Story Names

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna start writing a story about vampires soon, and I was wondering: what names are appropriate for a male vampire and a female vampire?  Any help is appreciated.

PS.  Try not to use names from Twilight (i.e. Edward, Bella, Rosalie, etc.).. Thanks!

PPS. Any kind of name is welcome, no matter how "out there." :-)

Comments

[subluxate]

Which mythos are you taking the vampires from, and where are these particular vampires originally from?

[cinderlily.livejournal.com]

Agreed!

To me Victoria says vampire. (Or John Mayer. ;)) But it depends on WHEN and WHERE you know?

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

It's still in the planning phases, but I'm thinking of making them originally from England/Scotland/Ireland/Wales.

[subluxate]

Next question is how old they are, and if they'd have Gaelic or otherwise Celtic rather than Anglican names.

[kaoriz.livejournal.com]

LESTAT, obviously.

Haha, I kid, I kid. I think really old-sounding names would be really cool.

Geraldine
Victoria
Antonia
Cecilia

Frederick
Antoin
Vincent
Alexander

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

LESTAT, obviously.

I ♥ U

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like Victoria, but it reminds me of the vampire in the Twilight series. I LOVE Antonia, Cecilia, Frederick, Vincent, and Alexander.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

hmm interesting! I used to write Vamp stuff but I usually made up the names (IE Velkoria, Sekina... Aldamar, Velros, Kosilvek) I did use some more 'normal' names though (Luthien, Balthazar...)
Buuuut I'd rather you didn't use the made up ones xD. Sooo here's a list of nasmes I like that you might like too (girls for now) =D

Aurora
Tessa
Tesla
Allison
Lorna
Elizabeth
Catherine (nn Cathy)
Lexi (not Alexandra... just Lexi)
Cindy
Cynthia
Melissa
Reagan
Carrie
Cora
Katie
Desiree (nn Ray)
Genvieve
Jordan
Dorian
Samara
Jaimie
Leilani
Lillian/Lilliana
Lucia
Sophia
Azure/Azura
Lucrecia
Ophelia
Laura
Violet
Helena
Amelie
Raven
Olivia
Daphne
Harley
Haley
Lola
Livia
Katarina
I think that be enough huh? If you need help (or want help) with making up names just ask. I miss doing that!

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

I make up names for most of my characters too, though yours are quite unique :)

I also love your suggestions of Elizabeth, Reagan, Lexi, Genvieve, Lucia, Lillian/Lilliana, Ophelia, Violet, Amelie, Raven, and Livia for this genre.

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

Adding to my list:
Aurora
Tessa
Tesla
Elizabeth
Catherine
Lexi
Cindy
Cora
Samara
Azure
Violet
Amelie
Raven
Olivia
Lola

Thanks! I might take you up on that.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Male vampire:

Marlow
Oliver
Faustus
Pavel
Francisco
Victor
Alexander
Anton

Female vampire:

Clarissa
Luella
Bronya
Anastasia
Sigrid
Lucretia

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

Adding to my list:
Marlow
Oliver
Victor
Alexander

Anastasia

Thanks!

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Here's to hoping that your characters aren't the cardboard cutouts that SMeyer's are!

I don't know what kind of name you're looking for, but I can offer up some naming advice. First, there is only one thing SMeyer has done right with her characters, and that is give them names within the proper social context. The characters, vamps and humans and shiftshaping wolves alike, all have names that depict correctly when they were born. Alice, Edward, Emmett, Jasper, and Esme all have early 20th-century names, which is great since that is when they were born. Second, SMeyer fails when it comes to naming is that her immortal vamps never change their names, which makes the fact that their true identities as immortals haven't been revealed pretty amazing, since it's easy to track a person when they carry the same name everywhere and all of the time. Remember: is it wise for your immortal characters to not change names every so often? In the show New Amsterdam, the main character has a new alias every ten years.

Good luck with your writing!

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Victorian and Greek names are usually best on vampires, btw. :)

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Greek = yay!

Porphyria
Phlebos
Haima

[jyl-mac.livejournal.com]

Well many factors need to be thought about when considering appropriatness. For example, when does the story take place. And how do the vampires live? If, like in Twilight, they are walking around within the last 100 years then you need to take that into consideration. 1,000 years would place different names being popular at the time. If they are newborn vampires then any popular names currently will do.

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

The story is going to take place in modern times, in Florida. It's still in the planning stages, but I'm thinking that to feed, they're going to hunt criminals, as they have a sixth sense in detecting evil (obviously, they're vampires). The main female character would be born sometime in the early 1800s in England or America (still haven't decided) as a full-blooded vampire. The main male character would be born human in the early 1980s in America.

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

As said previously, it would depend a lot on where they were from originally...

Here are a few sets:

Old Victorianish: Wilfred and Margaret

Upper class, Pre-Victorian, European: Gratian and Amedea

Eastern European/Russian: Liviu and Viorica (Russian for bluebell)

Old Welsh/Celtic: Aneirin and Anwen

Armenian: Jirair and Vartouhi

Arabic: Zaman and Rasha

Indian (sob-continent): Ajit and Vena, Kiran and Trishna

Medevial French/English: Guicard and Rohesia

Ironic Late Roman: Gerontius (old man) and Constantia (constant, obviously)