The Bad Guy by Susan L.

  There's a little dilemma on my plate. I need to name the bad guy in my book. Right now he's just "the Prince" which is a bit stereotypical don't you think? I combed the Greek and Hebrew section of my concordance for the names of the other characters. Using loose anglicised translations of words representing all that is good and holy ended up working. The good guys handles only have slight differences to names we are familiar with. At least, in North American culture.
  Sometimes when I am reading other fictional pieces, it makes me wonder why they choose the names they do and how do they get them? I was thinking phone book or maybe a baby name dictionary. Or are the characters named after a beloved friend or a long lost cousin? What about their bad guys, is it actually the black sheep of the family?
  It's a cereal box dilemma. Lord, I give this to You trusting in Your inspiration.
  Names are important to us. They must be to God, too. He blessed Adam with the task of naming all of His creations. I'm having a hard time coming up with one! Can you imagine tackling that huge job? Or maybe it was fun for Adam as his Creator and Father stood beside him, delighting in hearing what Adam called all the plants, the fowl, the beasts and the fishes in the sea. Did He have them parade in front of the man like in the story of Noah when the animals came two by two? Well, maybe not the fish. Or did the pair walk through the Garden of Eden with God pointing out a roosting bird or grazing mammal?
  "What would you like to call this one, my son?" He would ask.
   Adam would think for a moment then, with a delighted grin on his face, would shout, "Chicken!"
  "Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name." Gen 2:19