What is a good name for a tall tale character?

Answer 1

This questions is very difficult to answer and is more of an opinion based question than a fact based. The first question you should ask yourself is 'what gender will this character be?' The name of the character is based upon the lasting impression you would like left with the reader. There are certain names that almost demand a confident or dominant personality to compliment their title. As an example; Richard, Matthew, David, Nadia and Rachele. These names are strong - almost powerful.

Female names that I had always been fond of in fantasy settings were; Lily, Lexialis (or Lexia), Melonie, Raina and Aeona. To think of names you could invest in an English to (other language) dictionary. Using words from other languages, especially if they have a meaning that could potentially be significant to the characters personality, are often big hits.

You need to invent your own names - writers who copy ideas from other people end up in trouble for plagiarism! If you copy someone's names or ideas, then when you publish your story, they could claim you stole those from them and sue you for part of your money. Click on the LINKS for character name generator websites!