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.



Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Dara

Meaning: (Mother of Pearl, Pearl of Wisdom, Nugget of Wisdom, Star, Compassion, Leader, Wealthy, Gift, Gift of God, The Beautiful One, Girl, Young Woman, Virgin, Biblical: the name of a descendent of Judah, noted for his wisdom. Also, Dara and Darra are Gaelic names meaning “Oak Tree”.)

Origin: (Hebrew, Gaelic, Biblical)

Pronunciation: (DAR-ah, DAH-ra, DA-ra)

Gender: Female

I was looking up the name Daphne *See on list of posts.* I saw Dara on one other list of names similar in some way to Daphne. I really like Dara because it’s short and has very beautiful diverse meanings. It’s old fashioned as well but is one of those timeless names. I think this name would be cute on a character but paired with another name so a double barrel name like Dara Belle Smith or Dara Leigh Jones.

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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