remember to let her into your heart; then you can start to make it better
I present to you (actually, mostly Clarisse, but the rest of you can take a look too) my personal name list, or "PNL" as we call it over at behindthename.com.
Note: The majority of these I would not use on a real child; I just like the name.
Girls:
Adela/Adele/Adelle
Aderyn
Adhara
Alice
Alina
Andromeda
Anna
Annabel/Annabella/Annabelle
Astrid
Aubrey
Axelle
Azalea
Bella/Belle
Bellatrix
Brynn
Bryony
Cara
Charis/Karis
Claire
Clara
Clementine
Daria
Eden
Eilidh
Eilis
Electra
Elena
Elinor
Elisabeth
Elise
Ellery
Emilia
Emmeline
Eris
Evangelina/Evangeline
Eve
Evelyn
Evie (as nickname for Evangeline, Evangelina, or Evelyn)
Gwendolyn
Haven
Helena
Iris
Isabel/Isabella
Isadora
Isla
Jessamine
Joy
Juliet
Katherine
Keira
Lavender
Lea/Leah
Leila
Lena
Lila
Liliane/Lillian
Linnea
Lydia
Lyra
Madeleine
Maia
Malia
Marisa
Maura
Naomi
Natalia
Noemie
Padma
Phoebe
Regan
Rose
Sage
Sari
Saskia
Seren
Siri
Sky/Skye
Stella
Susannah
Tabitha
Talia
Talitha
Valeria
Verity
Victoria
Violet
Vivienne
Xanthe
Boys:
Aaron/Aeron
Alexander
Alistair
Aneirin
August
Axel
Callum
Christopher
Desmond
Diarmaid
Eoin
Evan
Ewan
Finn
Gideon
Henry
Jack
James
Jamie (as nickname for James)
Jude
Kai
Leon
Lucas/Lukas/Luke
Lysander
Marcus
Matthias
Nathaniel
Oliver
Owen
Paris
Peregrine
Quentin
Quintus
Rowan
Sawyer
Silas
Simeon
Simon
Sirius
Thomas
Will (as nickname for William)
William
Xavier
Xerxes
Okay, so there's actually 145 on the list; I found two names that I could take out. But I don't know how to go back and fix cut link text so there.
Also? Hayden is demanding herself some siblings. Or rather, Soalis Island society is demanding that she has siblings. See, Soalis Islanders commonly want to have many children to keep the population up, but somehow Hayden ended up as an only child. Perrin is also an only child, but he has an excuse; his parents tried to have more children but things didn't work out. But somehow Hayden ended up as an only child, and I just realized recently that this makes no sense. The problem is that if I add in some Hayden siblings, it might edit the story a little bit. But I think it could be workable. The real kicker, though, is names. Yes, I know I have a whole list of names up above. But probably a third of them are used for characters already, and probably another third (or more) are completely unusable as character names for various reasons. I guess I don't have to have all of them mentioned by name, though (I'm thinking of giving her one older, two younger), much like how Sari has two nameless younger brothers. And if I make the older one a girl, then it will be easier because I have a much easier time coming up with girl names. So she can have an older sister and two younger brotherse. Now, how to fit it into "The Power of Light" without making things too weird...
Grr. Damn small population communist society.
[EDIT: I've decided to temporarily use "Daria" for the older sister. Also, I really want to make an icon with my subject title. I just need to think of a male character who is reluctant to fall in love. I'm thinking of using it for Jack/Juliet or something.]
Note: The majority of these I would not use on a real child; I just like the name.
Girls:
Adela/Adele/Adelle
Aderyn
Adhara
Alice
Alina
Andromeda
Anna
Annabel/Annabella/Annabelle
Astrid
Aubrey
Axelle
Azalea
Bella/Belle
Bellatrix
Brynn
Bryony
Cara
Charis/Karis
Claire
Clara
Clementine
Daria
Eden
Eilidh
Eilis
Electra
Elena
Elinor
Elisabeth
Elise
Ellery
Emilia
Emmeline
Eris
Evangelina/Evangeline
Eve
Evelyn
Evie (as nickname for Evangeline, Evangelina, or Evelyn)
Gwendolyn
Haven
Helena
Iris
Isabel/Isabella
Isadora
Isla
Jessamine
Joy
Juliet
Katherine
Keira
Lavender
Lea/Leah
Leila
Lena
Lila
Liliane/Lillian
Linnea
Lydia
Lyra
Madeleine
Maia
Malia
Marisa
Maura
Naomi
Natalia
Noemie
Padma
Phoebe
Regan
Rose
Sage
Sari
Saskia
Seren
Siri
Sky/Skye
Stella
Susannah
Tabitha
Talia
Talitha
Valeria
Verity
Victoria
Violet
Vivienne
Xanthe
Boys:
Aaron/Aeron
Alexander
Alistair
Aneirin
August
Axel
Callum
Christopher
Desmond
Diarmaid
Eoin
Evan
Ewan
Finn
Gideon
Henry
Jack
James
Jamie (as nickname for James)
Jude
Kai
Leon
Lucas/Lukas/Luke
Lysander
Marcus
Matthias
Nathaniel
Oliver
Owen
Paris
Peregrine
Quentin
Quintus
Rowan
Sawyer
Silas
Simeon
Simon
Sirius
Thomas
Will (as nickname for William)
William
Xavier
Xerxes
Okay, so there's actually 145 on the list; I found two names that I could take out. But I don't know how to go back and fix cut link text so there.
Also? Hayden is demanding herself some siblings. Or rather, Soalis Island society is demanding that she has siblings. See, Soalis Islanders commonly want to have many children to keep the population up, but somehow Hayden ended up as an only child. Perrin is also an only child, but he has an excuse; his parents tried to have more children but things didn't work out. But somehow Hayden ended up as an only child, and I just realized recently that this makes no sense. The problem is that if I add in some Hayden siblings, it might edit the story a little bit. But I think it could be workable. The real kicker, though, is names. Yes, I know I have a whole list of names up above. But probably a third of them are used for characters already, and probably another third (or more) are completely unusable as character names for various reasons. I guess I don't have to have all of them mentioned by name, though (I'm thinking of giving her one older, two younger), much like how Sari has two nameless younger brothers. And if I make the older one a girl, then it will be easier because I have a much easier time coming up with girl names. So she can have an older sister and two younger brotherse. Now, how to fit it into "The Power of Light" without making things too weird...
Grr. Damn small population communist society.
[EDIT: I've decided to temporarily use "Daria" for the older sister. Also, I really want to make an icon with my subject title. I just need to think of a male character who is reluctant to fall in love. I'm thinking of using it for Jack/Juliet or something.]