In addition to his fondness for alliterative names (Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Bruce Banner) Stan Lee seems to have been very fond of women's names ending in "N". Susan, Gwen, Sharon, Karen, Mary Jane, Jean, Jan, Jane, and Jen. As far as I know, there were no Junes or Joans. If you are confused about which characters are which, the last names are Storm (Richards), Stacy, Carter, Page, Watson,...

"What's in a name? A rose by another name would smell just as sweet." ~Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet My response: I think not. I just spent the last hour figuring out names for my NaNoWriMo novel. Usually, I pick up my character-naming sourcebook, flip to "Celtic" or "Greek" and find a weird but cool-sounding name. This time, I had to think of names you might find in futuristic St. Louis. Here are...

...you grew up. I boycott in protest. 5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name): Enf Je (That sounds really feasible) 6. NASCAR NAME (the first names of your grandfathers): Robert ??? 7. STRIPPER NAME (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Basic Instinct Chocolate 8. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME (your 5th grade teacher’s...

...clergy How trains work and how to drive them.   I haven't found about about the how to drive them part yet though More successfully I've been brainstorming (or should that be braaaaains-storming) names, for characters I've already thought of and a list of random names to pick from for all the characters I haven't thought of yet - I hate having to use placeholders in the text instead of names; it...

...I know her name...) It appears that more people know me/my name than I know others. Well, I am very remarkable/memorable. My standard lines: "Hi, I'm JJ." "Sorry, but I have trouble remembering names (insert reference to short memories here, like goldfish) so I probably won't remember yours." "I'm from middle of nowhere, Illinois." "I think I saw you somewhere before, but I don't remember where...

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...and some characters so I will actually have something to write come Nov 1st but it's only Tuesday and NaNo doesn't start til Saturday so I've got some time to stack up on sub-plots and cake in time. Names are hard, I'm sure I've moaned about names before especially names for people. I can make up lots of cool, in depth characters but I can't write about them until the names are right. Which sucks...

I blame this on  makebeliever   who has been posting about these stupid names people keep on giving their children. These are all from the local newspaper... Milia Alina Christell Moa Mariel Marleena Briona Albertiina (I've never understood the need to turn guys' names into girls' names by adding letters after the name..) Lempi-Lumia Adalmiina Alexia Mena Maria Tara Minella Sisi-Aurora...

So, I know the original names of 7-12 are something no-one will ever agree on until Nomura himself tells us (if ever) and even then there will probably still be arguements about them. But I'd still like to hear your opinions. Mine behind cut. :D   First off, sometimes when I'm bored I even anagram the apprentices' names. Is it just me, or is terribly funny that an anagram of 'Dilan' is 'Linda'...

... Leeron isn't too difficult I guess...the other three may take a while. - Also, this is possibly one of my favorite sites in my bookmarks. I love looking up name meanings. Sometimes I just find some names I like and make characters based off them (they normally end up as background characters in some of my stories).  It's pretty fun to look up the meaning of people's names. Apparently my first name...