Character Names Galore: Sparrow

Character Naming

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Sparrow

Meaning: (A sparrow is any of a genus (Passer of the family Passeridae) of small, chiefly brownish or grayish Old World oscine songbirds that include some which have been widely introduced; especially, house sparrow)

Origin: (English)

Pronunciation: (SPA-roh, SPAR-o)

Gender: Uni-Sex

The name Sparrow has been used often. Here are it's uses....Sparrow Madden: son of Nicole Richie and Joel Madden. Captain Jack Sparrow, central character in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Sparrow Delaney of the Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney by Suzanne Harper. Her sisters' names are Raven, Dove, Wren, Oriole, Lark, Linnet. Sparrow, protagonist of Fable 2. Sparrow is a wonderful nature name. Someone on Yahoo Answers was asking if the name Sparrow was too unique for there character. A lot of the answers were positive. They liked it as I did and they agreed it was not too unique. I also saw a movie where a character had a second secret name and it was Sparrow Hawk. I personally like Sparrow and Sparrows are my favorite bird.

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Sparrow

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