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, October 26, 2016

Irie

Meaning: (Jamaican Creole (Iyaric) derived from the phonetic representation of "Happy". Used to mean “Powerful Feelings or to describe anything that is good." Positive and Powerful, It’s All Good, Blessing, and Favor. Irie is used in the music and culture of Jamaica. The meaning is to have no worries or be at peace with everything around you. You hear the saying feeling Irie in many Reggae songs.)

Origin: (Jamaican, Japanese)

Pronunciation: (Eye-ree, IE-ree (Jamaican Patois), Ee-ree-eh (Japanese))

Gender: Uni-Sex

I have a new friend from England named Cameron *see on list of posts* and well his middle name is Irie. When I first saw the name I thought it would be pronounced like eerie like that is so eerie but it is actually eye-ree which makes sense and sounds a bit better but I still want to say eerie, again it’s my American brain that just gets stuck on a certain pronunciation and won’t give it up, lol!

It is Jamaican but I found evidence of it maybe being Japanese as well and even found a Japanese pronunciation. I really love the laid back go with the flow no worries man meanings a lot as it is so much the Jamaican vibe! I can get a very island flare alls good feel with this name and I really like that a lot! I can see a character with a very fun active no worries personality that kind of surfs and travels the world a lot! When I see it though I tend to see it as a female name but my friend is a male and has it as his middle name as I said so I am putting this here as Uni-Sex so an author can choose what gender they so choose for this character name.

All in all I really love this name a bit more each day I hear it but as of right now I don’t see any characters I have being named this and I tend to try and stay clear of certain names of friends of mine but there have been exceptions so if the right character shows themselves this may be a name that fits said character!
 
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Side note: This is my 1000th post and I am super excited about it! This is an amazing milestone to have reached! Thank you so much to all of my followers and blog readers alike! Here is to hoping I have 1000+ more character names in me to add, lol! ;~)

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4 comments:

  1. apolla13October 28, 2016 at 1:02 PM

    Congratulations on your 1000+ posts! That is an amazing milestone to reach and hopefully you'll have a greater name journey from here on out :)

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    1. CassidyOctober 28, 2016 at 10:33 PM

      Ah thanks so much for the congratulations! And I too hope as you put it have a greater name journey from here on out! :~)

      Greater Name Journey would be an amazing name for a blog BTW, lol!

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  2. UnknownNovember 10, 2016 at 8:29 AM

    Thank you for mentioning me in your milestone blog post! I've learnt new things about my own name! :)

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    1. CassidyNovember 12, 2016 at 3:10 PM

      Thanks for leaving a comment friend! Of all the names going up around the 1000th post your middle name Irie was the most positive meaning name and I wanted a positive meaning name to be my 1000th name post! And I’m glad to have been able to have that post have some connection to my life as well, that being the middle name of my new friend, you, lol! I am also glad to have taught you a few things about your middle name! :~)

      Thanks again for leaving a comment!

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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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http://www.thinkbabynames.com
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http://www.behindthename.com
http://www.babynamespedia.com