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.



Saturday, June 25, 2011

Scotlyn

Meaning: (Proper)

Origin: (Scottish)

Pronunciation: Pronounce sort of like Scotland, the country.

Gender: Female


Scotlyn is the first name of my pen name. I saw this name and instantly liked it. I like the look and sound of it. I also got good feed back from family and friends so I decided to use it as my pen name. It is unique and lovely and could work well for a character should someone want to use it as such. It was created as a combo between Scott or Scot and Lynn or Lyn. Thus in a story it could be brought about that maybe the parents of the character combine there names for there child or loved both Scott and Lynn and combined them. Or maybe they had Scott picked for a boy and Lynn for a girl and they compromised and combined for there daughter. Or it can be a family name. Either way someone went with this it would be interesting to see a character named this.

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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