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Anonymous asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 1 decade ago

Names for my story characters? Male and Female...?

I'm writing a murder mystery and I need names (I'm not very creative when it comes to names).

A list of characters:

Main officer (male)

Officers partner (female)

Victim 1

Victim 2

Victim 3

Victim 4

False Suspect 1

False Suspect 2

Actual Killer

Victim's Families

Other Officers (Male and Female)

Witnesses (maybe 10 different names?)

People That Worked With The Victims

I really suck at making up names, whenever I make up my own names, I find they all sound the same.

(I want them to be realistic names because this is a realistic story.)

Thanks :)

Update:

Ok I forgot to add a description of the story.

It is set in present day New York (I think, I might change the city but it is set in the present) The first victim is found in a subway station pinned in one of the turnstiles. That is all I have so far basically. But the baseline of the story is the main officer is trying to find a killer who kidnaps and mutilates his victims (who are all women who represent a woman who used to be in his life, I am not sure if it is going to be an ex-wife or what by the way). The main officers assistant is a very feminist type who can't stand to see women be abused.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Main officer (male) - Scott Evans

    Officers partner (female) - Naomi Taylor

    Victim 1- Savannah Lewis

    Victim 2- Rosie Milne

    Victim 3- Nicole Watson

    Victim 4-Erin Smith

    False Suspect 1-Conrad Winters

    False Suspect 2-Eugene Boyce

    Actual Killer- Fletcher Moore

    Victim's Families :

    LEWIS FAMILY = Christine, Dave, Brodie, Fiona

    MILNE = Andrea, Kayla, Connor, Warren

    WATSON = Catherine, Tate, Elliott, Mark

    SMITH = Kaitlyn, Frank, Max

    Other Officers (Male and Female) - Alice Webb, Hank Adams, Freddi Mitchell, Samantha Collins

    Witnesses (maybe 10 different names?) - Edmund Dodd, Corinne Tatum, Felicity Downing, Warren Sinclair, Martin Gary, Loretta Hartley, Charlotte McGuire, Darren Wellman, Stella Everhart, Abigail Webster, Rachel Forrest.

    People That Worked With The Victims - Romy Anderson, Emma Jennings, Skye Creighton, Carol Reid, Henry Miller, Harry Cole

    Hope these are okay good luck with your story

  • 1 decade ago

    Main Officer:

    Officer Gary Nolton

    Officer Jacob Camery

    Officer Neil Calebs

    Officers Partner:

    Melissa Clark

    Melissa Cooper

    Holly Edwards

    Holly Marley

    Shauna Lucas

    Shauna Marks

    Victim 1:

    Boys:

    Carl Mills

    Jack Daniels

    Daniel Nelson

    Girls:

    Renee Holt

    Chrissy Myers

    Tula Lexon

    Victim 2:

    Boys:

    Travis McCay

    Reese Matthews

    Girls:

    Melanie Reeves

    Blaire Carson

    Victim 3:

    Boys:

    Conrad Stuart

    Victor Clum

    Girls:

    Julia Clerk

    Ava Cooper

    Victim 4:

    Boys:

    Brandon Jenkins

    Frankie Russel

    Julian Boards

    Girls:

    Regina Russels

    Vanessa Larkson

    False Suspect 1:

    Girls: Larna Link

    Zara Coleson

    Kala Dolton

    Boys: Charles Upton

    Jason Button

    False Suspect 2:

    Boys:

    Zane Neils

    Chris Buds

    Girls:

    Laura McCloud

    Brooke McMaron

    Killer: Male: Kelvin Nelson

    Tony Egudo

    Sunny Lilac

    Female:

    Stephanie Barb

    Lilah Brooks

    Victim 1 family:

    Mother: Vivian

    Father: Ronald

    Brother: Ken

    Sister: Shantelle

    Girlfriend/ Boyfriend Girl: Lesly Boy: Wes

    Victim 2 family:

    Mother: Ashley

    Father: Chris

    Brothers: Markus and Lucas

    Wife/ Hubby: Girl: Kristen Boy: Kevin

    Victim 3 Family:

    Mother:Janis

    Father: Remus

    Sisters: Natalie, Ramona

    Brother: Luke

    Wife/ Hubby: Harriet or Harry

    Kid: Girl: Mary- Jane

    Victim 4 family:

    Mother: Karen

    Father: Bob

    Sisters: Grace, Emma

    Boyfriend/ girlfriend: Troy, Ellie

    Other Officers:

    Male: Dean

    Sam

    Ralf

    Carson

    Dan

    Female:

    Hope

    Kathy

    Stacy

    Kim

    Witnesses:

    Lara

    Jayden

    Greg

    Jillian

    Mary

    Henry

    Joshua

    Porscha

    Source(s): My brain
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Main officer (male) ahhh officer Smith (very common i think :)

    Officers partner (female) officer Sandy

    Victim 1 Clarie Ann (you know the subway type lolz)

