What is your Dystopian Name?

[notyourfriend]

Monica&spikey wrote: "Paigetwo wrote: "Why does that name sound familiar...?"

Well, it is literally a REAL PERSON's name, so, I don't know, maybe you know that literal real person?"

I don't think so... Im not sure :/

[Mirkat]

Betty Newbie.

Barneybear wrote: " I feel like dystopian names all have that edge that makes them somewhat laughable, but at the same time sensible, y'know?"

Actually, most of the dystopian novels I have read have used pretty common, everyday names. For example, see the Divergent series. Am I the only one who has noticed this? Not every dystopian is The Hunger Games.

[[deleted user]]

Keelie or Riley or Haven

[Melissa]

Is salt too weird? I would choose Salt

[Mirkat]

What's your UTOPIAN name? Utopia

[Brix Dominic]

I like unique names. Mine would be: Rocky, Trey, Clay, and a lot more that I've forgotten.

[Peyton]

I would be Flair. It puts a twist on the name Blair while incorporating an object that wouldn't normally be used as a name.

[Addee]

Ash...... or Flash....... or River....... or Fenech........

I love Prince Ash, Flash Gorden, River Phoenix & Jeff Fenech, so I would name myself after one of them.

[Beatrice]

I would just stick with the name I have now or maybe abbreviate it like Tris did in divergent. Either Bea or Tris.

[♥swimmer♥reading♥]

Mara as in the Unbecoming of Mara Dyer series
or Whisper-I just think that's so pretty

[grapeseeds]

Beatrice wrote: "I would just stick with the name I have now or maybe abbreviate it like Tris did in divergent. Either Bea or Tris."
I'm a Beatrice too! *cyber high-five*

[Grace]

Ohhh Whisper is pretty but I kinda like Glimmer from Hunger Games or Avery and I kinda think Sky would be a cool name. Clarissa from the Mortal Instruments series is cool too:)

[Estefania]

I love the name Joy! It sounds so playful. And it's a normal name, as well as a dystopian name!

[Robert]

Remember the virtual world "Second Life"? The name I used there was "Stagewalker Shepherd" and is a sort of a mentor character. In a dystopian world, I would hope to take the same persona.

[kirstin ✿]

I'd like to be named Scar. I don't know why, but it appeals so much to me. I even use it as username on my online games. They thought I was a male ^^

[[deleted user]]

I would go by Luminae.
It's such a fascinating name, as well as the definition is beautiful :3

[kirstin ✿]

Hi, Luminae! :D

[[deleted user]]

Hullo Scar ;)

[kirstin ✿]

I really like Via, too. Or Avi. Or Skye. Raine. Lightning! OMG. Yes. Lightning. Thunder, loljk. But seriously:

Scar, Via, Avi, Skye, Raine, Ree.

Gracie: I shall name my next character Scar! Bwahaha.

[[deleted user]]

Scar should be on Soul Vessel! XD
I like Laine, Cash, Naia, Paetyn and Thyla ^-^

[kirstin ✿]

Yes, yes! She should be there ^^
Naia <3

[[deleted user]]

She certainly should ;)
I do love that name~ C:

[kirstin ✿]

I love it as well now! Lovely name ^^

[Estefania]

Thylacine sounds so cute!!!

[Estefania]

**Thyla

[grapeseeds]

I think Ether sounds lovely:) Or alternatively, Ethyr..

[Helena]

i like Marlene

[Sarah]

My friend Ana: Tasia, which she took from her full name Anastasia.

My friend Genevieve: Nevia, which she took from a variation of her name Zenevieva.

Me: Essa, because one of my NaNoWriMo friends thought it'd be cool, seeing as I wrote a random blurb about a chick named Theresa.

[Brittany]

Well your friends have cool real names already! Lol. I don't know what I would want...Maybe like Xenia or Leana or Senny or Ohioan...Lol. Think of better ones later.

[Mirkat]

A dystopia is a community or society, usually fictional, that is in some important way undesirable or frightening. It is the opposite of a utopia. Such societies appear in many works of fiction, particularly in stories set in a speculative future. Dystopias are often characterized by dehumanization,[1] totalitarian governments, environmental disaster,[2] or other characteristics associated with a cataclysmic decline in society. Elements of dystopias may vary from environmental to political and social issues. Dystopian societies have culminated in a broad series of sub-genres of fiction and are often used to raise real-world issues regarding society, environment, politics, religion, psychology, spirituality, or technology that may become present in the future. For this reason, dystopias have taken the form of a multitude of speculations, such as pollution, poverty, societal collapse, political repression, or totalitarianism. (Wikipedia)

You know what it's not? "A community or society with super-special/cool names."

