tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post6032596879702677328..comments2023-09-16T05:02:59.946-07:00Comments on Heroines with Hearts: 'Downton Abbey' namesDebra St. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07154130275058459169noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-89935841757443286772013-10-03T01:29:09.577-07:002013-10-03T01:29:09.577-07:00Very interesting post, Paula - I love choosing nam...Very interesting post, Paula - I love choosing names but have to get them 'right' before I can carry on writing. Sometimes, I'm too impatient and end up having similar names in different stories!Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-9489824098861890942013-10-02T17:17:16.104-07:002013-10-02T17:17:16.104-07:00You make a good point, Paula. I tend to pick names...You make a good point, Paula. I tend to pick names that fit my characters' psychological profiles, while making sure they fit other traits as well--nationality, time period, etc.JENNIFER WILCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16218241106543538422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-24482538412433783022013-10-02T16:58:47.558-07:002013-10-02T16:58:47.558-07:00I don't know the name of my first school. I wa...I don't know the name of my first school. I was in Germany and school was on the army base. Roberta Frankfurt. Maurice Frankfurt.<br />This makes me think of hot dogs. Ana Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325215832587691886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-34262772076418679302013-10-02T14:33:13.867-07:002013-10-02T14:33:13.867-07:00Debra, somehow as soon as a surname becomes 'S...Debra, somehow as soon as a surname becomes 'St.' something, it becomes upper class! So you're in good company with your surname :-)<br />Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040623635956769807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-80085865455814530892013-10-02T14:31:18.728-07:002013-10-02T14:31:18.728-07:00Interesting names, Ana. This might sound weird, bu...Interesting names, Ana. This might sound weird, but my main characters have a habit of naming themselves! One example was Jack in Fragrance of Violets. I called him Jack originally because I couldn't decide what to call him, so this was just a name to use 'temporarily', but then he 'became' Jack, and after that I couldn't change it to anything else! Sometimes I ponder over secondary characters' names but, more often than not, I give them the first name that comes into my head! Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040623635956769807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-42911081952067732022013-10-02T14:28:57.284-07:002013-10-02T14:28:57.284-07:00I'd be Marie St. Paul or Eleanor St. Paul.
Al...I'd be Marie St. Paul or Eleanor St. Paul.<br /><br />Although I have no idea if those make me uptown or downtown.<br /><br />Fun!Debra St. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07154130275058459169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-51761909540919664442013-10-02T14:25:32.562-07:002013-10-02T14:25:32.562-07:00Jen, didn't realise you used namea to illustra...Jen, didn't realise you used namea to illustrate your characters' traits. However, although you aren't naming a baby, your character was named as a baby by its parents! Therefore I stand by my premise that we have to look at the characters' backgrounds. Would an 'old-fashioned' family call their child Trixabelle or would 'hippy' parents call their child John or Michael? Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040623635956769807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-21028581957459834142013-10-02T14:10:28.892-07:002013-10-02T14:10:28.892-07:00Roberta was my grandma's name.
Maurice was my ...Roberta was my grandma's name.<br />Maurice was my granddad. His friends called him Morrie. <br />I never knew my father's parents. <br /><br />I come up with names that I think will project an image of the character. Stormy Hawkins is one of my heroines. <br />Does this make you think western? And she's feisty?<br /><br />Angel Foster is an orphan who time travels after a near death experience. <br /><br />Ammi Folkright is my newest heroine. She's an herbalist and ammi is a flower genus. Folkright hopefully implies that she is from good, honest stock--even though her folk-singing mother disappeared when she was one and her father is incarcerated in a prison hospital for her mom's murder. <br /><br /><br /><br />Great post, Paula!<br /><br />Ana Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325215832587691886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-62572464613990641672013-10-02T14:08:22.806-07:002013-10-02T14:08:22.806-07:00I am one who uses baby name sites for names, simpl...I am one who uses baby name sites for names, simply because I'm not creating a name for a baby whose future is unknown. I'm creating a name for a specific character with traits I want illustrated in a variety of ways. And I completely agree that some names sound more regal than others.JENNIFER WILCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16218241106543538422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-1244567337955062842013-10-02T13:25:25.157-07:002013-10-02T13:25:25.157-07:00Interesting point about three syllable surnames, C...Interesting point about three syllable surnames, Celia! We don't use the I, II or III after surnames here but that immediately suggests 'upper' class or at least well-to-do family.<br />My guess is that Emilie is from the well-to-do family, am I right?<br />Sarah Bowie could be either. Any relation to Jim Bowie? Or David? Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040623635956769807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-58525741839772485312013-10-02T09:23:14.480-07:002013-10-02T09:23:14.480-07:00Very interesting, Paula! Yes, we do classify our a...Very interesting, Paula! Yes, we do classify our authors by their names. I wanted a wealthy man in Heart of a Hero--contemporary, and I came up with Matthew Carrington III. And it popped in my head.<br />Last names to three syllables often sound upper-class to me.<br />In my wip Texas Dreamer, my hero is Lee King. My heroine--Emilie McDougal? Which came from a well-to-do family?<br />I loved all you examples.<br />So, my name would be:<br />Sarah Bowie--doesn't exactly sound musical, does it? Very plain. And probably not wealthy. And that's how I am.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.com