Name my villain

pickarooney

I'm sick of one of my characters' names. It doesn't suit him and it sounds too much like another character.

He's a Londoner in his late twenties, middle-class but likes to project an image of streetwise hardman. Short in stature and an aggressive, sarcastic piece of work. He has been caleld Lee Sansom up to now.

Any suggestions? Nothing too outlandish but preferably not as boring as the above either.

doohan

How about Ocean Fontaine??

D1976

Don't know why but these names just came into my head.

Max Hendry
Jack Middleton
Anthony (Tony) Fisher
Harry Maloney

Antilles

Gustav Caradine
Marius Fox
Claude Rackham

chughes

pickarooney wrote: »

I'm sick of one of my characters' names. It doesn't suit him and it sounds too much like another character.

He's a Londoner in his late twenties, middle-class but likes to project an image of streetwise hardman. Short in stature and an aggressive, sarcastic piece of work. He has been caleld Lee Sansom up to now.

Any suggestions? Nothing too outlandish but preferably not as boring as the above either.

Would the name Charles J. Haughey suit ?

Seosaimh77

Terry Jones, Jonesy to his mates

Antilles

I can think of two rather famous people called Terry Jones. Bad name for a character.

Seosaimh77

Antilles wrote: »

I can think of two rather famous people called Terry Jones. Bad name for a character.

good point...just googled it and saw who they were. I can see why the name popped into my head! oops

fman

How about playing on his stature, "Tiny" Tim Mellor.

pickarooney

doohan wrote: »

How about Ocean Fontaine??

If it were a French enlightenment play, gladly.

D1976 wrote: »

Don't know why but these names just came into my head.

Max Hendry
Jack Middleton
Anthony (Tony) Fisher
Harry Maloney

Max and Jack are good-guy names, Tony and Harry are too middle of the road. None of the surnames really stands out.

Antilles wrote: »

Gustav Caradine
Marius Fox
Claude Rackham

Tintin and the Kung-Fu temple it is not.

chughes wrote: »

Would the name Charles J. Haughey suit ?

Would that it were not taken. Alas...

Seosaimh77 wrote: »

Terry Jones, Jonesy to his mates

Terry's not too bad actually, but with another surname.

fman wrote: »

How about playing on his stature, "Tiny" Tim Mellor.

Tim - simpering ponce of a name.

Seosaimh77

If you're happy with Terry here's some more surnames:
Jameson,
McKenzie, or my my favourite...
Crowthorn

Antilles

Aw I thought mine were great villain names

pickarooney

Maybe I should specify that we're not supposed to know instantly on meeting him that he's a homocidal maniac. That should gradually become apparent. So Hannibal Killington would be right out.

fman

Wow, I was just trying to be helpful. Will know better for again.

pickarooney

fman wrote: »

Wow, I was just trying to be helpful. Will know better for again.

Sorry fman, I'm just joking about (in a serious way). Welcome to boards, by the way.

Revolution9

He's a Londoner in his late twenties, middle-class but likes to project an image of streetwise hardman. Short in stature and an aggressive, sarcastic piece of work. He has been caleld Lee Sansom up to now.

That could easily be a description of Johnny Rotten or Sid Vicious. Two infamous Londoners, who everyone thought were lunatics.

Why not name him Johnny or Sid
Can't really think of a second name. Trotter perhaps ?
Johnny Trotter, Sid Trotter
References to the Sex Pistols and Only Fools & Horses. The two greatest things to come out of London!........(ok, that's very debatable!)

pickarooney

Sid! Perfect.

Trotter... maybe not.

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pickarooney

Sid Aston?

Revolution9

pickarooney wrote: »

Sid! Perfect.

Trotter... maybe not.

Okey doke, no Trotter. How about other famous London family names. Sid Mitchell? Sid Kray?

Revolution9

Sid Aston sounds good.

Luis21

Jason Stockton.

I want a credit.

pickarooney

Have a nice glass of Ribena.

ShooterSF

Friendly McNioseguy

People will be surprised



(Sorry I have no real suggestion)

Eoinp

How about something like Sid Preston
That's middle-classy.

Or maybe Sid Peters, that's innocuous.
Or Si (simon) Thorn

Eoin

Steeeeeeo!

Sid Harman?

kind sounds like "hardman" but isnt very obvious... i think...ish...

pickarooney

I'm debating going back to Sansom as I think it kind of goes well with his new first name. Also 'Handsome' Sansom as an ironic nickname...

The Scawgeen

Limahl Lewis Woodford aka 'Limewood' it came to me in a dream this afternoon

Jackobyte

Sid Heffer?

Section 8

Not many of the names suggested sound plausable for your typical London hard nut. I agree that Lee is a bit soft, but Sansom is ok. How about John Sansom? Nobody ever questions the choice of Jason Bourne in the films, yet the name could be considered dull in another role.

Reece Duggan
Chester Haiden
Finn Kingdom

All depends on how middle class and what London era it's set in.

Dohnny Jepp

Alistair Somethin or
maybe Alistor Somethin

Or vice versa have it as a surname

slavetothegrind

Leonard young, lenny
Avery Roche
Thomas Halpenny
Harold Grainger

good luck with it!;)

Blush_01

What about Marcus Sansom? Marcus is a middle-class name, and it also has a slightly slimy, disgusting quality (Marcus reminds me of mucus - no offence to anyone called Marcus!). He could also be called Mac, which has a hard edge?

TanG411

What time is the story set in?

If it's 21st century, my name would be David 'Davey' Johnson.

The_Thing

John "Johnny" East - AKA "East The Beast"

Blanchboh

Sid "the Mentallist" Menton
Charlie "Hammer" Hudson

Theres my tuppence worth Picka "the pen" Rooney

pickarooney

I prefer Picka "the litter" Rooney

For the time being at least, he's going to be Sid Sansom. The last guy I knew called Marcus was possibly the most slimy, disgusting person I ever met, funnily enough.

seven stars

Sid Sansom. It's a wee bit sibilant for my liking. Why Sansom, out of interest? Are you an Arsenal fan by any chance?

I'm never madly keen when a character has a fairly unusual surname that he or she shares with someone famous. If you wouldn't call him Sid Lampard, then I'd advise against calling him Sansom.

How about: Sid Cotter?

pickarooney

seven stars wrote: »

Sid Sansom. It's a wee bit sibilant for my liking.

OK, seven stars:pac:

Why Sansom, out of interest? Are you an Arsenal fan by any chance?

No, but I think I may have been watching clips of Euro '88 around the time. Kenny Sansom doesn't feature very highly on a google serch for that surname though, that said, although I've never heard of any of the writers and actors that share the name.

FredBaby!

How's about Leonard Mitchell?

zero19

Jack Hayter!!

zimmermania

zero19 wrote: »

Jack Hayter!!

Vic or Victor Knight :cool:

El Guapo!

Sid Strutter.

Maybe you could give him a stutter too!

purplemonkey79

charlie waghorn
daniel (danny) mooney,comes from irish stock seeing as alot of irish went to england during the 80's for work
ray eagles
jack sears
victor hill

fatboypee

Simon Harknett
David Trentham
George Marks

Middle Class English you need a semi power name that can be shortened & isn't too highbrow....

Google old London Surnames and pull some inspiration from there...

SpatialPlanning

Daniel (Danny/Big Dan) Eastwood

Ahbegob

Max 'the blade' Hawkins

he could be named after a historical figure- so that later we find he's the very anthisis of the person or that the name is ironical

eg Winston Churchill
John Silver
Charles Dickens