Character Names

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

Hi all. I was hoping for advice on some character names (I don't have little ones, or little ones on the way, so I hope character names are okay).

I like knowing the meaning of names, as it helps with symbolism, and occasionally, imagery. I like creative/unusual names, and have recently gotten "into" combined names (i.e. Sarah + Elizabeth = Sarelizabeh. Apprently I had a doll when I was like 3 with this name). But I'd like to open myself up to more possibilities and not limit myself to what sounds great right now, but doesn't stay with the story.

I was hoping I could get some honest feedback (and, as I'm aware of recent drama in here over asking for honest feedback, I *DO* want honest feedback, even if it means I suck at my name choices right now lol) on some names I have already picked out.

I would like to ask, if you can, that if you obliterate a name choice, could you offer a replacement of sorts? I'd really appreciate it.

So here are the names I'm questioning right now:

Peter Alan (oldest)
Zachery Curtis (middle)
Joshua William (youngest)

Calandria Mariana (oldest of 12 brothers and sisters)
(This is a name I know I could use help with. I thought it was *so* cool and *so* edgy when I was in high school, but it doesn't seem so anymore. I need a name that can have a couple differnt nicknames, but that isn't completely laughable when said aloud).


Thanks all.

Edit to add: The boys are in a totally separate story from the girl. Also, this is not for a fanfiction. These are both from novels I hope to publish soon.

Comments

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

I wanted a name that can have many nicknames, so that she could go by one or several of the NNs and have her whole name come out rarely, and it would get attention, both good and bad. I'm not in love with the name anymore, but I do still want the same general feel of an unusual name, shortened into a more common nn.

It's not a fanfiction. It's a fiction [novel]. I hope to publish it within the next year (or two?) and it wasn't ever based on a fanfiction I wrote. It will [hopefully] be a book sitting on shelves in bookstores across the country, that one can pick up and read, then purchase. It's not an internet story based on real celebrities where one hopes to be involved in their lives.