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.



Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Salome

Meaning: (Peace)

Origin: (Hebrew, Biblical, English)

Pronunciation: (Sa·lo′me, sə-LO-mee (English)

Gender: Female

There were two woman in the Bible named this.

The first Salome was the fleshly sister of Mary, Jesus mother. Salome was married to Zebedee and there sons James and John were apostles of Jesus Christ. At the break of dawn on the third day after Jesus’ death, Salome was among the women who went to Jesus’ tomb to rub his body with spices, only to find the stone rolled away and, inside the tomb, an angel who announced to them: “He was raised up, he is not here. See! The place where they laid him.”—Mr 16:1-8.

The second person to bear the name Salome in the Bible is the step daughter of Herod who was promised anything she requested- up to half his kingdom and on her wicked mothers advice she asked for the head of John the Baptizer. John the Baptizer's head was brought to her on a platter.

I like the name Salome. It is the middle name of my second favorite female name on my list. When I think of this name I think of Salome -Mary's sister-. I like the meaning and the look of the name.

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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