How do comic book writers come up with good ones? The secret identity name has to both be mundane to not sound to alien or weird but also be unique in there own way. I argue coming up with the name is harder than making the hero. How would you come up with one?
>>150208200>I argue coming up with the name is harder than making the hero.I agree. Its took me two days once to decide on a name for a character in a VN I was playing.
>>150208200How many poor sods happened to be namesakes when the characters became popular?
>>150208678I feel for all the Jesse McCrees. Hell I watched a livestream rage at a guy for naming two people on his fictional baseball team Mason Dixon and Jeff Davis.
>>150208200Very true. I'm making a few stories rn set in the end of this century in the real world and it's hard coming up with unique and memorable names that also sound like they could actually exist irl. But I love coming up with names so it's also very fun.
Well with the examples in OP, Peter Parker is an alliteration, and both Anthony and Stark have meanings that reflect him. But Tony Stark isn't an alliteration and Spider-Man doesn't have rock powers or live among grass. So maybe having just one is ideal.
>>150208200I think low syllable count is quite important for making a name memorable and potentially iconic. Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne have only two syllables in their full names. Peter Parker works not just because it’s alliterative but because both his first and last names have two syllables giving it a rhythmic quality. And a hell of a lot have three syllable full names, either a single syllable first name and two syllable surname or vice versa.
Keep it below 3 syllables, or make it an alliteration like Peter Parker. Also it can't be an ethnic name.
>>150208974Define ethnic name. Are Sean, Pierre, Hans, and Maria ethnic?
>>150208974as far as stan lee is concerned, alliteration is better because its easier to keep track of everyone>peter parker is selling photos to james jonah jameson, gets his check from betty brant, gets advice from robbie robertson>he then partners with matt murdock, the dare devil, to fight otto octavius and kurt connor>norman osbourne, sensing something was missing, quickly names himself the green goblin
>>150208200I've noticed a lot of superheroes have names where both parts of the name would work as a first name.>Bruce Wayne>Clark Kent>Barry Allen>Hal Jordan>Alan Scott>John Stewart>Peter Parker>Charles Xavier
>>150209175Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four, although his teammates aren't quite on that level.
>>150208200When in doubt, alliterate.I feel like it's kinda cheating, but it does work.
>>150209236sue storm alliterated until they got marrieddoctor doom couldnt let reed get away with having a better name, so he decided to never use the victor part of his name until reed was dead
>>150208200Manlet Man doesn't have a good name.The only real advantage to his name is that when idiot casual fan girls want to write non-slash Tony and other hero, it's a lot easier to name it Toni Stark or even Antonia Stark than some of the stupid names them come up with like Brucina Wayne or Clara Kent or Penny Parker >>150209321Doom only refers to Doom in the third personDoom never refers to Victor in any person, manner, or way
>>150209236I dunno man, Ben Grimm sounds even more memorable than Reed Rchards but both are very good
