Pen names

So, I'm trying to write a novel. Soon it will be finished, and just for fun, I want to consider some pseudonyms if I am going to publish.

*ahem* A pseudonym is: a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. (Credit: dictionary.com).

Now, I don't want to necessarily conceal my identity, but I don't want my real name to be my author's name. I don't think it will pull in many readers.

So: can you people help me think of a pen name? For a female, a writer of primarily romantic and other fiction. One that might be recognizable as a fake name, but still holds on to the possibility of truth.

Thanks!

~Sunny

Hows about Amada Darrow? It means something like 'beloved oak tree'. It is very fun making up pseudonyms. I do it all the time, though I don't use any of them.

Sunday Smile. I don't know why, but that's what I thought of when I read "Sunny".

Or you could go to babynames.com.

Fumiyo for the the first name. This name means well-read generation and because you are spreading your writing to the public, you are in fact encouraging a "well-read generation".

*The Japanese name Fumiyo may be written with the characters for "sentence; literature; style; art; decoration" (fumi) and "generation; world; society; public" (yo).*

^ starred taken from babynamesworld.com (check it out)

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A good last name is the hard part. If you want to find a last name that matches your nationality, so that your penn name still possess a key part of yourself, you can google sur names from the country of your choice.

If you have any questions or need any help finding sur name, just PM me. I'm always willling to help a fellow writer in need.

-dd9

Why would anyone want to use a pen name? What's the point in concealing your real name and identity? I've never understood it.

Ava Coriander or, if you want to appear more masculine, Arlet Coriander, Arlay Coriander, and Cham Coriander. There is also the name Mirage and Cenedra, which you can use as 1st and last names.

Coriander means romance. Ava means like a bird. Arlet and Arlay both come from an East Indian spice. Cham comes from the word Chamomile. Mirage is an illusion or fantasy. Cenedra is like fantasy.

* ABIBA
* ADABELLA
* ADORA
* AGAPE
* AGAPITO
* AHAVA
* AHUVA
* AI
* AIKO
* AIMEE
* AIMI
* AMADA
* AMADEUS
* AMADIKA
* AMADIS
* AMANDA
* AMANDO
* AMOR
* AMORA
* AMORINA
* AMOURA
* AMY
* ANCHORET
* ANGHARAD
* ASMARA
* ASTHORE
* BALINT
* CALANTHA
* CANAN
* CARADOC
* CARAF
* CARESSE
* CARIAD
* CARWYN
* CARYS
* CERI
* CERON
* CERYS
* CHAVIVA
* CHERISH
* CHERYL
* CHICHA
* CONNER
* CONNOR
* CONOR



* CYTHERIA
* DAFYDD
* DAI
* DARLA
* DARLENE
* DAVA
* DAVID
* DAVINA
* DAVION
* DEWEY
* DEWI
* DIDINA
* DRURY
* DULAL
* ELON
* ERASMUS
* ERASTO
* ERASTUS
* EROS
* ESME
* FELIPE
* FEMI
* FENMORE
* FFION
* FILBERT
* FILIPINA
* FREJA
* FREYA
* FRIGG
* GALLAGHER
* GRAZIELLA
* HABIB
* HABIBA
* IFE
* IPO
* JANIYA
* JUJI
* JUMOKE
* KALILA
* KARENZA
* KAYLA
* KEEFE
* KENDI
* LADA
* LALASA



* LIUBOV
* LOLONYO
* LOLOVIVI
* LOVE
* LOVETTE
* LOVEY
* LOVIE
* LUTHANDO
* MADAN
* MAHAL
* MARIANELA
* MILENA
* MORAL
* NARCISCO
* NAYELI
* NEHA
* OKE
* OLATHE
* ORATILWE
* OSCAR
* PENHA
* PHIL
* PHILA
* PHILANA
* PHILANDER
* PHILANTHA
* PHILENA
* PHILIP
* PHILIPPA
* PHILLIP
* PHILLIPA
* PHILYRA
* PILIALOHA
* PIPPA
* PREM
* PREMA
* PRITAM
* PRITI
* PRIYA
* QUERIDA
* RASMUS
* RATIN
* RENESMEE
* ROWA
* SANAM



* SAUDA
* SEVDA
* SEVGI
* SEVILEN
* SHERLYN
* SHIRINA
* SIRAN
* SIRVAT
* SNEHA
* SUKI
* TANITH
* TENE
* THANDIWE
* THISBE
* THUONG
* TIVON
* TIVONA
* UPENDO
* VANIDA
* VENUS
* YADID
* YARETZI
* ZULEIKA

All of these names mean love.


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* AMOURA
* CARESSE
* DARLENE
* DAVA
* KAYLA
* LOVEY
* LOVIE
* MORAL
* RENESMEE
* SHERLYN
* SHIRINA

The names are all from the American origin and are for females.

Davion is from the American origin but it is for the male gender.



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* CHERISH
* DARLA
* DAVINA
* DRURY
* FENMORE
* FILBERT
* KARENZA
* LOVE
* LOVETTE
* PIPPA

These are all names meaning love from the English origin.



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