Naming By Districts

~District One

The key: Nouns. People from D1 are named after luxury items, literally. Cashmere, Gloss, Glimmer, Marvel. All of these are normal words you might use in a conversation.

Things to watch out for: Names that sound too similar to Glimmer. Names that are just ‘pretty’. Normal names.

Some suggestions: Silk, Wonder, Tassel, Fedora, Poise, Mylar, Ribbon, Gilt.

You’re doing it wrong: Shimmer, Glitter, Sarah, Ann, Rose, Rainbow.

~District Two

The key: Ancient Rome. People from D2 are named often according to cognomina from ancient Rome. The same goes for the Capitol. Cato, Enobaria, Clove, Brutus. Some changing to the structure is fine- from ‘Clovis’ to ‘Clove’, for example.

Things to watch out for: Pretty much everything else. Names that just sound cool.

Some suggestions: Carnefex, Justin, Elvorix, Cimber, Valentine, Lupus.

You’re doing it wrong: Seraphina, Mark, Allison, Ebony, Light, Valor, John.

~District Three

The key: Think mechanics. Then misspell it. You walk a thin line with D3 names- it’s got to be recognizable. Wiress, Beetee. The roots are ‘Wire’ and ‘TV’. Be creative.

Things to watch out for: ...but don’t be too creative. Names that make no sense. Normal names.

Some suggestions: Fuze, Lasar, Cordin, Gadjet, Drive.

You’re doing it wrong: Jennifer, Outlette, Electronica, Samuel, Holodisc.

~District Four

The key: Surprise, surprise, it’s ocean names. Finnick, Annie, Mags. If you look at the meanings, you’ll find that Annie and Mags both reference the sea, and Finnick (fin) is not that hard to reach.

Things to watch out for: Flower names, especially things that grow nowhere near the coast. ‘Pretty’ names.

Some suggestions: Marlene, Ursula, Romy, Caspian, Naylor, Orman.

You’re doing it wrong: Aquafina, Ariel, Violet, Oceania, Neptune, Carl.

~District Five

Utterly unknown. Do as you wish.

~District Six

Utterly unknown. Do as you wish.

~District Seven

The key: There’s not much of one- you’ll see variety here. The guidelines are not quite as strict, as D7 has only two known names, both of which are very different. Johanna, Blight. Johanna is a biblical, functional name, and Blight is a name relating to the foresting industry.

Things to watch out for: Anything that’s just ‘too much’. Overly fancy names.

Some suggestions: Rachel, Peter, Joseph, Twig, Amber, Pan.

You’re doing it wrong: Evangeline, Pestilence, McKenzie. It’s difficult to go totally wrong.

~District Eight

The key: Similar to District Three, the key in Eight is to find a cloth, a pattern, a method of making clothes- and misspell it. Or, alternately, don’t. Bonnie, Twill, and Paylor. Twill is a type of fabric, Bonnie is thought to reference ‘Bonnie blue quilts’ from the Civil War, and Paylor is a reimagining of Tailor.

Things to watch out for: You can get away with almost anything, as long as it doesn’t have too many bells and whistles.

Some suggestions: Paisley, Frieze, Jaspe, Kersey, Linsey, Tussah.

You’re doing it wrong: Julianne, Dorian, Garrison, Mayetta.

~District Nine

Utterly unknown. Do as you wish.

~District Ten

Utterly unknown. Do as you wish.

~District Eleven

The key: Flower names, bird names, butterfly names, farming names. Spell it right, spell it wrong. Just be original. Rue (flower), Thresh (method for farming or deliberate misspelling of thrush), Seeder (cedar, or literally, she who seeds), Chaff (the protective casings of cereal grain). I could go on.

Things to watch out for: A plain ol’ obvious flower name. ‘Normal’ names.

Some suggestions: Cama, Thistle, Tanager, Finch, Lupine, Zale, Mimosa.

You’re doing it wrong: Rose, Lily, Julie, Rick, George, Tulip.

