Q: What are some of your favorite, hated, or memorable character names?
I LOVE names! I've been known to frequent www.babynames.com just to vote on "Name of the Day" even though my youngest daughter is 9 years old. This questions is a great one!
Off the top of my head, I can think of one very overused name. "RAFE". I recently read a book where "Rafe" was the hero. It was by no mean the first time I've read a book with that name. Come on writers, think up a new hero name!
One name that annoyed me while reading was "JESSAMINE". It just didn't flow and they NEVER called her "Jess" to make it a bit less stuffy. I think it is a pretty name but not when you have to read it 50 billion times over the course of a book.
One of my favorite names was "COLLETTE". I'll admit that it was because the name is SO close to mine and I never, I mean NEVER see anything with my name on it.
I can't wait to see some of the other blogger's hated names :)
Have a great Friday!
I LOVE names! I've been known to frequent www.babynames.com just to vote on "Name of the Day" even though my youngest daughter is 9 years old. This questions is a great one!
Off the top of my head, I can think of one very overused name. "RAFE". I recently read a book where "Rafe" was the hero. It was by no mean the first time I've read a book with that name. Come on writers, think up a new hero name!
One name that annoyed me while reading was "JESSAMINE". It just didn't flow and they NEVER called her "Jess" to make it a bit less stuffy. I think it is a pretty name but not when you have to read it 50 billion times over the course of a book.
One of my favorite names was "COLLETTE". I'll admit that it was because the name is SO close to mine and I never, I mean NEVER see anything with my name on it.
I can't wait to see some of the other blogger's hated names :)
Have a great Friday!
I had a college classmate named Collette. I didn't like it much and she's often bullied bec in Filipino, makulit/makulet means repetitive in doing something/annoying. New ff... happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteJessamine is a bit stuffy and a little too close to Jezebel for my taste. Although it is still an interesting name. I hope you had a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteJessamine is an interesting name but I definitely don't feel like it would flow right when it comes to reading it in a book. Have a good week!
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