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Opinions, and maybe a few suggestions?
I'm going to be writing a novel that's a fantasy-type.
The main character is a little girl(I plan to age her between 13~16) by the name of Lillian.(By suggestions, I basically just need a last name for her, because it'll appear a few times on things like signboards and painted on the walls in mysterious red liquid.) Her nickname is/was "Lilly", but she goes by Lillian more.
The concept of the novel is basically starting out as her being artistic, painting and the like, but something ends up occurring that forces her to become bedridden, where she is lost into a (possibly)perpetual dream, where her paintings, drawings, etc. all come to life.
At some point, she loses some of her long, brown hair, which is now somewhat short, but still a nice dark brown. The same occurs to her in the dream world, but she becomes smoky and looks as if she could faint easily.
The point is: She becomes terminally ill, and her dream evolves into a nightmare, and she may or may not get out alive.Does this name work, at all, with the way the story is supposed to go?
I'd hope so, because Lillian's a pretty common name I see.
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Wow. I'm more of a romantic-comedy-Jane-Austen reader. But I'm sure it will be a very creative and thrilling read. Lillian is in for quite a time. :-)Using the index of the closest book on my shelf for ideas, how about:Lillian Sanders
Lillian de Courcy
Lillian Caufield
Lillian Kerkermeister
Lillian Foss
Lillian O'Malley
Lillian Veasey
Lillian Moore
Lillian Panebianco
Lillian de Barra
Lillian Cervantes
Lillian Saxbridge
Lillian St. Ives
Lillian Thomas
Lillian Plumleigh
Lillian ConroyHappy name-hunting and writing. :-)P.S. Could I put in a request for the Lillie spelling over Lilly?

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Lillie's not that bad, actually...The nickname is up for changes, since I haven't started anything yet.
Considering I don't know how I'm going to start it OR how she becomes bedridden.
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I like the name Lillian and I think it works here, however I do picture Lillian with more black hair than brown, but that's just me. I'm glad she goes by Lillian more than Lilly, without more of her personality I can't judge the name with her character.
Surnames for Lillian:
Cartwright
Bingham
Billingham
Jones
Burton
Bowen
Hatton
Morgan
Cloud
Howse
McKinley
Clark
Blake
Jenson
Jettson
Murray
Reynolds:)
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