FRIENDS: comfort you when you fight with your boyfriend

BEST FRIENDS: go over to his house and kick his ass

FRIENDS: bail you outta jail

BEST FRIENDS: sit next to you singing the jail song

FRIENDS: tell you to forget it when you say you want to vandalize a guy's house

BEST FRIENDS: best friends are the ones getting fined by the police with you

FRIENDS: Think your insane for jumping off a roof onto a trampoline

BEST FRIENDS: Are jumping right after you

FRIENDS: come over every couple of months for a sleepover

BEST FRIENDS: are your weekend boarders

FRIENDS: are offended when you make fun of them

BEST FRIENDS: kick your ass and all's forgiven

FRIENDS: are shy around your boyfriend

BEST FRIENDS: will tease him till he blushes redder than a fire engine

FRIENDS: don't see you if you're sick

BEST FRIENDS: are why you're sitting in bed under a blanket with a thermometer, book, and your phone

FRIENDS: dare you to scream into the street

BEST FRIENDS: dare you to go streaking

FRIENDS: call you retarded for running threw bleachers yelling "IT'S PICKLE TIME!"

BEST FRIENDS: are screaming and running with you

FREINDS: Will ignore this

BESTFRIENDS:Will repost this crap

FRIENDS: Will be there for you when he breaks up with you.

BEST FRIENDS: Will call him up and whisper, "Seven days..."

FRIENDS: Helps you find your prince.

BEST FRIENDS: Kidnaps him and brings him to you.

FRIENDS: Will ask you if you're okay when you're crying.

BEST FRIENDS: Will laugh at you and say, "Ha Ha, Loser!"

FRIENDS: Will offer you a soda.

BEST FRIENDS: Will dump theirs on you.

FRIENDS: Will help you move.

BEST FRIENDS: Will help you move the bodies.

Friends: Bring you a tissue to dry your tears.

Best Friends: Have a shovel ready to bury the asshole who did this to you.

FRIENDS:never ask anything to eat or drink

BESTFRIENDS: Help themselves and is the reason you never have any food

FREINDS:Call your parents Mr. Mrs and grandma and grandpa

BESTFRIENDS: Call your parents MOM and DAD GRAMS AND GRANDPA

FRIENDS: Would bail you out of jail

BESTFRIENDS: Would be sitting next to you saying DAMN we screwed up

FRIENDS: Never seen you cry

BESTFRIENDS: Wont tell anyone else you cry... just laugh about it when your not down anymore

FRIENDS: helps you up when you fall

BESTFRIENDS: continues walking while saying, "Walk much dumbass?"

FRIENDS: gives you their umbrella in the rain

BESTFRIENDS: takes yours and says, "RUN, -BEEP- RUN!"

FRIENDS: wipes your tears when your rejected

BESTFRIENDS: goes up to him and says, "It's because your gay isn't it?"

FRIENDS: will bail you out of jail

BESTFRIENDS: would be in the room next to you saying, "THAT WAS AWESOME, LETS DO IT AGAIN!!"

FRIENDS: Ask you to write down your number

BESTFRIENDS: Has you on speed dial

FRIENDS: Borrows your stuff and gives it back a few days later

BESTFRIENDS:Loses your stuff and tells you, "my bad .. heres a tissue"

FRIENDS: Only know a few things about you

BESTFRIENDS: Could write a very embarrassing biography about your life

FREINDS:Will leave you behind if thats what everyone else is doing

BESTFRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowd asses that left you

FRIENDS: Would knock on your front door

BESTFRIENDS:Would walk right in and say,"IM HOME"

FRIENDS: You have to tell them not to tell

BESTFRIENDS: Already know not to tell

FRIENDS: Are through high school /college (drinking buddies)

BESTFRIENDS: Are for life

FRIENDS:Will be there to take your drink away when they think youve had enough

BESTFRIENDS:Will look at you stumbling all over the place and say,"Girl drink the rest of that you know we dont waste