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Re: How wrong is this invented name?
I think it's imaginable. But I think it depends on when the story is set, and how realistic the setting is. It would be much harder to suspend disbelief about a person named Isiva living in a realistic contemporary world, than it would be to do so for a character in a necessarily fictionalized medieval setting with the name's meaning being relevant to her characterization. If the story is set in medieval times or is fantastic in some way, you're already using a lot of imagination, and the invention wouldn't seem nearly as intrusive and phony as it would if you were to pretend it is a modern name with a contrived etymology. This is just my opinion, of course.- mirfak
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It would be in a fantasy world and all the other characters also have Anglo-Saxon or other Germanic names. I agree, using it in a modern setting would be weird.
Thanks :)
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