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.



Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Montgomery

Meaning: (Gomeric’s Hill, Hill of the Power Man, Gumarich’s Mountain, Gomeric was a German personal name meaning "power of man, powerful man". A surname of English and Scottish earls. The name began as a place name meaning “hill on top of which Gomeric lives.” The hill was in an area of France called Calvados in Normandy. Calvados takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the coast. Gomeric, a 9th century Viking, traveled south into France, eventually building the house on top of the hill. Vikings, members of the Norse or Scandinavian people, raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late 900s to the early 1200s. Gomeric’s ancestors then took it as their surname and is still very popular as one. It is less popular as a male first name and even less so as a female name. Spelling variations included "Mont Gommeri" and "Mundegumerie.” Gomer, the son of Japhet, the hereditary name of the Gauls.)

Origin: (Old French, Norman French, English)

Pronunciation: (mon-GOH-mer-ree, mont-GOM-er-ree, mont-GUM-ree, mahnt-GUHM-ree)

Gender: Male

When I was on Yahoo Answers once there was a Baby Name Game I did. One of the things was name a boy after one of your favorite singers. I didn't know what to put as I like a lot of different singers and so I just put Montgomery after the due Montgomery Gentry (Eddie Montgomery & Troy Gentry). I thought about it after that, that the name may make a good first name. I read as I have it above that this name is rare as a given name but I don't care I really like it. A good nickname can be Monti or Monty.

2 comments:

  1. Whilst I think Montgomery is a mouthful of a name, the short forms of Monty and Mo could really work well.

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  2. I think Monty is an alright nickname as I put in my post but I don't care for Mo. Mo is also the abbreviation of my state Missouri so I don't care for Mo as a nickname for Montgomery. But everyone has there own feeling towards names so thanks for sharing yours.

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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.





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