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About to publish - please help me on a name (you will all be thanked)

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MiamiMaddie · 08/12/2025 23:25

Dear MN’s,

I will delete if not allowed here plus Ill have to delete soon anyway

About to publish something thats been in pipeline for sometime and now to fruition..

Editor - has to change a character name as has been used in well known past work

Really quick one (asking because this site was amazing in helping me decide on my own DS’s names 17 and 15 years ago ….

Quick description of character

Feisty, petite,shy, unassuming,beautiful,blonde, horrific past of abuse, striking, self deprecating, too soft, forgiving, very quick witted and funny, vulnerable,ex model, now a freelance writer

Elle Fox
Dannii Brooke
Chloe Brook Fox
Loren Fox
Brooke Woods
Elle Woods
Rachel Elle
Elle Mcguire

Sorry if random and MN HR please delete if not allowed on this particular forum

Thank you all

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Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 09/12/2025 16:12

Loren Fox from me

Hope that you have support, OP.

Arlanymor · 09/12/2025 15:55

FireandBrimstone · 08/12/2025 23:30

Lila Bruce
Sienna McAllister
Ellen Thompson
Mo Montague
Tamsin Phillips
Tansy Livingston
Izzy Dickinson

I love Mo Montague. I vote for that!

Mokeytree · 09/12/2025 15:53

MiamiMaddie · 09/12/2025 00:31

Unhinged alert

Its me

Decompensated liver then stage 4 Liver cancer now bones and pancreas

Hence rush rush

Definitely will delete

Only 41 , only me and two little buddies my boys

Weeks ….

Distracting massively in leaving musings and t h for writing

I'm sorry to hear your news.

Age of character is a factor.
Lara Smith is my offering.

Bubblecakes · 09/12/2025 15:42

Think Ellie is more feminine. Not Brook or any similar as has been used loads before. Same for Fox. Ellie McCloud?

TeenToTwenties · 09/12/2025 15:32

Zoe Mcguire

ItalianChineseIndianMexican · 09/12/2025 15:29

Ella Fox or Elle Mcguire

ELMhouse · 09/12/2025 14:06

Use Ella rather than Elle, and Ella Brooks would be a fabulous feisty character imho

or a less ‘character’ surname Ella Jackson, Ella Banton, Ella Cole

GiraffeGlee · 09/12/2025 14:02

MiamiMaddie · 09/12/2025 00:31

Unhinged alert

Its me

Decompensated liver then stage 4 Liver cancer now bones and pancreas

Hence rush rush

Definitely will delete

Only 41 , only me and two little buddies my boys

Weeks ….

Distracting massively in leaving musings and t h for writing

I’m so sorry I hope you have lots of support around you.
Loren fox is my vote I think the name fits perfectly

333FionaG · 09/12/2025 13:31

Dannii Brooks

ohnotthisagain2020 · 09/12/2025 00:52

Chloe Brook. Or Brooks. No Fox.

SnowFrogJelly · 09/12/2025 00:46

Elle Maguire

maudelovesharold · 09/12/2025 00:42

McGuire is a great surname, but not keen on Elle (or the spelling of Loren!)
How about
Rachel McGuire or
Lauren McGuire

CuriousKangaroo · 09/12/2025 00:37

Sorry OP, I agree with others that the names are not believable/realistic names. And I also think that rather than sounding sexy, they sound sexual. All a bit page 3 too. Maybe that is what you are going for and by ex model you mean ex topless model, but even then they are a bit on the nose. Too much of a mash up between Kelly Brooke, Samantha Fox etc.

I think a good and believable character requires a good and believable name.

But in any event - well done on writing a book and having it published! What a fantastic achievement! Wishing you all the best.

Original poster
MiamiMaddie · 09/12/2025 00:31

Unhinged alert

Its me

Decompensated liver then stage 4 Liver cancer now bones and pancreas

Hence rush rush

Definitely will delete

Only 41 , only me and two little buddies my boys

Weeks ….

Distracting massively in leaving musings and t h for writing

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DoAWheelie · 09/12/2025 00:27

What age was the character meant to have been born? You'll want to check popular names from that year and make sure your name fits in.

Fends · 09/12/2025 00:26

Feisty but shy and too soft? Are you sure?

I really hate the Fox and Dannii and the Brooke - way too sexy and makes it sound like you’ve just stereotyped her. You can’t use Elle Woods 🤣

I’d go for something completely different, and since I can’t believe your character could possibly be at all feisty with all the other listed traits I’d pick something more unassuming and British, like Lucy or Ella or even Rose

EconomyClassRockstar · 09/12/2025 00:18

If she's mid to late 20s, Chloe totally works. It was like the number one girls name for forever. Elle didn't really blossom until after Legally Blonde (2001) but Ellie was definitely massive in the late 90s as was Olivia. I reluctantly accept so was Daniella but I don't know what happened in the water in the homes of Daniella's born from the late 90s to mid 2000s but those girls were BITCHES! 😂

PGmicstand · 09/12/2025 00:14

I'm sorry to say this, but so many of those sound like 'character names' rather than actual people names.

Putting aside the personal characteristics - how old is she, and where does she live? What do her parents do?

If she is 23 and lives in Chelsea, from an affluent background then Trixie or Brooke sound great. If she's 35 and grew up in North London (like me - not the being 35 bit) to working class parents then she's more likely to be an Amy or a Sarah

EconomyClassRockstar · 09/12/2025 00:09

How old is the character?

Londoner4 · 09/12/2025 00:07

Not on your list but same vibe as Elle and Danii I think…Lexi?

Lexi McGuire
Lexi Mullarkey
Lexi McKenna
Lexi McKenzie
Lexi Glennon
Lexi Guilfoyle

HighburyHope · 09/12/2025 00:04

If in the UK I think Ella works better than Elle. I know plenty of 20-somethings called Ella.

HighburyHope · 09/12/2025 00:02

Elle McGuire or I’d tweak to Brooke McGuire. But is she British, Irish, American, Australian…? Like PP I think it makes a difference to what is going to ring true.

Supersimkin7 · 09/12/2025 00:01

Ella Fox

the rest sound a bit TW

InterestedDad37 · 08/12/2025 23:59

How about L. Maguire, where L stands for Loren 🤔

Isadora2007 · 08/12/2025 23:58

I’m puzzling over how someone can be both feisty and shy… and agree Ellen/Ella would be better than Elle… Ellen Fox or McGuire.