Wednesday, February 10, 2010

What's in a name?

I’m nearly finished with my wip that I’m calling Absolution, and I realize that I need to change my main character’s name. Her name started out as Libby but changed to Julia. I have another central character whose name starts with J, and now I’ve got to change “Julia” to a name that does not start with J.

She’s 44 years old, married with one child. She's a bit headstrong (determined), loyal, and works from home as an advertising copywriter. The theme of my story: The hardest person to learn to forgive is yourself.

Here’s a short list of contenders:

Zoe

Evelyn (Most of the time she'd be called Evelyn, but sometimes it would be Evie.)

Leigh

Audra

Maura

Please, help me out. Which name do you like best?

7 comments:

Dawn said...

If she is kind of a spunky character, I like Zoe best. If she is a more subdued character, I think Evie would be nice.

Diane Marie Shaw said...

Audra gets my vote.

Chelf said...

I like Maura best.
I agree that a more subdued character would be a good Evelyn (Evie).

Kay Day said...

Zoe wasn't very common in the 60's. I use this site to check that : http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#prefix=&ms=true&sw=f&exact=false

I like Audra.

Michele Cushatt said...

Audra or Evelyn. I like Evelyn, but Evie makes me think of a little girl. Probably because I have a 7-year-old Evie in my novel!

Megan DiMaria said...

Thanks for your comments. I need all the help I can get.

Kay, I found all those names on a site that lists names from 1967, and I went to high school (70s) with a girl named Zoe.

Jessica Kirkland said...

I think Evie sounds like a headstrong name for some reason. I vote Evie...