Help me name new protagonists in my story!

So, I revised my newest story and ended up creating basically completely new protagonists. Two of them are currently unnamed though and I’d like some help with their names.

backstory for both

These characters are teenagers who discovered they have rare magical abilities. But unfortunately for them, a few royals also found out about their abilities and felt threatened because these two (+ a few others) seemed powerful enough to overthrow them.
So these characters were subjected to human experimentation and have lived in a lab for many years now, although they’re planning to escape. Their social interaction with others was very limited but they weren’t completely isolated.

Both characters are very traumatized from the things they were subjected to, but have found support in each other and the other protagonists.

character 1 (any gender works but unisex names especially appreciated)

Pic: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BUBivd1kFVBKl6xsYAyVfvbCEuC6Dhtr/view?usp=drive_link

Personality description:
They’re very smart, both academically and socially (well, as good as you can be with limited social interaction). They’re very talkative and especially love to explain odd scientific facts to their few friends. They’re not very sensitive or easily annoyed, but quick to notice if others are.

However they’re also very quick to act and impulsive, which sometimes causes trouble.

Their feelings about the experimentation and their upbringing in general are quite conflicting, because they recognize the harmfulness and trauma, yet still have some kind of admiration for some of the people who did horrible things to her.

Their interests include researching all kinds of scientific stuff for fun and hanging out with friends. They also would love to travel but haven’t had opportunities for that.

character 2 (masc or unisex name)

(based on an earlier protagonist of this story so yeah, I’ve posted a similar description before)
Pic: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QYDldr1IkVOjtjgBvf7WY8TWaFK2h3Ky/view?usp=sharing

Personality description:
This guy is quite introverted and shy, and may seem like a somewhat distant person, but once he warms up to you, he’ll show a sunnier side of himself.

He’s quite good at getting along with different kinds of people although he doesn’t speak much. He’s also distrustful of others because of his trauma, but tries his best to be respectful to them if they don’t do anything suspicious.

He’s also the type of person to learn things quickly and is especially good at anything involving art and creativity. He’s not very good at combat or sports though.

Although he’s planning to escape the lab, he’s somewhat anxious about it because he doesn’t really know a life outside of that and is somewhat worried if a different life would be worse.

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Heeeyyyyy~ :smirking_face:

Character One

  • [name_m]Abel[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Adrian[/name_m].
  • [name_m]August[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Azuriah[/name_m].
  • Arendell.
  • [name_f]Ashland[/name_f].
  • [name_m]Chesley[/name_m].
  • [name_f]Chesney[/name_f].
  • [name_m]Ezra[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Ellis[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Ellison[/name_m].
  • [name_f]Hajirah[/name_f].
  • [name_m]Hindley[/name_m].
  • [name_f]Henley[/name_f].
  • [name_f]Dakota[/name_f].
  • [name_f]Moriah[/name_f].
  • [name_f]Meraki[/name_f].
  • [name_f]Neriah[/name_f].
  • [name_m]Ori[/name_m].
  • [name_f]Rey[/name_f].
  • [name_m]Riordan[/name_m].
  • [name_f]Shiloh[/name_f].
  • [name_f]Tariel[/name_f].
  • [name_m]Yuri[/name_m].

Character Two

  • [name_m]Aster[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Andrew[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Beckett[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Conifer[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Elias[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Holden[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Hudson[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Kolden[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Leopold[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Lazarus[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Percy[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Percival[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Pomeroy[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Silas[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Sterling[/name_m].
  • [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m].

My recommendation is to look into the mythology, folklore, or history of wherever this kingdom is based on, and if it’s not, then pick one you know about or are interested in, and do a general search for stories about pairs, preferably ones that fit the dynamic of your OC’s. Then, use that as a jumping off point to come up with new names; you could derive them off of First or Last names (Veronica becomes V or [name_m]Nick[/name_m], [name_m]Williams[/name_m] becomes Billy/Billie), or find a name with a similar meaning (Circe means [name_m]Hawk[/name_m], becoming [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] meaning Songbird).

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@KDD13 @Lily_Anarchkitty thank you so much!!

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