To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is a name.
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Most of the names in my books have secondary meaning. Sometimes they foreshadow; sometimes they tell you about the character's origin or back story.
Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave the name.
Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.
When you have a different name, people just kind of take the liberty to spell it how they want.
You could have names like Hatred; you could have names that mean something like Suffering or Poverty. So names are not just names: names have real meaning, and they tend to tell the world about the circumstances of your parents at the time that you were born.
To know God's name is to know God.
I make up names for people all the time - it's part of writing. Very often, the name comes with the character, along with of a sense of who they are and what they do.
I wasn't aware I was trading on my good name; I've never had a good name.
I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things.
A name, of course is like a piece of clothing, isn't it? It gives you an impression right away.