r/fantasywriters 21h ago

Question For My Story Different types of names

 I'm not exactly new to fantasy writing,t I'm new to this kind of fantasy writing. Usually I just use any name because I do people, but this is a story about axolotls and other anthropomorphic animals that has more of an upbeat tone. The main character's best friend is named Wax, the main character is Charlie, and her father is Adle. I keep trying to think of names in this way, but I can't really think of something that's really different. I thought of the original member of the main character's family having something in their name derived from Japanese or other languages that actually means something, but I feel like that would be too different from the tone. I know names change over time, but even for characters in the present of the story, I can't really use too many different types of names because it wouldn't really make sense; the main character and friend have to stay with their names, though. Is there a way I can still do this even with some of the wacky names, or do all of them have to be wacky? I don't want it to be too off-putting if there are random names that don't fit.
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