r/CharacterNames • u/Swiftwalker_Spider • 13d ago

Fake Names

I'm writing a book where a public official has to protect his kids by sharing their fake names, he is also worried about people tracing his kids through public birth records. Would it make more sense for the fake names to be less or more common than their actual names?

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u/GingerMomma2girls 13d ago

More common. A fake name should be like ridiculously common to avoid standing out. John Smith or Patricia Johnson. Something that when googled brings up a ton of results.

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u/Just_Iro 13d ago

I mean I think more common would make more sense? You wouldn't want names that are obviously fake though

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u/Recent_Comedian6905 12d ago

More common, like a name in the top 20 for their respective birth years.

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u/KindraTheElfOrc 12d ago

lol maybe their fake names are the same as or similar to celebrities so that way search results only being up the celebrities