Character name: Roxanna or Rosalind

[crescentmoon]

Hi Berries! I'm brainstorming a fantasy book, and the plot is a little fuzzy so far, but its called "Red". Red being the color of blood/death (well, death is black, but still) and love, both of which are themes. The male protagonist is name Reid, so there's an obvious red connection there, but I wanted something more subtle for the female protagonist (so no Scarlet or Ruby)
I was looking up red names and came upon Rosalind, which means "red dragon". I also like the name Roxanna, which had no red connection, but feels right for the character. Should I disregard meaning, since no one is going to know what Rosalind mean's anyway? Which name sounds better for a sweet and intelligent redhead (bet you saw that one coming) who falls in love against her better judgement?

[crysacraig]

I like Rosalind. However with the male protagonist being Reid, would you want the lead female to be a name that begins with R?

[akky3210]

Yeah, doubling up on letters can be tricky...

That aside, Rosalind has the Shakespeare connection, but it sounds prettier. Could we have a bit more character info? Is she prissy, gentle, popular? How old is she? What does she like? What doesn't she like? Other than hair color, what does she look like? I like Rosalind better, but be aware that it's the name of a character in Shakespeare's play [dang, I forget the title...]. And she runs away from the duke's palace and pretends to be a man. (And that covers my knowledge of the character of Rosalind)

[lita28]

Yeah, doubling up on letters can be tricky...

That aside, Rosalind has the Shakespeare connection, but it sounds prettier. Could we have a bit more character info? Is she prissy, gentle, popular? How old is she? What does she like? What doesn't she like? Other than hair color, what does she look like? I like Rosalind better, but be aware that it's the name of a character in Shakespeare's play [dang, I forget the title...]. And she runs away from the duke's palace and pretends to be a man. (And that covers my knowledge of the character of Rosalind)

Are you talking about the play As You Like It? I went to see it last year and I think the main character was named Rosalind... and your description matches!

I like Rosalind better! But that is probably because Roxanna reminds me of a doll they used to announce on TV that was real sized... and I didn't like it.
Btw, I like your red idea!