Comments on: Choosing character names

By: Ryan J

Ryan J — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:45:45 +0000

Hilary, Mr. Pink is a character from Reservoir Dogs, not Pulp Fiction.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:16:54 +0000

Hey, also to take into consideration when naming a character: phoenetics (did I spell that right?). As another writer once pointed out to me, “Captain Kirk” has an extremely strong sound about it – you know this guy can not only lead a starship, but bed the ladies as well. Hard names often imply tougher characters (and vice versa for “soft” names). Even in stuff like PULP FICTION, “Mr. Pink” is a crisp, authorative name, aurally.

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By: guy

guy — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:17:34 +0000

Re: naming a character mr drug dealer I work in the criminal justice field mainly with drug users/dealers and although the crimes committed by some can be quite nauseas they are not 1 dimensional people and have similar goals/desire and fears as anyone else. A writer who wishes to portray a drug dealer as totally unlikeable is limiting theirselves completely.

By: chris vandijk

chris vandijk — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:41:42 +0000

Love this site. I love naming characters. I have used names of actors I know or who I visualize in the part, just to help me in seeing them in my head. Most of the time, I turn to the library in my writing space and pull out a book and pick a name or will use an authors last name.

By: Moviequill

Moviequill — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:53:06 +0000

Hi, John. I am trying to find out if there is a strict rule on giving a character a nickname, or is the formatting of it fairly loose. Example: I have a character named PETER PEPPINO and within the script he will be referred to by some as Pete or Mr. Peppino, but also he will be known as Little Pepe, his street name and this is how I will name him in the script: LITTLE PEPE. When he is first introduced would I capitalize all of it as PETER “LITTLE PEPE” PEPPINO or PETER “Little Pepe” PEPPINO, keeping the nickname in small case? Or PETER PEPPINO (Little Pepe) use brackets or just mention something in the action like “To all his cronies he is known as “Little Pepe.” How would you do it? You can reply back to email. Thanks,

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 19 May 2006 14:49:11 +0000

I am wondering if there are any legal considerations to choosing a name? If somebody already has a name can i use it? Is it different for common names and unique names?

By: Patricio

Patricio — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:30:49 +0000

I’d add that you should take into account the age and social background of the character, also his/her origins. If the parents are characters of the film/TV show, think how they would have named their child when they had him/her. That usually works for me.

By: 20105

20105 — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:26:17 +0000

I once gave a character the name Mr. Drug Dealer. I called him this because I didn’t want the reader to like or identify with him.