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  • Writer's pictureMarie Tayse

Names for Writing

Have you ever had a great idea for a story but when you go to write it down, you can't think of a name for your character to save your life? I think, we all experience this at some point in our writing. With that in mind, I decided to list some names here that just might come in handy next time you are looking for the perfect character name.


BOYS

A

AARON ABEL ABNER ADAM ADEN ADRIEN

AIDEN AJ ALAN ALEC ALESSANDRO ALEX

ALEXANDER ALEXZANDER ALFONSO ALIJAH

ALLEN ALONZO ALTON ALVIN AMADO AMOS

ANAKIN ANDRE ANDREW ANDY ANGELO

ANTHONY ANTOINE ARIUS ARNOLD ARROW

ASHER ASHTON ATHAN AUGUST AVERY

B

BARRON BEAU BECKHAM BEN BENICIO

BENJAMIN BENTLEY BILLY BLAINE BOBBY

BOONE BRADEN BRADLEY BRADY BRANDON

BRENTON BRIXTON BRYCE BRYSON CADE

C

CAESAR CAIN CALEB CARLOS CARSON CARTER

CASH CHANCE CHANNING CHARLES CHASE

CHRISTOPHER CLARENCE CLARK CLAY CODY

COEN COLE COLT CONNOR COOPER CORBIN

CRISTIAN CRUZ CULLEN CURTIS CYRUS

D

DAKOTA DALLAS DALTON DAMARI DAMIAN

DANE DANIEL DANTE DARIUS DARRELL DARRIN

DAVID DAWSON DAXTON DAYLEN DE'ANDRE

DEAN DECLAN DEON DERECK DESHAWN DESMOND

DIEGO DIESEL DION DOMINIC DONOVAN DOUGLAS

DRAKE DUKE DUSTIN DYLAN

E

EAMON EASTON EDDY EDRIC EDUARDO EDWARD

EDWIN EITAN ELI ELIAM ELIJAH ELLIOT ELVIS

EMMANUEL ENOCH ENRIQUE ERIC ERNEST ESTEVAN

EUGENE EVAN EVANDER EZEKIEL EZRA

F

FABIEN FELIX FERNANDO FINLEY FINN FISHER FLETCHER

FLYNN FORREST FOX FRANCESCO FRANCISCO FRANKIE

FREDDY

G

GABRIEL GAGE GARRETT GARY GAUGE GAVIN GENE

GEORGE GEOVANNI GERALD GIANCARLO GIDEON GILBERTO

GIOVANNI GLENN GORDON GRADY GRAHAM GRANT GRAYSON

GREG GUNNER GUSTAVO GUY

H

HAIDEN HAKEEM HANK HANS HARLAN HARLEY HAROLD

HARRISON HARVEY HAWK HAYDEN HEATH HECTOR HENDRIX

HENRI HOLDEN HORACIO HOUSTON HOWARD HUDSON HUGH

HUNTER HUXLEY

I

IAN ILYAS IRVIN ISAAC ISAIAH IVAN IZAN IZRAEL

J

JACE JACK JACKSON JACOB JADEN JAGGER JAKE JAKOB JAMAL

JAMIE JAMISON JARED JARVIS JASE JASON JASPER JAVIER JAX

JAXSON JAY JAYDON JAYLIN JEDIDIAH JEFF JEFFREY JENSEN

JEREMIAH JERICHO JERMAINE JESSE JESUS JET JETHRO JIMMY

JOAQUIN JOE JOEL JOEY JOHN JOHNNY JONATHAN JONAH

JORDAN JORGE JOSE JOSEPH JOVANNY JUAN JUDE JULIEN

