Movie Character Names: Oscar nominations for this year’s best

The Golden Globe nominations are out and the Oscar hopefuls will soon follow, but somehow or other they’ve neglected to even consider a key category: the most interesting, innovative character names of 2009.

So we’ve put together a list of possible nominees.  Of course, since there were more than 700 movies released (or about to be) this year, we couldn’t get to see every cast list of every native and foreign film, but we did look at most of the major releases.  In the list below, you’ll find some quirky sci-fi choices and exotic options from other cultures.  Some of the names will be familiar from previous Harry Potter and Twilight and Star Trek franchises, so we tread lightly there.  And there’s the usual caveat–we make no moral judgments, so both good guys and bad guys, saints and sinners are included.

GIRLS

AGNESS —  It’s Complicated

AUTUMN —  (500) Days of Summer

BLISS —  Whip It

CLARISSA The Lovely Bones

COCO —  Coco Before Chanel

CORALINE —  Coraline

CORBI —  Whip It

BELLATRIX —  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

ÉLOÏSE  —  Summer Hours

EMILIENNE —  Coco Before Chanel

EUDORA —  The Princess and the Frog

GAILA —  Star Trek

GIANNA —  Twilight 2, New Moon

GRETTA —  Me and Orson Welles

HATTIE —  An Eduction

(ISA)BELLA —  Twilight 2 –New Moon

LAVENDER —  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

LÉA  —  I’ve Loved You So Long

LILLI —  Nine

LUISA —  Nine

LUNA —  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

MARIETTA —  Whatever Works

NEERA —  Planet 51

NARCISSA —  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

PIPPA —  The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

ROMILDA —  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

SARAGHINA  —  Nine

SOFYA — The Last Station

SONJA —  Me and Orson Welles

SUKY —  The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

SUMMER —  (500) Days of Summer

SYLVIE —  Summer Hours

TAMARA —  2012

TIANA —  The Princess and the Frog

VALENTINA —  The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus

VITTORIA —  Angels and Demons

BOYS

ALDO —  Inglorious Basterds

ARLINGTON —  The Box

ARO —  Twilight 2—New Moon

BRUNO —  Bruno

CAIUS —  Twilight 2 –New Moon

DARWIN —  G-Force

DEMETRI —  Twilight 2—New Moon

DIESEL  —  Bruno

EMBRY —  Twilight 2—New Moon

EMMETT —  Twilight 2—New Moon

ETIENNE  —  Coco Before Chanel

FAUSTO —  Nine

FLINT —  Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

GIRARD —  Did You Hear About the Morgans?

JEDEDIAH —  Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

JÉRÉMIE  —  Summer Hours

LAURENT —  Twilight 2 – New Moon

LINTON —  In the Loop

LUC —  I’ve Loved You So Long

NAVEEN —The Princess and the Frog

NERO —  Star Trek

OLEG —  2012

OCTAVIUS —  Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

PIERPAOLO  —  Nine

PIKE —  Star Trek

SEVERUS —  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

VALENTIN — The Last Station

VANJA —  The Last Station

YURI —  2012

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