
in my main book the main sib-sets are:
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] + [name_m]Finn[/name_m] + Hope/Destiny
[name_f]Adria[/name_f] + [name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] + [name_f]Mauve[/name_f]
i also have the other mc…
[name_m]Art[/name_m]
[name_m]Justice[/name_m]
Annabel/Annabelle (which??)
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
do these character names flow? i would love to hear your opions!!
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I think they definitely sound cohesive! As a whole, they have a ‘rare for people IRL yet familiar’ dynamic.
[name_m]Finn[/name_m] is well used but paired with [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] and an aspirational word name, it’s more ethereal.
Similarly, [name_f]Violet[/name_f] is pretty common atm (where I am, UK) but paired with [name_f]Mauve[/name_f] they’re have a great storybook quality.
I’d say [name_f]Annabelle[/name_f] for book-cohesiveness. However, if your character is a no-nonsense, quite blunt type, maybe the concise version would suit them better.
I vote for [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] + [name_m]Finn[/name_m] and [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] could go by “Ari” to match the other one syllable names.
For the other character, I like [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] nn “Hawk.”
Speaking as a professional, character name “flow” is not as important as:
In your post, you don’t tell us why the parents of these characters have named them: we don’t know ethnic backgrounds, class levels, religion, personalities, family members etc. All of this plays into your understanding of your characters – even the secondary and tertiary ones! – and into why these characters have these particular names.
As for the second, you have too many A names. While it’s true for girl names after 2000, that most names begin with vowels, if you look at the top twenty names after 2000, they don’t all start with the letter A. So if you’re writing teens having been born between 2005 & up, the girls will have O and E names too, as well as the ubiquitious Charlottes, Sophia/Sophie, Mias.
It also depends on the region – if your novel is set in the US. Here in the deep [name_m]South[/name_m], for example, many teen girls (14-18) have names that start with the letter D.
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps.
Would it help if I told you more about the plot? Thank you you’ve given me a lot to think about!
No. Plot has nothing to do with naming characters, unless you are writing an allegory.
Let me give you an example. From the middle grade novel I’ve just finished, my two main characters are [name_f]Martha[/name_f] and [name_f]Sara[/name_f], 10. The story is set in 1968, in Connecticut, so the names reflect status (Martha is from an old-money family so [name_f]Martha[/name_f] is a family honor name) and popularity (Sara/Sarah were top 20 names for [name_m]New[/name_m] [name_f]England[/name_f] in the 50s-70s). Sara’s mother is French-Canadian so it’s [name_f]Sara[/name_f], not [name_f]Sarah[/name_f].
Knowing the ethnic, social, religious, and regional backgrounds of your characters and their families will help you figure out the right names.