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

[MiamiMaddie]

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

I like the last name Brook but for some reason the character description makes me think of names ending in -a, like Cara or Laura. Best of luck with publication and well done!

And me.

I’d use Lauren and not loren?

Loren fox is nice but makes me think of Laurence fox
i would go with danni brook

Yep, would be helpful to know (roughly) the age and nationality/nationalities of the character. If she's supposed to be British, a lot of these don't really work, but could be tweaked a little as:

Ella/Ellie Fox
Danielle/Daniela (Dani) Brooke
Chloe Brook(e) Fox - fine as is
Lauren Fox
Brooke Woods (fine as is)
Rachel Ellis - or maybe something like Rachel Ellsworth, Rachel Ellesmere?
Ella/Ellie McGuire

I like Elle McGuire but I think Ellen McGuire is better 👍
wishing you the absolute best with it whatever you decide xx

They are all really sexy names. The character is petite and beautiful, I think it would be more believable to have an ordinary name, something common and relatable. If you are going with the list I like Brooke or any of the McGuire names.

I think Lauren is better than Loren. Lauren Brook Woods is a great name for a late 20s/ early 30s character.

Danni Brooke.

Lorelei Brooke?

I liked Loren Fox, but the PP’s comment about Laurence Fox has totally put me off. So I’m changing to Elle Fox.

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.

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

Ella Fox

the rest sound a bit TW

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.

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

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

How old is the character?

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

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! 😂

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

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.

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

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.

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