Character Naming

As an Author naming your Character is an important step right after coming up with the plot. I am here to help you choose the right character name for you and your story.

Make sure your character name is Genre Appropriate. Make sure if it's a Historical Fiction novel or takes place in a real time period that the name was used then. Or if it's a fictionalized place then you can be as creative as you wish.

Just have fun with naming your character. It is after all your story.



Saturday, June 25, 2011

Devlin or Devlyn

Meaning: (Fierce, Fierce Courage)

Origin: (Gaelic, Irish)

Pronunciation: (DEV-lin, DEV-lyn)

Gender: Male

I used this as a character name before as well. It's a reoccurring thing with me. I am putting more names on here I have used than intend to use. This name made me think of a strong exotic looking man...tall dark and handsome :) So that is how I created my character but the sky's the limit with this name. Very good name in my opinion. It isn't used much in literature but I think that is a good thing.

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I try to have the most accurate Meanings, Origin and Pronunciations for the names on this blog. It is best though to do research into the names you decide to use for your characters as there can be errors on my blog. Or meanings, origins, and pronunciations I have not seen thus not been able to add to this blog.





Try some of the leading Baby Name Sites and Baby Name or Character Naming books as well.


The baby name sites below are where I collect many of the Names, Origins, and Pronunciations I use on this blog.

Baby Names Sites:

http://www.thinkbabynames.com
http://www.babynamewizard.com
http://www.behindthename.com
http://www.babynamespedia.com