Name my love Interests

Ok, I have 2 people I need help naming. They’re both girls, and I’m planning on having the names I choose for them to match their personality or their role in the story, but I’m not 100% on that, but I’d love to at least try.

Girl One: She is truly the most poplar girl in school. She has friends in every click, and is the most liked out of the popular crowd. There are some people who are jealous of her, and they have spread some nasty graffiti about her in school, but she just pretends not to see it. She has a perfect GPA, but she ditches class when a class bores her (which is often). She dreams of taking a few years to model then go into law school. She has high aspirations that has to do with several factors in her life, which I’m not going to get into now because we’ll be here all day. Right now I have [name_f]Emma[/name_f] as her placeholder name since that means “universal” and that is a popular name, but I think that name is a bit common for her.

Girl Two: I haven’t developed her as well as I have developed Girl One, but here is what I have. She’s into science, anything to do with space and astronomy specifically. She’s usually quite quiet and stand offish unless she’s with a trusted friend or you’re talking to her about one of her special interests. She’s a little socially awakard, and she’s a bad flirt, but she’s trying. I have [name_f]Signy[/name_f] as her placeholder name because it’s a clunky name that’s easy to pronounce. Which feels like a name for her, but [name_f]Signy[/name_f] means “new victory” and I don’t feel like that is a meaning that suits her.

[name_f]Jessamyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_u]Hadley[/name_u]
[name_u]Casey[/name_u]
Loisa

girl two
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Miah[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]

Girl 1:
[name_f]Amy[/name_f]: “beloved”
[name_f]Erica[/name_f]: “eternal ruler”
[name_f]Roberta[/name_f] / [name_u]Robin[/name_u]: “bright fame”
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f] / [name_f]Sadie[/name_f]: “princess”
[name_f]Dionne[/name_f]: “divine”
[name_f]Adele[/name_f]: “noble/ nobility”

Girl 2:
[name_f]Sigourney[/name_f]: first name that came to mind from [name_f]Signy[/name_f]. Means, “daring king”, which doesn’t totally fit but the most popular owner of this name, [name_f]Sigourney[/name_f] [name_m]Weaver[/name_m], is best known for her role in Alien, a sci-fy horror movie set in space, so it does sort of tie into her love of astronomy.
[name_f]Astraea[/name_f]: means “star” and is a bit of a clunky name
[name_f]Phaedra[/name_f]: “bright”
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]: “sweetly speaking”
[name_f]Io[/name_f]: [name_m]Jupiter[/name_m]'s largest moon
[name_f]Sonia[/name_f]: “wisdom”

I’m not totally satisfied with my suggestions, so I might go back and add more later. But for now, I hope this is somewhat helpful!

Girl 1
[name_f]Mira[/name_f]: means peace or world; although it does mean sea or ocean and have history in [name_f]India[/name_f]
[name_f]Regina[/name_f]: means queen
[name_f]Alethea[/name_f]: means truth
[name_f]Esme[/name_f]: means esteemed or loved
[name_f]Carys[/name_f]: means love
[name_f]Calista[/name_f]: means beautiful
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]

Girl 2
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]: constellation
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]/[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]/[name_f]Estela[/name_f]: means star
[name_f]Astra[/name_f]: means star
[name_u]Seren[/name_u]: means star
Tesni: means warmth from the sun in welsh
[name_f]Sunniva[/name_f]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f]: means heaven
The [name_f]Portia[/name_f] Group of Satellites around Uranus based on Shakespearean names: [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], [name_f]Bianca[/name_f] (white, fair), [name_f]Cressida[/name_f] (golden), [name_f]Desdemona[/name_f] (ill-fated), [name_f]Portia[/name_f] (pig), [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] (horse, soft, tender/beautiful rose), [name_m]Cupid[/name_m], [name_f]Belinda[/name_f] (meaning not certain), and [name_f]Perdita[/name_f] (lost)
[name_f]Nova[/name_f]: means new, also related to astronomy

Lots of great name suggestions!

I quite like [name_u]Robin[/name_u], [name_f]Gemma[/name_f], and [name_f]Esme[/name_f] for girl one. I think I’m leaning more toward [name_u]Robin[/name_u] at the moment for how simple and pretty it is. But that’s subject to change.

I’m really loving [name_f]Phaedra[/name_f] and [name_u]Seren[/name_u] for girl two. A bit clunky, but ties into her interest in stars. [name_f]Belinda[/name_f] with the nickname [name_f]Linda[/name_f] or [name_f]Lindy[/name_f] sounds like it would fit her as well

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I really want to play with a [name_f]Sun[/name_f] & [name_f]Moon[/name_f] theme, especially with Girl 1 as the “sun” and Girl 2 as the “moon”. [name_m]Ties[/name_m] into Girl 2’s love of astronomy (it’s destiny that she’d love someone with a celestial-related name). Girl 1 as the sun would evoke her popular status (people are drawn to her) and bright future. Girl 2 as the moon evokes that she is more subdued than Girl 1. Something that was recently pointed out to me is that the moon is only visible thanks to the sun’s light. I find that to be kind of sweet, like the sun is bringing out the moon’s beauty or helping it to come out of its shell and be known to the world, or something. I dunno, it might work for your story.

I might be a little bit too inspired by Greek and [name_m]Roman[/name_m] mythology. I would suggest deities from other cultures but I’m not too familiar with them and don’t want to misrepresent anyone.

