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This is for a character, not a baby, but I could sure use advice! I'm working on a novel with a vampire character named Damon. (Yeah, yeah, everyone and their sister is writing a vampire novel. Anyway.) I'd already written two drafts of the thing before I ever heard of the book & TV show "The Vampire Diaries" which also has a vampire named Damon. They even look similar.

I don't really want to change my character's name. I've gone through four drafts now with him as Damon, so it's really hard for me to think of him as anything else, plus the name Damon has meaning in the context of the story. So, Question #1: Should I change the name?

And Question #2, of course: If I change it, what to? The candidates:

Damian (is this a big enough change?)
Dominic, nn Dom
David

Other suggestions welcome...