Main Character's Name.

[Exir]

Hi, in my current work in progress, my two main characters are called Ben and Jade. Does the names sound smooth when said together?

[chevbrock]

I think so, Exir.

[Willowmound]

V. smooth.

Smoothest.

[writin52]

Smoothly blended, Exir

[Phaeal]

No problems here. BTW, I've always wondered whether people who name a girl Jade know that one of its meanings is "a woman of disrepute," aka "slut." Too bad. It's a pretty name.

[Bufty]

Too bad? It's a beautiful name, and the 'slut' meaning is both archaic and irrelevant.

No problems here. BTW, I've always wondered whether people who name a girl Jade know that one of its meanings is "a woman of disrepute," aka "slut." Too bad. It's a pretty name.

[megan_d]

reminds me of ben and jerry's.

[Willowmound]

No problems here. BTW, I've always wondered whether people who name a girl Jade know that one of its meanings is "a woman of disrepute," aka "slut." Too bad. It's a pretty name.

The two meanings (the name and the insult) are etymologically unconnected.

From Etymology Online (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=jade&searchmode=none):

jade (1) (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=jade) "gemstone," 1598, from Fr. le jade, error for earlier l'ejade, from Sp. piedra de (la) ijada (1569), "stone of colic, pain in the side" (jade was thought to cure this), from V.L. *iliata, from L. ilia (pl.) "flanks, kidney area."
jade (2) (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=jade) "worn-out horse," c.1386, possibly from O.N. jalda "mare," from Finno-Ugric (cf. Mordvin al'd'a "mare"). As a term of abuse for a woman, it dates from 1560. Jaded "dulled by continual indulgence" is from 1631.

[ClaudiaGray]

I think it's been a half-century since anyone used "jade" as a slur on a woman, and I think it was seriously antiquated then. I wouldn't worry about it.

[sportacus]

In my WIP, the main characters are Troy, Devin, and Jack. I plan to change Troy's name, because I don't like it. I haven't come up with names I like for either of the two female MCs yet.

[IceCreamEmpress]

"Let the galled jade wince! My withers are unwrung."

I think of that whenever I hear the word "withers" but never when I hear the name "Jade".

[Susan Breen]

Jade is a very strong-sounding name, which I like. Hard to imagine someone boring with a name like that.

[Mel]

Jade (http://www.gemstone.org/gem-by-gem/english/jade.html) A lovely name.

[Phaeal]

I think it's been a half-century since anyone used "jade" as a slur on a woman, and I think it was seriously antiquated then. I wouldn't worry about it.

I'm not worried about it, nor do I think it's a reason to rename a character. Just my personal take on the name and my idiosyncratic reaction to it when I hear it.

[Mythica]

reminds me of ben and jerry's.

mmm..... ice cream....

O_o

I like your character's names! I like names I can pronounce aren't too crazy. Those bug me.