Character Names

Names are very important in all media, and so in order for the names of our characters to be significant to their personality and purpose, we used the website 2000-names to compile lists for our two leads.

Girl A (from parallel universe)

Since this girl is from another world, we wanted a slightly unusual and uncommon name. We picked from the categories of names linked to Angels/Messengers, Celestial Bodies/Planets, Character Traits, Dreams/Sleep, Ghosts/Spirits, Guardians/Defenders, Secrets/Mystery and Goddesses.

1) ARIEL: Means "lion of God". One of the moons of Uranus. Androgynous spirit in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
2) LEIA: Meaning "weary" and "child of heaven".
3) CAELESTIS: "Heavenly". Epithet associated with the god Jupiter and the goddess Diana.
4) AISLINN: Meaning "dream" or "vision".
5) ALESANDESE: "Defender of mankind".
6) CALYPSO: "She who conceals". In Greek mythology, the name of the daughter of Atlas, who holds up the world on his shoulders.
7) KALLISTO: Means "most beautiful".
8) IRIS: Meaning "rainbow".
9) NYX: "Night".

Girl B (from Earth) 

To make this character more relateable and believable, we wanted to pick out a name that was fairly common but nevertheless had a meaning that linked in with her personality and history. The full names on this list all sound fairly stuffy, however, so it's likely that this girl would opt for a nickname instead. We looked at the categories of Character Traits, Colours, Emotions, Luck/Fortune, Sacrifice, Shadow and Victims.

1) ALICE: Meaning "noble sort".
2) SARAH: "Noble lady" or "princess".
3) AURELIA: Means "golden".
4) MALLORY: "Misfortune".
5) GISELLE: "Pledge", "hostage" or "noble offspring".

Analysis

Girl A: My personal favourites for this character are Ariel, Caelestis, Alesandese and Calypso. Alesandese is especially relevant, considering the the fact that this girl is on Earth trying to save all of mankind. It also has a pleasing, almost fairy-tale-like ring to it.

Girl B: Alice, Aurelia and Mallory sound like possibilities for the homeless girl to me. However, the first two can only be used if we make it clear how deeply ironic it is that this character has to live on the street despite being given a name linked to wealth. Mallory is my favourite option, especially as it can be shortened to Mal, which translates as "bad" from Latin.

In the end, we really did decide on the names Alesandese and Mallory, just because they seem to suit the characters best out of all the ones we went through. It'll be a relief to finally be able to call them something other than girl A and girl B.

AF & DY