I have been asked before in my writing why/how I come up with some of the more unusual and usual names for my characters, and this I find greatly depends upon the character themselves.
Sometimes its simple, I have a friend or know of someone/have heard a name which I like so decide to use it in my writing or I take an alternative approach.
A lot of my characters names have meanings, and that is who I decide quite a few of them. Although most of my ‘human’ characters will have names chosen as I like them (Blake, Autunm, Lena) most of the others have specific means, more of which you will see as we progress through my writing..
On choosing the actual meanings I specifically look at the character – what their main personality traits are or what I could match them too. If I have a character who has a dark personality then I will look for a name which has a dark meaning.
My current main example would of course be Creven, which is Irish has a meaning of Fox – a direct link to his character being a Kitsune!
I have a few more characters planned with names chosen in a similar style so keep your eyes open and see if you can would out what they are!
Thank you for reading
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