JULIUS JUNIOR JUSTIN

K

KADE KADEN KAI KAIN KAIRO KALEB KALVIN KAMRYN

KANE KANNON KAREEM KARL KARTER KASEN KASEY

KASHTON KAYDEN KEANU KEATON KEEGAN KEITH KEKOA

KELLY KEN KENNETH KENNY KHALID KHRISTIAN KING

KNOX KOBY KODA KOLTON KRIS KURT KYE KYLE KYLER

KYSON

L

LAKE LAMAR LANCE LANDON LANE LARRY LAWSON LAZARUS

LEANDRO LEE LELAND LENNOX LEO LEONARDO LEROY LESTER

LEVI LEWIS LEX LIAM LINCOLN LINK LINUS LIONEL LLOYD

LOCHLAN LOGAN LONDON LORENZO LOUIS LUCA LUCAS LUCIEN

LUKE LYLE LYNDON

M

MAC MADDEN MADDOX MAISON MAJOR MALACHI MALCOLM

MALIK MANUEL MARCEL MARCELLUS MARCO MARIO MARK

MARKUS MARLON MARVIN MASON MATHIAS MATTHEW MAURICE

MAVERICK MAX MAXWELL MAXX MCCOY MELVIN MERRICK

MESSIAH MICAH MICHAEL MICHELANGELO MIGUEL MIKE

MILES MILLER MILO MOHAMMED MONTE MONTGOMERY MORGAN

MOSES MURPHY MUSTAFA MYLES

N

NASH NATE NATHAN NATHANIEL NEIL NELSON NESTER NICK

NIKOLAS NIGEL NIKO NIXON NOAH NOBLE NOLAN NORMAN

O

OAKLEY OCTAVIO OLIVER OLLIE OMAR OMARI ORLANDO OSCAR

OTIS OWEN OZZIE

P

PABLO PARKER PATRICK PAUL PAX PAYTON PEDRO PETER PHILLIP

PHOENIX PIERCE PIERRE PORTER PRESTON PRINCETON

Q

QUENTIN QUINCY QUINN

R

RAIDEN RAJ RALPH RAMON RANDALL RANDY RAPHAEL RASHAD

RAUL RAY RAYMOND REED REGINALD REID REMINGTON REN

REUBEN REX REYES RHETT RICARDO RICHARD RICHIE RICO RIDGE

RILEY RIO RIVER ROBBIE ROBERT ROBERTO ROBIN ROCKWELL

RODERICK RODNEY ROGER ROLAND ROMAN ROMEO RON

RONALDO RONNIE RORY ROYCE RUBEN RUDY RUSSEL RYAN RYLAN

RYDER RYKER

S

SALEM SALVADOR SALVATORE SAM SAMMY SAMSON SAMUEL

SANTANA SANTIAGO SANTOS SAWYER SCOTT SEAMUS SEAN

SEBASTIAN SERGIO SETH SEVEN SHANE SHAWN SHAY SHELDON

SHEPARD SHILOH SILAS SIMON SKY SKYLAR SLADE SLATER

SOLOMON SONNY SPENCER STANLEY STEFANO STEPHEN STERLING

STETSON STEVEN STONE SULLIVAN SYLAS SYRUS

T

TALON TANNER TATE TATUM TAYLOR TEAGAN TERRANCE TERRELL

TERRY THADDEUS THATCHER THEODORE THOMAS TIMOTHY

TITAN TITUS TOBIAS TOBY TOM TOMAS TONY TRACE TRAVIS TRENT

TREVOR TREY TRISTAN TROY TUCKER TURNER TY TYLER TYRONE

TYSON

U

URIAH ULYSSES

V

VALENTINO VANCE VAUGHN VIC VICTOR VINCE VINCENT VIRGIL

VITO VLADIMIR VON

W

WADE WALKER WALLACE WALTER WARREN WATSON WAYLON

WAYNE WES WESLEY WEST WILDER WILEY WILL WILLIAM

