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Need short gender-neutral names
Hello,
I’m currently working on a private fiction project, however several characters within it have been either nameless or have had unsatisfactory placeholder names for a while now. (To make things less confusing I will make separate threads for each enquiry)This particular character I am currently seeking a name for doesn’t have much of a characterisation as they are meant to be more of an viewer surrogate than anything (the project is planned to be in a visual novel format). Their name should be short and easy to remember. I’m also interested in the idea of a set of 2 different names (one male name and one female name that are alternate versions of one another, but still maintaining the masculine-feminine neutrality) as in the project the reader is able to pick the gender of the character they control in the story.I’d prefer names that aren’t too odd-sounding or hard to pronounce.Thanks in advance!

This message was edited 10/14/2018, 7:22 AM

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No longer in need of suggestions— thanks to all who responded!Thanks for all the responses so far! I actually rediscovered a name I really liked whilst looking through some user-submitted name lists earlier today, so I am no longer in need of suggestions for this character’s name. However, I will post an inquest for a different character later today (in the correct topic group this time!)
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SOOO what did you pick
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Bernie & KellyRandy / Randie & Ronny / Ronnie
Lou Lew Lu / Lauren
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Kai? For Cairo / Caius // Kylie / Kyra?
I wouldn't know whether it had been used in other stories, guess it probably has been
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Robin
Shea
Alex
Andy
Bo
Logan
Riley
Jamie
Joey
Quinn
Jody
Jude
Dana
Ari
Sean/Shawn/Shaun
Kelly
Angel
Avery
Devin
Kerry
Julesif you consider 6 letters short there's
Ashley
Jordan
Kelsey
Harper
Jackie
Alexis
Dakota
Bailey
Charlie
Frankie
Dallas
Carson
London
Taylor
Sidney

This message was edited 10/13/2018, 11:31 PM

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I adore the name Robin, but I feel like people would immediately draw connections to the Fire Emblem character (who funnily enough also happens to be a customisable audience surrogate)I suppose what I mean by “unisex” was actually “gender neutral” since I don’t really like the idea of them having a name that sounds too boyish or girly
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Lee and LeahGlenn and GlendaRay and ReneeDarrell and DarlaSean and ShawnaTommy and TammyTony and TonyaWill and Jill
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Ali
Lee
Kris / Chris
Jan
Lou
Van
Shay
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