Fun with Names

[kurrginatorX]

I have a decent sense of humor, and I attempt to employ that in my stories. One way is with the use of names. For instance, in Hornswoggled, there is a scene with a judge whom I named Reinhold, thus Judge Reinhold, a play on the actor. I have also used Horace and Jasper (from 101 Dalmatians), Biggs and Wedge (From Final Fantasy), and just recently, Hermione, Ginny, and Allison (from Harry Potter). I'm just wondering if anyone else does this, or if you have your own way of poking fun at convention.

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[RetroFan]

I sometimes use ironic names for my characters. For example, in my 'Jehovah's Witness Romance' series, one of the characters is called Adam Smith, and he is a young man who hates economics. In my 'PTA Queen Bee & Teen Rebel' stories, the parents of a dysfunctional family with seven kids each representing one of the seven deadly sins are called Mike and Carol, and they are NOT like the family from the sitcom.

In my 'Spoiled Princess Hates Camping' and 'Trailer Trash Teen Hates Rules' series the uncle and aunt are called Bob and Anna, both palindrome names. When I began writing 'April Leads Julie Astray' I initially thought of calling the second character May or June so both girls had month names, but these names didn't fit the character but Julie did, which is similar to July.

I often like to alliterate my titles so therefore pick names accordingly, such as 'Debbie the Dumb Gold Digger', 'Bridget the Bossy Bridezilla', 'Shy Steve Meets Sexy Stacy', 'Leanne the Lusty Lifeguard' and 'The Mystery of Melissa'.

 

[MelissaBaby]

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I often like to alliterate my titles so therefore pick names accordingly, such as 'Debbie the Dumb Gold Digger', 'Bridget the Bossy Bridezilla', 'Shy Steve Meets Sexy Stacy', 'Leanne the Lusty Lifeguard' and 'The Mystery of Melissa'.

She's not that mysterious.

I read your post and immediately did this:

Leanne, the Lust Lifeguard
had a very shiny nose.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I have a decent sense of humor, and I attempt to employ that in my stories. One way is with the use of names. For instance, in Hornswoggled, there is a scene with a judge whom I named Reinhold, thus Judge Reinhold, a play on the actor. I have also used Horace and Jasper (from 101 Dalmatians), Biggs and Wedge (From Final Fantasy), and just recently, Hermione, Ginny, and Allison (from Harry Potter). I'm just wondering if anyone else does this, or if you have your own way of poking fun at convention.

I've picked a few names with sneaky in-jokes, although I don't think any of the readers have picked them yet.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I've picked a few names with sneaky in-jokes, although I don't think any of the readers have picked them yet.

I have as well. I have also visualized certain characters as physically looking like particular actors, then just said, oh, to hell with it, and used the actor's first names when I wrote them in. For example, the part of Alvin's Uncle Harry in Mary and Alvin is definitely being played by Harry Dean Stanton.

 

[HBergeron]

I don't usually go in for playing with names, although in one screenplay I did name a transexual killer Glenda, after Ed Wood's 'Glen or Glenda', and when someone asked her "Oh, like in the Wizard of OZ?", she answered, "No, she's a good witch."

Other than that, I just like names that reflect the demeanor of the character, and I NEVER name my hero Jack or Jake (so overused).

 

[Lascivity]

There's a pretty long history of humorous names in porn. Google porn parody titles if you want a decent laugh. Don't tend to use them myself, but I thought you'd like to know you're part of a fine tradition.

 

[KeithD]

I don't use cutesy names if they are going to distract from the atmosphere I'm trying to set with the story. Sometimes I'll use a name that can serve some element of the story. Usually I pick a name that suits the character in my mind and that won't become confused with other names in the story.

 

[rjordan]

I don't use cute/clever names that make readers stop reading. But I occasionally use names that have meaning in other languages. The last story had an asshole professor. I named him Prof. Rotzak which sounds academic to some extent, but loosely means bastard in Dutch. It puts me in a frame of mind when I'm writing about the character.

I often roughly model characters on people I have known. I sometimes use a variation of their real name which helps me keep a characters actions consistent.

rj

 

[Emirus]

I've picked a few names with sneaky in-jokes, although I don't think any of the readers have picked them yet.

I have a friend who also writes for Lit (much better than I do) and have included private jokes that only the two of us get and hidden things within a story relating to stories they have written for them to try and spot.

I think in some stories the choice of names is important. In one story I called an aggressive transsexual Cherry because she took the anal virginity of a wimp called Walter (apologies to all Walter’s out there).

https://www.literotica.com/s/cherry-20

In a story about a female assassin I called her Hela after the Norse goddess of death.

https://www.literotica.com/s/hela-ch-1-retribution

I’ve also used the names of people I like or detest. Gets it out of your system even though they will never now.

