When creating a story from scratch one of the most difficult parts can be finding the proper names for your character. A writer wants the name to fit. To express something about the character. Personally I poured over dozens of books and websites to find a name for my main characters. It took a lot of research to find one that felt right. I wanted a name that would call up a certain image in my reader's mind so I had to think like other people which was hard.
One specific aspect of naming characters or things is that if people do already have a preconceived notion of what that name means they can suffer disappointment if the author fails to meet that expectation.
For instance, search "Chocolate Lilly". You would think a flower with a name like that would look and smell delicious. But it has almost no smell at all and most populations look more like overripe bananas than chocolate.
One specific aspect of naming characters or things is that if people do already have a preconceived notion of what that name means they can suffer disappointment if the author fails to meet that expectation.
For instance, search "Chocolate Lilly". You would think a flower with a name like that would look and smell delicious. But it has almost no smell at all and most populations look more like overripe bananas than chocolate.
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