[amanda]

probably River Oblivion Hope. i really love that name!!!!!!!!!!!! I just love the name river and it can have so much meaning , and oblivion is my favorite word and i think it would be a cool name and then hope because i like that name too. and i would call my self rohp for short because my last name starts with a P.

[Isabella]

Girl: Oralia "Golden"
Boy: Vladimir "World ruler"

[Sarah]

Mirkat wrote: "A dystopia is a community or society, usually fictional, that is in some important way undesirable or frightening. It is the opposite of a utopia. Such societies appear in many works of fiction, pa..."

Eh, fair point. Anything dystopian I write has normal names for the most part, and that's why I like Divergent. Normal names. Beatrice and Christina and Tobias. I know kids with all of those names, actually. It makes it more...real.

Doesn't mean we can't have fun with crazy whacked-out names, though ;)

[bipasha]

Ellie wrote: "Dystopian novels are my favorite type of books. I pile through them non-stop, and sometimes I wish that i could live in some sort of a dystopian society. But one thing that sticks out to me when re..."

that is the best dystopian name ever. SERIOUSLY.

[Adrianne]

I'll just have to name myself Aryan then, it was my nickname but I still do find it weird sometimes.

[Mirkat]

Sarah wrote: "Eh, fair point. Anything dystopian I write has normal names for the most part, and that's why I like Divergent. Normal names. Beatrice and Christina and Tobias. I know kids with all of those names, actually. It makes it more...real.

Doesn't mean we can't have fun with crazy whacked-out names, though ;)"

Thanks for replying.... I was starting to feel invisible. ;)

I tend to agree that sticking with more ordinary names adds to the realism. One of the more interesting things about the world-building in a good dystopian novel is the idea that the frightening society presented is a possible future.

[Elizabeth]

I would be Sea, I think that it's just a really unique name.

[Jennifer]

taylor wrote: "Emma wrote: "Ember! For boy or girl."

Oooh. That's pretty. :3

I really like the name Camille. I don't know how dystopian that sounds, but I'd probably be a side character like Marlene or Madge."

Camille is my daughter's name, so I really like it too. I like Poppy or Piper.

[Carmen]

I'm sticking with my own name of Carmen Rebel. Honestly you can't get much more dystopian than that. Carmen means song, poem or incantation in latin so you get points for it being from an already dead language (on top of being a crazy opera) and rebel is self explanatory.

[Kelly]

i would go with Katara because i think it sounds very cool

[Jordan]

I love the name Echo. It's one of my favorite "dystopian" name. I also like Eira, Lake, and Sora! :)

[DarknessIsUponUs]

Akaelia it sounds so pretty! and elegant

[Princess]

Ramen :) I think it's fierce :P ohhh and delicious xD lol

[Olivia]

i love the name Cassia (from Matched) but it's not really for me...

[Masen]

My Distopian name would probably be Shannon, but a cool nickname would be Glade. :)

[Jesse]

I think my Dystopian name would be Delia Blair. But people would call me Dee.

[Valeria]

I think I would choose
Malon
Saria
Rowan
Or even Zelda

[Emma]

Mirkat wrote: "Y'know, the names in the Divergent series are really pretty ordinary, wouldn't you agree? Beatrice, Caleb, Susan, Robert, Molly, Uriah, Will, Peter, Al, Jeannine, Tobias, Tori, Marcus, Andrew, Nat..."

I agree that the names in Divergent are actually quite ordinary. It's interesting to me how many of those so-called "old fashioned" names like Beatrice are becoming popular again. I also found it weird that there were around 12 names listed in this thread that belong to someone in my family. Clarissa, Camille, Caleb, Cass, Lydia, Gideon, Isabelle and several more that I can't remember right now. Oh, and Marcus (Four's dad in Divergent) is a name that has been in my family (at least one person in each generation) at least as far back as the late 1700s. I never considered those names to be unique.

[Macy]

Astrid. Ash for short.

[Kayla]

Clearview. It's the name of the town I grew up in.