Working on an old story of mine for a fiction writing workshop for a class I’m taking, and I’m just really curious about how people are going to feel about the names. Most of the characters I’ve been working with for years, and I’ve known their names since I created them, but they’re a little weird and I feel like they’re almost childish. I know fantasy can be a touchy genre, because people expect really made-up names, but you have to avoid that keyboard-smashed style.
Basically, I want to know if you think these are fitting to the genre? [name]Do[/name] they fit well with each other?
[name]How[/name] would you pronounce them??
Would you assume male or female?
What sort of assumptions about the character would you make? (ie, girly, royalty, main character, etc.)
Aetana - (Ay-tah-na) i like it but dont love it - female - main character?
Chrey - (Sh-ray) mmm i dont like it - male - best friend
Dagger - (Da-ger) its strong and masculine, i like it - male - bad guy
Elaegar - ([name]El[/name]-ay-gar) nope - neutral - bulter
[name]Erika[/name] - (E-ree-car) its okay - female - princess/royalty
Garendd - (Ga-rend) no - male - idk
Kierran - ([name]Keer[/name]-ran) love it - male - main
[name]Lilly[/name] - ([name]Lil[/name]-lee) i prefer it spelt [name]Lily[/name] but [name]Lilly[/name] is nice too - female - idk
Linnelle - ([name]Lin[/name]-ell) hmm its interesting - female - popular girl
Lorraina - ([name]Lore[/name]-ay-na) maybe just [name]Lorraine[/name] - female - popular girl
[name]Alaina[/name] - (A-lay-na) i like it - female - idk
Metisse - (Met-eese) nup dont like - female - idk
[name]Neo[/name] - (Nee-o) like - male - bad guy
Obsydia - (Oh-b-sy-dee-a) strange compared to the rest - neutral - idk
Selona - (See-lone-a) eh its okay - female - idk
[name]Selena[/name] - (Se-leen-a) i like it - female - idk
Syrohn - ([name]Sy[/name]-ron) like it alot - male - idk
Some of them are pretty out there but it is a fantasy genre and I’ve seen much weirder
Aetana: female, royalty, ae-tan-ah (like it’s spelled), proud
Chrey: male, shray (like gray), mysterious
Dagger: male, easy to pronounce like the weapon, possibly a threat
Elaegar: unisex, ee-lay-gar, magical (if this has magic in it, not sure)
[name]Erika[/name]: female, common enough not to be mispronounced, tough
Garendd: male, gar-end
Kierran: male, ki-air-an, royalty
[name]Lilly[/name]: female, lily, fragile or unexpectedly strong
Linnelle: male [name]Lilly[/name], luh-nell, really similar to [name]Lilly[/name]
[name]Alaina[/name]: female, uh-lane-uh, girly
Metisse: unisex, met-eese, talented with arts
[name]Neo[/name]: male, nee-o, means new so something unexpected
Obsydia: female, like obsidian but without the n, dark
Selona: female, se-lone-uh (more different than [name]Selena[/name] which is pretty common), light
Syrohn: unisez, sigh-rune or sigh-ren, sexy
I like most of them a lot! In context they would work better together, but seem to work okay here. Garendd with two Ds throw me off a bit when reading it.
Atana- would give her more of an [name]Ah[/name]-tana than an Aye-tana but I think taking the E out makes it more cohesive
Elagar/Elegar- same with this, only leave in one vowel depending on whether you want him to be [name]El[/name]-ay-gar or [name]El[/name]-eh-gar
(Those were the only two that stuck out to me as not quite cohesive with the rest of the set. The sounds are lovely, it’s just the spelling that seems a tad bit off, and I don’t think that taking out the extra vowels changes the sound, just the cosmetic look of them)
Erikala- Actually seems a little plain compared to the others but still nice. Maybe you could actually add letters to her to liven it up?
Garend- [name]Do[/name] you really need two D’s? It’ll be the same with just the one unless there is a specific reason for it
The rest I think are great! =]
- female - idk