08 November 2009 @ 12:16 pm
Delayed-gratification contest  
Want to help me name some characters?

Specifically, some faerie characters for the Bones of Faerie sequel. I'm not quite satisfied with any of the names I've come up with son far, and am thinking some outside input might help jar the right names loose.

And I realized I could turn this into a contest. :-)

Here are the rules:

1. In my world, two faerie names are known so far: Kaylen (male) and Karinna (female). I'm looking for names that feel like they're in keeping with these names and the world they come from (that would be Faerie), but of course that covers a wide range (After all, Jane and Savannah are both human names, right?)

2. Enter by posting suggestions as comments to this post. You can suggest as many or as few names as you want, as often as you want. They can be both male and female names -- I'll need at least one or two of each.

3. And here's where the delayed gratification comes in: I might not settle on final names until the book is nearly ready to be turned in. (Heck, I might not settle on final characters until then.) So I'll announce any winners in late January/early February.

4. Late January happens to be when the paperback edition of Bones of Faerie will be released. If I use one or more of your names, I'll either send you a signed copy of the paperback edition of Bones or -- if you're willing to delay gratification a little longer -- a signed hardcover of Thief Eyes when I get my author copies, probably in mid-to-late April.

5. For duplicate entries, I'll go with whoever posts first. There's no set number of winners (it could be three ... it could be none), but if I don't use any of the names posted here, I'll draw a random winner instead.

6. Open until late January -- but names posted earlier have a greater chance of being used than later ones.

And that's it! Have fun--and many thanks to everyone who's willing to jump in and help out!

(ETA: You need not be on livejournal to take part -- signed anonymous comments are welcome as well. :-))
 
 
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An Incident We'd Rather Not Discuss[info]anywherebeyond on November 8th, 2009 07:32 pm (UTC)
(Male) Nimid, Vazen, Lon. (Female) Ilainn, Dalcene, Kerrid.
movingfinger[info]movingfinger on November 8th, 2009 07:45 pm (UTC)
Is the Ka- element significant? Does it indicate something about the social or familiar background of the nameholder?
Janni Lee Simner: Bones of Faerie leaf[info]janni on November 8th, 2009 07:51 pm (UTC)
Definitely not a social/rank element, whether it's a sign of familial relationship is something I'm still deciding ... I'm leaning against it (because I suspect any additional "ka" names would get tedious), but haven't ruled it out entirely yet.

So possible names could have that element or not, at this point.

Edited at 2009-11-08 07:52 pm (UTC)
some guy named Larry[info]lnhammer on November 8th, 2009 08:39 pm (UTC)
Maglinna (female)
Marrid (male or female)
Mardinna (female)
Naled/Nahled/Nallid (male) (chose your preferred transcription from the original Faerie script)
Orinda (female)
Seyled/Seylid (male)
Tanaise (female)
Tobid/Tobrinna (male/female)
Vivaendadenielle (female)
kythiaranos: rilke[info]kythiaranos on November 8th, 2009 10:03 pm (UTC)
Male: Arhan, Indirr, Brynd

Female: Enona, Welyn, Telanna

Leah R Cutter: Castle[info]lrcutter on November 8th, 2009 10:14 pm (UTC)
I kept vacillating between male and female on some of these names so I figured you could just chose. Hope these help!

Aunula
Aravita
Boksanen
Cyli
Datia
Enna
Hiukka
Halanen
Hanko
Laakita
Meeri
Narjus
Oona
Paanean
Pesonen
Raahe
Sulani
Teppo
Widroos
magicwand242[info]magicwand242 on November 8th, 2009 10:22 pm (UTC)
Evalina or maybe Jaylee might be good female names. For male names Edric might be a good one.
Little Willow[info]slayground on November 8th, 2009 10:27 pm (UTC)
Female:
Faelynne
Corynth
Keena

Male:
Kitok
Kale
Kryon
[info]chloeeepatd on November 8th, 2009 10:31 pm (UTC)
Ember, Aurelia, Danyell, Merryn, Delyth, Trystan, Nerea, Beatrise, Moana
Tez Miller[info]tezmillertm on November 8th, 2009 11:12 pm (UTC)
Female: Erin.
rclibrarian[info]rclibrarian on November 8th, 2009 11:40 pm (UTC)
Krylin
Jalona
Coraa: changeling[info]coraa on November 8th, 2009 11:51 pm (UTC)
Arin/Arinna, Melorne, Taysil, Lentera, Dansemel, Doran/Dorane, Esil/Esilla, Sedesel, Solandat, Ravanon, Berehin/Berehine.
Coraa[info]coraa on November 30th, 2009 01:09 am (UTC)
Dessed, Yisinna, Golenne, Tyrosen, Ulinne, Devedre, Rinet
kelly_swails[info]kelly_swails on November 9th, 2009 01:52 am (UTC)
male: Calum, Harun, Leif

female: Ghita, Miya, Sydlyn
Cassandra: magic[info]mummo74 on November 9th, 2009 09:46 am (UTC)
male:
adriel
mathys
lorys
zarren


female:
fynna
londrea / londra
sigreed
elin ;-)


(btw, do you know this list?)

