2. What were his parents’ names?
3. Where are his grandparents from?
4. Were his parents wealthy or poor?
5. Where was he born?
6. What is his birthday?
Google the date to ensure you haven’t given him a ‘famous’ or ‘infamous’ birthday.
Google the year to find out the 20 most popular names that year.
What film was No. 1 in the year that he was born?
What song was No. 1 in the year that he was born?
What TV series was the most popular?
7. What are his siblings’ names?
8. What versions of his name will people use?
Example: Amanda, Mandy, Mands
9. When you say the name out loud - first and last name – how does it sound?
10. Are the initials inadvertently funny?
Example: Patty Clark will always be PC
Three Ways to help you choose a name
Does the meaning suit your character’s role?
Is it believable for the time he was born?
Does it suit his ancestry?
The Others
Make a list of your characters’ names.
Do they all begin with the same, or a similar sounding, letter of the alphabet? If they do, change them.
Do they have a different number of syllables? If they don’t, change them.
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