I need a name for main character!

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Hey guys! So I’m new to the writing world and I need some help!

I made a recent post asking if my plot was good and I copied it below!

There is a girl ( haven’t figured out her name yet) and she is 12 years old. She is the middle child with two sisters. Her mother is Indigenous and her father is either British or Canadian… can’t tell where the book is going to be set yet but somewhere near the ocean. With family problems she spends most of her time down by a little beach to a bay of the ocean. One day she finds a dolphin in the water and is intrigued. She keeps following it for a while (like a month) and then it takes her very far along the shore. She then finds( haven’t completely figured this part out) a story of her great grandfather (mums side) who was Indigenous. Then she realizes that the dolphin was really the spirit of her grandmother who had just passed away.

The main character will have [name_m]Black[/name_m] or brown hair that is shoulder length and be about 5.1” feet tall! She will be brave in some cases but if she feels or sees a loved one in pain she is quite sensitive. (If that makes sense). Seen above she will be half indigenous and either Canadian or British. Her favourite colour will be either reddish or a deep purple. The book will be set in the fall. I still have no idea about the last name either so I’m not really giving you guys much…

TIA and comment below any names! Except for [name_u]Paisley[/name_u]…

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That’s a sweet story!

here are my ideas:
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_f]Daria[/name_f] / [name_f]Dariya[/name_f]
[name_f]Margo[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f] / [name_f]Emily[/name_f]
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f] (this is perfect)
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f] (too cliche?)
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Isla[/name_f]

xx

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Seconding [name_f]Marina[/name_f]!

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Very sweet and interesting story, would totally read. Ideas:

Yaritza
[name_f]Nayeli[/name_f] (Zapotec - “You’ll always be loved”)
Maka ([name_f]Sioux[/name_f] - “earth”)
Kimama ([name_f]Shoshone[/name_f] “butterfly” )
Yazhi (Navajo - “little one”)
[name_f]Winona[/name_f] ([name_u]Dakota[/name_u] - “firstborn daughter”)

Those are Native American names the origin and meaning of which I took from another name site so plaese take them with a grain of salt - I’m no expert on Native names because I’m European

If the Canadian father would be [name_u]French[/name_u], [name_u]French[/name_u] names could also work:

Delphine
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Renee[/name_f]
[name_u]Marie[/name_u]
[name_f]Antoinette[/name_f] “[name_u]Toni[/name_u]”
[name_f]Claudine[/name_f] “[name_u]Claude[/name_u]”
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f]
[name_f]Nathalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Corinne[/name_f] “[name_u]Corey[/name_u]”
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f]
[name_f]Paulette[/name_f]
[name_f]Fabienne[/name_f]

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Here are a few ideas. Some of them are quite ordinary, and some are a little more exotic:

Indigo
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_u]Addison[/name_u]
[name_f]Avril[/name_f]
Emmeleine
[name_f]Summer[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]

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Thank you guys so much! Any ideas for last name? I keep coming back to [name_m]Richmond[/name_m].

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Ok so I’ve been thinking and I came up with these three names:

Brynn
[name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]

I think these names are great for me but I can’t figure out any nns! LMK know your fave!