WILLIE WILSON WINSTON WOLF WOLFGANG WYATT

X

XANDER XAVIER

Y

YAEL YASH YI YOEL YOHAN YOUSUF YUVAN

Z

ZACH ZACHARIAH ZACHARY ZACK ZAIN ZANDER ZANE ZAVIER

ZAYDEN ZEKE ZEPHYR ZEPPELIN ZEUS ZION


GIRLS

A

AALIYAH ABBEY ABIGAIL ABRIELLA ACACIA ADA ADALINE

ADALYNN ADDELYN ADDISON ADELA ADELAIDE ADELE

ADILENE ADRIANNA ADRIENNE AGNES AHANA AILEEN AIMEE

AINSLEY AISHA AKIRA ALAYNA ALBA ALEJANDRA ALEKSANDRA

ALEX ALEXIA ALEXIS ALIANA ALICE ALICIA ALISSA ALIYAH ALIZA

ALLIE ALLYSON AMANDA AMARAH AMBER AMBERLY AMELIA

AMERICA AMETHYST AMIYA AMY ANA ANABELLE ANALEE ANALISA

ANASTASIA ANDI ANDREA ANESSA ANGEL ANGELA ANGELIQUE

ANGIE ANIKA ANITA ANN ANNA ANNABELL ANNABETH ANNELEE

ANNALIESE ANNAMARIE ANNE ANTOINETTE APRIL ARA ARABELLA

ARIANA ARIEL ARIELLA ARLEEN ARROW ASHANTI ASHLEY ASHLYN

ASIA ASPEN ASTRID ATHENA AUBREE AUDREY AURA AURORA

AUTUMN AVA AVALON AVERI AVIGAIL AVONLEA AVRIL AYESHA

B

BAILEY BARBARA BAYLEE BEATRICE BELINDA BELLA BELLAROSE

BELLE BENTLEY BERENICE BERKELEY BERNADETTE BETHANY

BETSY BETTY BEVERLY BIANCA BILLIE BIRDIE BLAIR BLAKE

BLESSING BLYTHE BONNIE BRAELYN BREANNA BRENDA BRIANNA

BRIAR BRIDGET BRIELLE BRINLEY BRITNEY BROOKE BROOKLYN

C

CADENCE CAITLYN CALLIE CAMBRIA CAMDEN CAMERON CAMILLE

CANDACE CANDY CAPRI CARA CARINA CARISSA CARLEY CARMELLA

CARMEN CAROL CAROLINA CAROLYN CARRIE CASEY CASSANDRA

CASSIDY CATALINA CATHERINE CATHY CAYLA CECELIA CELESTE

CELINE CHARITY CHARLIE CHARLOTTE CHELSEA CHERISH CHEVELLE

CHEYENNE CHLOE CHRISTIANA CHRISTINA CHRISTY CIELO CINDY

CLAIRE CLARA CLARISSA CLAUDIA CLEMENTINE CLEO CLOVER

COCO COLETTE COLLEEN CONNIE CONSTANCE CORA CORAL CORALIE

CORINNA COSETTE COURTNEY CRYSTAL CYNTHIA

D

DAHLIA DAISY DAKOTA DALILAH DANA DANI DANICA DANIELLE

DAPHNE DARA DARCY DARLA DARLENE DAWN DEANNA DEBORAH

DELANEY DELIA DELLA DEMI DENISE DESIREE DESTINY DEVIN DIAMOND

DIANA DINA DIVINE DIXIE DOLORES DOMINIQUE DONNA DORA DORIS

DOROTHY DREAM

E

EDEN EDITH EGYPT EILEEN EISLEY ELAINA ELEANOR ELIANNA ELISA

ELISABETH ELISHA ELIZA ELIZABELLA ELIZABETH ELLA ELLE ELLEN

ELLIE ELLIS ELOISE ELSA ELVIRA ELYSSA EMBER EMBERLY EMELIA

EMERALD EMERI EMERSON EMILEE EMILIA EMILY EMMA EMMAROSE

EMMIE EMORY ENSLEY ERICA ERIN ESMERALDA ESPERANZA ESTELLE

ESTHER ETTA EUNICE EVA EVANGELINA EVE EVELYN EVERLEE EVETTE

