Character Names

Names are obviously very important and so we wanted our character names to be significant to their personality and purpose. We used the website 2000-names to compile categories and names for our two leads.

Girl A (girl from parallel universe)
Since this girl is from a strange different world, we wanted an unusual name that would stand out. We picked from the categories: Angels/Messengers, Celestial Bodies/Planets, Character Traits, Dreams/Sleep, Ghosts/Spirits, Guardians/Defenders, Secrets/Mystery and Goddesses. Mostly all for obvious reasons as she is from a parallel world sent to protect Girl B

1) ARIEL: Means "lion of God". One of the moons of Uranus. Androgynous spirit in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
2) LEIA: Meaning "weary" and "child of heaven".
3) CAELESTIS: "Heavenly". Epithet associated with the god Jupiter and the goddess Diana.
4) AISLINN: Meaning "dream" or "vision".
5) ALESANDESE: "Defender of mankind".
6) CALYPSO: "She who conceals". In Greek mythology, the name of the daughter of Atlas, who holds up the world on his shoulders.
7) KALLISTO: Means "most beautiful".
8) IRIS: Meaning "rainbow".
9) NYX: "Night".

Girl B (from Earth)
Since we wanted to make this girl relateable and believable, we wanted to pick a common name that would nevertheless stand out and also be linked to our character. The categories we picked from were: Character Traits, Colours, Emotions, Luck/Fortune, Sacrifice, Shadow and Victims. Many of the names that we found on these categories were too strange so we think that this girl we also opt for a nickname which would also be consistent with her character.

1) ALICE: Meaning "noble sort".
2) SARAH: "Noble lady" or "princess".
3) AURELIA: Means "golden".
4) MALLORY: "Misfortune".
5) GISELLE: "Pledge", "hostage" or "noble offspring". 

Analysis

Girl A: From that list my favourites were Ariel, Alesandese and Calypso. I think from this shortened down list my favourite is Alesandese as I think the name has the best meaning and also nothing comes to mind when thinking of this name unlike Ariel, which makes me think of The Little Mermaid and Calypso which makes me think of Greek mythology. 

Girl B: From this list the only one I like is Mallory. I'm not keen on Sarah and Alice as I don't think the meaning is relevant, as she is living on street and don't think it would work in an ironic sense and I also don't like Aurelia and Giselle as I think those names are too strange to be Girl B. I especially like Mallory because as Diana said it can be shortened down to Mal, which in my opinion suits Girl B perfectly as it also means 'bad' in Latin.

We have decided on the names Alesandese and Mallory, I think it was a very easy decision as they were both out favourite names from the list. 

AF/DY