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Someone asked me how I chose names for story characters. I answered simply that I took names from some family and friends and also Googled for the top ten boy's names. So what do others do? I am simply curious....
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timmy
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If I hear the boy's name who inspires me I use it. Otherwise I use names I like.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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marc
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When I'm writing, (which i am inclined to do in public areas in order to soak up 'atmosphere') and need a name for a new character, I will ask someone for a name as they are passing by.
Sometimes they work, sometimes not......
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Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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timmy
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Well, my wife did teach a "Heavenly Summer" once. Atrociously behaved little cow, she was!
Unusual names only add depth when the context is appropriate. In the UK where the character is white and male the names are usually traditional.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Michael wrote:
>Don’t be afraid to use girls’ names for boys, i.e. Sue,(or spelled Soo), which is short, masculine in forcefulness and can start a good fight.<
Didn't Johnny Cash have something to say about?
Hugs
N
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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timmy
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And Shirley Crabtree
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Goodness, yes the Boy names Sue.. Don't think it'll quite fit with my characters.
Here's the top twenty five list.. for what it's worth.
Paul.
Jack
Thomas
Oliver
Joshua
Harry
Charlie
Daniel
William
James
Alfie
Samuel
George
Joseph
Benjamin
Ethan
Lewis
Mohammed
Jake
Dylan
Jacob
Luke
Callum
Alexander
Matthew
Ryan
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Fingolfin
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Hi Paul,
those are the names that you like? Or going to use in forthcoming novels, stories?
Marek
It is better to switch on a small light than to curse the darkness.
- Vincent Šikula, Slovak writer
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No they were the twenty five most popular names in 2007 according to registrars of births etc... So as I am doing contemporay stories i guess some of them may get used... possibly...
Paul,
No paul on the list thogh.. :-/
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Fingolfin
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Well, in Slovakia, the most popular names nowadays are>
Samuel (Samuel)
Patrik (Patrick)
Tomáš (Thomas)
Marek (Mark)
Filip (Phillip)
Jakub (Jacob, James)
Pavol (Paul)
Peter (Peter)
Adam (Adam)
among classic Slavonic names:
Branislav (Branislas)
Ľubomír (no equivalent)
Ondrej (no equivalent, but similar to Andrej=Andrew)
Marek
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It is better to switch on a small light than to curse the darkness.
- Vincent Šikula, Slovak writer
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