EVIE

F

FAITH FALLON FARRAH FAYE FELICITY FINLEY FIONA FLORA FLORENCE

FRANCES FRANCESCA FRANCINE FRANKIE FRIDA

G

GABRIELLA GALA GEMMA GENESIS GENEVA GENEVIEVE GEORGIA

GERALDINE GIA GIANNA GIGI GINA GISELLE GIULIANA GLORIA GLORY

GOLDIE GRACE GRACELYN GRACIE GRETA GUADALUPE GUINEVERE

GWEN GWENDOLYN GWENYTH

H

HADLEY HAILEY HALEY HALLIE HALO HANNAH HARLEY HARLOW

HARMONY HARPER HARRIET HATTIE HAVANA HAVEN HAYDEN HAZEL

HEATHER HEAVEN HEIDI HELEN HELENA HENNESSY HOLLY HONESTY

HONOR HOPE

I

IDA ILENE IMOGEN INYAYA INDIA INDIANA INDIGO INES INGRID IRA

IRENE IRIS ISABELL ISABELLA ISADORA ISLA ITALY IVANA IVORY

IVY IZABELLA IZABELLE

J

JACEY JACKIE JACQUELINE JADA JADE JAELYN JAMIE JANA JANE

JANELLE JANESSA JANET JANICE JANIE JANINE JASLYN JASMINE

JAYCEE JAYDA JAYLA JAYLEEN JAZELLE JAZLYN JEAN JEANETTE

JENNA JENNIE JENNIFER JESSA JESSICA JESSIE JEWEL JILLIAN JIMENA

JOAN JOANNA JOCELYN JOELLE JOEY JOHANNA JOLENE JORDAN JOSEPHINE

JOSIE JOURNEY JOY JOYCE JUANITA JUBILEE JUDITH JUDY JULES JULIA

JULIANNA JULIE JULIET JUNE JUNIPER JUSTICE JUSTINE

K

KACEY KADENCE KAELYN KAIA KAILANI KAILEY KAITLYN KALI

KALLIE KAMILA KARA KAREN KARINA KARLA KARMA KASEY

KASSANDRA KASSIDY KATE KATELYN KATHERINE KATHLEEN

KATHY KATIE KATRINA KATY KAY KAYLA KAYLANI KAYLEE KEIRA

KELLY KELSEY KENDALL KENDRA KENIA KENNEDY KENSINGTON

KENYA KENZIE KHALEESI KHLOE KIANA KIARA KIERA KILEY KIMBER

KIMBERLY KINGSLEY KINLEY KINSLEY KIRA KIRSTEN KORA KORI

KRISTEN KRISTINA KYLA KYLIE KYRA

L

LACEY LADY LANA LAINEY LARA LARISSA LAURA LAUREL LAUREN

LAYA LAYLA LAYNE LEAH LEANNA LEANNE LEIA LEIGHTON LEILANI

LELA LENA LENNOX LEONA LESLIE LETICIA LEXI LEYLA LIANA LIBBY

LIBERTY LILA LILIANA LILITH LILLIAN LILY LINA LINDA LINDSEY LISA

LIV LIZA LIZBETH LIZETTE LOGAN LOIS LOLA LORELEI LORETTA LORI

LORRAINE LOUISE LOVE LOYALTY LUCIA LUCILLE LUCINDA LUCY LUISA

LUNA LYNETTE LYNN LYRIC

M

MABEL MACY MACKENZIE MADALYNN MADDIE MADISON MAE MAEVE

MAGGIE MAGNOLIA MAISIE MAJESTY MAKAYLA MAKENNA MALAYAH

MALAYSIA MALIYAH MALLORY MANDY MARCELLA MARGARET MARGO

MARIA MARIAH MARIANA MARIANNE MARIBEL MARIE MARIELLA

MARIGOLD MARILYN MARINA MARION MARISA MARISOL MARJORIE

MARLA MARLEY MARLOWE MARTHA MARY MARYJANE MATILDA MATTIE

