Monday, October 21, 2013

Top Ten Tuesday - Crazy Character Names


Today's Top Ten Tuesday is:

Top Ten Unusual Character Names

From my Read list.  Here they are, in no particular order:
  1. Katniss Everdeen - This name will probably be on everyone's list, but it's pretty unusual, so I had to use it anyway.  Do I even need to say what book this is from?  (Okay, it's The Hunger Games).
  2. Cricket Bell - I didn't love Lola and the Boy Next Door nearly as much as I loved Anna and the French Kiss, but I was a big fan of the boy next door.  But, what a name!  Cricket... really?
  3. Trella - I don't remember Trella's last name (she really didn't have one for most of the book), but her first name is really unique!  Trella is the main character from Inside Out.
  4. Sia Holloway - I've never heard of the name Sia before (from the book by the same name), but I think it's pretty.  She also has a friend named Tiff.  Both strange names for a contemporary book.
  5. Ink and Inc - Yep, these are two different characters from the book Indelible.  They are brother and sister (sort of) with matching names.  I Loved this book, but I know some people thought this name thing was pretty crazy!
  6. Layken Cohen - This lead character of Slammed has a very unusual name, but it seems to fit her!
  7. Pressia and Partridge - These are two of the main characters in Pure, a dark dystopian series that I love (can't wait for the third book in the trilogy!).
  8. Percy Jackson - For a "normal" kid this would be a pretty weird name, right?
  9. Freya Catten - Named after the Norse goddess, Freya from Scars of the Bifrost has an unusual name.  Oh, and her love interest is named Theron - another very interesting name for a very interesting character!
  10. Every character from every fantasy novel I've ever read - Okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but let's face it, most fantasy characters have unusual names.  Names like Nynaeve, Perrin and Egwene (The Wheel of Time series) and Verity, FitzChivalry, Burrich, Brashen, Malta and Nevare (all from my favorite fantasy author, Robin Hobb) are pretty much par for the course in fantasy!

Comments (26)

Loading... Logging you in...
  • Logged in as
Wow I totally forgot about Katniss...
HAHA fantasy names are the best. I think most of my list is full of fantasy names :)

I don't think my TTT post goes up until tomorrow morning (I keep forgetting about the whole time-zone thing!).
My recent post Review: Mistborn
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
Cricket Bell. Sigh. How could not everyone love that name?! :)
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
Jessica@a GREAT read's avatar

Jessica@a GREAT read · 600 weeks ago

Trella! How could I forget her! Loooooove the Inside Out books. So wish there could've been a third one! Maria is one of my all time fave authors! I did choose two other names from her books. Would've gone with more, but thought that might have been pushing it! Could've done a top ten post with just her names even!

Here's my Tuesday Post

Have a GREAT day!

Old Follower :)
Cricket!! What a name. Fantastic list.
My recent post Top Ten Character Names
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
I considered adding Cricket to my list, but went with Etienne instead. I can't believe I forgot about Katniss. Great list!!

Here is my TTT: http://jacquesbooknook.blogspot.com/2013/10/top-t...
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
I haven't gotten my list together, but Cricket is definitely on there. So cute, and he shares a last name with my real life boyfriend ;)
My recent post Review: The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
I've been seeing Katniss everywhere today. That book is full of strange and unusual names.

Tsuki’s TTT
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
This week was hard for all of us over at the blog, so many amazing names to choose from! Looks like you had no trouble at all. ;) Great picks!

Our List
Andy @ Owl Always Be Reading
My recent post ~Top Ten Tuesday~
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
Great list!! Katniss made my list too, her name is definitely unusual! I forgot about Percy Jackson.
My recent post Top Ten Tuesday: Unusual Character Names I’ve Encountered In Books
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
I loved Sia, and her name as well. It was really unique and really fit her personality!
My recent post Top Ten Tuesday: Character Names
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
I'm glad someone else doesn't get the name Cricket, to me it's a sport and a boring one at that. He obviously has ridiculously cruel parents. My STS.
My recent post Divergent by Veronica Roth: The Review
1 reply · active 600 weeks ago
Cricket is a funny name, haha! I wouldn't call Freya an unusual name because I can name a couple of girls that I know that have that name. I'm from the Netherlands though, so I guess that changes things ;).
My recent post The strange case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
2 replies · active 599 weeks ago
My mom has actually had two friends named Cricket (both female) - which always cracked me up. Such a strange name. Fantasy authors DO like to go a little cray with names haha
1 reply · active 599 weeks ago

Post a new comment

Comments by