What are your main characters called, in any novel or other story you are writing?

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The main story I’m working on has [name_u]Emery[/name_u] “[name_f]Em[/name_f]”, [name_m]Eric[/name_m], [name_f]Alexa[/name_f] “[name_u]Lex[/name_u]”, [name_f]Adelais[/name_f] “[name_f]Addie[/name_f]”, [name_u]Salem[/name_u], and [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] “[name_u]Theo[/name_u].”

Another story has [name_f]Astrid[/name_f], Linnaeus, Fritzgerald, [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_u]Francis[/name_u] “[name_u]Noble[/name_u],” [name_u]Arden[/name_u], [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f], and [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] “[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]” :))

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Mine is currently just in theory, no words on the page but the MC is [name_f]Anya[/name_f] [name_u]Van[/name_u] Lier.

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I’m starting on a fantasy series (48 A5 notebook pages written of book 1 so far), where the names of the main characters swing towards their respective ‘element’. Basically I take a first name and then another ‘first name’ for the surname, if it makes sense as one. The reason they have the first names linked to their powers is sort of the parents being given a nudge in the ‘right direction’. The names I have ‘set in stone’ for main characters and siblings/friends are:

[name_f]Ayla[/name_f] [name_f]Maren[/name_f] (MC 1, thirteen years old)
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f] ‘Delphi’ [name_f]Maren[/name_f] (fourteen years old, almost fifteen)
[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u] [name_m]Corentin[/name_m] (friend of Delphi’s, fourteen)
[name_f]Eliane[/name_f] ‘Ellie’ [name_f]Tana[/name_f] (MC 2. Is currently, within the overall story, twelve. She turns thirteen at the start of ‘her’ book)

I’m thinking of using [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Chloe[/name_f] or [name_f]Bryony[/name_f] for the third main character, and a bird name for the fourth. She’s currently jokingly named ‘Sparrow’ in my notes as a placeholder.

The side characters are:

[name_f]Lizzie[/name_f] [name_u]Green[/name_u] (Ellie’s cousin and Ayla’s best friend)
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m] Lightwood (younger brother of Delphi’s best friend, and one of Ayla’s friends)
[name_u]Finn[/name_u] [name_u]Anderson[/name_u] (one of Ayla’s friends)
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] [name_u]Anderson[/name_u] (Finn’s younger twin sisters, aged eight)
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m] [name_u]Green[/name_u] (Ellie’s cousin, but not Lizzie’s sibling. It’s basically that [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] and Lizzie’s fathers are the two brothers of Ellie’s mother, and thus have the same surname, but are not siblings)

I realise when I say ‘MC’ I mean ‘protagonist’, but we’ll stick with main character.

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I’m writing a few stories at the moment, here they are:

[name_u]Story[/name_u] 1: [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_u]Neil[/name_u], [name_f]Hannah[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_m]William[/name_m], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Belle[/name_f], [name_m]David[/name_m], [name_u]Remi[/name_u], [name_f]Katelyn[/name_f], [name_m]Josh[/name_m]

[name_u]Story[/name_u] 2: [name_m]Jake[/name_m], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_u]Marie[/name_u], [name_u]Nolan[/name_u], [name_f]Hannah[/name_f], [name_f]Ava[/name_f], [name_f]Natalie[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_u]Allison[/name_u], [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], [name_u]Aidan[/name_u], [name_u]Nolan[/name_u], [name_f]Donna[/name_f], [name_f]Madeline[/name_f], [name_u]Gabriel[/name_u], [name_u]Elias[/name_u], [name_m]Muhammad[/name_m], [name_f]Faith[/name_f], [name_u]Oliver[/name_u], [name_u]Alex[/name_u], Malice, Ezmia, [name_f]Carly[/name_f], [name_u]Scott[/name_u], [name_m]Lucas[/name_m], [name_f]Ginette[/name_f], [name_f]Melanie[/name_f], [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f] ‘Jack’, [name_f]Ruth[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Zeynep[/name_f], [name_f]Marigold[/name_f].

