Help Choosing a Name for a Fiction Character

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

I've been working on a novel for the past few months, and one of the most difficult things I've been working with is finding a suitable name. I've taken into account sex, birth date, background and heritage, and personality when deciding names, and for four out of my six main characters that has been fairly easy. However, for one character, choosing a suitable name has been difficult. I know I want this character, a teenage girl, to have the nickname 'Kenny', but I'll probably throw that away,  since I already have a Henry and I'm trying to prevent my characters from having names that match). 

So I'm up for names. Any names for a teenage girl that descirbes/fits a girl who is...

Caucasian
Has eccentric parents
Born in the Early 1990s (1990-1993)
Is on the quiet side, knowing, and sensitive to other's moods (but not sensitive as in agnst and emo, but sensitive as in intuitive and introspective)
Artistically creative
Kind-hearted

If you have any name suggestions that don't end in the 'uh' sound or 'ee', please give them!

Thanks. :)

(If it helps, the other five characters are named Natasha, Henry, Jordan, Cierra, and India. If you have similar names that I can substitute feel free to give them!)

Thanks for all of the suggestions! I'm really liking them, and most of them I've never even considered before.

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Comments

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

She sounds like a Rachel to me :)
But she could be a Lillian!

Lillian Rachel ?

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

While neither name usually make much of an impression on me, I'm loving both of them right now. Thanks!

[christhiane.livejournal.com]

Elyse?

[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

Hazel?

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Eccentric, worldly Caucasian parents, who lend their daughter a love of art. As far as her parents' personalities, I haven't figured that out yet. I'm still working on the six main characters; I probably won't get to the others until later.

As far as giving names that "match" a personality, I notice that names unintentionally give off impressions of people (and maybe their family, if one is thinking about it). A girl named Jaylin, for me, would make me think that she's laid-back, friendly, and down-to-earth, while her friend Samantha is girly with a bit of a tomboyish edge.

Just my thoughts on the whole thing. :)

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

I do agree with that! :)

[mrs-slats.livejournal.com]

Hmmm with eccentric parents I'd almost think a a name like Sunflower, Jade or Lana.
Others I thought of:
Simone
Joan
Gwendolyn
Nicolette
Rosemary
Maxine

Then there's the names we might wind up giving our daughter: Adelaide, Juliet
Since I'd say my hubby and I qualify as slightly eccentric, artistic and kind-hearted. All traits we could wind up passing on to our daughter :-)

[mrs-slats.livejournal.com]

Oh, and the way you describe this girl reminds me of my cousin Bethany. So I sort of associate that name with that type of girl.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

The first name that came to mind was Robin or Robyn.

[imyourrapunzel.livejournal.com]

I thought of the name Jade

[babykalina.livejournal.com]

Some suggestions..

Maggie
Christie
Lindsay
Shannon
Alaina
Lyssandra

[jordle.livejournal.com]

This is weird cause everyone is picking really girly names but the first name that came into my head was Brodie. I know it is primarily a boys name and I hate it on either sex but that is the name I thought of when I read her synopsis.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

I kind of like it. :) I was thinking of giving her a male name, actually.

[emtotherescuee.livejournal.com]

Francesca, but then calling her Frankie? Frankie doesn't sound like Henry, I don't think. Maybe call her "Chesca" instead.

[nothingbuthp.livejournal.com]

I first thought of Lila, but you don't want anything ending with -uh, so . . . how about these?

Maren
Heather
Alice
Reagan
Anne

I'm trying to think of names of classic female painters, but there aren't many, so how about subjects of classic paintings?

Saskia (Rembrandt's wife: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskia_van_Uylenburg)
Gabrielle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Renard)
Marie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_van_Goethem)
Camille (while it's from a male, Camille is a feminine name today http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Pissarro)

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Oooo... I like Heather!

[sticker-butt.livejournal.com]

I thought Colbie. But I also agree with Heather... but because it is my name.
Also, Olivia, Kate or Danielle.

[sticker-butt.livejournal.com]

Or Kendra.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

I've considered Kendra actually, but the name didn't stick, unfortunately.

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

Kendell?

[pinska.livejournal.com]

Early nineties? What about Kennedy? She was a VJ on MTV back in the 1990's. Oh...ends in "ee." Hmm.

Katherine is always a pretty popular name and Kaitlyn was/is currently popular--maybe Kenny could be a nickname for one of those to not "blend in" with the crowd, so much?