Name Check

4: ‘NAME CHECK’ Form

Genre of [name_u]Story[/name_u]: (Realistic Fiction)

Time Period/Location: i[/i]

Brief Plot: Ten-yr-old septuplets live on a farm, the four girls are the main characters. It’s written in blog form. They work with animals.

Character Names:: Parents- [name_f]Alyssa[/name_f] [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] [name_m]Hayes[/name_m]- curly auburn hair, green eyes, tons of freckles, tall and thin, veterinarian
[name_u]Noah[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Hayes[/name_m]- ash blonde, stubble, blue eyes, muscly from working on the farm
Septuplets-
[name_u]Skylar[/name_u] [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] “[name_u]Skye[/name_u]” [name_m]Hayes[/name_m]- light blonde hair (layered and a little past shoulders), blue eyes, tall and thin, girly-ish
[name_u]Linden[/name_u] [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] [name_m]Hayes[/name_m]- sandy hair, blueeyes, plays guitar, shy
[name_u]River[/name_u] [name_u]Noah[/name_u] [name_m]Hayes[/name_m]- kinda swoopy strawberry blonde hair, greeny blue eyes
[name_u]Darby[/name_u] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_m]Hayes[/name_m]- red hair, usually in super long braids, green eyes, freckles, tomboy
[name_u]Harper[/name_u] [name_f]Alyssa[/name_f] [name_m]Hayes[/name_m]- straight auburn hair, green eyes, glasses
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] [name_u]Flynn[/name_u] [name_m]Hayes[/name_m]- red hair, blue eyes, glasses but usually has contacts in
[name_f]Melody[/name_f] [name_f]Elise[/name_f] [name_m]Hayes[/name_m]- PERFECT strawberry blonde ringlets, blue eyes, very timid but sweet

Anything else?: Horses (so far) are [name_m]Zeppelin[/name_m], Matinee, [name_f]Fedora[/name_f], Daybreak (my real family’s horse, but I’m using it), Hotshot, Remedy, Accolade, Niagara, [name_u]Paisley[/name_u]
Dogs- [name_f]Heidi[/name_f], [name_u]Rhys[/name_u], and [name_f]Nala[/name_f] (australian shepherds) [name_m]Ronan[/name_m], [name_m]Malachi[/name_m], and [name_f]Keira[/name_f] (labs, R choco, M yellow, and K black) [name_f]Posy[/name_f] (yorkie)
Cats- [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] and [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
Cattle- [name_f]Elsa[/name_f] and [name_u]Josie[/name_u], but many others unnamed
Goats- Tootsie, Licorice, Snickers, Hershey, Skittles, [name_u]Taffy[/name_u], Starburst, Jellybean
Sheep- [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_f]Viola[/name_f], [name_f]Xena[/name_f], Whilemena, a few more
Pigs- [name_f]Petunia[/name_f], [name_f]Peony[/name_f], Puccini, Pistachio
Llamas- Rhododendron, Larkspur, [name_f]Acacia[/name_f], [name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f]
Chickens- [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Hermione[/name_f], [name_f]Meggie[/name_f], Copperfield

[name_u]Noah[/name_u] and [name_f]Alyssa[/name_f] seem like trendy names for parents. More “mom” names would be [name_f]Jennifer[/name_f], [name_f]Jessica[/name_f], etc., and “dad” names [name_m]Robert[/name_m], [name_m]Matthew[/name_m], etc.
Having septuplets in the first place is already a little out-of-the-blue; unless this is a central plot point, I’d suggest breaking up the sibling sets into smaller multiples or single children. There’s quite a mix of unisex and hippie-ish names. [name_u]River[/name_u], [name_f]Melody[/name_f] & [name_u]Linden[/name_u] vs. [name_u]Darby[/name_u], [name_u]Harper[/name_u] & [name_u]Skylar[/name_u].
Also, that’s an inordinate amount of animals.