MAVEN MAVIS MAXINE MAY MAYA MCKENNA MCKENZIE MCKINLEY

MEADOW MEGAN MELANIE MELINDA MELISSA MELODY MERCEDES

MERCY MEREDITH MIA MICAH MICHAELA MICHELLE MILAN MILEY

MILLICENT MILLIE MINA MIRABELLA MIRACLE MIRANDA MIRIAM

MOANA MOLLY MONA MONICA MONIQUE MORGAN MYAH

N

NADIA NADINE NALA NANCY NAOMI NATALIE NATASHA NELLY NEVAEH

NAYELI NIA NICOLE NIKITA NIKKI NINA NOEL NORA NORMA NOVA NOVALEE

NYLA

O

OCEAN OCTAVIA ODESSA ODETTE OLIVE OLIVIA OLYMPIA OPAL OPHELIA

P

PAIGE PAISLEY PALOMA PAMELA PARIS PATRICIA PAULA PAULETTE PAULINE

PAYTON PEARL PENELOPE PENNY PEPPER PETRA PEYTON PHOEBE PHOENIX

PIPER POPPY PRECIOUS PRESLEY PRISCILLA PRISHA

Q

QUEENIE QUINN

R

RACHEL RAIN RAMONA RAQUEL RAVEN RAYLENE REAGAN REBECCA REESE

REGINA REIGN REMI RENEE RHEA RIHANNA RILEY RIPLEY RITA RIVER ROBIN

ROGUE ROMINA ROSA ROSELIE ROSALIND ROSALYN ROSE ROSEMARIE

ROSEMARY ROSIE ROWAN ROXANNE ROYAL ROYALTY RUBY RUTH RYAN

RYLEE

S

SABRINA SADIE SAGE SAHARA SAILOR SAKURA SALLY SAMANTHA SAMARA

SAMAYA SANDRA SANDY SAPPHIRE SARA SARAI SASHA SAVANNAH SAYLOR SCARLET SCOUT SEDONA SELENA SELMA SEQUOIA SERAPHINA SERENA

SERENE SERENITY SHANAYA SHANNON SHARON SHAYLA SHELIA SHELBY

SHERRY SHIRLEY SIA SIDNEY SIENNA SIERRA SILVIA SIMONE SKYE SKYLAR

SOFIA SONJA SONORA SOPHIA SOPHIE SPARROW STACEY STAR STARLA

STELLA STEPHANIE STEVIE STORMY SUMMER SUNNY SUSAN SUSANNA

SUSIE SYNDEY SYLVIA SYMPHONY

T

TABITHA TALIA TALLULAH TAMARA TAMMY TANYA TARA TARYN TATIANA

TAYLOR TEAGAN TEMPERANCE TENLEY TERESA TESLA TESS TESSIE THEODORA

TIA TIARA TIFFANY TINA TINSLEY TONI TORI TRACY TRINITY TRISHA

U

UMA UNIQUE

V

VADA VALENTINA VALENTINE VALERIA VALERIE VANESSA VANITY VANNA

VEDA VENICE VENUS VERA VERONICA VICKY VIENNA VIOLET VIRGINIA

VIVIAN

W

WAVERLY WEDNESDAY WENDY WHITNEY WILHELMINA WILLOW WINNIE

WINTER WREN

X

XENA XIMENA XIOMARA

Y

YAEL YAHAIRA YARETZI YASMIN YOLANDA YULISSA YVETTE YVONNE

Z

ZAHARA ZARA ZAYLA ZAYLEE ZELDA ZION ZOE ZOEY ZURI ZYANA



I know this is a huge list, but I was hoping to get myself and other writers plenty of names to choose from. If you have anymore that you would like to see added to the list, please comment below.















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