Contest Winners and Maldynado's New Last Name

We had over a hundred entries in the Give My Character a Last Name Contest last week, so thank you for the support! Now it's time to pick a winning name and reward two folks with gift certificates.

There were lots of great suggestions for Maldynado's name (some of you put some real thought into this!), and many of them could have been winners. In the end, there was a bit of Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe involved in the selection, and I decided to go with some alliteration because it sounded more pretentious, and that's just perfect for Maldynado.

Before I announce the winner, here are a few honorable mentions (they made the list either because they were almost chosen or because they made me laugh):

Gigolocrest from Erwin S.
"Ridencrest (Riden = laughing in Latin)" from Susie
"Feathercrest (would explain his hats)" from Tara
Warcrest from Jen (and others)
Battlecrest from Lisa
Mountcrest from Snagglewordz ("Alliteration and the word mount could be interpreted in a number of ways." Yes, yes it could… )
Falconcrest from Valicia (and others)
Sabercrest from Victoria (and others)
Moltencrest from Candace
Daringcrest from Gail
Ludicrest from Kate (sounds like ludicrous, eh?)
Spirecrest from Tiff
Thistlecrest from Liana
Brightcrest from Dawn
Arrowcrest from Chandra
Silvercrest from Robin (and others)
Hedoncrest from Amy
Ardencrest from Jenna ("the 'arden' coming from the word 'ardent' – and who can argue that Maldynado isn't ardent?")
Stagcrest from Mariah
Thewcrest from Khaalidah
Milkenhoneycrest from Stacey

And the winner is…

Maldynado Montichelu Marblecrest submitted by Kate.

I know, I know, with a set of names like that, it's a wonder he didn't run away from home before his family could disown him!

So, if you remember from the original post, I said there'd be two winners, the one whose name I chose and then another random participant.

The winners are Kate and…

(I like making things dramatic with all these ellipses)

Abbie A.

Thank you, everyone else, for taking the time to enter!

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