Whats the meaning of your main character’s name and share your comic/novel

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.

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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! 🖤

The Name of one of the Name Characters is 'Jake Hunt'.
It just popped up first in my mind when I created him, 'Hunt' is an allusion to his personality.

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...

I have 3 main characters:
1. Allura her name means to entice or attract, and it's a nod to how the gods and people of her world take notice of her and her actions that end up shaping the war and the future of what is to come! She has no last name because she abandoned it, and Allura isn't the only name she ends up with in this story
2. Flora because she is a bright personality and the name means flower, and she is always to be the light in the darkness so to speak despite being a mage of darkness.
3. Axis's name is after the C2 vertebra known as the axis which the atlas vertebra sits on. The atlas is what supports the head. So in short the axis supports the atlas which controls the head and Axis supports Allura who controls a thing that would be spoiling the story if I said what it was.
I spend a lot of time on names because as a reader I love that crap.

Lorelei means "temptress" or "alluring" (which she is absolutely NOT) XD. She has no game at all. It's also associated with "siren of the rock". She was named Lorelei by her guardians because she was found on the seashore amongst the cliffs.

So... even though I have many Characters, two in particular have various meaning with their name and surname, and those are Alfredo and his Mother Jadie:

Let's start with the mother, Altough her name "Jadie" isn't much special, Her Nickname "Sunny", reference Her joyfull, happy, and warming personality, while also being everyone's light of happyness, and that connects to her son's (Alfredo) nickname "Starlet" as well, as Sun and Star are the same thing, but in Alfredo case, He is the "Guiding star", that leads everything in the general course of the events.

Alfredo, otherwise, has not much meaning by itself, but He has many play on his name in Japanese:
Alfredo > Arufuredo, his diminutive Fredo > Furedo, also translate in Fred, and his other Diminutive Alf > Arufu, can be turned into "Alpha" with the change of the last letter (Arufa)... Altough there is a reason for that, I can't reveal why, time will tell as we progress with the story, just wanted though to share this bit of trivia.

GENRE: Fantasy, Sci-fi Drama
There are so many people in the World of Gaia, each one of them has a story to tell, of events that changed their life drastically, both for the better, and for the worst...
One start, and Five stories, of the preluding events that mark the beginning of the Story, of "The Golden Garden".

Set in a "Fantasy" world with Sci-fi roots, "Stories from the Golden Garden" is an Graphic Novel anthology that, following the Prologue, will tell 5 short stories about a few individual, all connected together by Destiny, while they celebrate 4 Holidays typical of their world, and also with the Origins of the Main Character, and that will all lead to the main story of "The Golden Garden".

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I just released the first page of a new comic I'm trying to get made, my main character is called Winston Abara ^^ I named him Winston after actor Winston Duke, who was a huge inspiration for me. His last name comes from African origin because I wanted him to be descended directly from one of the last hunting tribes left in the world, namely the Hadza. My comic is called The Preserve! Where a hunter and artist have to team up to compete in the world's largest event, the monster-hunting game of...THE PRESERVE!

Hey, good day. Thank you for the opportunity to share with others! My new novel's current protagonist is named Aurkena Silva-Ruiz, gender-neutral nickname Keni.

Aurkena means Present.
Silva means Forest; sounds like silver.
Ruiz means Famous Ruler.

All of these things are very important to note and will come up during the series, called the Ostelum Saga. Please do check it out if you are interested. Hope you enjoy it if you do try it!

Genres: Fantasy/Supernatural, Post-Apocalyptic Fiction, Action, LGBTQ+

My main character's name is "Shyba". It doesn't mean anything and honestly when this character "came" to me in a dream he already had that name so to speak. In the story more is revealed about how he got the name, but I don't want to spoil it as it does have ties to the plot

Kôra (original spelling Kōra) or 甲羅 means "Carapace."
Halin means "Concerns" or "Pity"

Why I name him over a turtle shell has a meaning.

I actually reasearched this before making my characters name, so I already know. ^^

So Vernon is a Norman surname (which fits him because in universe he is the equivalent of a notherner), it essentially mean Alder (which is his father's name)... Yes, like the tree, all members of his species in universe have names derived from plants.

