forum When do names become ridiculous
Started by Kellsey
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Kellsey

I'm trying to come up with names for my characters using conlangs I've created, but I feel like they sound ridiculous, and I was just wondering if there's a point where anyone starts to believe it about their own names. To be blunt, I think some of the names I come up with sound stupid; does anyone else ever feel this way?

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Yes yes yes yes yes

One name one man

Zackary with a k

I think it sounds really dumb and people get it wrong all the time.

@HighPockets group

Some of mine can be.
Oberon, Fern, and Julianna come to mind. So do Francesca, Beckett, Winona/Winifred, Darius, Ilona, Sarla, Ayla, Della, Geneva…yeah I have a lot, but they fit the characters.

@bluefox

@@jynandor I think your names sound fine :)
I have a character named Kaelana, or Kaela for short, that's just a weird spelling of Kayla. Sometimes I feel like her name is kinda dumb but it also works because she's a wolf who was raised by river dragons, and in their language "kae" means wolf and "lana" means river, so her name is basically "wolf of the river".