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in reply to a message by quigonjecca
What are your top 5 names for girls?:
♦ Jean, Adelle, Faith, Rose, Zara
What are your top 5 names for boys?:
♦ Daniel, Rowan, Lewis, Matthew, Benedict
What are your idea of "filler" names?:
♦ 'Filler names' is a subjective concept. If I had a daughter and gave her the middle name Anne, most people would roll their eyes and say "filler, couldn't think of anything better". But for me, the name Anne means "dear friend of the family who died when I was 15". The same goes for any of the traditional fillers: John, James, Matthew, Rose, Marie, Louise etc: they may be common but they can still be extremely significant to people So while there are many very common middle names, I'm hesitant to declare any of them exclusively "fillers".
What is your least favorite name for each gender?:
♦ Boys: Jesse or Jake. Girls: Anything that's rightfully a surname or a boys' name (Mackenzie, Hunter etc ad infinitum).
What is your absoulute favorite name for each gender?
♦ Boys: Daniel. Girls: Jean.
What is your usual naming style?
♦ Classic revival with twists of natural and quirky.
Do you use name generators?
♦ No
If so, what are the web adresses for the generators you use?
♦ N/A
Do you write stories?
♦ Yes
If so, does your character naming style differ from what you would normally use?
♦ Absolutely. I don't want to use up my favourite names on characters, and I'm also fanatical about ensuring that my characters' names are appropriate for the time period, which most of mine wouldn't be (I write either otherworld fantasy or modern childrens' fantasy crossovers, so most of my names are either made up, or they're popular names from the 1990s (kids) and 1960s (parents).
For pets do you prefer traditional "people" names or non-traditional "pet" names?
♦ Depends on the pet. Both work for me. Our/my cats have been (* = named by me): Stewie, Tigger, Katie*, Tiger, Cosmic "Cosy", Mia*, Dusky, Jemima*.
♦ Jean, Adelle, Faith, Rose, Zara
What are your top 5 names for boys?:
♦ Daniel, Rowan, Lewis, Matthew, Benedict
What are your idea of "filler" names?:
♦ 'Filler names' is a subjective concept. If I had a daughter and gave her the middle name Anne, most people would roll their eyes and say "filler, couldn't think of anything better". But for me, the name Anne means "dear friend of the family who died when I was 15". The same goes for any of the traditional fillers: John, James, Matthew, Rose, Marie, Louise etc: they may be common but they can still be extremely significant to people So while there are many very common middle names, I'm hesitant to declare any of them exclusively "fillers".
What is your least favorite name for each gender?:
♦ Boys: Jesse or Jake. Girls: Anything that's rightfully a surname or a boys' name (Mackenzie, Hunter etc ad infinitum).
What is your absoulute favorite name for each gender?
♦ Boys: Daniel. Girls: Jean.
What is your usual naming style?
♦ Classic revival with twists of natural and quirky.
Do you use name generators?
♦ No
If so, what are the web adresses for the generators you use?
♦ N/A
Do you write stories?
♦ Yes
If so, does your character naming style differ from what you would normally use?
♦ Absolutely. I don't want to use up my favourite names on characters, and I'm also fanatical about ensuring that my characters' names are appropriate for the time period, which most of mine wouldn't be (I write either otherworld fantasy or modern childrens' fantasy crossovers, so most of my names are either made up, or they're popular names from the 1990s (kids) and 1960s (parents).
For pets do you prefer traditional "people" names or non-traditional "pet" names?
♦ Depends on the pet. Both work for me. Our/my cats have been (* = named by me): Stewie, Tigger, Katie*, Tiger, Cosmic "Cosy", Mia*, Dusky, Jemima*.
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