My latest blog post has even more gender-neutral names!

This time, I have 194 androgynous names to choose from for your characters. I've divided them into 3 categories: English names, unique names, and nature-based names.

My top 3? Bellamy, Octavie, and Elm.

Check them out here: https://hnossproofreads.co.uk/194-androgynous-names-for-characters/

PS. A name is accidentally repeated in two categories. Can you spot it before I update the post next month?

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Random thought of the day.

A character, probably male identifying, boxer.

Name: Alan, Ellan or Elaine Bogan.

It's a pun name because the German word for Elbow is Ellenbogen and what's not to use in a fist fight? Right your elbows.
It's like naming a boxing person Al Bow or someone with the hobby archery...

#CharacterCreation #Puns #Draft #Writing #Tropes #CharacterNames

What's in a name? Names are a powerful tool in a writer's toolbox—they can tell us a lot about a character and the world you're creating. In today's blog and podcast episode, we talk about literary names and where to find them.

http://jweberle.com/2024/11/13/confessions-of-a-name-obsessed-writer/

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Writers, do you ever accidentally write a character's name from another book you're reading instead of the name of your own character?

It's a struggle when your brain gets crossed between stories!

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something I have literally just learned, is that you don't need a fancy website to generate a random name for a character

- Duck Duck Go, generates a random name as the first result if you type into the search bar: random name generator, then if you want another, just hit return or the magnifying glass again.

#DuckDuckGo #writingCommunity #CharacterNames #writing #amwriting

The most important thing about the new Hunger Games movie is that the main character, Coriolanus, and his best friend, Sejanus, both have names that end in "anus"

#writing #writingCommunity #characterNames #anus

Gonna be rolling up a new Anna - a Kul Tiran rogue.

Need opinions!

How do folks feel about these two names:

#WorldOfWarcraft #CharacterNames #MMORPG

Readers: what are your fave spec fic character name(s) and why? Authors, how do you choose your character names?

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@DrOinFLA

I wish the #pharma industry would quit using up all the really cool alien & #FantasyFiction names. It's very frustrating for #writers.

"Queen Loestrin's daughters included Princesses Avienne, Azurette, Yazmin, Apri, and Arienne."

"I am Captain Xeljanz, from the starship Rubelsis. We are heading to the moons of Mounjaro on the planet Zantac, in the Enzyplex Cluster."

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I wonder if other cultures have a similar thing with names. Does Bollywood have favourite hero names?

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John Wick, James Bond, Jack Reacher: Why do all action heroes have J names? https://slate.com/culture/2023/03/john-wick-james-bond-action-heroes-j-names.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab