Post by ❝ℬlue Goddess❞ ☮™ on Apr 17, 2015 9:35:28 GMT -6
Naming Techniques
Easy stuff!
First off, stop overthinking it! Names are pretty simple and in a way they completely define the character as a whole, which is why I start off with a name in the first place then create the character. A character named Andel couldn't possibly be all sugary sweet and kind and generous, right? or Paisley just wouldn't seem right if she was angry, depressing and a bitch. Jasper wouldn't be the same if he was shy, bad with women and socially awkward, right? A name is the one thing that defines how a character is going to turn out!
Of course this is a matter of opinion but a rule I live by when creating my characters.
Naming comes with a simple math. A 3+2+1 or 1+3+2 and even 2+1+3. Syllables count.
Names like
Matthew Jackson Carter does not make sense because it's 2+2+2
Maybe Jasper Kael Gunner
2+1+2
or
Axel Slade Gunner
2+1+2
Even try:
Evangeline Claire James
4+1+1
Aida Elizabeth James
2+3+1
However there are exceptions to this when it comes to sounds and endings. Anything that ends in a M or N or P or T, maybe D and a couple of other letters like this is very sharp whereas anything with an S, O, E, A, or long sounding letter is going to be long and wispy. Make sense so far?
Example:
Felix Tyson Gunner
2+2+2
Long+short+long
Now there are ways to make this simpler and that's defaulting to safe names. Like
Atticus Lee Grimm
This works because of the Lee in the center. Lee is a long sound paired with Atticus which is very sharp and staccato sounding. Grimm is abrupt and ends, leaving there no room for anymore names.
Another example:
Bonnie Ann Gunner
2+1+2
Long-Short-Long
or Jane Ann Gunner
1+1+2
Long-Short-Long
This works because the A in Jane is long and the A in Ann is short. Listen to how it sounds when you say it aloud.
Another name is
Paisley Ann Fryer
Long-Short-Long
2+1+2
Paisley is very long sounding because of the emphasis on the ai and the e. Ann is short because of the short A and abrupt N. Fryer emphasizes the I sound with the ER. That's why it works.
Now when picking names, you could always go Uncommon+Common+Uncommon
or
Unique+Uncommon+Common
or even
Common+Unique+Uncommon
Examples include:
Lazarus Cain Gunner
Jasper Kael Gunner
@mlee
Hunter Laine Killeway
Ezra Enyeto
Ulysses Sebastian Grant
@laney
See how well they work? It's because of how they're paired. Not all Unique names fit, not all Uncommon fit. Think of how it sounds and flows before picking a name!
Of course, as always, feel free to ask me for any help because I love names!
-Blue
Of course this is a matter of opinion but a rule I live by when creating my characters.
Naming comes with a simple math. A 3+2+1 or 1+3+2 and even 2+1+3. Syllables count.
Names like
Matthew Jackson Carter does not make sense because it's 2+2+2
Maybe Jasper Kael Gunner
2+1+2
or
Axel Slade Gunner
2+1+2
Even try:
Evangeline Claire James
4+1+1
Aida Elizabeth James
2+3+1
However there are exceptions to this when it comes to sounds and endings. Anything that ends in a M or N or P or T, maybe D and a couple of other letters like this is very sharp whereas anything with an S, O, E, A, or long sounding letter is going to be long and wispy. Make sense so far?
Example:
Felix Tyson Gunner
2+2+2
Long+short+long
Now there are ways to make this simpler and that's defaulting to safe names. Like
Atticus Lee Grimm
This works because of the Lee in the center. Lee is a long sound paired with Atticus which is very sharp and staccato sounding. Grimm is abrupt and ends, leaving there no room for anymore names.
Another example:
Bonnie Ann Gunner
2+1+2
Long-Short-Long
or Jane Ann Gunner
1+1+2
Long-Short-Long
This works because the A in Jane is long and the A in Ann is short. Listen to how it sounds when you say it aloud.
Another name is
Paisley Ann Fryer
Long-Short-Long
2+1+2
Paisley is very long sounding because of the emphasis on the ai and the e. Ann is short because of the short A and abrupt N. Fryer emphasizes the I sound with the ER. That's why it works.
Now when picking names, you could always go Uncommon+Common+Uncommon
or
Unique+Uncommon+Common
or even
Common+Unique+Uncommon
Examples include:
Lazarus Cain Gunner
Jasper Kael Gunner
@mlee
Hunter Laine Killeway
Ezra Enyeto
Ulysses Sebastian Grant
@laney
See how well they work? It's because of how they're paired. Not all Unique names fit, not all Uncommon fit. Think of how it sounds and flows before picking a name!
Of course, as always, feel free to ask me for any help because I love names!
-Blue
