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So, I'm working on this dystopian novel, and I want a more futuristic name for one of my charries, but I can't figure it out! Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

He was origionally named Alex. He's pretty talkative, witty, and non-serious. He's short with light blonde hair and blue eyes. He isn't shipped because he's fallen for Liv, but Liv and Naomi were made for each other.

(NOTE: I am planning on publishing this one day, so you have to be okay with me borrowing your name suggestion. ANOTHER NOTE: this is dystopia, not fantasy world, so Dragonshadow and Lightrod aren't really gonna fly.) Thanks! 

submitted by Soren Infinity, age 27 eons , BeaconTown
(May 18, 2019 - 11:16 am)

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X names always sound exotic and futuristic. Xavion, Xcalibur, Xavier, Xenos, etc.

submitted by Rogue Wildling
(May 18, 2019 - 2:05 pm)

@Rogue thanks! Xavion and Xenos are my favorties. Top

Boo says iear. No, you are not an ear, though you do have two of them. ...I hope. 

submitted by Soren InTOPity!
(May 18, 2019 - 9:27 pm)

I agree with Rogue, X names are always cool, but I'm also a fan of short names, like Av or Bo or Vu. And names with apostrophes also sound interesting and sometimes futuristic, like An'ke or La'et. For your character, I'm just going to spout out names and we'll see if any of them sound good. Feel free to take one or ignore them all. :)

Av, Av'ne, Lux, Al, Sho, Sh'ne, Ne, Ande, Ok'le, Ok, Le, Romne, Om, He'hle, Mono, Lo, Po, Vu

submitted by Kitten, Pondering
(May 19, 2019 - 7:03 pm)

*Growing excitement*

Nava! Ka'Vali! Axer'Yn! THIS IS SO MUCH FUN

submitted by Rogue Wildling
(May 19, 2019 - 9:35 pm)

I've read some futuristic/dystopian novels where they take common names and spell them oddly so that they seem different, like Alice into Alys. So you could do Alix, Alyx, maybe some variations of Alexander? 

 

(CAPTCHA says coax, look at that! a real word.) 

submitted by plurals
(May 19, 2019 - 9:51 pm)

Hmm... Maybe Axil? Or Axle? Some variation of that?

submitted by Quill
(May 20, 2019 - 5:02 pm)

I personally would name him Char. But that's just me.

submitted by spiffycat, age 12
(May 21, 2019 - 9:45 am)

Or Enver, on second thought. 

submitted by spiffycat, age 12
(May 21, 2019 - 5:24 pm)

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! Xavion and Alyx are really standing out to me. They seem to fit with what I'm going for.

submitted by Soren Infinity, age 27 eons , BeaconTown
(May 21, 2019 - 6:28 pm)

*Thumbs up (I have no emojiis on this thing)*

submitted by Rogue Wildling
(May 22, 2019 - 1:17 am)

Names come back in vogue every hundred years. So if you know what year your book is set, than you can look up names that were popular a hundred years back. If it's too far ahead, let me know, and I can simulate a list with a few known name trends. (E.g, at the moment, certain name trends are unconventional spellings, culturally different, mixing names together, and overall rarer names.)

I hope this helps!

submitted by Cho Chang
(May 22, 2019 - 1:15 am)

@Cho, it was originally set way too far in the future, so I'm thinking 120-150 years from now? Sorry, I just recently decided to make some major changes to this story and it's kind of taken the back seat to this other story that I'm submitting to be published (the due date got moved back, which is GOOD, because my first version SUCKED and I'm rewriting it).

submitted by Soren@Cho
(May 22, 2019 - 8:34 pm)

Yeah, I understand. Major changes are good! It shows that you've improved and understand what you can make better!

If you want me to round out this list, it would be awesome if you could give me some important events (culturally or historically) that take place in the in-between point, and I can come up with some extra names. :)

I would also suggest changing spelling if a name seems too 'normal', but I would also not advise going crazy with that. I've known a few people who have outlandish spellings for their names, and you pronounce those names very differently. but that's a personal preference. :)

I hope this helps! 

Boys Names: (In Bold)

William/Liam/Will/Etc

James

Alexander

Jacob

Michael

Daniel

Henry

Jack/Jackson/Etc.

Matthew

Samuel

David

Joseph

Christopher

Andrew

John/Jon/Johnathan/etc

Anthony

Robert

Richard

Thomas

Paul

Eric

Kenneth

Frank

Edward

Henry

Harry

Arthur

Walter

Albert

Clarence

Will/Willie/Willy/Etc 

Roy/Royal/Etc 

Harold

Ray/Raymond/Etc

Carl

Earl

Ralph

Female: (In Italics)

Mary

Helen

Margaret

Ruth

Frances

Elizabeth

Anna/Hannah/Joanna/Hanna/etc.

Evelyn/Evalyn/etc

Marie/Mariette/Marietta/etc

Alice

Florence

Rose/Rosella/Rosetta/etc

Edna

Martha

Emma

Grace

Hazel

Frances

Kimberly

Jennifer

Melissa

Angela

Amy

Julie/Juliet/Julietta/Etc

Stephanie

Emily

Sarah

Madison

Rachel

Victoria

Abigail

Olivia

Irene

Catherine/Katherine/etc

Ella/Stella/Della/etc

Grace/Honor/Prudence/Patience/Etc (I only noticed Grace, but threw in these others just in case.)  

submitted by Cho Chang
(May 23, 2019 - 6:45 pm)

Wow, thanks! It's so weird to look at this and see how many of these are names of my classmates... 

As for events, there's the basic plot of the story: The USA decided that if they wanted to be succesful, they should focus on only a few cities and make them rich and prosperous while all other civilians are completely ignored. My charries are from a desolate area in Utah. Those mian cities got the benifits of crazy inventions- automaitc tranportation tube systems, crazy AI assistants, ect. Thanks again, this is amazing!

submitted by Soren@Cho
(May 24, 2019 - 4:00 pm)

Some names that come to mind: Xander, Axel, Becket, Milo, Kayden, Calum, and Bodhi. You could also just spell "Alex" in a more unconventional way, like Aleks, Alix, or Alecz.

Hope this helps! Good luck with your novel!

submitted by Abigail, age Old enough, Inside my head
(May 22, 2019 - 9:28 pm)
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