| Hello. Right now I'm having trouble coming up with a name for a character in a project I'm doing. Let me describe her to help you out. Age:15 Sex:female Personality: tomboyish,fiery,hardworking,a little shy Ethnicity: niphonesee (equivalent to modern day Japan)/Prussian (Equivalent to modern day Germany) Other notes: She's very intelligent. Her favorite things are cars and classic rock. Update: I’ve come up with a name for her. Thanks for your assistance |
RichardthefoxApr 7, 2018 9:36 AM
| “You can best describe me as a petrol-head otaku.” |
| um.... kana Raby Valente Sahashi Efari Fortem you can mix and match them and all these words are from various different languages but their literal english translation is 'brave' |
| Sorry I did such a poor job of describing her,but thanks. |
| “You can best describe me as a petrol-head otaku.” |
| Yuria? Like German name "Julia" but written in Japanese letters as ユリア. |
| name her Almostlegal ;] |
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dodginsuicid said: I’m being serious.name her Almostlegal ;] |
| “You can best describe me as a petrol-head otaku.” |
| @Richardthefox Maybe knowing more about the context (who is she exactly?) could be useful too... - plus I'm curious. But as for naming without knowing more... so is she half Japanese, half Prussian? which parent is which? If in your story world too, she would have the same family name as her father's family name, so would she has a Japanese - or Prussian/German one? You can look up family names on various sites, usually with their meaning too, although since it's a family name, don't know if it's (the meaning) very important (the other time a friend asked for advice with a character's family name, I got the idea to say a random number from 1 to X (how many names were in the list) and so we randomly chosen one. given name on the other hand often carries more meaning. name sites are very useful, IMO. you could look up Japanese/German names that has a meaning you like for the character. or could be something totally different too, afterall, the parents wouldn't knew the child's character when given them a name. But meaningful names that fit the character can be cool. Names generated by random name generators are very cool, but fantasy / sci-fi - sounding names wouldn't necessarily fit a story that's not fantasy/sci-fi, so that's why I would think better use some existing names, from a certain language/culture the characters would belong to. Then, again, that might be just my opinion. Good luck finding a good name for the character! |
| @Sora_92 Thanks I will |
| “You can best describe me as a petrol-head otaku.” |
| How about go with a name that in gender neutral or can be shortened to be so eg Alexandera = Alex, Sammantha = Sam? The oddest one ive noticed is Charlotte to Charlie and I know a tomboy that goes by this name. Something like this could be a useful way of expressing that tomboy side of your character. |
| “we all live with the objective of being happy, our lives are all different and yet the same.” |
maybe I was being serious too :O what's the project you're working on? |
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dodginsuicid said: LOL! Anyway I'll try to Explain. It's a graphic novel/manga I've that's been in my head for sometime.Richardthefox said: I’m being serious. maybe I was being serious too :O what's the project you're working on? |
| “You can best describe me as a petrol-head otaku.” |
Tythoid said: Your right. I've have been more leaning towards a unisex name.How about go with a name that in gender neutral or can be shortened to be so eg Alexandera = Alex, Sammantha = Sam? The oddest one ive noticed is Charlotte to Charlie and I know a tomboy that goes by this name. Something like this could be a useful way of expressing that tomboy side of your character. |
| “You can best describe me as a petrol-head otaku.” |
| Ehhhh...........no |
| “You can best describe me as a petrol-head otaku.” |
| Kana Michelle Haruka Laura Chiaki Cheryl Lalatina Dustiness Ford |
 兵家 "Green how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches." |
| I’ve have a few names I’ve considered. Mikoto winkelhock Yuki nakano Julia takagi |
| “You can best describe me as a petrol-head otaku.” |
| naming business should never be a big deal...you can have the most generic and stupid names..what matters most is the content of story :) |
| Japanese/German, tomboyish, fiery and hardworking, intelligent, and likes cars and rock...Sounds a lot like Chris Yukine... Kristian Flamme Christian is usually a name for boys, but I guess she was named Kristian because maybe the parent on the Prussian side wanted a boy, and the K makes it look more feminine. And on her Japanese side, people would call her "Kris-chan" which sounds just like her original name. Flamme is German for flame and I added it there just because. |
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| name her Tensai a japanese word meaning genius |
| Yeah, this might be difficult considering how unlikely this might have been back then. We will ignore the hafu issue for now since we're not here to critique your writing. Personally, it depends on which culture she was mainly raised in. If it was Japan I would go with an old-fashioned Japanese name like Azuma, it's both tomboy-sounding and it's a meaningful name as it can mean "east". If she was mainly raised Prussian then maybe something like Hilda (which beans battle). As for last name...yeah don't really have the answer there. Hope I helped |
| My world is a fictional one,but the countries have been inspired by real ones. So it more takes place towards today than in,say the 1820s. For first names I've been more leaning towards Mikoto,though your suggestion is good too. As for last names I've been leaning towards Winkelhock,after Manfred winkelhock,who was a German racing driver. (Yeah I'm a petrol head and a otaku,and probably the only user on this site to be both) Thanks! |
| “You can best describe me as a petrol-head otaku.” |
| [/quote] Tarotist said: Funny I had no clue who she was until I looked her up.Japanese/German, tomboyish, fiery and hardworking, intelligent, and likes cars and rock...Sounds a lot like Chris Yukine... Kristian Flamme Christian is usually a name for boys, but I guess she was named Kristian because maybe the parent on the Prussian side wanted a boy, and the K makes it look more feminine. And on her Japanese side, people would call her "Kris-chan" which sounds just like her original name. Flamme is German for flame and I added it there just because. |
RichardthefoxApr 7, 2018 8:06 AM
| “You can best describe me as a petrol-head otaku.” |
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