If I ever write a memoir, I want to use a pen name and rename my friends and family for privacy reasons. I have a few requirements though.
The meaning cannot have ties to religion: This may not be important for my readers, but I’m not [name_m]Christian[/name_m], and don’t want a name that relates to religion.
No middle names: I need a first and last name only
No unisex names: I want strictly feminine names
I’d like the first and last names not to alliterate, or run together when spoken
The surname can’t be used as a first name.
Please don’t [name_f]Sunday[/name_f] these: [name_u]Wren[/name_u], [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f], [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] or [name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
I’ve already considered: [name_f]Lena[/name_f], [name_f]Vera[/name_f], [name_f]Katia[/name_f], [name_f]Hypatia[/name_f] and [name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
Okay, well…I’m just going to throw a bunch of suggestions out there:
[name_f]Katia[/name_f] Purcelle
[name_f]Katia[/name_f] Cedarbaum
[name_f]Katia[/name_f] [name_m]Hooper[/name_m]
[name_f]Julissa[/name_f] McIntyre
[name_f]Natalie[/name_f] Bradenton
[name_f]Rika[/name_f] [name_m]Pembroke[/name_m]
[name_f]Irina[/name_f] [name_m]Vance[/name_m]
[name_f]Georgine[/name_f] Woodward
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_m]Stein[/name_m]
[name_f]Brigitte[/name_f] [name_m]Davenport[/name_m]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f] Cordova
[name_f]Juliana[/name_f] [name_m]Moss[/name_m]
[name_f]Vickie[/name_f] [name_m]Figueroa[/name_m]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
[name_f]Daniella[/name_f] [name_m]Evans[/name_m]
[name_f]Frida[/name_f] [name_u]Sinclair[/name_u]
[name_f]Portia[/name_f] [name_u]Mercer[/name_u]
[name_f]Yvette[/name_f] [name_m]Collier[/name_m]
I would avoid [name_f]Lena[/name_f] and [name_f]Vera[/name_f], only because there’s some famous ones out there already. [name_f]Hypatia[/name_f] and [name_f]Coralie[/name_f] sound very much like pen names someone today would name themselves…so not super authentic. So I would avoid those, too, but that’s me.
@misslis!!! You are pretty active in the forums, don’t you? I see you everywhere around Nameberry. That’s nice 
I took the liberty of giving you some ideas based on these two lists:
[name_f]Jessica[/name_f] [name_m]Brown[/name_m]
[name_f]Amanda[/name_f] White
[name_u]Alexis[/name_u] (or [name_f]Alexa[/name_f]) [name_u]Walker[/name_u]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_f]Destiny[/name_f] [name_m]Miller[/name_m]
[name_f]Paige[/name_f] [name_m]Rodriguez[/name_m]
[name_u]Sierra[/name_u] [name_m]Moore[/name_m]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]/[name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f] [name_m]Hall[/name_m]
[name_f]Chloe[/name_f] [name_m]Young[/name_m]
[name_f]Lena[/name_f]: cute
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]: nice. For older people
[name_f]Hypatia[/name_f]: kinda obvious that’s a pen name
[name_f]Cora[/name_f] (instead of [name_f]Coralie[/name_f])
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f] (different (?), but not unheard)
Some ideas:
[name_f]Katerina[/name_f] [name_m]Burns[/name_m]
[name_f]Kathryn[/name_f] [name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_m]Kensington[/name_m]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] [name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_u]Ariel[/name_u] Pymble
[name_f]Lauryn[/name_f] Hastings
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f] [name_m]Harding[/name_m]
[name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f] [name_m]Bennett[/name_m]
[name_f]Patricia[/name_f] McAllister
[name_f]Paige[/name_f] [name_m]Turner[/name_m]
[name_f]Emily[/name_f] [name_m]Heron[/name_m]
[name_f]Marleigh[/name_f] [name_m]Heron[/name_m]
???