What should I name a girl in my fantasy book I am writing?

Right now I have her name down as Terra but I think I can do a little better can anyone give me advice on what to name her? There will also be a boy they will be in there teens like 14-15 please help!!!!!! :)

What should I name a girl in my fantasy book I am writing?
Alice MacMalice?
Reply:First answer gave an excellent suggestions





Generally, peoples names are *most* dependent on their culture, or their cultural background. This is the *primary* consideration when naming a character. If the character has an Irish background, you want an Irish-sounding name. Ditto for other cultures.





For a character from a fantasy culture, his name should reflect that culture. Normally, people's names have *meanings*, if not in their own tongue, then in some more ancient tongue with which that culture is familiar. If your fantasy culture has a Rome-like feel, names should be Roman. If British, then names should reflect that, as well. Tolkien made up names that had a Norman or Saxon "sound" to them (Romanized with a trailing "o" in many cases so that they would sound masculine to us).





"Terra" means "earth" in Latin, and this is common knowledge. Only use "Terra" if you are attempting to convey some connection with the earth for this character.





My suggestion: fill out the cultural background of all of your characters before naming them.





Jim


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Reply:I always name my main charectors in books somthing that begins with an S. Shiara means song in hebrew.Sophia is the goddess of wisdom.


Sabine


Sabra


Sachi


Sada


Sadah


Sadie


Saeran


Safara


Saffron


Sagira


Sagittarius


Sahara


Sahirah


Sahkyo


Saima


Sakina


Sakura


Salali


Salama


Saleema


Salene


Salim


Salma


Salome


Samara


Samira


Sana


Sanaa


Sanam


Sancha


Saniya


Sanne


Sanura


Saoirse


Saphweigh


Sapphire


Sarai


Sarama


Saran


Sari


Sasilvia


Saskia


Satin


Satinka


Satya


Sauda


Savanna


Savea


Scarlett


Seanna


Season


Sebille


Seda


Seema


Sela


Selah


Selam


Selene


Selia


Selima


Selina


Selma


Sema


Semira


Sen


Senalda


Senona


Senta


Sequoia


Sera


Serafina


Serena


Serenity


Serwa


Sesen


Sevita


Sezja


Shada


Shaina


Shakila


Shakina


Shakira


Shakti


Shalin


Shamara


Shanae


Shandi


Shandra


Shani


Shania


Shanna


Shanon


Shanta


Shantell


Shanton


Shaquana


Sharis


Sharne


Sharon


Sharona


Sharvani


Shasa


Shasta


Shateque


Shaunna


Shayla


Shaylee


Shayna


Shea


Sheba


Sheehan


Sheena


Sheera


Shelagh


Shepry


Sheri


Sherine


Sherise


Sheryl


Shiela


Shima


Shira


Shiri


Shirin


Shirina


Shirlyn


Shona


Shonakwaya


Shoshana


Shoshanah


Shoushan


Shu Fang


Shyla


Sian


Sibyl


Sidone


Sidonia


Sidonie


Sidra


Sienna


Sierra


Signa


Sika


Sileas


Silvana


Silvia


Sima


Simone


Sine


Sinead


Siobhan


Siran


Sirvat


Sitara


Siusan


Siyanda


Skyla


Snana


Snow


Snowy


Sohalia


Sokanon


Solada


Solana


Solange


Soledad


Soleil


Solstice


Sona


Sondra


Sonel


Sonja


Sonora


Sora


Sorcha


Soyala


Speranza


Stacia


Stacie


Star


Starr


Stasia


Steffi


Steffie


Stella


Suchi


Suchin


Suki


Sulwyn


Sumana


Sumayah


Sumitra


Summer


Sundari


Sunee


Sunila


Suzette


Suzuki


Suzy


Svea


Sveta


Svetlana


Swaantje


Swann


Sylvana


Sylvia


Symona


Synnove
Reply:Well, I think it would help to know the plot in order to help you with the names. Sometimes the plot may evolve around, for example, and irish kind of theme, and you want your character to have an irish name. Terra's nice, but it also means "earth." If her name isn't symoblic, I wouldn't use Terra.
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Reply:Look at Italian names for the chick, they seem to have some nice exotic names, anything that isn't to common will make the story and character seem more interesting, good luck =]
Reply:Do you have an idea of what you want their names to mean? You could try these websites to help.





http://www.behindthename.com/





http://www.name-meanings.com/





http://www.babyhold.com/





Good luck!
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