Hello!
I am searching for a name for the main character of my next novel.
The genre will be [name_u]New[/name_u] Adult. The story follows a young girl that is moving away from her hometown to follow her dream to become an actress, after getting into one of the best acting schools in the country. But the real reason for her moving so far away is that she wants to leave her past behind, since she’s been through a lot of trauma and violence. Although she is afraid of many things and has problems trusting people, she gets to know an older student at her school and they both fall in love with each other - but her past is the one thing that is always getting in their way and she also starts to wonder if she will be able to study acting, despite her trauma.
The male main character, so the love interest, will be named [name_u]Henri[/name_u]. Other important characters in the book are named [name_f]Thea[/name_f], [name_f]Aila[/name_f], [name_f]Livia[/name_f], [name_f]Meg[/name_f] or [name_f]Lottie[/name_f].
About her as the main character: she is supposed to be 18-20 years old, pretty small, with red hair and brown eyes. She is kind of shy and anxious, but mostly because of her past. She struggles a lot with her self confidence and doesn’t really believes that she is a good actress, but this will change during the book. She doesn’t realize that she is in love with [name_u]Henri[/name_u] until their first “date”. She has C-PTSD, but that will probably just be implied and shown, not told. She is a very mentally strong person and hides her pain. She is described as a “gentle soul” by others.
I first wanted to name her [name_f]Neva[/name_f], but I am not completely happy with this name. I want a name for her that is unusual, but it should be easy to pronounce in [name_f]English[/name_f] and [name_m]German[/name_m] if possible.
I really hope you guys have some ideas!
Thanks in advance!