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, January 2, 2012

Knightley

Meaning: (Knights Meadow, Place Name, Habitational name from Knightley in Staffordshire, named in Old English as ‘the wood or clearing of the retainers’, from cnihta, genitive plural of cnihta ‘servant’, ‘retainer’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.)

Origin: (English, Irish, Old English)

Pronunciation: (NIGHT-lee)

Gender: Uni-Sex


The other day I was on another blog and the blogger said Knightley was more of a last name so they messed around with it and came up with a unique spelling for it. I have used Knightley as the first name in one of my novels. I have also read about people naming their kids this. I have loved this name since I first heard it in Emma by Jane Austen. Mr. George Knightley is one of the main characters and the title character Emma's love interest. I always thought Knightley would make a cool first name. I just love saying that name. Of course it is a name that should be used sparingly so as not to be overused, thus becoming too popular.

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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