What's In A Name?

I think names are very important. Especially in fiction. They encapsulate in a word so much about a person. It is for this reason that I have struggled so much in deciding a name for our deuteragonist. I gave him the name David for its popularity, but have come to realise that his character requires something far more aberrant and peculiar. Not only does the name need to appear in this way, but the meaning behind the name needs to fit who he is and what he stands for.

I'm currently using Shaphan (Shay-fen) and seeing how I like it. Javan only lasted a day, and Elah is to come next should Shaphan not work out. I'm just not entirely satisfied. None of them really jump out at me and scream "Perfect!" Not that a name has the capacity to do that, but one can only hope...

Evelyn, however, would scream "Perfect!" if it could. It's an oxymoron for our protagonists current existence. It means "life, living, lively", but really she is a living death by her inequity. The hope is that by being made for life, she will find it- in the sense of being truly alive and free.

What's in a name?

Oh a rose, a rose.

Who is to blame?

The creator I spose.

Or perhaps the creator is not to blame,

For the suffering caused by the name?

But does it really matter who knows

The blame of the name, a rose, a rose?