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Good names for a character in a story

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crayola
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i'm writing a story for school. protagonist is a guy in the industrial revolution who gets his life ruined. Any suggestions for names?
Nov 15 2006 12:28AM
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sexy_skier_babii
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joseph
Nov 15 2006 12:31AM
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The_Oakley_Kid
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somerandomdudewhogetsapoleshoveduphisassandcryedlikealittlebitch
Nov 15 2006 12:32AM
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wAy2sTeEzY4u
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mike hunt
hugh jorgan

yeah im in 3rd grade
Nov 15 2006 12:34AM
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freeze_pooter
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make it of german heritage then he can be discriminated against too
Nov 15 2006 12:36AM
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Smidt
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Cool Story Hansel
Nov 15 2006 12:37AM
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sidhartha pravahctar
Nov 15 2006 12:55AM
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Prorider2themax
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frupert or lockpaw
Nov 15 2006 2:06AM
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Calb3rt
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Phillip J. Fry
Nov 15 2006 2:11AM
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Tasche
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Morpheus "Sweet Sugar" Rambo
or
Momentum Josephus
Nov 15 2006 2:24AM
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Mod
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Ben Dover
Nov 15 2006 7:42AM
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aoe
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Benson
Nov 15 2006 7:46AM
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T-Nels
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we just had to do something like this in my ap us class... make him an irish immigrant named seamus clowes, an alcoholic steamboat captain.
Nov 15 2006 7:49AM
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Salomon_Girl
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you should make it something that blends in with the story like simon because if he gets his life ruined haveing a simple name makes the story less ironic, compared to a name like 'rambo'.
Nov 15 2006 10:01AM
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010
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James Gatz
Nov 15 2006 10:43AM
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XXL_Steeze
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Balls McPoop
Nov 15 2006 10:44AM
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Dilla
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Manonda Mike

Nov 15 2006 11:07AM
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SIX
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Billy Idol
Nov 15 2006 11:26AM
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BigRodRiley
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Jerry Springer
Nov 15 2006 12:17PM
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jibsworth
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How about:
Holden Caulfield or Billy Pilgrim
Nov 15 2006 12:51PM
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Alexander_Keith
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English:

Nigel Mann
Donald Princeton
Richard Finch
Thomas Filmore
Phillip Cook

Irish:

Seamus McAdams
Keenan O'Brian
Patrick Harper
Sam Macmaster

Scottish:

Ian Clough (pronounced Clow)
Seamus Clinton
Daniel Glasmond

French:

Jean Leroux
Pierre Lacroix
Phillipe Lafrance
Joseph Saint-Marie

If these help i kinda rattled em off the top of my head, names are always a challenge for me when writing.
Nov 15 2006 3:04PM
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KravtZ
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dooderanamy johansen
Nov 15 2006 3:05PM
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SARTRON
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Hafsa
Nov 15 2006 3:25PM
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jfuller
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Buck Rogers
Nov 15 2006 3:28PM
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sampsihoyos
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mike jones
Nov 15 2006 6:52PM
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hucker22
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jerimiah johnson

rip hamilton

stilts mcgrew

efrum sanchez

elijiah barthalomiewww the 5th

elictric mandela

slyvester hallowburton

steve young

roland jeremy

bently sasquatch
Nov 15 2006 7:05PM
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sherpasrock
Posts: 2382 - Karma: 10
well...it sounds kinda russian..i dunno why but here are a few ones...

Vladislav Aleksandrov
Anton Kyznetsov
Anzhelika Kuzmin
Adrik Smirnov
Nov 15 2006 7:56PM
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lyndon
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Melvin
Nov 15 2006 8:01PM
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crayola
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im thinking thomas for a first name, not sure about the last
Nov 15 2006 8:08PM
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John.
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or you could not rip off other famous characters?
Nov 15 2006 8:12PM
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Black-Bandanna
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Alfred Housen
Nov 15 2006 8:15PM
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DDrem.
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estothian
Nov 15 2006 9:21PM
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Liam.
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agreed
Nov 15 2006 9:23PM
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SteveStepp
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Mitch Harbaugh
Mitch Denniger
Mitch Harbinger
Mitch Lenser
Nov 15 2006 9:25PM
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Liam.
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if u want irish
ill give u irsh
Liam "ns name" McInerney
Nov 15 2006 9:29PM
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oSe
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Mike Hunt
Nov 15 2006 9:33PM
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SARTRON
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did you take that from the country estonia?? estonian?
Nov 15 2006 9:46PM
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Vicrum
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make his Name Phil Apino.

Nov 15 2006 10:33PM
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Dilla
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inspired by ose's sig
Borat of course
thomas borat
Nov 15 2006 10:38PM
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gravity13
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thomas brick tamlan
Nov 15 2006 10:48PM
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Bumbleton
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chica de dante, the great lampooner
Nov 15 2006 11:09PM
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sampsihoyos
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haha just mix the cultures together w.e
Nov 16 2006 12:06AM
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9o2mdkNamzz1_1
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Peter Parker
Bruce Wayne
Nov 16 2006 12:10AM
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All times are Eastern (-5)