Grey is quite simply named after the color, because he is literaly Grey, and on a meta level because he is morally Grey and generally tries to put his mindset in between the two other characters so his view of subjects is Grey.
His real name however is actually Uthum, his old village is named Uruk and their cultured is based on ancient sumeria so he is actually named after Utu the sumerian god of justice and the sun... And he does pass judgment on some folks, albeit with lead as opposed to fire.

Azreth is the only one with a completely made up name, however his name has a meaning in universe.
Dragons have their own secret language (which I haven't completed a full lexicon for yet), Essentialy they have a word for each thing and when you tie words together it becomes one thing, so essentialty all dragon real names are also titles. Azreth is two things,
Azer which means fire, or flame.
Reth'ar which means son, particularly, the first born.
So his name would be something along the line of fireborn (which is meant to tie into the fact that his father is a fire dragon)... But this is all sort of made up, so take that with a grain of salt if you will. ^^

Most dragons also have a 'social name' they use to deal with non-dragons because having people saying their real name constantly is like having someone coming up to you and spewing all the many titles you have every time they call you... Which can be a problem.
Dragons often create nicknames for dragons they are intimate with, a habit that Azreth himself has as he tries to come up with nicknames to everyone around him. ^^

Anyway, this is more details about JTA. Hope you will check it out ^^

Being living embodiments of the seasons, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring, Rainy and Dry are self explanatory XD. As are their parents, Nature and Time.

Margarita's nickname is Mago, which is Spanish for Magician/sorcerer.

Mimo is Spanish for Mime. His real name is Josiah Keats which is inspired by Joseph "Buster" Keaton.

Asa... I wasn't sure what to name her so I went with Asa because it reminds me of the Spanish word for clown, Payasa

Ellery Isra - "island with elder trees" and "nocturnal journey"
Alexei Trygve - "Defender" and "true, trustworthy"
Yahto - "blue"
Johari Nyota - "jewel" and "star"

I would my mc's names are less about the direct meaning and more about what these names bear.

Andrew "Andy" Andleswitz - Andy comes from "a man". It's a family tradition to have names start with an A. Like his relatives are Adam, Agness, Angelica, Alexander and so on.

Baxtor "Bax" Carlyle Hearthold-Hunt - comparing to Andy, his full name is long and it actually shows clash of his father's and mother's side. Mom wanted him to be Carlyle Hearthold, while father wanted him ot be less judged by his family name (since Heartholds are known in their world) and gave him simpler name and less known surname - Baxtor Hunt. guy likes to be called Bax and uses surname Hunt, which lowkey shows he is more on father's side. It's a running joke that he is irrated when called Carl.

My main characters' names are
Siran Rochefort
Siran(it's a unisex name btw) = which means alluring
Rochefort = latinized as "of the strong rock" or strong/sturdy rock

Leonel Bruguiere
Leonel = The Lion/ Lion
Bruguiere= derived from Bruyere which means "heather" or "a place where heather grow"
Bonus:
A Lion symbolizes a "king"
Heather flowers means luck, admiration, cleansing, beauty but can also be associated with solitude

Which I can say it matches them pretty well in their personalities and back stories

My main character's name is Tessa Vivuk.
It has no actual meaning, and if someone finds one I'm gonna find it hilarious.

None of the characters in my novel have actual reason behind their names (so far), because there's not really any need for their names to be symbolic or important. Though if there is meaning to someone's name, it'll probably be used for completely satirical, subversive, and/or comedic purposes.

I think I named the character "Hei" using English to Mandarin or Cantonese for completely ironic purposes. It was something like "dark wind" or "forsaken orphan", something entirely dark and edgy because I found it hilarious that he doesn't give a damn about his past or name. And if "Hei Zhao Gazat" translates to something like "Dark Chicken Leg" or worse, I'm gonna laugh for a straight 30 minutes. Maybe more.

Never been in the forum before!
My comic does not really have a set main character, but the character that I have shown has the name Prae!
Prae means past in Latin (I love using Latin words for names lol)

My MC's name is Glen Ivory, but it wasn't the name they were given at birth since they're trans. XD Idk what it actually means, but I think I gave them their surname after thinking about how their mother most likely stopped some hunters from harvesting ivory or something idk.