    Victim 2 Yoori lee

    Victim 3 Jennifer Manson

    Victim 4 Macy Clifton :p

    False Suspect 1 Todd Broklan

    False Suspect 2 Henry Lawton

    Actual Killer Mathew Doloray

    Victim's Families Melanie, Stacey, Miranda, and Chloe (moms) Brad, Mike, Sam, and Ivan (dads)

    Other Officers (Male and Female) Officer Andy and officer Blair)

    Witnesses (maybe 10 different names?) Christina, Chandler, Chase, Cassie, Marie, Panallie, Andrew, Nick, Cassandra, Mike, Robert, Stewart, Madaline, Carol, Timothy

    People That Worked With The Victims

    Lawyers ( Judy, Anthony, Dalorie, and Martha)

    and you know judge.....Frank lolzz

    ahhh i hope i helped haha :)

    good luck on ur story seems interesting :P

  • 1 decade ago

    Main officer (male)- Jackson Peck

    Officers partner (female)- Sadie Cromwell

    Victim 1- Davis Brooks

    Victim 2- Gabrielle Fontana

    Victim 3- Samuel Richards

    Victim 4- Alandra Perkins

    False Suspect 1- Sloan Savant

    False Suspect 2- Nayeli Ramirez

    Actual Killer- Randall Bronson

    Victim's Families- Use same last names to inspire needed characters

    Other Officers (Male and Female)

    Witnesses (maybe 10 different names?)

    - Natalie Goodman

    -Matthew Hunt

    - Ricardo Gomez

    -Naveen Naghavi

    - Joseph Ferguson

    - Abigail Milner

    - Kim Li

    - Luci Reyes

    -Paul Varsky

    - Rosa Sanzo

    Good luck with your book! Be sure to post about it on here when it comes out! :-)

    Source(s): my fun imagination
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  • 1 decade ago

    Hard to do when there isn't a description but I'll try.

    Main officer (male)- Robert (Rob)

    Officers partner (female)- Michelle

    Victim 1- Anna

    Victim 2- Chelsea

    Victim 3- Vanessa

    Victim 4- Claire

    False Suspect 1- Peter

    False Suspect 2- Mitchell

    Actual Killer- Zach

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Main Officer: Michael Klein. Female partner: Rebecca Hawthorn. Here are some random names for the 4 victims (you don't say whether they are male or female): Lynnie Sutherland, Andrew Parks, Violet Westwood, Gorden Sweeney. False suspect 1: Joey Hayes. 2: Robert Halloran. Here are some more random made up names that you might consider using... Cameron Davies, Leigh Walker (actually I think the actual killer should be named this). Jeremy O'brien, Shaun Larkin, Beth Cainer, Jonathan Fisher, Herbert Selwyn, Alan Young, Kevin Tully, Mark Risely, Richard Bell, Adele Mcpherson, Valerie Wilson, Matty Childs, Paul Bryant, Keira Donaldson, Brandon Clifford, Megan Anson, Janine Christian, Elizabth James, Mark Evans, Shelley Hadfield.. I love names, I hope these help! :) Good luck with the book.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Main Officer: Michael Parvoski

    Officers partner: Alexis Hawthorne

    Victim 1: (Little girl) Kirania Lee (Kir-an-i-a)

    Victim 2: Joshua Morgan

    Victim 3: Dylan Bey

    Victim 4: Elizabeth Rago

    False Suspect 1: Kayla Foresman

    False Suspect 2: Derrick Clearly

    Actual Killer: Raina Harrington

    Other Officers: Gregory Dean, Gigi Deery

    Witnesses: Esther Kim, Alice Little, Reyniana Olsen, Clara Chavez, Allie Hamilton, Poppy Lorrie, Cameron Gey, Jeremy Flainka, Gordon Wale, Henry Robinson

    People that worked with the victims(??? I just made up names anyway) : David Gomez, Cecilia Saleh, Samantha Sewell, Christopher Haddix, Darwin Shen

    DONE :D

    Your welcome ;D

  • 1 decade ago

    Well, a few off the top of my head: Hank, Selena, Matt, Aireanna, John, Katelyn, Vic, Marilyn, Justin, Greg, Taylor, Dakota, Mariah, Lisa, Melissa, Claire, Nathan, Stephen, Alicia, Miranda, Kimberly, Stephenie, Tara, Lindsey, Bridget, Beth, Scott, Meera, Madisyn. What helps me to differentiate is to work on a bit of character development. As cheesy as it sounds, I write questions and answer them as one of my characters would. Sometimes I sketch how I imagine them and make a few tweaks. I also list personality traits. They are surprisingly helpful to look back on when I get stuck :)

  • 7 years ago

    Joe Johnson

    Naomi Spencer

    Yelonjello Brown

    Oranjello Brown (Sibling victims)

    Omar Lopez

    Victor Valenzuela

    ... Some of the names should be original and some common. It doesn;t make sense if they are all rare or common.

    Ron Johnson | http://www.sproulemacnaughton.com/profile/

  • 1 decade ago

    Where and when is the story set?

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