Best Character Names

[The Feruchemist]

Sazed. Say-zd, or Suh- zed, I still don’t know. People call him Saze, so I guess it’s Sayzd instead of Suh-zed, but what do I know?

[ryshadium90]

Huh, I've always said it Sah-zed, and Sah-ze

[Farnsworth]

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What was your favorite Mistborn character to write? Personally I hated Elend and Vin but loved Zane.

Brandon Sanderson

Oh wow, hated Elend and Vin and loved Zane… *stumbles over words* I'm going to stay away from you. *laughter* I'm just joking. Who's my favorite? *sighs* Picking a favorite character is almost impossible, it's who you're writing at the moment but I kind of have a weird personal connection in a weird way with Sazed so I'll say him. And it's okay if you say "Sah-zed" I say "Say-zed" but I don't say everything right, I say "Kelsi-er" too and his name is "Kelsi-ay".

 

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[Flying she/her]

I think my favorite name is Kaladin, but that might just be because he's my favorite character of all time and his name reminds me of, well, Kaladin.

[The Feruchemist]

Truth is I’ll never say his names right. *shrug*

[Fezzik]

How is the g in Taravangian pronounced? guh or gee

[Kered he/him]

What makes a good name for me is one that pops of the page in terms of implications and power. 

Bavadin. Makes me think of someone sinister. 

Pretty much all of the Unmade names with Sja-anat and Moelach being my favorites. If you had absolute no context and have never read any fantasy books I think you'd still be able to read the name of every Unmade and know they're evil. Which is a testament to Brandon. 

Tanavast. Feels like a wise old elders name to me. 

Sylphrena. In my opinion it's the most elegant sounding name in the cosmere. 

Rayse, again you could read this with no context and know he's evil, with the relationship with the word "raze" and all. 

Favorite over all would have to Jezrien.  

[CarolaDavar she/her]

On 12/7/2017 at 8:39 PM, Ookla the oathgate said:

How is the g in Taravangian pronounced? guh or gee

I always pronounced it 'gee'

[Rebecca she/her]

Sylphrena; It’s just such a pretty name in my opinion, and really creative.

[Stormrunner1730]

Elokhar's name sounds really cool.

[Taeshi Vei she/her]

Stick.

[Lelouch Vi Britannia]

Let's see.... Hoid is great. 

Waxillium Ladrium is too, and Wax and Wayne are a great pair.

The simpler ones- Vin has been mentioned- are good.

Stormlight Archive has a lot of great traditional fantasy names, Elokhar and Kaladin for example.

Sixth of the Dusk is weird and unique.

[Stormblessed Dolphin he/him]

I like Veil. the name really suits her since she is literally a veil/illusion of Shallan's alternate personality.

[xxcyv he/him]

I seem to be the only one who really likes the name Sarene...

[Vogelsang he/him]

Well! Ladrian of course!

[Farnsworth]

I also like Sixth. It's such an odd one. I HATE Frost's name. It's so cheesy. Why name a dragon Frost? That's almost like naming a Goblin bitey bitey. 

[Tesh Any pronouns]

I really like all of the names of the Heralds. Especially Jezrien and Pailiah. 

I also really like Sylphrena.

[Olenska he/him]

Hrathen and Thaylen 

[Palaon]

Jezerezeh'Elin is a definite favorite.

Also Kaladin, Vin, Kelsier and Talenelat.

[Ashspren]

Sylphrena! Also, Adrotagia. I know that she works for a villain, but the name is honestly really pretty. 

Allrianne is super nice, too. 

I remember laughing at Sadeas’ first name: Torol. 

[goody153]

Sanderon used alot of nice sounding female names. Allrianne and Aona are fairly good sounding to my ears especially if you think about who they are.

Syl and Ash has a nice ring to it too. It even fits who they are. 

For the male names. Tanavast, Rashek and Rayse are most likely my favorite. It has a bite to it.

[Jude he/him]

I think Brandon Sanderson is very creative when he is making names for the gods.

(Preservation, Harmony, Rune, Almighty, and etc.)