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.



Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Cherokee

Meaning: (People of a Different Speech, The name of one of the largest Native American tribes, used as a given name. The Cherokee originally lived in the southeastern America. They were farmers, and one of the first tribes to produce a written language.)

Origin: (Native American)

Pronunciation: (CHARE-oh-kee)

Gender: Female, Possibly Uni-Sex

I remember seeing the movie True Women which was based off a novel a few years back and then again recently. In the movie Angelina Jolie’s character names one of her daughter’s Cherokee. I thought it was weird but she names her that after her own Native American heritage. Anyway a few days ago I was in Wal-Mart and there was a lady in the long line in front of me. She had a son about four or five and a daughter about two or three and then a baby who she told the cashier that it was almost three months old. The cashier said the cute two year old girl looked like a little girl she knew and then she asked the mom what the girls name was. The mom said the girls name was Cherokee and they named her that after the Indian Tribe.

Now seeing and hearing this a lot recently I decided to add this rare given name. I have heard of Cheyenne’s but no real life Cherokee’s until I was in the store. It’s a pretty name and there could be many reasons to use a Native American tribe name as a given name in a novel.  

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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