I’m not expecting, but trying to name a character for what will be forty percent of my drama gcse, and I’m reasonably picky, because it feels like a waste of interest in names to not try and get something perfect. as a result, I am unreasonably pernickety.
the piece is set in the sistine chapel, and ideally, I’d like a name that brings up the same bright, bold, warm colours, and extravagant beauty - or at least doesn’t clash with it - but I’d like to stick to something fairly well-known.
the character is a reasonably well-off sixteen-year-old girl with a go-with-the-flow, live-fast sort of a lifestyle, now having an existential crisis in the sistine chapel.
the criteria ~
recognisable to non name-nerds, and ideally quite well established
feels like it fits when you think of the sistine chapel
flows acceptably with the middle name [name_f]Eve[/name_f]
passable on a sixteen-year-old
has a slightly upper-class, british feel? it doesn’t need to be super extravagant, but something with that slight leaning would be ideal.
I’ve so far considered [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Anya[/name_f], [name_f]Claudia[/name_f], and [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], but I’m not sold on any of them yet.
I also think Ella, Beatrice, and Alice would work quite well, but unfortunately, there are people with those names in my class, and I think that would be kind of weird.
I know this is a lot, but y’all are brilliant, and I’m just excited to see what you can come up with!
I think a name that was quite popular in the 1500’s would be a good fit for your character, since the [name_f]Sistine[/name_f] [name_u]Chapel[/name_u] was painted in the 1500’s so the names in the renaissance era could fit the vibe your looking for. I think [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] would work well since it was quite popular during the 1500’s and has that kind of British upper class vibe but is still recognisable by the non-nameberry community.
Other ideas
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
I know this is probably a little more unusual than you had in mind but I do think it fits some of the criteria (upper class British feel; fits with the [name_f]Sistine[/name_f] [name_u]Chapel[/name_u]; extravagant but not too extravagant): Araminta.
Otherwise, how about [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f], [name_f]Margaux[/name_f] or [name_f]Astrid[/name_f]?
Claudia really hits the nail on the head for me! She has an artsy vibe but also feels a bit posh. And I associate [name_f]Claudia[/name_f] with adventures in famous buildings a la Mrs. [name_u]Basil[/name_u] E. Frankweiler, so an existential crisis in the [name_f]Sistine[/name_f] [name_u]Chapel[/name_u] feels like a nod to that history.
