We had over a hundred entries in the Give My Character a Last Name Contest last week, so thank you for the support! Now it’s time to pick a winning name and reward two folks with gift certificates.
There were lots of great suggestions for Maldynado’s name (some of you put some real thought into this!), and many of them could have been winners. In the end, there was a bit of Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe involved in the selection, and I decided to go with some alliteration because it sounded more pretentious, and that’s just perfect for Maldynado. 😉
Before I announce the winner, here are a few honorable mentions (they made the list either because they were almost chosen or because they made me laugh):
- Gigolocrest from Erwin S.
- “Ridencrest (Riden = laughing in Latin)” from Susie
- “Feathercrest (would explain his hats)” from Tara
- Warcrest from Jen (and others)
- Battlecrest from Lisa
- Mountcrest from Snagglewordz (“Alliteration and the word mount could be interpreted in a number of ways.” Yes, yes it could… :D)
- Falconcrest from Valicia (and others)
- Sabercrest from Victoria (and others)
- Moltencrest from Candace
- Daringcrest from Gail
- Ludicrest from Kate (sounds like ludicrous, eh?)
- Spirecrest from Tiff
- Thistlecrest from Liana
- Brightcrest from Dawn
- Arrowcrest from Chandra
- Silvercrest from Robin (and others)
- Hedoncrest from Amy
- Ardencrest from Jenna (“the ‘arden’ coming from the word ‘ardent’ – and who can argue that Maldynado isn’t ardent?”)
- Stagcrest from Mariah
- Thewcrest from Khaalidah
- Milkenhoneycrest from Stacey
And the winner is…
Maldynado Montichelu Marblecrest submitted by Kate.
I know, I know, with a set of names like that, it’s a wonder he didn’t run away from home before his family could disown him!
So, if you remember from the original post, I said there’d be two winners, the one whose name I chose and then another random participant.
The winners are Kate and…
(I like making things dramatic with all these ellipses)
Abbie A.
Thank you, everyone else, for taking the time to enter!
That’s an excellent name! I’m glad we get to learn more about Maldy, he’s one of my favorite characters.
Between that one and Marl Mugdildor, I think the initial M is pretty well covered. XD
Well, Books needed a pretentious name too. 😛 Couldn’t just call him Bob Smith!
Excellent! Congratulations Kate! 😀 Love the alliteration and am looking forward to learning more about Maldynado Montichelu *Marblecrest* and his family.
Lindsay, fun contest, thanks heaps for the honourable mention! 🙂
Congrats winners, hey I was happy to at least see my name on the list!
I WAS going to submit “Watercrest” but I like those sandwiches too much to let you appropriate the name. (I know, I know: groan!) 🙂
Great name, and congrats to the winners.
Marblecrest is a great last name, but could you just imagine the never-ending razzing he would get from the gang if his name *had* been Mountcrest? 😀 lol It could still end up a nickname… or even a code name!
Wow! Hedoncrest got an honorable mention! Thanks Lindsay! But you’re right, Marblecrest does sound just pretentious enough for Maldynado. I can’t wait to read EE4… are you done writing it yet?
Congrats winners and honorable mentions! That was a fun contest 🙂
Woohoo! Congrats to all the winners and honorable mentions :). And I do believe Marblecrest is very fitting . . . especially if he ever gets that statue . . . will most certainly be carved from marble ;).
-Jenna
Congrats to the winners 😀