My MC is currently named Tristan. There's no significance to it; the character was a boy originally, and when that changed I kept calling her Tristan until I thought of something better and it ended up sticking. I'm wondering if I should change that, though.
Having an unusual name myself I know kids can be pretty cruel about them, and I really don't want to write that kind of teasing. I also don't want to throw the reader out of the story by making them wonder why her name is what it is. It wouldn't stand out to me, I don't think, but what are your thoughts?
...I have a Matt/Mattie (short for Matilda) too, actually. Though she might end up never being explicitly gendered. Apparently I have a thing for girls with masculine names!
Having an unusual name myself I know kids can be pretty cruel about them, and I really don't want to write that kind of teasing. I also don't want to throw the reader out of the story by making them wonder why her name is what it is. It wouldn't stand out to me, I don't think, but what are your thoughts?
...I have a Matt/Mattie (short for Matilda) too, actually. Though she might end up never being explicitly gendered. Apparently I have a thing for girls with masculine names!