Character Names That Mean… // Wednesday Whatevers

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Hello everyone, I hope you’re having a lovely morning, afternoon, or evening! I recently saw a video listing various character names that mean different things, and I was like, ‘hey, I’m a writer with a writing blog; why don’t I make a little list to help out other writers who look at my writing blog!’ So here we are! I’ve compiled a list of eight different words with a few names that mean it (if that makes sense, lol). And, of course, at the end of this post, you’ll find a neat little (downloadable) graphic that you can save and refer to anytime you need. Enjoy!

P.S. I got all these names and meaning from Babynames.com, a great resource for character naming and such.


>> Warrior <<

1 || Finley

– Scottish

– Fair Warrior or Hero

2 || Eloise/Louisa/Lewis

– French

– Famous Warrior

3 || Ryder

– English

– Knight or Mounted Warrior

4 || Thane

– English

– Warrior or Landowner


>> Light <<

1 || Lucius

– Latin

– Light

2 || Helena

– Greek

– Light

3 || Kiran

– Indian

– Ray of Light

4 || Luciana

– Italian

– Light


>> Dark <<

1 || Keiran

– Irish

– Dark

2 || Dwayne

– English

– Dark or Black

3 || Kerra

– Irish

– Dark

4 || Mela

– Polish

– Dark


>> Brave <<

1 || Verida

– Spanish

– Truth or Bravery

2 || Keena

– American

– Brave

3 || Hero

– Greek

– Brave One of the People

4 || Gerard

– English

– Brave Spearman


>> Little <<

1 || Cosette

– French

– Little Thing

2 || Tino

– Italian

– Little

3 || Aiden

– Irish

– Little Fire

4 || Fiorella

– Italian

– Little Flower


>> Big <<

1 || Taichi

– Japanese

– Thick or Big

2 || Miami

– Native American

– Big Water

3 || Magnus

– Latin

– Big or Great


>> Moon <<

1 || Akay

– Turkish

– Shining Moon

2 || Luna

– Italian

– The Moon

3 || Selene

– Greek

– Moon

4 || Ilkay

– Turkish

– First or New Moon


>> Life <<

1 || Amar

– Arabic

– Long Life

2 || Evette

– American

– Life

3 || Vita

– Italian

– Life

4 || Zoe

– Greek

– Life


Here is a helpful little graphic I created to recap all the names I listed in this post!

Feel free to download (or even just screenshot) this graphic so you can refer back to it anytime!


There you are! I hope you enjoyed this fun little list! Again, I got all these names from Babynames.com (which is a writing resource I would totally recommend). I hope these are useful to any writers (or parents, y’know) out there and feel free to drop some of your fav names below! Anyway, I wish you a wonderful rest of your day or night. Keep on inspiring others and loving yourself, and I will see you later!


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MARIO ANDRETTI

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5 responses to “Character Names That Mean… // Wednesday Whatevers”

  1. […] Character Names That Mean… // Wednesday Whatevers by Callie @ Callie’s Corner (you know I love that etymology) […]

  2. Jennifer Avatar

    It’s funny that Kiran means light and Kieran means dark. I wonder how else languages diverged in meaning but not in sound!

    1. Callie Avatar

      Oh, yeah! I was amazed when I first learned that! Languages are something to marvel at, for sure

  3. bree Avatar

    This is cool! I didn’t think to look up the name meanings before naming my book characters, and
    now my main character’s name means “crooked”! Yep, not very fitting.
    Great post!

    1. Callie Avatar

      love that 🤣🤣 thanks!!

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