Question

How To Name An OC

Answer 1

Table Of Contents:
1. Beginning message
2. Part One
3. Part Two
4. Part Three
5. Part Four
6. Part Five

Answer 2

Hello there! So, if you know about the tutorials I post, you should know that most of the time they are writing related, because I’m about brain dead for everything else. So take off your shoes, coat, socks, and glasses. Wait. Put your glasses back on so you can see. You have to read somehow.

Answer 3

Part One: Attitudes.
So one of my main pet peeves is when the character’s name does not match its character. The author cannot use the excuse, “Oh they were born that way.” You named them. You made them with your pen and paper in your dark little office. You wouldn’t name a shy and quiet character Lolita, you would name a bright and vamp like girl Lolita, according to the meaning of the name Lolita.

You also would not want to name your villain a soft name like Lachlan or similar. That in my opinion sounds like a soft name, and I would not be able to take the villain seriously. Or Sebastian. Sebastian was the main villain in the book series, The Mortal Instruments and I think it would just clash too much with that.

Answer 4

Part Two: Mary Sues
There are some names out there which are absolutely overused by fangirls and twelve year olds with their edgy ocs. There are many overused names like, Sky, Rainbow something, Chaos, Sparkles, Kitty, Shadow, Night, or Owl. There are many for males as well and trust me, as you go to the male side of OCs, it gets way worse. To keep your OC from not having a Mary Sue or Gary Stu name, I suggest keeping it rare, but not too rare because people have to be able to pronounce their name and know what it means.

Answer 5

Part Four:
Shy Girl Names:
Ballari: Walking softly or quietly; One who walks gently
Dianthe: A flower; Gentle and introspective
Diara: A gift from the heavens; they are quiet but will take what they want
Edith: A quiet soul; Old soul; Super kind
Galina: The spirit of the ocean
Galene: A quiet and relaxing person.
Elodie: A marshy white flower blossom
Modesta: Shy and very modest
Tiombe: Shy

Shy Boy Names:
Golan: A man or boy with an inner need for quiet and peacefulness
Nyein: Quiet, Calmness
Placido: A man who is calm and kind hearted
Sabro: A very patient man
Susu: A very quiet sound
Hyper Girl Names: (No meanings, these just sound hyper to me. I’m getting a bit tired of typing all of these out)
Mandy
Pammy
Rochelle
Sheila
Sherin
Suzy
Tara
Tonie
Tyna
Vicki
Vida
Yvette
Zorina

Hyper Boy Names:
Lance
Levi
Mikey
Rambabu
Rocky
Rosheon
Barnaby
Alex

Answer 6

Part Five:
Older Sounding Male Names:
Charles
Charlie
Ben
Benjamin
Frank
Edward
Homer
Oscar (I had a turtle named Oscar)
Vincent (This is my fave)
Raymond
Rickie
Randy
Rick
Ronnie
Victor
Tony
Walter

Older Sounding Female Names:
Viola
Vera
Honey
Lola
Lolita
Alma
Agnes
Clancy
Clary
Bea
Beatrice
Amelia
Amela
Maxine
Irene

Answer 7

so i can't use James as an adult name?

Answer 8

@Pixel Oh God. I knew people would be sarcastic about this

Answer 9

I'm not sarcastic, I was going to make a story, With a 35 year old man with a name of James

Answer 10

@Pixel Yes you can.

Answer 11

Nice work, but not the type of names I’m looking for, I want more fantasy like names

Answer 12

@Sauron Ooooooo I should add some fantasy names

Answer 13

I am kind of unclear, what does OC mean?

Answer 14

@Dude Original Character

Answer 15

lol i thought it stood for "organic compounds" when i saw it firsst