Help!
I’ve been having a hard time coming up with names for my fantasy book and I really could use some help. I’ve been going back and forth between using a Celtic name theme, a Latin/Greek name theme, and a Scandinavian name theme, but I haven’t been able to come up with names for all of my characters. The only one that I’ve found that I really like for one of my male protagonists (I have four protagonists) is [name_m]Jack[/name_m], but I feel like even though it suits him, it is too common and I don’t really want to name all of my characters super common names.
I could use some help with naming fantasy characters in general. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you all like to stick to a theme (using names from the same or similar cultures)? Or do you just find names that you like and ignore that?
I’m hoping that some of you will be able to help so i’ll give some brief descriptions of my main characters and some more important secondary characters that need names. One thing to note is that magic is fairly common in their world, but there are kinds of magic that are rarer if that makes sense. MC #1 has a more rare form of magic, but MC #3 and #4 have a more common type of magic.
MC #1: Female. She has dark hair and light eyes. She’s cautious, a bit of a perfectionist, but she can be a bit blunt and impatient. She grows throughout the story by learning to be more courageous, and throughout her story (i’m planning on a duology) to be more patient. She has magical abilities, but they are not revealed until the end of the story.
MC #2: Male. He’s the one I like the name [name_m]Jack[/name_m] for. He has dark hair and dark eyes. He’s kind, compassionate but he can be inattentive. He’s very softhearted. He matures a lot throughout the story. He doesn’t have any magical abilities, although the rest of my main characters do.
MC #3: Also female. She has red hair and dark eyes. She’s kind of the mom of the group (even though she is the same/similar age as the others). She’s mature and thoughtful, and kind, but she is very dependent on her twin brother (MC #4) and her growth through the story involves becoming more independent.
MC #4: Male, and MC #3’s twin brother. He has darker red hair and hazel eyes. He is very bold and brave, but he can be temperamental and lacks tact, but his friendship with some of the other characters makes him a much better person, and his story is really one about forgiveness (he has a lot of harbored resentment towards his father, who was abusive towards his mother, which is one of the reasons his sister is meek and very dependent on him)
Secondary Characters:
- MC #1’s sister, who is blonde haired, blue eyed, and has fallen ill at the start of the story (MC #1 is trying to save her).
- MC #1’s mother, who is blonde haired and dark eyed and MC #1 really wants to make her mother proud because her mother has generally preferred her sister and blames MC #1 for the death of her father (the mother’s husband).
- Dieties: I need names for 3 goddesses (one of healing/water, one of fire/life force, and one of snow/ice/disease/pestilence) and one god (who is the god of death and is only ever mentioned but still plays a pretty big role)
Anyway, any names at all are helpful but hopefully the descriptions will help. Thank you all!