Last chapter was pretty serious, so I waited to post it until I could send a lighter one out with it.

I generally try to do that unless it's super important/urgent.

I did a chapter on this a long time ago, and I am obsessed with names and name origins, so you knew another one (or twenty) of these installments was coming. :)

Warning, some of these are way out there in left field, but that's partly why they made the list.

So, here are ten more names that I like, but personally don't think I can use for my characters.

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1. Synecdoche.

Pronounced SIN-ect-a-kee where I live. I know for a fact someone will look at that and say SIN-ic-doach.

It's a literary term. Synecdoche is usually described as using a part to represent the whole. Like, saying you got a new set of wheels as a way of telling someone you've gotten a new car.

I actually learned about this in high school, where the pronunciation was severely butchered. I learned about it again in college, and found that the different pronunciation made it appealing to me for some reason. I also really like names with YN, and names that end in the 'ee' sound, so this was waiting to happen.

Obviously, it's not considered an acceptable name. Definitely not for a child, and nearly unpronounceable to fiction readers who don't know anything about it.

2. Abcity.

I also like it spelled Absity, but prefer Abcity.

This one comes from an absolutely ridiculous origin.

I saw a news story where this mother was upset that no one could get her daughter's name right. She spelled it Abcde, and pronounced it like 'Abcity'.

Love the phonetic spelling, hate the invented one.

I've actually considered this one, but it's still a little too strange to be widely accepted as modern.

Maybe in a science fiction book, but we will have to see.

3. Granderson.

I saw this one in a historical fiction novel. That book was set out on the Western Frontier.

As interested in this name as I am, I could only see it as a last name today.

The only setting I can think of where I could get away with it as a first name is the one where I found it: a nineteenth-century cattle ranch.

I might be able to find a modern setting, but for right now it feels a little too out there.

4. Fox.

In one of my current story ideas, I have a character named Wolf.

I like animal names like these, to an extent, but I don't know if I could get away with having a Wolf and a Fox.

They wouldn't be related, or even in the same story, so I'm definitely leaning away from that one.

It's a shame, I think, because Fox is an intriguing enough name to be unusual, but it still somehow fits into modern naming patterns.

5. Lilia.

Pronounced like Lilian without the N.

A good number of people reading this can take one look and figure out why I can't use that name.

I already have a Lili in 2050 whose full name is Lilian.

As much as I like the way Lilia, as compared to Lilian, sounds, it's not possible.

I'm also not planning to change Lili's name in 2050, as even if I made a slight adjustment people would probably be angry.

6. Meyer.

I like this one as a potential guy's name. It seems like it could fit into a modern story, into a futuristic plot line, or even potentially into the historical United States.

I like this spelling with the ey better than some of the others, though some other spellings are more closely tied to the German roots that versions of this name have.

Unfortunately for me, there's a grocery chain around here called Meijer. It's pronounced the same way, and we shop there a lot. So, I've started associating the name with the store, which I don't particularly enjoy going to.

7. Hazzel.

Pronounced like Hazel.

I know a couple Hazzels online, but I've never met anyone with that spelling in person. It seems to be a twenty-first-century thing, because I don't know anyone over age twenty with it spelled like that.

I would definitely use this is a unique version of a common name, but I am going to have a Haven in one of my books (when I actually write it).

If you've got a Haven, it's not a great idea to have a Hazzel somewhere else.

My readers tend to drift over to all of my books, so that's a resounding no.

8. Reginald.

I could definitely see this for a fantasy book with a medieval-style structure. It's a good name for a king (not to mention that it has roots in the Latin word for royal/royalty).

My issue with this one is thanks to a Netflix show.

Every time I see it now, I think of Reginald Hargreeves from The Umbrella Academy, who I absolutely despise.

I refuse to write characters who share the name of another fictional person I dislike. It means that at least one, and likely many, other readers will have similar associations.

9. Taylence.

As far as I know, I came up with this one, at least the spelling. If anyone else has heard of a Taylence, feel free to let me know.

It's a combination of Taylor and any name ending in ence. For me, that name was Florence.

I'm going to have a Cadence in one of my upcoming books, so this one is likely out of the picture.

Same ending, and a very similar opening sound. I definitely wouldn't do this in the same story, and am very against it for two different worlds.

10. Corryn.

A spelling of the name Corinne.

I really like this one for a character, and I'm a huge fan of that ending.

However, I have a lot of characters who either have C names, or whose names have the same ending sound. I try to make sure both of those aren't an issue in the same name.

Here, that would be an issue all the way around.

I normally try to tag people to do this sort of thing, but right now I only have one. Bananabrains13, if you want to steal this one, feel free.