 

[RejectReality]

I often use names as RR that are part of my wordplay amusement. Vanille for an ice-cream vendor. Holly and ( last name ) Jolley in a Christmas story. As all of my stories in this name are tongue-in-cheek anyway, it doesn't clash.

That doesn't stop me from tossing a couple of things in my more serious fantasy work, though. Indigo from "Lowborn" is obviously inspired by Inigo Montoya, and even uses a variation of the famous line at an appropriate moment. In the same story, I have a merchant named Pompeil. No pocket fisherman to be found, though.

The character of Vladamir in my Danica's World stories ( though so far he's only played a cameo role ) is an in-joke from a silly drunken incident, which happened shortly before he was created for my PnP game. I was out with friends, drunk, and happened to be sitting on the cooler.

One of my other friends said, "Get me another beer, Vladamir."

I was talking to someone else a the moment, and not really paying attention. So, he repeated it. I said, "Who in the fuck is Vladamir?"

"You are," he said.

And so I was. Everybody called me that for quite some time. It spread out to their girlfriends, wives, kids... I'm fairly certain some of the kids thought it was actually my name, and probably still do to this day.

There are two prominent characters in my Danica's World stories that have the actual names of a couple of hot camp counselors from my youth who made quite the impression. I always wonder if they've ever stumbled across the stories while vanity googling their names. LOL

 

[8letters]

I pick normal sounding names for my stories. Someone once requested feedback for a mother/son story and everyone disliked that they were named Jack and Jill. It took me out of the story.

There's a lot of real names that I'd never use in a story. I'd never have an English footballer named Danny Drinkwater, Wolfgang Wolf or with a last name of Assman. No baseball players named Coco Crisp, Boots Day, Milton Bradley or Dick Pole. No person who liked cars and was named Dick Trickle.

 

[Bramblethorn]

There's a lot of real names that I'd never use in a story. I'd never have an English footballer named Danny Drinkwater, Wolfgang Wolf or with a last name of Assman. No baseball players named Coco Crisp, Boots Day, Milton Bradley or Dick Pole. No person who liked cars and was named Dick Trickle.

I want to use "Bobson Dugnutt" some day: https://twitter.com/lrgmnn/status/813635533658144768/photo/1

 

[KeithD]

I've resisted using an actual friend's name (given by parents who should have been horsewhipped) in a Christmas story: Candy Cane. That's not as bad, I guess, as another friend with the name Linda Lays. (Her parents could hardly go right with naming a daughter, though, I guess.)

 

[CoffeeWithMonkeys]

My memory is shit and I'll write for days, then not look at anything for weeks...months...and then get back to writing so to make things easy I always use the same names for my characters.

Also helps that my muse is a real person that I write about...

 

[Hypoxia]

I pick names from all over: some from an old Baby Names paperback; some modeled on folks I think I've known; some from songs, like Anathea and Lazlo Feher; some stolen when appropriate, like Bob'n'Carol'n'Ted'n'Alice, or Stan Ovshinsky; and many are just pulled from my ass. I try not to re-use too many names but those can be easy -- the Gallagher sisters, and Randy (van) Ronk, and all those Jens and Pams, are not the same between tales.

I may or may not give real people fake names and vice-versa. The Botanists were quite real, and scientific celebs in their day. I try to obfuscate my relatives. Maybe they won't notice.

And yes, I'll play games. I just can't resist Sally O'Mally or Carole Derroll.

 

[jaF0]

Wish I'dve come up with Holli Would (Kim Bassinger in 'Cool World').

 

[Bramblethorn]

I've resisted using an actual friend's name (given by parents who should have been horsewhipped) in a Christmas story: Candy Cane.

My parents also knew a Candy Cane, and yes, horsewhipping at the very least.

 

[Hypoxia]

My parents also knew a Candy Cane, and yes, horsewhipping at the very least.

One of my classmates was one Terry Hurd. All knew him as Hairy Turd. Poor lad. I should use him in a story.

 

[jaF0]

Really no different than the many poor souls named Richard Head.

 

[CoffeeWithMonkeys]

One of my daughters went to school with a Precious Loving. I always thought that sounded like a stripper name. Or porn star. Or something.

 

[jaF0]

Can you get more out there than Moon Unit?

 

[kurrginatorX]

Yeah to this

I've resisted using an actual friend's name (given by parents who should have been horsewhipped) in a Christmas story: Candy Cane. That's not as bad, I guess, as another friend with the name Linda Lays. (Her parents could hardly go right with naming a daughter, though, I guess.)

I knew a woman named Honey Childs.

 

[KeithD]

I knew a woman named Honey Childs.

Oh, I do hope that she lived in Savannah.

 

[kurrginatorX]

Oh, I do hope that she lived in Savannah.

Dunn, NC actually