Character Names

Have you ever heard someone's name and said, "Oh my gosh, that sounds like the character in a novel?" Well, me too! The names below are real and ficitious and by god, if I live long enough, they will all star in books that I write:

Wilhelmina Rhonda Snodgrass
(Wilhelmina and the Watusi Wig Factory)

Thomasina Francesca Andretti
(W.W.W.F.)

Georgianna Carbunkle
(W.W.W.F.)

Harvey Stingle
(W.W.W.F.)

Franklin Ferndickle

Mousie Pew

Lupalantos Moujois

Prissy Sue Culpepper

Sandovol Shmertz

Brigitta Steinberger

Appalonia Flick

Heinrich (Heiny) Buns

Hortense Parade

Chucky Zulu

Lucinda Lavinda
(my little sister, Bird's, real live nemesis)




5 comments:

Anonymous said...

So I had a tune running through my head the other day and it inspired me to create a couple of characters…

One is a woman of Polish descent with the last name of Lincoln. Her given first name is unpronounceable (to most Americans), so she simply goes by her childhood nickname of “Shmuda” which is a reasonably close approximation.

Her husband is of Chinese and French descent. His folks, Mr. and Mrs. Dinkins, wanted to give a nod to both branches and gave him a name that sounds Chinese but looks French: Heaux-Peux.

Thus, we have Shmuda Lincoln and Heaux-Peux Dinkins (they thought that the hyphenated Lincoln-Dinkins sounded funny, so just use their own last names)

Of course, their kids are named Shmu “Tiki Tiki” and Heaux-Shamook (both Dinkins)

Anonymous said...

Okay - I am so confused by Rein's comment I forgot what I wanted to add...:) I just want to see what someone of Polish, Chinese and French descent would look like and what would they serve at a cocktail party?...cabbage and fried rice rolled in crepes?

Anonymous said...

Marlo Centemore should be in a book as should my cleaning lady - Anna Cacciola

Anonymous said...

Nanette Mellady sounds like a character from a dime store romance.

Anonymous said...

Personally I think "Lucinda Levenda" should be your next villainess as I had to work with this aweful woman and she really does exist.
As for some dimwitted slightly rotund male character, I'm personally fond of " El Roundo Plump A Lumpuss"