I’m trying to be obvious-but-not in the naming of the characters for a series of short stories aimed at literally just my younger siblings and maybe my friends, so we’ve got a character named [name_u]Brooke[/name_u] who’s got water powers and she’s got a sister who will have ice powers because ice is literally just very cold water. However, I want the ice sister’s name to be at least slightly subtle. [name_u]Or[/name_u] exactly a tiny bit subtle, if that makes sense, I need there to be a chance of my sisters making the link. They’re not the brightest.
[name_u]Brooke[/name_u] is not the twin of the girl with ice powers, they’re sisters born eleven months apart. Their surname is Destan.
Any suggestions are welcome!
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I’m not sure if this is too obvious but what about [name_u]Winter[/name_u]?
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Maybe Crystal? If you’re willing to use snow-meaning names, I’d also suggest Eira &/or Eirlys.
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I mean, it’s as subtle as whacking someone over the head with a hammer as a way to tell them you dislike them, but that’s about as good as I could ever do with my sisters. Literally my twelve-year-old sister thought Korea was the capital of Croatia, mixed up Iceland and [name_u]Ireland[/name_u] and then thought Australia was the capital of [name_f]Austria[/name_f].
And that [name_f]Asia[/name_f] was a country.
The other sister is even worse, although she’s younger so it’s slightly more excusable.
I do like the name [name_u]Winter[/name_u], but it doesn’t really fit with [name_u]Brooke[/name_u] in my head.
I did consider [name_f]Crystal[/name_f], and I love [name_f]Eira[/name_f]. [name_f]Eirlys[/name_f] is one I’ve never really thought about using, but there is a first time for everything. It’s just that [name_f]Eira[/name_f] and [name_f]Eirlys[/name_f] don’t strike me as logical sister names for [name_u]Brooke[/name_u]. As for Crystal… well, I don’t know, I just want to see if there are any other options before I 100% choose it.
Still, I will probably find ways to use [name_f]Eira[/name_f] or [name_f]Eirlys[/name_f] either somewhere else in the story or in one of my other two hundred projects, because since when did I finish one thing before starting another?
Not sure how well this fits but my first thought was Gerda/Gerta, in reference to the [name_u]Snow[/name_u] [name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_m]Hans[/name_m] [name_u]Christian[/name_u] [name_u]Andersen[/name_u] fairytale. Not sure about the pairing with [name_u]Brooke[/name_u] though. Maybe [name_f]Bianca[/name_f]? [name_u]Or[/name_u] [name_f]Aurora[/name_f]?
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I always simultaneously loved and hated that fairytale. It seemed like it took forever to get anywhere but when I was actually interested then I liked it. It’s definitely something my sisters could make the link to because I literally have a book in their room with that fairytale in it. If they ever opened a book, they’d have a chance at making links. And yeah, it fits quite well. Though I don’t think it sounds well with [name_u]Brooke[/name_u]. [name_f]Bianca[/name_f] seems too matchy since they both start with ‘B’. As for [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], I think it might work. Won’t make a final decision on it right this moment but I’ll get to it immediately.
I’m basing everything off whether my sisters would understand the link when I know they’re complete idiots and probably wouldn’t even make the Brooke-water connection. [name_f]My[/name_f] brother might have a better chance than those two and he struggles reading in a totally different sense (only sibling I managed to get to read [name_u]Harry[/name_u] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] and the Philosopher’s [name_m]Stone[/name_m], which I count as a win. 1 and 3 can’t be bothered opening books at all. Don’t really get how we can possibly be related. And they’ve got all my books in their room because I can’t have a bookshelf in my room).
That was a rant, wow.
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[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]! Not sure how well it goes with brooke tho lol
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f] or [name_f]Neve[/name_f].
Niamh comes to mine? Neige in French means snow, and Niamh sounds like that word. First thought was Elsa tho. 
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f] came to mind first lol