aprilhenry ([info]aprilhenry) wrote,
@ 2008-03-16 08:54:00
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Quick – need a character name?
Then use the random name generator.

Or go to the Social Security database to find names that were popular in a given year. [Full disclosure: April reached its peak in the early 1990s. I seldom meet a woman by age with my name.]

For my YAs, I page through my kid's school directories.

Do you have any favorite ways for naming your characters?



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[info]marla67
2008-03-16 05:53 pm UTC (link)
I like the website nine.frenchboys.net. I actually have a list of 13 websites that generate names. Some of them are pretty silly, though. I've looked through my old yearbooks. But I don't find the variety of ethnic names that kids have today. I tend to like to use ethnic or exotic sounding names.
I don't know anyone else with the name April....I do, however know a few Marlas (oddly enough) around my age group.

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[info]aprilhenry
2008-03-17 08:54 pm UTC (link)
I have met a June, July, September, August, December, and May.

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[info]ravelda
2008-03-16 06:07 pm UTC (link)
I actually programmed my own name generator in Python. It accepts text files so you don't have to change the code. I <3 my name generator. :)

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[info]aprilhenry
2008-03-17 08:52 pm UTC (link)
Wow! That's ambitious!

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[info]wesley_1701
2008-03-16 07:26 pm UTC (link)
Your social security link is a little messed up! I have a very good friend named April. Well, two I guess! ;)

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[info]aprilhenry
2008-03-16 07:37 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I had a little http stutter.

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[info]saraclaradara
2008-03-16 09:04 pm UTC (link)
I hate naming characters, so I just bookmarked both of those sites!

I quite often use first or last names of friends (or people I don't like, depending on the character - great revenge factor!)

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[info]aprilhenry
2008-03-16 11:48 pm UTC (link)
I feel like my horizons aren't big enough - I keep coming back to the same names.

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[info]marla67
2008-03-24 09:01 pm UTC (link)
Ok, one more thought on this subject....
I went to Lisa Jackson's website(http://www.lisajackson.com) and she had a great idea for coming up with names. A contest. (That would make a fabulous edition to your website.) Kids and adults alike love the idea of contributing a name to someone's book. And you'll get a plethera of names to keep on hand for future books.
M

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[info]aprilhenry
2008-03-26 12:42 am UTC (link)
Hey, I know Lisa. She lives here. She sells very well, and she's also nice!

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[info]onegrapeshy
2008-03-16 10:43 pm UTC (link)
I have 2 characters in my first book named Zelda and Mario...after my kids' video games I had to listen to for years!

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[info]aprilhenry
2008-03-17 08:52 pm UTC (link)
Hm - I like it!

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