Naell Beryldot - We combine our name for the first name and last name a combination of stones namely beryl and peridot.

If you guys like isekai with slice of life as main genre try this one. ^^

"Azra" is a short form of "Azadeh" which means free or liberated, and the story is a journey of Azra's liberation. Ironically, Azra means "pure", or "virgin" while my main character's journey revolves around her falling in love for the first time and experiencing life as we know it.

If you guys like spy fantasy, check this out:

Azra is a spy for the House of Veils whose mission is to get close to darkly magnetic Devin to retrieve information about chaos magic. Earn his trust. Learn his secrets. Fall in love? Her deception with Devin offers her giddying heights she never knew, but the time is coming when he will find out the truth about her. Can the girl who was never allowed a heart find a way to keep from losing hers?

Ahiko is a japanese name that means beloved child. Not that I planned it that way, but I really do like the name, because it does reflect upon the story a bit. I have also met a little kid with that name too while I was working at the museum, and it was so FREAKING COOL!

Rokuzo, Enossa, Nasen. Well, I usually make up names so they don't really have a real world equilivent.

Nasen was derived from the name Norin. I really liked that name, but Norin was used in a Sci-fi short I wrote a while back, so I decided to change it up and reapply it.

Enossa is the elongated name for Eno, which my boyfriend suggested. Its actually really cute when he asks to name some of my charaters, and he does come up with some cool names.

Rokuzo. Oh, I don't really remember how I came up with this name. I think I was just throwing clusters around until I though it sounded cool, and something that would fit in his world. Although, even though the naming process was well, unstructured, I did have some basis to my method. I wanted to derive the name from the word Rose (Japanese katakana rozu), as I have always seen this character as the duality of a rose. Beautiful and elegant, but rough and dangerous. His nice name does hail back to his name sake, Rozu.

Spider Lily or Lillian, was based off the flower and the belief that the flower brings death. Her code name, being the death flower, and her real name, which is comparably plain.

Polyphaga His real name to me is unknown, but his code name is based off of a vast beetle family. This is due to he fascination of bug shaped arcane constructs. Although I has not shown initally in my comic so far, in past iterations he did have small beetle bombs. (which i want to bring back)

Most of my characters and their names come from nowhere just from thinking of what name I think would suit them best.
(I'm actually having a lot of fun with this so here's all chapter 1 characters)

Joyce: Apparently it originates from a latin name Ludocus which means "Lord"
Not what I had in mind, but I like that there's more complexity to her name than I originally thought haha

Seth: Originates from hebrew which means "Appointed." Definitely doesn't match his character well whoops-

Alex: The name originates from the english language meaning "Defender of the people" which I absolutely love and it fits her so incredibly well aaa!!!

Brianne: Comes from America which means "high and noble." Fitting!

Ray: Has many origins, most of which mean "defender/wise protector" which also quite fitting??? I love this???

Nice idea! Samara means protected by god; guardian; night talk; under god's rule. And Aryan means warrior; honorable. The characters and TLG all have very specific names.

I'll just give you one of my Oc's that are not in a comic form but yet in planning

Name: Erutan
I've chosen this name because it reflects of how they look like and as well their so called "job"
The name was actually inspired by a song called
The Willow Maid - Erutan (katethegreat19)
Erutan is backwards for Nature
and as you can see the name is a connection to this character

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I won't link in my Novel this time since I've stopped uploading it and stopped planning out the next Chapter

Name: Kandake
her name was deprived from the queen Kandake of Kush ( aka Sudan(the name changed) I've chosen this name because of what queen Kandake had done which was defeating Alexzander the Great from over powering Kush, the reason why I I've given this character this name was from the actions of this queen, which I took it in as bravery , powerful, intelligent and many more that are along the lines of those words lol

My comic is called Cosmic Safari and I chose the name Krum for my OC because we are all just a tiny speck floating in this giant universe.

My main character's name is Sara, which is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess".

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Hey hello! Thank you for this thread

My main character goes by Tanidreams. It's supposed to represent my last name, then follows "I" and then "Dream." Therefore meaning how I dream.

My main character's name is dan and in hebrew it means judgement or judge.