Hello everybody, I’m searching for a name for a character, so if any of you could help me that would be very nice of you ! So, he’s a kind guy, but he has been tortured and sequestred and drugged as a kid, and trained to kill, so he can be super dark and scary at times . Kind of mysterious, but he’ wants revenge so he joined the other characters. Physically, he is tall, dark hair, scars everywhere and that’s all I guess . If it can help, the other character are called Milona,[name_u]Arlo[/name_u], [name_f]Nissa[/name_f] and Elior. Thank you !
Was he named by the people who trained him to kill? If so, maybe they named him something like [name_u]Mercer[/name_u] (for mercenary), [name_u]Hunter[/name_u], [name_m]Arrow[/name_m], [name_m]Dagger[/name_m] or something else that’s more like an assassin’s nickname than a firstname.
Maybe he renamed himself when he finally broke free of them, and chose a name meaning free or lucky: [name_m]Felix[/name_m], Beatus, Gelas (“laughing”), [name_u]Lucky[/name_u], [name_m]Freeman[/name_m]
Maybe he chose his own name but wanted to look unsuspicious, so he just went with [name_m]John[/name_m], [name_m]Bob[/name_m], [name_m]Bill[/name_m] or [name_m]Tom[/name_m].
Maybe he wanted to choose his own name, but couldn’t think of anything when he was asked, so he just went with something he saw right then: [name_u]Sky[/name_u], [name_u]Robin[/name_u], [name_m]Oakes[/name_m], [name_u]River[/name_u], [name_u]Rain[/name_u] could work.
Thank you, I really like [name_u]Hunter[/name_u] and [name_u]Mercer[/name_u], and I didn’t really thought of when he got his name (shame on me ), and the idea of him just going with something he saw is also great to me, so thank you!
Something that sticks out is a story I read with a sociopathic trained mercenary. He had a very average not memorable name, could easily change his accent and persona (part of being a sociopath where he mimics emotions and stuff), was married and had 2 kids with a picket fence and a dog so he could blend it with society better.
If your character is well trained, he may have been prepped for things like this. Given a forgettable name like [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Peterson[/name_m], and be very good at disguising himself into different “characters”. That might also come in handy with your story if they need to pretend to be someone else to get information or whatever. The scary part of the character I read about… Nobody knew what his real accent was, or anything he didn’t want them to know. And he could go from killing someone in cold blood to a smiling country redneck like a flip of a switch.
If your character wants revenge on the people who tortured him by using their training against them, he might change his name as a way to get control. Maybe he has a memory from his past that he holds on to. A parent, a friend, the first person who was ever nice to him.
Another thing you can think of is if he had an imaginary friend as a kid, a way to escape. Maybe he takes on the name of his imaginary friend because it was the one thing good to him in his darker times.
Thank you a lot for your answer ! You have great ideas, I still need to think about it but it’s a great start And if you don’t mind, what’s the name of this book ? It sound awesome