Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20171116191014/@comment-27425734-20171120043930

HookshotHotshot wrote: Blu3 Fir3 - V2.0 wrote:

If Brawnz Ni can be a name, I don't see any issue with Kobalt Blue. In fact, that name seems perfectly acceptable in a world where children are literally named after colors (i.e. Cyril Ian, Lisa Lavender, etc.), and it's far less ridiculous than other names I've seen both here and elsewhere. True. But to me what stood out was that Kobalt Blue (and to some extent Raven Black) looked names of Crayons; a basic color preceded by a descriptor that determined what shade of that color it is. To me it was almost like naming a character "Bright Orange" or "Royal Purple".

But it's not a huge deal overall, because there have been much wierder names on the thread. Yeah, I think it would work better if it were in a different language. Depending on how you translate it, you can probably get some more interesting name combinations.

To demonstrate, initially I was going to name three of the current OCs I'm working on, Violet, Amaryllis, and Camellia Steel (all related to an OC from my parody fic, Oriental Steel); however, I decided to change their names since Violet Steel was a pretty meh name to me and the other two worked, but Steel was just an odd last name to me that worked better for the previous story.

Resulting in...

- Sumire (Japanese flower name for Violet) Hagane

- Amari(risu) (Amaryllis) Hagane

- Tsubaki (Camellia, red) Hagane

Their names have a nicer sound to them in this form imo. Not very original, I know, but the story I want to write is far from original in itself.