Novel names

[SeanChailleach]

Boy or girl? And do you think these are good names? Are they like existing names?

Nwadwen
Tilnus
Ragus
Eno
Enin

I’m generally not a fan of backwards words as names.

Newdawn
Sunlit
One
Nine

1 out of ten..... must try harder

When you say novel names do you mean as characters in a book? If it's Sci fi / fantasy yo u can get away with names like this but you'd need a good rationale for why each character was given a backwards word

Not very original

I was going to suggest
Rebecca
Emma
Emily
Jane Eyre...

Stoidiybdeman

When and where is your novel set? What genre?

Also, have you considered Balonz? He'd make a good protagonist in a dystopian future fic, I think.

If you're thinking of setting it a bit closer to home, possibly Boswell? I see him as a middle-aged post office manager living in a small town- the type where all the buildings are up a short flight of steps because of the lay of the land they've been built on.

I mean novel as new.

@ThirdElephant

If you're thinking of setting it a bit closer to home, possibly Boswell? I see him as a middle-aged post office manager living in a small town- the type where all the buildings are up a short flight of steps because of the lay of the land they've been built on.

Dear God, don't start up Boswell again. It was like some kind of terrible alternative universe full of men going up steps (or down? I've deliberately blotted out the details!), not to mention the OP's insistence that this was some hilariously witty apercu from her ILs or boyfriend's family, and definitely not a hoax.

@Blubells

Not very original

Can you give me some examples of names you think are more original?

@CheshireCats

1 out of ten..... must try harder

Why must I try harder? What would I get more marks for?

@SeanChailleach

I mean novel as new.

Surely Levon should be your first choice

Levon is already a name! (albeit Armenian)

@KirstenBlest

Stoidiybdeman

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How about X Æ A-12 I've never known any child with that name. Oh wait...damn Elon Musk stole my baby name!

@KirstenBlest wins the internet for today.

Why not put together a random collection of letters to make a nice sound instead of using a backwards word?

Shaboodigah
Elagardee
Oberlee
Ahdahdabee

@KirstenBlest

Stoidiybdeman

Is it wrong I quite like that? Stoidiy for short.

It offers several nn, @Roosk.

Deman
Stoidy
Stobdy
Dibby

I also like Ekorbmodnoc, Eko or Korby for short

@SleepingStandingUp

Why not put together a random collection of letters to make a nice sound instead of using a backwards word?

Shaboodigah
Elagardee
Oberlee
Ahdahdabee

Flipping words round is just a way of generating ideas. I think Tokien did invent his names by using a bunch of elements, so that the names sounded like they went together, hence Frodo, Drogo, Bilbo were all male hobbits, with the -o ending. Aragorn, Arathorn, Boromir, Faramir, Théoden, Éomer were all men. Arwen, Luthien, Beren were Elves, all you have that -en element, and then Galadriel, Elrond, Legolas - I don't know why they sound like they go together, perhaps I'm just used to hearing them.

You're talking about novelty names, not novel names. Which would be fine, if you were choosing a name for one of those teddies that comes out of an arcade machine, rather than a person who will have to carry it around for life

Have you found yourself inspired by Nevaeh by any chance? Interesting how Neveah is an option but Esidarap or Efilretfa aren't...