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What name would suit this character?

83 replies

Flynnqwer · 02/01/2022 02:14

I’m writing a manuscript but I’m struggling to name the main character.

She’s in her late 30s. Working class, British. Ruthless, but for the greater good, beautiful, clever. I’d like something feminine but hard sounding, if that makes sense.

Any ideas?

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Dancingsmile · 02/01/2022 23:05

Cora

FuggyPidding · 02/01/2022 22:48

Jo is a good shout.

Or Vicky or Becky or Carla.

Jennalong · 02/01/2022 22:41

Rachel
Rebecca / Becky
Samantha / Sam

JurgensCakeBabyJesus · 02/01/2022 22:40

Anyone at my school called Farrah, Francesca, Georgina, Harriet or Aurora(!) would've stuck out like a sore thumb.
It's also tickles me that those names represent MNers perceptions of standard working class names.

WeasilyPleased · 02/01/2022 22:38

Nina.

HopingForMyRainbowBaby · 02/01/2022 22:37

Genevieve

mnahmnah · 02/01/2022 22:37

Jodie

JurgensCakeBabyJesus · 02/01/2022 22:35

Ok I'm late thirties and from a very working class background, girls I went to school with were;
Sam/Samantha
Laura
Louise
Emma
Michelle/Shell
Rebecca/Becky
Deanna
Claire/Clare
Leanne
Victoria/more often known as Vicky
Gemma
Sarah
The odd Christie/Kirsty

Almost all names were shortened even Gemmas were Gem, Emma, Em, Leanne, Lee, Sarah, Sare(?) etc in general conversation

RussianSpy101 · 02/01/2022 22:29

Michelle.

Cam2020 · 02/01/2022 22:28

Eve.

SummerLew · 02/01/2022 22:20

Laura

Snowisfalling33 · 02/01/2022 17:55

Rebecca
Elizabeth
Rachel
Anna
Emma
Diana

Something simple and classic.

melonhead · 02/01/2022 17:45

Shelly
Kelly
Donna
Vicky

Some of the others sound too posh I think.

scurryfunger · 02/01/2022 17:03

Lucy

BertieBotts · 02/01/2022 17:02

Jo was usually short for Joanne, Jo-Anne (these kind of names were very popular, I knew a Leigh-Anne!) or Joanna at that time. Josephine more likely to be shortened to Josie.

NowNumber5 · 02/01/2022 16:57

Zoe

GoldilocksZone · 02/01/2022 16:52

Bianca

Barbiesarm · 02/01/2022 16:51

Jodie
Jade
Tara
Roxanne
Leigh

TheHumanSatsuma · 02/01/2022 16:48

Shamim

NowNumber5 · 02/01/2022 16:48

Eve

Elizabeth

SE13Mummy · 02/01/2022 16:47

Chloe
Joanne
Louise/a
Nicola
Rachel
Sarah

Character's mother (in case it's relevant) would probably have an 'een' name e.g. Christine, Kathleen, Maureen, Pauline etc.

Scarby9 · 02/01/2022 16:45

Alex
Lexie
Carla
Sam

JaninaDuszejko · 02/01/2022 16:42

Please choose a name appropriate for the age she was born, and do the same for the other characters. So, e.g., if you call her Jo, don't call her mother (presumably born mid 1950s) a name like Emilia.

IVflytrap · 02/01/2022 16:33

Based on women I know/girls I went to school with: Kay, Gemma, Natalie, Tasha, Louise, Amy, Laura, Kate, Joanne, Stacey, Victoria (Vicki), Lindsay, Jessica, Jennifer, Caroline, Tasha, Melissa, Rebecca, Christie, Chantal, Charlene, Jay, Jade, Keeley, Danielle, Kerry, Kelly, Charlotte, Kayleigh.

If you go with Jo, she would more likely be a Joanne than a Josephine. Smile

SleepingStandingUp · 02/01/2022 14:41

Jessica.