He got up and sat on the edge of the bedstead with his back to the window. “It’s better not to sleep at all,” he decided. There was a cold damp draught from the window, however; without getting up he drew the blanket over him and wrapped himself in it. He was not thinking of anything and did not want to think. But one image rose after another, incoherent scraps of thought without beginning or end passed through his mind. He sank into drowsiness. Perhaps the cold, or the dampness, or the dark, or the wind that howled under the window and tossed the trees roused a sort of persistent craving for the fantastic. He kept dwelling on images of flowers, he fancied a charming flower garden, a bright, warm, almost hot day, a holiday—Trinity day. A fine, sumptuous country cottage in the English taste overgrown with fragrant flowers, with flower beds going round the house; the porch, wreathed in climbers, was surrounded with beds of roses. A light, cool staircase, carpeted with rich rugs, was decorated with rare plants in china pots. He noticed particularly in the windows nosegays of tender, white, heavily fragrant narcissus bending over their bright, green, thick long stalks. He was reluctant to move away from them, but he went up the stairs and came into a large, high drawing-room and again everywhere—at the windows, the doors on to the balcony, and on the balcony itself—were flowers. The floors were strewn with freshly-cut fragrant hay, the windows were open, a fresh, cool, light air came into the room. The birds were chirruping under the window, and in the middle of the room, on a table covered with a white satin shroud, stood a coffin. The coffin was covered with white silk and edged with a thick white frill; wreaths of flowers surrounded it on all sides. Among the flowers lay a girl in a white muslin dress, with her arms crossed and pressed on her bosom, as though carved out of marble. But her loose fair hair was wet; there was a wreath of roses on her head. The stern and already rigid profile of her face looked as though chiselled of marble too, and the smile on her pale lips was full of an immense unchildish misery and sorrowful appeal. Svidrigaïlov knew that girl; there was no holy image, no burning candle beside the coffin; no sound of prayers: the girl had drowned herself. She was only fourteen, but her heart was broken. And she had destroyed herself, crushed by an insult that had appalled and amazed that childish soul, had smirched that angel purity with unmerited disgrace and torn from her a last scream of despair, unheeded and brutally disregarded, on a dark night in the cold and wet while the wind howled

The Only Character Name Generator You’ll Ever Need

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Adoption PartyHaving trouble coming up for a name for your character? Look no further! This random character name generator is just the tool you need.

A good writer knows that word choice can make or break a story, and character names are no exception. The names you choose resonate with readers on both a conscious and subconscious level. They have the power to convey meaning overtly or through hidden messages.

For instance, in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jekyll’s experiment unleashes his animalistic alter-ego, Hyde. Jekyll has the word “Kill” hidden inside it, and Jekyll is after Hyde’s “hide.” See? The entire story is given away in their names alone. Stevenson’s layers of meaning are a fine example of the density that can and should be packed into names.

Zane Farr

Plushy “Twitch” Labarge

Veronique Liger

N.T. Purr

Cannon Longhorn

Linus Hamilton

Quentin Dubois

Sofia Earp

Salma Fawzi

Ramzey Chalk

Stubby Coffey

Melvin Curio

Emerald Axworthy

Velvet Bixby

Alex Cahill

Birdie “Two-Bush” Bancroft

Cha’relle Archer

Buzz Abernathy

Magdelena Tremaine

May Van Dyck

Birdie Waldgrave

Captain Yunior Pevensey

Kelsey Quackenboss

Kyron Stryker

Shiloh Cage

Silas Fry

Jafaris Griffin III

Jesus Emmanuel

P.E. Cougar

Sergio Babcock

Clark Elbutt

Wright “Rat-tail” Entwistle

Sir Ned Ellarshaw

Frank Ball

Paul Underdown

Morris Emms

Urwin Moss

Francis Sutton

Austin Read

Singh Skeet

Sheldon Gallagher

Wallace Sharp

Eliot Sean

Sage Underhill

Santiago Unwin

Malumbo French

P.L. Green

Bucky Spackle

Peace West

Gerald “Bull-Dog” Trench

Reni Driver

Jarl “Bow-Wow” Seeger

Quincy Frankel

Horace Robote

Wai Qu

Niger Siodla

Jamille Victory

Jim Sitar

Fred Sisk

Sammy Sebastian Sinclair

James Jury Johnson

Kwanza Bello

Nice Zeller

Boris Ivanov

Aponi Butterfly

Kofi Kenyon

Catherine Weston “Tall Chief”

J. Dada

Paul Harikrishna

Soe Watt

Rich Vachier-Lagrave

Mae “Pretty Prairie” Bae

Magnus Hero

Yue Li

Viswanathan Baht

B.C. Macklemore

Terry Rumble

Annabelle Fury

Terry Plymouth

Christian Giammona

Stitchy Morwood

Horace Greenlawn

Bebe Hollywood’” Sandovski

Snicker Treemount

Connor Eck

Bishop Trabuco

Geronimo Champion

Marlo “Scooby” Vixon

Maximilian Peppero

Quincy Lima

Adrian Rauso

Breen Zuniga

James Garstang

Cliff Dorr

Amanda Friedman

Rebecca Knox

 

To Kill A Mockingbird‘s Boo Radley is portrayed in a mysterious light, almost as if he is a ghost. And just by hearing the name Mr. Dark from Something Wicked This Way Comes, a reader surely knows who the antagonist will be. These straightforward examples are no less creative; in fact, it may help a reader tie together intricacies of meaning woven in the plot of the story and make predictions through the suspense of foreshadowing.

Peeta Mellark from The Hunger Games Trilogy is a baker’s son, as his bread-like first name suggests. With all of the bird imagery in the trilogy, Peeta’s surname suggests his important yet supporting role since his surname contains the name of a small yet passionate bird. Larks are songbirds, which alludes to his sensitive nature.

When coming up with your own character names, the key is variety. This includes ethnic diversity, varied length, originality, and creative juxtaposition. A creative, catchy name can make your novel stand out from the crowd and be remembered. Even if you prefer ordinary sounding names, it is important to pick one that fits the spirit and role of your character in the novel. For instance, Harry Potter is a fairly ordinary sounding name, but it contains a subtle contrast; Harry means home ruler, while Potter is a laborer’s name. This contrasts Harry’s humble upbringing with his noble destiny as “The Chosen One.”

Your names can include reframing of historical names, or completely new combinations of letters! Bilbo Baggins is the perfect humble sounding name for a hobbit in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and despite its originality, it sounds quite natural and familiar due to its alliteration and simplicity. Gollum, on the other hand, is taken from the Jewish word “Golem,” which refers to an inanimate form made human and given life. However, Tolkien explains that the name refers to the sound the character makes in his throat. It’s up to you whether you choose to explain names or leave them a mystery for your reader!

Use the generator above however you wish. These can be a starting point or a destination. You can use them to develop a full character backstory or use them if they feel right for a character you have developed but just can’t seem to find the right title for. Leave any names that particularly inspired you in the comments below, along with how you plan to use them.

 

 

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  1. Hi,
    Your Character Name Generator does not appear to be downloadable – is there something wrong with the web page or is it no longer available?

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