: Re: How can I make names more distinctive without making them longer? In the point-of-view culture in my story, all of the women in priestly families have two-syllable names beginning with vowels.

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As Tom says, applying the rule that these women's names must start with vowels cuts the selection to about 20%. So perhaps you could allow some consonants at the starts of their names. Perhaps those that have liquid sounds, e.g. L, R, W and Y.

When I imagine characters in a story, I try to keep track of the initial of the name of each, to keep it clear in my mind which name is which character. This works best if characters who appear together have different initials. So allowing more options for women's initials helps.

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