I need help choosing a name for my lead male character, I’m writing a story. It about a doctor female lead named Amayah Athena Wright decided to move out the big city New York to live on the countryside. She meets her one of neighbor, but he is rude and disrespectful towards to her ever since Amayah move in the neighborhood. But she notices that he is hiding a lot of things about himself.
The male lead is Irish, Farm man
For his last name I can’t decide between Anderson, Adams
His name options were Oliver, Sebastain, Kai, Theo
Any suggestions please feel free to drop them down.
I was already thinking [name_m]Donovan[/name_m] when I read the title! [name_m]Doran[/name_m] would also work, I think.
I like [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] or [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] for the character & maybe a more unusual longer name for [name_m]Theo[/name_m], like [name_m]Theoden[/name_m]?
Also, I thought about the name [name_m]Ciaran[/name_m], and [name_m]Donovan[/name_m] is a good one. I really have to think which name fit well for my story, because these are all good names.
I love the name [name_f]Maverick[/name_f] which means “an unorthodox or independent-minded person”. He’s a character in one of my books that is constantly straining between the right and wrong but overall is committed to the villain’s side. I think this name could work for that physical description.
Okay, I automatically recommend that you aim for more Irish-sounding surnames, given his ethnicity. [name_m]Irish[/name_m] surnames typically start with ‘Mc-’ or ‘O’, with some starting with ‘Mac-’ or “Fitz-”. Examples include:
-McCormick.
-McCarthy.
-McNeely.
-O’Shaughnessy.
-O’Donnell.
-O’Connell.
-O’Brien.
-O’Connor.
-O’Sullivan.
-O’Callaghan.
-FitzGerald.
-FitzPatrick.
-FitzSimons.
With given names, there’s often far more variety to choose from. The names you’ve listed are nice, but I don’t think they radiate the energy of “handsome, dark, and mysterious” like you want. Instead, here’s some options that I could imagine fitting this type of character:
-Dermot.
-Kieran (literally translates to “little dark one”).
-Bernard.
-Raymond.
-Eamonn.
-Desmond.
-Damien.
-Mortimer.
-Fergus.
-Cormac.
-Diarmuid.
-Gordon.
-Lorcan.
-Geoffrey.
-Malcolm.
-Lawrence.
-Gareth.
-Norman.
-Vincent.
-Alistair.
-Nathaniel.
