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What's in a name?

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julilly:
I dunno if this has ever happened to anyone else but... I just noticed that the fic I'm currently working on (in secret) I got to about the climax when I realized that the name I had given to the female lead was incredibly similar to the name I had given to a character in a different fic. Completely unrelated to mine own name I will first point out, I just thought it was odd. They're different characters in EVERY way imaginable, absolutely nothing in common.

It's not the same name, and they even start with different letters but phonetically they sound similar. I wonder if it's just because I'm drawn to the name or what?

RokofAges75:
I think we all tend to favor certain kinds of names.  I like "A" names... I have Alexa, Ashalynn, Angela, Annie, Addie... and each of the three main novel ideas I have involve an A-named character... Abigail, Anneliese, Adrienne, plus a short story that would involve another girl named Annie (named for a song, though, so not necessarily my choice.)  A lot of my other female character names start with vowels.  My other big one would be C/K names... Claire, Caitlin, Katelyn, Kaelyn (LOL almost the same name).  It's weird, but most of the major female characters I've named myself (and not for anyone else or for a song or whatever) have those kinds of names.

julilly:
Hmm... in this instance it's Elena and Alaina... I didn't even notice I did it until I was proof reading a part and I kinda got deja vous and was like this is familiar... so I checked the word file for a different story and was like shit the name is almost the same

RokofAges75:
Oh yeah LOL.  Depends on how you pronounce it, but to me, that IS the same name, just spelled differently.  You must just like that name. :)   Like me with the name Katelyn/Caitlin, I guess.

nicksgal:
I can't say I favor one name type over another, but when I go for Japanese names, I like the "m" consonate. I've used both "Minako" and "Mariko" and mixed them up on several occasions.

If anyone read "Gobosei," I think there was one point where Mariko's name was written "Minako." lol

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