Character District Naming Guide

Things to Note:

I used multiple sources to put this together, mainly:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7932863/1/A-guide-to-naming-your-tributes

(Most of these names can also be used as surnames)

Adding in z's and y's as well as swithcing out letters make the name sound futuristic, making boring names like Slate become cool names like Slayte. Leaving off letters, adding in some, even doubling letters do the trick too! For Career and Captiol names making them sound French, adding in "le", "je", and "ous" give them a posh effect.

Some names work for multiple districts!

Use Google Translator, Wikipedia, and Baby Name Meaning sites these will help you create names with 'district connotation'.

Leave suggestions in the comments!

Be creative!

The Capital of Panem
The Capitol is known for affluence and extravangence so don't be shy with what I said above. Make the names cool, but readable, I like to add in how to pronounce my characters name just to make it clear so it's easier on the reader.

Canon Names:

Effie, Cinna, Atla, Caesar, Cressida, Caludius, Coriolar, Castor, Flavius, Fulvia, Plutarch, Plooux, Posrtia, Seneca, Tax, Tigris, Venia

Suprisingly, most Captiol names are Roman or Greek names, both cultures known for their affluence. Simply search up Roman and Greek myths and you'll find a whole bunch of great names

Maxmimus, Agathe, Agnes, Leto, Zeus, Hera, Dionysus, Bacchus, Volcanus, Dyana, Vesta, Pan, Clio

Also government terms (I like these, but use them sparingly given District 2 is known for Defense and these name suit them much better)

Affirmia, Supreme, Legis, Liberal, Regime, Census, Caucus, Dele, Justice, Clause

(NOT Percy Jackson please no this is the Hunger Games)

It may sound odd but dog names sound good too for instance, I think these names sound suprisingly suitable for a Capitolite:

Coco, Fifi, Vanilla, Roxie, Iggy, Rocco

Astrology and Meterology
Given that District Zero is fan-made we don't have any canon names to work off of, but we do have some background that was created. First off, given this district is centered around space we can name our tributes after comets or astrological terms, as well as fancy meterology terms and past hurricane names.

Halley, Lovejoy, Lexell, Naught, Eclipse, Tempel, Faye, Burnham, Gunn, Clark, Aerovane, Albedo, Anabatic, Laminar, Katrina, Galveston, Carol, Sandy, Edna

(Though I these names are cool, they may be stretching it a little too much but,)  We know the area is located in Alaska so maybe we can use cold names like:

Frigyd, Chilld, Shivur, Froste, Glacia, Gelid, Snoww

Luxury
District One is the luxury district which tells us that they must work in fields that are not necessary for survival. These means they have jobs like hairdressers, cosmetic surgeons, painters, gourmet chefs, makeup artists, tattoo artist, actors, models, and of course, Careers, Stylists, Escorts, and Gamemakers. This gives us the idea their names should sound fancy.

Canon names: Gloss, Glimmer, Marvel, Cashmere

So these names are basically either synonyms for pretty or luxurious, fancy materials. So how about:

Gleam, Ruby, Valour, Glitta, Ornate, Intria, Chic, Lavish, Lux, Sylver, Gould, Platinum, Luster, Emeralda, Sapphire

(I tend to leave out fancy clothing materials for District 8 use)

Then again, what about Marvel? That means to be astonished. And plus, Careers are strong and powerful. Let's try:

Hero, Prodigy, Warrior, Nite, Awe, Wonder, Bran, Burlie, Forte, Intenzitee, Ardor

Masonry
District Two is also a Career district so it often has names similar to the Captiol and District 1, but with a more edgy sound.

Canon Names: Cato, Clove, Eonbaria, Lyme, (Peacekeepers: Cray,Darius, Romulus, Purnia)

So edgy Capitol names could be:

Alana, Oreta, Blaze, Ryker, Nolan, Thor, Alexis, Terra, Dax, Nero, Boaz, Bulla, Jason

But District 2 is Masonry and Peacekeepers so we can try words that have to do with mining, defense, and government such as:

Quartz, Alertt, Assalt, Ballystyk, Ally, Azimuth, Slayte

And the ones I listed in the Captiol section:

Affirmia, Supreme, Legis, Liberal, Regime, Census, Caucus, Dele, Justice, Clause

(Be original! Don't use Mason, Stone, or Smith)

Technology
District 3 is technology so it will be very simple for you too make up a cool name with anything involoing electricity or circuitry.

Canon Names: Beetee, Wiress

These names are also very twisted so we can assume that most of these names use letters to make them or futuristic like:

Techna, Cable, Electryck, Binary, Bugg, Magne, Giga, Lumen, Watt, Lite, Byte, Mega, Beta, Alpha, Gamma

Even current electronic systems work too:

Vista, Mac, Acer, Toshibia, Verizyn, Sony, Vizio, Wipro, Del, Panasonic, Samsung, Wyse,

Fishing
District Four, fishing! Many people first thoughts are water deities! But when we step back, we see that this district has pretty normal names.

