Heya 
So, the story is about two young adults (boy and girl, both in their early twenties) who meet at the hospital, after both was in a car accident.
Her name: [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] ___ [name_m]Hall[/name_m], nicknamed [name_f]Gennie[/name_f]. I still haven’t decided on a middle name for her that doesnt make the name too… Name-y. I know that with a strong name like that no middle name is particularily NEEDED… Still, a middle name makes it feel more complete in my opinion.
His name: [name_m]Milo[/name_m] ___ White. I’m debating on this name. Should I use [name_m]Miles[/name_m] as his name or does [name_m]Milo[/name_m] stand nicely on it’s own? Also. Which middle name completes it? Other than [name_u]James[/name_u], I mean.
Middles I’ve thought of:
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_u]Jordan[/name_u]
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Garret[/name_m]
[name_m]Pierre[/name_m]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_f]Hazelle[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_f]Sara[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
If you have other suggestions… They’re all very welcome. I don’t like über-unique names that often swarm around here, though. Yet I do not partiqulary like the “classics”… x] Also - If you have an opinion on the names, speak out.
Anyway, thank you in advance.
- [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f](:
I think [name_m]Milo[/name_m] is strong enough on its own, and I really like your suggestion “[name_m]Damien[/name_m]” as a middle name.
As for [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] ([name_f]Gennie[/name_f]), I also like:
[name_u]Bay[/name_u]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
[name_u]Rae[/name_u]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Bee[/name_f]
[name_u]Bryn[/name_u]
[name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_f]Willow[/name_f]
[name_f]Ava[/name_f]
[name_f]Fern[/name_f]
[name_u]Kay[/name_u]
[name_u]Grove[/name_u]
Probably need to get your verb tenses together if you’re going to write books…
Instead of picking names you like, who are these characters? What’s the ethnic background? After all, you didn’t name these characters, their parents did – so who are they? Where I grew up, you only heard the name [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] on girls with a [name_m]French[/name_m]-Canadian heritage…[name_m]Milo[/name_m] used to be very British but has become quite common now – however, it’s also Eastern European – and sometimes it’s a nn for [name_m]Miles[/name_m].
In naming characters, I create the entire family, often going back a generation or two. That way I really get to know my characters and I’m positive that their names fit. In fact, one of the writing exercises I give my students is to interview their main character on his/her name.
It’s easy as a writer to get hung up on the name and lose the character’s identity or never discover it all.