How To Name Story Characters

A few things I've learned over the years.

Three or four years ago when I first started writing I would give my characters names like:

Skylar Gerard Six Black

Can you say cliche much?

Then I moved on to names like, "Dagger" "Echo" "Faller" better but..

I've learned that names should have any relation with the personality, I mean, when a baby's born, parents don't know what there going to be like.

Hint: look on the most popular baby names of the year the character was named it.

Now, most of my names come from songs. Example:

"Annie" Wrong Way- Sublime
"Ebin" Ebin- Sublime
"Lucy" Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles
"Helena" Helena- My Chemical Romance
"Max" Maxwell's Silver Hammer- The Beatles

Just to name a few.

I also go with names like "Oliver", "Sam", "Jess", "Naomi" and such.

Hint: If Your Going To Name A Character After Someone You Know, It Will End Up Being Like Them. You Will end Up Thinking Of The Person You Know When You try To Write About Them.

Last Names: Unless the last name plays a significant meaning, going with "Smith" or "Johnson" usually works.

My Favorite Guy Names:
•William
•Will
•Liam
•Samuel
•Sam
•Sammy
•Maxwell
•Max
•Oliver
•Andy
•Jude
•Bradley
•Brad
•Kurt
•Jace
•James
•Jamie
•Fox (One of my only weird name exceptions)
•Caleb
•Rocket (As a nickname)
•Hayden
•Jack
•Grey



Girl Names:
•Auden
•Lucy
•Lynn
•Charlotte
•Scarlet
•Anna/Ann/Annie
•Stella
•Holly
•Jess
•Haley
•Abbey
•Kat
•Samantha
•Sam
•Elizabeth
• Liz
•Beth
•Valerie