Sexiest Names

[mdb913]

Simple topic, really. In your opinion, what are the sexiest names for a man or a woman?

For me, it's the two I'm using in the story I'm in the middle of: Caleb for a man, and Sarah/Sera (short for "Serenity") for a woman.

 

[impressive]

For me, male names with a K sound in them (Derek, Curt, etc.) and female names that are gender ambiguous (Alex, Sam, Jess, etc.)

But that's just me

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Heather always seems to be given to attractive women. I have only even met one Heather that I wasn't attracted to.

Lori/Laurie is another one. They are usually white trash, but they are the little hotty type of trash that dances in strip clubs.

I've also been finidng Beth to do it for me lately, but that's more becuas eI fell in love with a Beth a few years ago.

 

[rgraham666]

I'll always have a hard spot, I mean soft spot, for Colleen.

 

[Misty_Morning]

Male names: Hunter, Christian, and Gerrod.

Female Names: Alex (Short for Alexandra, but there is a reason for this ), Rhiannon, and Cassidy.

 

[mdb913]

Another girl's name that I love is "Gina". I know a very sexy Gina.

She's engaged, though.

To someone who looks almost exactly like me.

There's the rub. V_V

 

[mckai777]

Names with meaning or significance to me personally, and not necessarily those falling within a certain set of linguistic parameters.

I'm rather fond of Kadima.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Sexy guy names: Will, Jack, Jake... short, a little hard-sounding...

I like girl names that are shortened to end with "y" sound... Elizabeth=Lizzy, Veronica=Ronnie, Isabelle=Izzy, Margaret=Maggie, Olivia=Livvy...

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Suzie has always reminded me of a blond barbie bimbo type. It can be a turnon though.

 

[oggbashan]

It's a cultural thing

What are considered the "sexiest" names depends on you, your experiences, your age and your cultural background.

For me, many of the women's names popular in the 1950s have sensual overtones because that is the time that I began to notice that girls were different.

Most 1980s and 1990s invented and celebrity-based names leave me cold.

Girls named after Kylie, Britney etc., in the abstract, seem as unsexy and as plastic as Barbie dolls whatever they might be like in reality.

"In the abstract" is really the point. All of us have associations with particular names. If I hear of a Bridget, I think of Brigit Bardot (as she was, not as she is now); the Irish Goddess; the younger Swallow child from Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons book "Secret Water"; and a neighbour's rather chubby teenage daughter who changed from an ugly duckling into a swan in a few short years.

Other people may have completely different associations with the name "Bridget". If I include a Bridget in a story, I have to try to establish a character for her, sufficiently strong to overcome any preconceptions the reader may have about that name. If Bridget is the name of his cheating and vindictive ex-wife - I won't succeed.

Names don't always travel well. Some American names sound rude to British ears and vice versa. One of my friends had an aunt called "Fanny". When she was born, "Fanny" was an acceptable girl's name. It isn't now, in the UK.

All characters' names can affect the reader's appreciation of the story. One person's idea of a sexy name can be the name of another person's battleaxe of a mother-in-law...

Og

 

[Stella_Omega]

i like to use really plain names, and make them sexy because they are attached to a sexy person.

having said that- I constantly have to fight my desire to have an "A" in every name. Stella, Tracy, Alegra, Charlie, Jamie, Jack.

I've been able to get a Tony into bed, and in unfinished story, a woman named Shawn has become Quinn. But she's got a weird name because she chose it for publicity purposes And I try to think about the era in which the person was born. Loving parents don't think that their baby daughter is going to grow up to be a butch dyke, and will name the baby "Gloria" or 'Christine" anyways!

 

[matriarch]

Her's.

 

[Fallenfromgrace]

Kathryn (yes that spelling) has always always always been a favourite of mine, of the many Kathryn's/ Catherine's i've known i have fancied most of them.

I also like names ending with 'ia' 'ie' or 'a'- Sophia, Aleyna, Naina, Alexandra, Stephanie.

Guy's names- Adam, Aiden, Adrian, Cain, Jason

Kid's names...like someone said above is interesting because you want to name a child something neutral...imagine you called your kid 'Cherry' and she became the town bike?! (i know a Cherry- whether she is the town bike or not i dont know...i havent riden her yet )

 

[Stella_Omega]

Interesting how many times "Alexandra" has come up. It's a great name, sexy and strong.

I tried it for my character "Quinn" so she could be nicknamed "Alex" but everyone else in that story has an "A" name, and she wanted to be different, which is why she rejected "Shawn"...

 

[Bizkit_Writer]

I'd have to say David for a man is so damn sexy! I also like John too

 

[cloudy]

I've never been a big fan of "Kelly" for a girl, but I've discovered I love it as a guy's name.

I, like others, like gender neutral names. Weird spellings or cutsie names leave me cold (and sometimes shuddering, like "britney").

Another favorite are classics: those that have survived for hundreds of years, and sound just as nice as they did when people first started using them.

I used to dislike my own given name (Patricia), but now that I've matured a bit, I think it falls into the "classic" category.

 

[Misty_Morning]

Interesting how many times "Alexandra" has come up. It's a great name, sexy and strong.

I concur. I currently know (quite well) an Alexandra. Thing is I really like her name as is, however everyone calls her Ally which I hate. So I started out just calling her Alexandra. Then in the heat of a passionate moment I called her Alex....which turned her on...which really turned me on, so she's been Alex to me every since.

 

[mdb913]

What about guys name Alexander who prefers his name shortened to "Xander" instead of "Alex"? Kinda falls into the same rules as "Topher", I suppose.

 

[Stella_Omega]

What about guys name Alexander who prefers his name shortened to "Xander" instead of "Alex"? Kinda falls into the same rules as "Topher", I suppose.

yes, or "Zan"
One of my characters is Toffer Woolcut, bass player for the Riddem Generators, my fictional funk rock band.