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.



Monday, July 4, 2011

Sonnet

Meaning: (14-line Poem or Verse, From the word "sonnet", meaning a fourteen-line poem with a specific rhyming pattern. Among the famous poets who worked with this form are William Shakespeare and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.)

Origin: (English)

Pronunciation: (SAWN-nit, Go to this site and run your cursor over the word Sonnet to hear how it is said: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=sonnet&submit=Submit)

Gender: Female

I hadn't thought of this word as a name before. I saw it on the blog Baby Names Daily (http://www.babynameaddict.blogspot.com/). I also just learned that Actor Forest Whitaker and his wife Keisha Nash have a daughter named Sonnet, born 1996. And Flickr founders Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake also have a daughter named Sonnet, born 2007. As a character name I think it would be interesting to see where the author takes it. If used and explained nicely this name would be an awesome character name. I would personally love to read about a character named Sonnet.

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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