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Character Name Suggestions
RokofAges75:
I love looking up names!
Old man names: Walter, Arthur, Raymond, Glenn, Lawrence, Stanley, Charlie, Edwin, Lloyd, Leon, Wallace, Maurice, Virgil, Bernard, Warren, Franklin
Male names with nicknames: Christopher, Matthew, Samuel, Joshua, Daniel, Joseph, William, Timothy, Richard, Robert, Jeffrey, Benjamin, Charles, Stephen, Patrick, Jacob, Zachary, Gregory, Bradley, Edward, Ronald, Douglas, Nathaniel, Gabriel, Vincent, Wesley, Russell, Mitchell, Randall, Clayton, Frederick, Thomas, Kenneth, Maxwell
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 13, 2021, 05:28:33 PM ---I love looking up names!
Old man names: Walter, Arthur, Raymond, Glenn, Lawrence, Stanley, Charlie, Edwin, Lloyd, Leon, Wallace, Maurice, Virgil, Bernard, Warren, Franklin
Male names with nicknames: Christopher, Matthew, Samuel, Joshua, Daniel, Joseph, William, Timothy, Richard, Robert, Jeffrey, Benjamin, Charles, Stephen, Patrick, Jacob, Zachary, Gregory, Bradley, Edward, Ronald, Douglas, Nathaniel, Gabriel, Vincent, Wesley, Russell, Mitchell, Randall, Clayton, Frederick, Thomas, Kenneth, Maxwell
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Thanks for the assist! I'll add all of those names with nicknames to my list.
Re: old man name... Virgil might be perfect! This character really needed a name because the epitaph I was using was just getting too obnoxious to write over and over again, so I can only imagine how it would feel to read it over and over again, haha. Plus writing "the old man/the elder man" instead wasn't much better.
RokofAges75:
Good! Virgil sounds wise - and old!
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 13, 2021, 05:43:46 PM ---Good! Virgil sounds wise - and old!
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And is meaningful as a bonus! Quite serendipitous!
RokofAges75:
My compulsive googling has led to some interesting results tonight! I'm writing and need a last name for a throwaway character, an older male doctor who comes across as a pretentious douche. For shits and giggles, I googled "douchebag surname" just to see what came up, figuring I'd go with the first last name I saw. Well, apparently "Douchebag" is an actual surname??? https://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-name/douchebag I am so sorry for anyone who has been cursed by having this last name. I'd be changing that straight away! And no, I'm not naming my character Dr. Douchebag.
Further down in the results, there was this article about how Brad and Chad have become names synonymous with douchebag frat boys, which reminded me of my original post in this thread. The history behind it was interesting!
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/how-brad-and-chad-became-synonyms-with-douchebag
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