Canon Names: Annie, Finnick, Mags

So what does that leave us with? I suggest using regular names that have do with the sea, moreso a connotation rather than a direct meaning like:

Sirena, Syren, Coral, Dylan, Ermin, Finbar, Penelope Slaton

Also try fishing terms, fish names, or sea terms that sound relatively normal like:

Amur, Angler, Algae, Barb, Bob, Cray, Gill, Bay, Sia

(Please don't use Phish or Oceania it's just...no)

Power
Ohh District Five...poor District Five not a single cannon name.

But, we do now you have something to do with science, research, and power! So...yeah that's something. Personally I think these names will probably sound normal but let's try some 'power' terms that don't sound like District 3:

Burn, DeCee, Curent, Lymt, Dyanmyc, Divrss, Efficient, Atom, Genera, Sparck, Boil

These could probably be much better but I think famous scientist names or smart sounding names fit the district much better:

Edison, Alba, Foster, Isaac, Nina, Martin, Carter

(Try to keep these names as far away from District 13 and District 3 as possible)

Transport
Ok, this is were it's getting tough, jeez, why can't Suzanna Collins just make another book! Here, we have one name:

Canon Name- Titus

No, no, no, this can't do, we have to have something that makes sense! How about railway, car, and airplane terms like:

Motive, Unit, Blak, Equi, Auto, Boost, Brake, Accel

There we go! Those are OK, right?

Hey, at least I tried.

Lumber
Many names for this district come to mind but not all of them are great. I always think of tree related names, much like everyone else but this district has average sounding names.

Canon Names- Blight, Johanna

So instead of trying to out something that has directly to do with trees lets try things with a "nature" connotation. Let's try:

Amber, Ivy, Rowan, Jack, Aspen, Barker,

There we go! Now let's try words that have to do with plants but aren't necessarily trees:

Thicket, Grove, Vyne, Natura, Hedge, Root, Cane, Deciduous, Fall

OK, maybe one or two tree names:

Acacia, Sakura, Caspum, Hesman

(Stay away from common trees like Oak, Pine, or Spruce!)

Textiles
Ahh, District Eight finally back to a place with some actual canon names that have to do with their district.

Canon Names- Bonnie, Cecelia, Woof, Twill, Paylor

If you actually look up the words, they have to do with textiles and weaving techniques. So let's try that out, along with some textile materials:

Burton, Yarnn, Flax, Sash, Thredd, Dress, Twyla, Jute, Sue

(I prefer to use name like Silk or Lacey for people in Distrcit Eight who live in repsected families/factory owners)

Grain
Spoke too soon, we're back with another district that doesn;t have ONE SINGLE canon name. Seriously Suzanne!? Seriously!?

Here we're going to try for some natural sounding names that don't sound like District Seven:

Mazie, Rye, Miller, Milo, Arley, Bran, Harvey, Sunnoria, Seeder, Kernel, Grist

OK that's the best I can do!

Livestock
Uhh, ok so we're basically starting from scratch except for one name.

Canon Name: Dalton

Well, Dalton means 'from the velley town' which basically gives away what District 10 looks like but also informs use that District 10 names are not solely based on their occupations. For example we can use names like:

Sable, Eve, Angus, Mike, Orford, Viscera, Baron, Blood, Furr, Feed, Butcha, Chop, Veal, Venison

Agriculture
OK this time Suzanne left us with a little something.

Canon Names- Rue, Thresh, Chaff, Martin, Seeder

Ok so these names go a lot better with District Nine, but we can make do, we can use names like:

Caritta, Soya, Peppah, Till, Trail, Whent, Bean, Spud

Coal
So this time Suzanne Collins left us with a bunch of names but this time, they make no sense.

Canon Names- Peeta, Primrose, Haymitch, gale, bristel, Delly, Greasy Sae, Hazelle, Leevy, Madge, Masilee, Rooba, Rory, Thom, Vick, Ripper, Posy

OK these names (if you haven't realized already) mostly have to do with plants. Now, it may seem like, "Suzanna used these, we MUST follow her plan!". But the thing is, these names don't follow the overall pattern amongst all of the districts. Try to describe coal mining....here's an example:

Brooke, Ash, Mist, Darkk, Hilt, Pick,

Then we can use names that bring happiness into the dreary lives of District 12 such as:

Hope, Joy, Charity, Chasity, Believe, Peace, Faith

Nuclear Power
TBA

Muttation Creation
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