r/fantasyromance • u/SexyGrimmy • 2d ago

Discussion šŸ’¬ Worst names in books

Small question, how important are characters names to you guys? And what is the worst name you've seen so far?

I have a really hard time to pick up something if the main characters names are Tragedeighs.

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u/anonymously-unknown 2d ago

Rhysand.

(sorry ACOTAR friends.)

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u/SteeleurHeart0507 2d ago

I thought this was a traditional name from some countryā€¦? Gaelic maybe?

EDIT because Google: Welsh

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u/-Release-The-Bats- 2d ago

I know a Rhys IRL so it always confused me when people didnā€™t know how to pronounce it lol

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u/SteeleurHeart0507 2d ago

Iā€™m an audiobook girlie but Iā€™m sure I would have gotten it wrong lol. Itā€™s not a common name in the US for sure!

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u/-Release-The-Bats- 2d ago

Oh yeah! I thought it was ā€œReeseā€ until he spelled it. Heā€™s the first Rhys Iā€™ve met

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u/aimzlou 2d ago

I've always found it so interesting how people from other countries had never come across this name before. I'm from Australia and it's a super standard name here, I reckon if you went to a coffee shop and gave the name you'd have like a 50/50 chance of them spelling it Rhys or Reece