Edited at 2009-11-09 09:46 am (UTC)
Janni Lee Simner: Iceland/door[info]janni on November 9th, 2009 02:21 pm (UTC)
I'm not sure I do ... when I first clicked, I thought it was the list of allowed Icelandic names, but it doesn't have all of them. What is it?

And I never thought of Elín (or Elin) as having a faerie name, but you know ... :-)
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Jo Walton[info]papersky on November 9th, 2009 12:33 pm (UTC)
Thima.
Serika
Nisraneth
Naveten
Shanesh
Rikaven

You might want to look at this.
Janni Lee Simner: Bones of Faerie leaf[info]janni on November 9th, 2009 02:18 pm (UTC)
That random fake language generator is awfully cool ...
Elizabeth McCoy[info]archangelbeth on November 9th, 2009 12:36 pm (UTC)
Caylia, Caramon (yeah, it's a misspelled spice, but hey...), Rayla, Raylen...
We Were Like the World's Gayest Ninjas[info]thunderemerald on November 9th, 2009 04:24 pm (UTC)
Ooooh. FUN. Here are some names... their genders are entirely up to you.

Shallyn
Ellora
Vindi
Cray
Meko
Andrel
Risty
Tammel
Jarla

More to come, I'm sure...
~twilight~[info]_twilight_ on November 10th, 2009 02:51 am (UTC)
Male: Annon, Nouel, Maks, Tormod, Talo
Female: Basilia, Leppa, Idelle, Haldis, Darda, Marit
Whitney Mosloski[info]whitmosloski on November 10th, 2009 04:21 am (UTC)
Female: Raina, Shya, Nia, Mirrin, Iria, Emelyn

Male: Brogan, Cian, Gilby, Iain, Nevin, Tarrant
(Anonymous) on November 12th, 2009 03:23 pm (UTC)
Names
Not on LiveJournal, but here is a link to my page.
http://www.myspace.com/justanotherrainbowboy2

Male: Rhys, Illet, Rhette, Kei
Female: Dydia, Monil, Syrris, Kerie
Janni Lee Simner: Bones of Faerie leaf[info]janni on November 12th, 2009 03:39 pm (UTC)
Re: Names
Heh--I actually already have a Rhis, although she's human. :-)

(And definitely, non-lj-ers are welcome--thanks for the suggestions!) (Still thinking about all of them ...)
[info]awkward_stew on November 14th, 2009 08:35 pm (UTC)
Female or male: Adryn, Qiuay, Zalik, Waysln..
(Anonymous) on November 16th, 2009 06:56 pm (UTC)
Female:
Keo (KEY-Oh)
Jesslyn (JEZZ-lin)
Sari (Sorry)

Male:
Nikol (NEE-Coal)
Ur (OOOr)
Michel (MICK-el)
☆★☆Natasha★☆★[info]yukinakid on November 17th, 2009 12:09 am (UTC)
Liliana, Akina... That's all I have. Sorry. I'm even worse with naming than the regular person. *fails* I'd go for some Japanese names, some of them are very princess-like without being overused like some Irish names.
☆★☆Natasha★☆★[info]yukinakid on November 17th, 2009 12:09 am (UTC)
Tali. That's my princess name too. =)
(Anonymous) on November 17th, 2009 01:52 am (UTC)
Fae names
Jennlynn (okay so that is my first and middle name but you know... it's worth a shot:)

Mine and Espe's favorites... (a combo of both our names)..
Jenpe
Esje
Jespe
Jenesp

Hee hee!
gigglievs[info]gigglievs on November 17th, 2009 04:12 am (UTC)
This is HARD!
Elpsie

Eslie

Ersa

theaprilnichole[info]theaprilnichole on November 17th, 2009 05:06 am (UTC)
Female - Jocelyn, Serena, Adisa, Camellia, Shani, Eolande, Johari, Jovana

Male - Leigh, Keagan, Spike, Einar, Ismet, Tanvir, Niyol, Anwell

Either - Kava, Aysel