Hey! I have this plot bunny that has taken my mind hostage, but I can’t seem to take the idea any further until I have an idea about what to name the main character.
She was born in [name_f]England[/name_f] in the early 1960s to an old aristocratic family that has slowly been falling from grace. She was raised surrounded by the remnants of her family’s high status and wealth, but everything will had a bit of a dejected feel. She lives in the old family estate with her father (a straggly, absent-minded man), her mother having run off with a wealthier man years ago. She is strong and independent, but fairly emotionally stunted - she has a difficult time expressing herself and prefers isolation to vulnerability.
I want her name to reflect her family’s aristocratic history but also her family’s deterioration and how they’ve slowly been sinking deeper and growing stranger.
Thanks for any suggestions!
It’s quite hard to pick a name that represents a fall from grace, but here are some names, with a bit of rationale as to why I think they’d fit:
[name_f]Dolores[/name_f] “[name_f]Dolly[/name_f]/[name_f]Lola[/name_f]”: Means “Pain” in Spanish.
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]: Name of the Grand Duchess of [name_f]Russia[/name_f] that was executed along with the rest of the royal family.
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]: As in [name_f]Marie[/name_f] [name_f]Antoinette[/name_f], the queen of [name_f]France[/name_f] who was executed.
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]: Name of the “love interest” in [name_m]Hamlet[/name_m]. She had a sad fate.
[name_u]Rue[/name_u]: I know this name is associated with the Hunger Games now for the plant, but it can also mean regret.
[name_f]Lilith[/name_f]: The first wife of [name_m]Adam[/name_m] in some biblical stories. Was rejected by him because she refused to be submissive. Became a demon in some versions.
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]: From the song Fur [name_f]Elise[/name_f] by Beethoven. [name_f]Elise[/name_f]'s identity is unknown, but Beethoven had a downward spiral of his own.
Beatrice: [name_m]Dante[/name_m] Alighieri’s muse. She died very young.
[name_f]Mallory[/name_f]: Means “Unfortunate”.
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f]: Can mean “Ill-fated” or “Unfortunate”.
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]: Everybody knows how [name_m]Romeo[/name_m] and [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] ends.
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]: [name_f]Francesca[/name_f] da Rimini was included in [name_m]Dante[/name_m]'s Inferno. She was damned to hell for cheating on her husband with his brother.