Girl 1:

  • [name_f]Apollonia[/name_f] “[name_f]Polly[/name_f]”: variation of [name_m]Apollo[/name_m], the Greek and [name_m]Roman[/name_m] sun god. It’s a bit of an unusual name, which is why I have [name_f]Polly[/name_f] as a nickname. A more “Americanized” version of the name is [name_f]Abbeline[/name_f] which could be pretty, but it doesn’t have the same power as [name_f]Apollonia[/name_f].
  • [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]: technically a Greek moon goddess ([name_u]Artemis[/name_u] tends to be called [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]) but the meaning is “radiant, shining one” which goes with Girl 1’s popularity.
  • [name_f]Aurora[/name_f]: the [name_m]Roman[/name_m] goddess of dawn, sister of [name_f]Luna[/name_f] (the moon)
  • [name_u]Laney[/name_u]: “bright shining one”
  • [name_f]Danica[/name_f]: “morning star” (I love the nicknames [name_u]Dani[/name_u] and [name_u]Nicky[/name_u])

Girl 2:

  • [name_f]Diana[/name_f]: the [name_m]Roman[/name_m] goddess of the moon & [name_m]Apollo[/name_m]'s twin sister
  • [name_f]Selene[/name_f]: the Greek goddess of the moon ([name_u]Artemis[/name_u] is too, but [name_f]Selene[/name_f] is the personification of the moon)
  • [name_f]Luna[/name_f]: the [name_m]Roman[/name_m] embodiment of the moon (a bit on-the-nose but still very pretty)
  • [name_f]Laila[/name_f]: “night”
  • [name_f]Ermelinda[/name_f]: “tender universe” (the description is “may still be a bit clunky for modern usage” which is what you wanted for her name). [name_u]Mel[/name_u] or [name_f]Lin[/name_f] can be cute nicknames.
  • [name_f]Miranda[/name_f]: the smallest and innermost moon of Uranus ([name_f]Miranda[/name_f] means “marvelous”, so it could work for Girl 1)

I really like this idea of evoking sun and moon imagery for these characters since there is a polarity between them, and I do feel that the sun represents Girl One and her bright future, while the moon represents Girl Two’s love for astronomy and more subdued nature.

I’ll defiantly be mulling these names over as well as thinking about other names that could fit. I have thought about [name_f]Amber[/name_f] for Girl One because of the golden hue that amber has, and how that reminds me of the golden sun.

Alternatively, I could also do something that brings up images of spring and winter, since spring is about light a growth (girl one), and winter is about darkness and introspection (girl two).

I love [name_f]Amber[/name_f]! Gorgeous name, and it totally fits your character. Both regal because of the gemstone relation, and has that bright, shining quality that, like you said, is reminiscent of the sun. I’m into it :slight_smile:

[name_m]Just[/name_m] looked it up: according to Wikipedia, the classical names for amber relate to the meaning “beaming sun” and was thought to be produced by the sun! Who knew?

I like that idea. It would definitely represent your characters without being too on-the-nose.
Here are some suggestions:

Girl 1:
[name_f]Aviva[/name_f]: “springlike, fresh, dewy”
[name_f]April[/name_f] / [name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]: “resurrection”
[name_f]Emerald[/name_f] “[name_f]Em[/name_f]” / “[name_f]Emmy[/name_f]”: [name_f]May[/name_f] gemstone
[name_f]Kiara[/name_f] “[name_f]Ki[/name_f]” (kee): [name_f]Kiara[/name_f] means “light, clear”, while [name_f]Ki[/name_f] means “arisen” (you could also go with [name_f]Kira[/name_f], meaning “throne”)
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]: considered to be a symbol for spring (I think you mentioned you were considering this name)

Girl 2:
[name_u]Yule[/name_u]: means “winter solstice” so it ties into both winter and astronomy (since it relies on the sun), plus it’s a bit… not clunky, but maybe awkward is the better word for it)
[name_f]Amethyst[/name_f]: [name_f]February[/name_f] gemstone
[name_f]Neve[/name_f]: “snow”
[name_f]Kiera[/name_f]: “little dark one”

Sorry if this is becoming too many names. I really like [name_f]Amber[/name_f], even though it doesn’t have a [name_f]Spring[/name_f] connotation (you could make the argument that it relates to the star sign [name_m]Taurus[/name_m], which lasts from the end of [name_f]April[/name_f] to the end of [name_f]May[/name_f]). [name_f]Neve[/name_f] might work for Girl 2, even if there isn’t a celestial association to it.

From past suggestions, I do think a name like Belinda could work for Girl 2. Looking up the associations with the name Linda, I’m finding that it does suit her really well, even if it doesn’t have an association to winter.

I would switch [name_f]Emma[/name_f] for [name_f]Gemma[/name_f], which feels slightly more original and matches her character type that little bit better. I have often used the name [name_f]Emma[/name_f], but have a [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] instead, in my WIP, and I can’t imagine her as any other name. I love the nickname [name_f]Gem[/name_f]. For girl two, I might use [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] or [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f].

I’ve been mulling around names a bit, and for girl two feel myself settling on [name_f]Cynthia[/name_f] with the nickname [name_f]Cindy[/name_f]. [name_f]Cynthia[/name_f] was the Greek [name_f]Goddess[/name_f] of the moon, and I really like how it leads to the nickname [name_f]Cindy[/name_f] which sounds like [name_f]Signy[/name_f] which is my placeholder name for her.

Girl One is a little more tricky. I really like [name_f]Gemma[/name_f], [name_u]Robin[/name_u], and [name_f]Amber[/name_f]. [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] has the precious jewel association which is very apparent from just the spelling of her name, also the nickname [name_f]Gem[/name_f] is really cute and fitting for her since I see her as having a slight masculine edge to her. I really like [name_u]Robin[/name_u] to, for the meaning, the spring association, the nickname [name_u]Robbie[/name_u] or [name_u]Bobbie[/name_u], and for the bird association. The characters live in a small-ish town and this girl dreams of making it big in NYC or LA, which makes me think of her wishing to take flight from her town and move on to other things. [name_f]Amber[/name_f] is also good for the jewel and sun association as well.