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Sounds fun!

For my historical fiction novel, Where Faith Remains, the main characters’ names just came to me without any thought, so I wasn’t thinking about their meanings or anything.

For my MC, Eliza, her full name is Elizabeth Jaeda, which I think is beautiful. Elizabeth means “God is my oath” and Jaeda means “wise” according to my Google search. Eliza’s father’s name is Russell, which means “red” according to another search. XD

For my Life of Sacrifice Series, my Biblical fiction series about St. Paul, a couple characters do have very symbolic names. My MC, Paul’s sister, is Temira, which means “tall” which is funny since she’s quite small. XD I just chose the name because I liked it. For Temira’s son and Paul’s oldest nephew, Reuben, his name means “behold, a son” and Temira chose this name for him because she’d struggled to have a child and when she finally had one, her shame was taken away. Like Leah, who named her son Reuben for the same reason (Genesis 29:32). For Seth, Temira’s adopted son and Paul’s adopted nephew, his name means “anointed; compensation.” Which is extremely symbolic because Seth was anointed by God to save his uncle’s life and consequently the lives of many in the Roman Empire, because Paul was able to minister in Rome later (Acts 23:16). The “compensation” part of his name is also extremely symbolic, but I can’t say why because that would be a spoiler. 😉 Seth, of course, is another Biblical name – Eve named her third son Seth because he was her compensation for Abel after Cain killed him (Genesis 4:25).

Funny thing about Reuben’s and Seth’s names is that I actually originally chose both just because I liked them, and I was shocked when I looked up the meanings and saw how well they fit the characters and the story. XD