[name_u]Story[/name_u] 3: (I just started this one so there will probably will be more once I get more into it) [name_f]April[/name_f], [name_u]Robert[/name_u] ‘Rob’, [name_f]Samantha[/name_f], [name_m]Ernie[/name_m], [name_u]Michael[/name_u], [name_f]Emily[/name_f], Ginniva, [name_f]Bella[/name_f], [name_m]Jason[/name_m], [name_m]Matthew[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m]

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My protagonists are Flora (full name Florence) Dahlrymple and Killian Kettering!
Flora has two sisters: Alice and Margaret.

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I have 3 works. In one, the protagonist is [name_f]Kira[/name_f] [name_u]Marie[/name_u] di [name_m]Angelo[/name_m], and in the second, the protagonists are [name_f]Camellia[/name_f] [name_u]July[/name_u] and [name_m]Obsidian[/name_m] [name_u]Rome[/name_u]. In the third, the protagonists are [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] McLain and [name_u]Mason[/name_u] [name_u]Jonah[/name_u] [name_u]Wilder[/name_u].

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I literally just wrote the exposition of a short story for [name_f]English[/name_f], but I’m in love with the world I created and the characters. Especially their names!
MC- [name_m]Prince[/name_m] [name_u]Vivendel[/name_u] “Viv”
Footman- [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]
Viv’s older sister- [name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]

I’ll probably add more to another thread later!

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Currently planning to turn a short story I wrote for my fiction workshop into something longer. I posted about it in the Talk About Your [name_u]Story[/name_u] thread. The characters I’ve named so far are:
Castle [name_f]Moon[/name_f] “Cas”- MC
[name_u]Auberon[/name_u] Elor “Aubrey”- MC
[name_u]Sage[/name_u] [name_m]Salo[/name_m]- older sister
[name_f]Opal[/name_f] [name_m]Salo[/name_m]- younger sister
[name_m]Viator[/name_m]- antagonist
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]- side character

I also have 2 short stories I’m working on. One is about two sisters named [name_f]Ramona[/name_f] “Rainy” and [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] “Isby” who reflect on how they dealt with the sudden death of their father 10 years after it happened, and how it impacted their relationship. The other is much less developed but will focus on [name_m]Fenn[/name_m], the sarcastic and underachieving younger sibling of their world’s [name_m]Chosen[/name_m] One who is thrown into a crisis requiring them to step up.

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I have a new story idea, which means new character names! I’m not sure what all the characters will be named, but I’ve settled on names for the main characters, at least:

[name_f]Rainbow[/name_f] “Rainie” [name_m]Lewis[/name_m] - MC who accidentally gets caught up in a secret fairy war

[name_m]Haldor[/name_m] “Hal” Bjerke - Rainie’s best friend

[name_f]Lulu[/name_f] - a nervous sprite who is now a criminal for leading humans into the fairy domain

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Yunna Yarceva (you-nuh yar-tse-vuh) - the main character, an unlucky and insecure young sorceress who loves riddles and dreams of revealing the secrets of her grandmother

Matvey Snegin - an arrogant and cocky boy who initially hated Yunna, but then gradually became involved in her investigation

Charm - Yunnah’s spirit familiar: a graceful black-and-white cat who is quite wise and looks after “his girl”; was created from Yunna’s magic. His actual name is Focus (Фокус) which means Trick in Russian but I changed it while translating the story into English

Rosa Yarceva - the eldest of all Yunna’s siblings. A very talented and haughty girl, who, however, jealously takes care of her younger ones. By the way, other children in their family are named Violetta “Vetta”, Alisa, Severin “Sever”, Erik & Lora

Daniil Yarcev - father of Yunna and Rosa. Vain and authoritarian, very strict as a father and strong as a sorcerer

