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.



Friday, February 24, 2012

Dejah

Meaning: (Already, Remembrance, Use of the French "déjà vu". Also short form of Dejanira, from the Greek name Deianeira, the wife of Hercules. Variant of Deja.)

Origin: (French, Spanish)

Pronunciation: (DAY-hah, DAY-zhah, DAY-juh, DEE-juh)

Gender: Female, possibly Uni-Sex

I keep seeing the movie John Carter advertised on T.V and the princess in the movie is named Dejah. John Carter is based on the Martian Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Seeing as this is already a name in a series of novels it can still be used but many might think you got it from Burroughs novels. Oh and the pronunciation is a bit tricky. The above pronunciations are all the ways I could find to say this name. In Burroughs novels I believe if it pronounced DEE-juh, I think. It is pretty and unique.

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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