Heaven Hunters has two main characters, Savina and Nira.
Savina Is named after the spicy Red Savina pepper. In her original design, she had grenades that she had painted little peppers onto. Those got removed from her design pretty quickly but might make a comeback for a scene or two sometime in the future.
Nira is short for "Munira", which gets used a couple times in the first issues. Munira means bright light, or radiance.
I have two main characters. The first is Margarita, who I knew from early on would be Hispanic. I couldn't pick a name for her for a long time, and I ended up just scrolling down lists of Hispanic female names and finally happened upon Margarita. I liked that the other character could shorten it to Marg, and it was a little offbeat without being unfamiliar.
The other character is Mitta, and her name came from absolutely nowhere. It popped in my head early on in planning, and I liked it. In fact, part of the purpose was for her name to come from nowhere; I didn't want it to have any meaning or significance. Why will become clear later on, but the idea was for it to not quite feel like a real name.
I'm currently working on a completely different story where the main character's name is Carmen. One of the recurring motifs in the novel is the color red, which bears a lot of significance for her. Carmen is derived from carmine, a shade of red.
The second main character in it is Tomm. The very first version of this story (which I tried to write 10 years ago when I was about 12) was inspired by a scenario I came up with while playing with Kelly dolls. The character that evolved into Tomm was a boy doll, which were called Tommy dolls. I wanted to keep the name as a fun little nod to the origin, but Tommy sounded to young for a teenager, and Tom was too normal and boring. Tomm, spelled a little funky, felt very fitting for his personality and still kept that nod to the dolls in there.
I generally don't go deep into name meanings when picking them, but am much more inclined to scroll through lists of baby names until I find one that feels right.
So... all my character names are nicknames heavily tied to the backstories they explain in the novel. I don't want to give too much away, because it's kind of the whole point of the story, but I feel like I am safe in Talking about Duenna's name a little.
The word "Duenna" according to Miriam Webster is "an elderly woman serving as governess and companion to the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family" Which is a big reason as to why that is her name. It should also be noted that Duenna herself is not Spanish or Portuguese, but there is a reason that her name is.
My main character's name is Ziggy and as far as I know it means absolutely nothing. I took it from David Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust' because I didn't feel comfortable assigning a meaning or ethnicity to the name.
Jack's name is Jack because... he's a Jackalope.
I actually went back and forth on this for a long time when creating the character, but honestly? It might seem too obvious, but a Jackalope has gotta be named Jack.
Right?
My characters Names are very important to me, so it takes a while to choose the right one.
Edgar means wealthy spearman/ owner of the spear - also a tenth century King was know as Edgar the Peaceful
His last name Ethereal means light, airy, or tenuous
Augustin means great, magnificient
Philomena Ceridwen means lover of strength, goddess of poetic inspiration
They last name Nefarious means Sinful, dark, villainous, criminal, or wicked
My name character's name is Aster, she was named after the flower. Since it stands for love, wisdom, and valor, her parents blessed her with that name, knowing from Aster's birth that she would be a strong, wise person with a firm strength of mind and an open heart.
I have a few name explained under one of the chapters, but the Petrosinovi siblings names meanings are:
Albena (Албена) - There are a few theories about where this name comes from. One is that it is derived from another word for the colour red "alen", while another one states that it comes from "ablen", a dialect word for the mountain peony.
Bozhana(Божана)- It is a female name meaning God's woman. God is Bog in Slavic languages.
Vulchan(Вълчан) - A male name, given to protect its owner from wolves.
Kalina(Калина) - Another one of my favourite names, Kalina is a popular female not only in Bulgaria but in other Balkan countries as well. It comes from the kalina tree, also known as viburnum. Another name for it is samodivas tree.
(The names are given in Cirylic alphabet order, not the birth order)
My story is a Christian Fantasy (as in a Fantasy story with Christian influences, like Chronicles of Narnia). Because of this, a lot of the character names stem from there.
Joshua Davidson and Caleb Michaels get their names because of Joshua + Caleb from the two spies for Moses with Joshua being the one who took over after Moses. Davidson because David is one of the greatest kings in the Bible (plus other stuff), then Michaels because of the angel Michael. Then I have Samara Avraham who goes by Mara, and her going by that name has a Biblical reference that is also a spoiler, then Avraham for Abraham, another important Bible figure. So yeah... I had a lot of fun with names XD
Here is my story and a little pitch to go with it!
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON X LEGEND OF ZELDA with the modern times and tone of PERCY JACKSON
A 16 yo boy with a hero complex finds himself soul-bound to a dragon, fulfilling dreams he has had since he was a child, but it all changes when his family is dragged into the middle of a magical war. With lives at stake, he will have to learn quickly and adjust to his new teammates before its too late.
My main character's name is Scarlet. Her name is the word for a bright shade of red. It's also a very rare way of spelling this name (more common is the name Scarlett - double t). Her name is the only one with an important meaning for me. Some of the background characters have names that I chose after a pattern but it's not that important.
oh nice, I always like japanese names, they always sound cool 
I have to get a japanese character in my comic one day.
@Stargazer31 the gunhild name gives me Viking vibes, maybe I'm wrong but it seems norse, especially Ingrid since I have a norwegian friend with that Ingrid as her name
@CodeMonkeyArts the name sounds really fucking cool and has a cool as meaning as well
Hi everyone!
This is a cool thread! When choosing my character's name, I just picked a name I liked when I first started writing.
When I just looked it up, one of the meanings of her name is martyr! This is oddly fitting for her! 🖤
Philippa is my main girl and she's a witch. Her name means lover of horses. I was going to have her familiar be a horse mainly because she is an eccentric witch but changed my mind. But I may bring it back though! lol
Didn't know her name meant lover of horses until I looked up the meaning just now.
FYI I made her familiar a monkey instead
My main character's name is Mikhail Lebedev.
Mikhail is the russian form of Michael, which is the name of an Angel
Lebedev is a russian last name that comes from the word "swan" in russian.
Because he's an Angel with swan wings : )
My main character’s name is Darzsa. I wanted a unisex name that started with a D. I came across Dara, but I wanted something a bit more unique. So I ended up landing on Darza then Darzsa (softening the z). And I think that he’d like someone like Zsa Zsa so it fits 
His name also means wise (Dara) and lily (Zsa)
"Grim", a mispronunciation of Graham (which means 'homestead'). He got the nickname from his classmates and decided to own it, and lengthened it to "Grim the Reaper" as his 'superhero' title, in the style of Sonic the Hedgehog (and to make sure it wasn't too similar to the traditional title of 'the Grim Reaper'). He's a psychopomp in-training.
Oh, this is fun! Luca totally has a protagonist name for sure!
I usually go with my gut for names and chop up the names of people I know in rl, but for the protagonist of my comic MagicalMashup! I actually did think a little more about her name.
Junah means Sun in Arabic. I thought it was pretty and fit how I wanted her to be like sunshine. Round and Radiant.
Now for the co-tagonist Kaelen... I swore his name meant wise when I named him all those years ago, but when I looked it up to make sure I'm not talking out of my buttcrack, I found that it means skinny in Gaelic and that just makes me laugh XD bc young Lady T. would be that simple and name him something like that as I like to play with opposites attract, but just wow skinny, lol. I mean Kaelen is a cool-sounding name too so props on that anyway, but still...