Radimir Snegin - Matvey’s father, chief detective of the district and antagonist, very secretive, one of those who will go over the heads of others, just to get what he wants

Kira Ferzina - Yunna’s maid and friend, does not have magic. A sharp, energetic and confident girl

Alec Ferzin - Kira’s twin brother. Quiet, responsible, kind and selfless boy who is in love with Yunna

Yunna Yarceva Sr. - grandmother of the main character. A mysterious old lady with an interesting past who died at the start of the story. She loved her granddaughter and planned to teach her when she grows up. Belonged to the Sisters of Trust

Bertha - the main villain, the supreme sister of truth, dreams of revenge on the sorcerers for her people

Asya - Bertha’s adopted daughter, who, despite all her efforts, never showed magical abilities. After being mistreated by her guardian, she became very attached to Yunna and made friends with her

Valentine - the ex-fiancee of Yunna Sr., whom she left for her future husband. Lives in the Abode of Truth. He is subordinate to Bertha and was severely punished for helping the Yarcevs

That seem to be it. Sorry for the huge text!

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Does not HAVE magic*, sorry. Not own

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[name_f]Lima[/name_f] [name_f]Jayde[/name_f] “LJ”.

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Starting a book and I have two main characters so far named Emmeline and Will short for William. (Full names are Emmeline Baker and William Smith) It’s set in medieval times so I searched a long time for medieval names for my characters that suited them. Took me forever to name the girl main character.

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I’m attempting to write a kidnapping story with the main characters being a group of three siblings, twins [name_f]Ava[/name_f] and [name_u]Liam[/name_u] and younger sister [name_u]Teagan[/name_u]. The kidnapping victim is [name_f]Kiera[/name_f], their cousin, and [name_f]Kiera[/name_f] herself has a younger sister who I might name [name_f]Erin[/name_f] but I also might not name her [name_f]Erin[/name_f].

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Cool!

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These are from a new story I’m working on

[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] (Becca) [name_f]Margaux[/name_f] [name_u]Porter[/name_u] 16 - Main-MC
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f] (Susie) [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] [name_u]Porter[/name_u] 13 - [name_f]Sister[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] (Ginny) [name_m]Bryant[/name_m] 16 - Friend/Foster [name_f]Sister[/name_f]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m] (Leo) [name_m]Bryant[/name_m] 16 - Friend/Foster Brother
[name_f]Maxine[/name_f] (Max) [name_m]Long[/name_m] 16 - [name_u]Friend[/name_u]
[name_u]Quentin[/name_u] (Q) [name_m]Evans[/name_m] 16 - [name_u]Friend[/name_u]
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u] 17, [name_u]Sage[/name_u] 17, [name_f]Jasmine[/name_f] 17, [name_f]Anneliese[/name_f] 16, [name_f]Mallorie[/name_f] 16, [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] 15, [name_u]Pepper[/name_u] 15,
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m] 15 - [name_m]Foster[/name_m] Siblings
Mr. and Mrs. [name_m]Wright[/name_m] - [name_m]Foster[/name_m] Parents

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[name_f]Violet[/name_f] (Vi) [name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f] [name_m]Le[/name_m]
[name_m]Quinton[/name_m] [name_u]Vesper[/name_u] [name_m]Le[/name_m]

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I currently have Valerie Walsh and Judah Winter, but they’ve never felt quite right to me.

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[name_f]Mae[/name_f] (mc)
[name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_f]Attie[/name_f]
[name_u]Jemmy[/name_u]
[name_f]Dinah[/name_f]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_m]John[/name_m]

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I’m going to start writing a story where my main characters are (first name/last name format):

Myleigh [name_u]Davis[/name_u]
[name_f]Yvette[/name_f] (Pronounce Yuh-Vette) [name_m]Greene[/name_m]
[name_f]Jillian[/name_f] Smithson
[name_f]India[/name_f] Verano
[name_f]Aria[/name_f] Rowaway