Anthroponymy

*Anthroponymy. What baby names are hot? Do new parents give their kids lots of unusual names with wide diversity, or are they more traditional or conformist in naming? Are there names used by parents of a particular counterculture/subculture (like the Mormon Clegg, the African-American Chiniqua, or the hippie Rainbow)? What are the most common names among girls and boys of grade school age? Girls and boys of high school and college age? Girls and boys in their twenties? Women and men in their thirties . . . forties . . . fifties . . . sixties? Senior women and senior men?  If the human lifespan has been medically extended, what names are used by centenarians (women and men)? Are original last names created (e.g. a mother named Menendez and a father named Dreyfuss giving their child the surname Dreyfez or Menenfuss)? How many women switch to their husbands’ surnames upon marriage? (Is this last practice more common in some generations than in others?) How popular is hyphenation? Is it common for people to legally change their names? Are ethnic first names popular in what is now the United States? What are the most common surnames in your country, and how common in general are the surnames of different ethnic groups? Do people of different generations usually shorten their names or go by their full first names – Thomas vs. Tom vs. Tommy vs. TJ? Are kreeaytiv rheighspellingz of names popular?*

Names of fictional characters in Inner Bruise:

Adrian Kerekes, around Steve's age
Aidan O'Neill, an elementary school classmate of Steve's
Alyssa Weber, Steve's mother, 47
Andrew Jacoby, RN, BSN, a nurse, about 60
Andy, Stephanie's boyfriend
Anna, a GAP employee, around Steve's age
Aquetta, a popular musician
Artemisia Feldman, Steve's ex-boyfriend, around Steve's age
Avery Graham, around Steve's age
Brad Hargreaves Bruise, Steve's brother, 14
Brandon Ifill, a reggae star who died at age 27
Colin Vang, Avery's friend
Dan, Peter's partner in private detective work
David Levine, Joyce Levine’s son
Eric Tamayo, someone leaving an ecomment
Ethan Milian, a popular musician
Park Eu-jin, former head of state in North Korea
Euridice Brucker, Avery's friend
Frank Precioso, an AALL card thief, in his mid-forties
Genisa, a popular musician
Gita Dhaliwal, RN, BSN, a hospital employee
Gordon, Steve's uncle
Greg Erikson, Sandy’s boyfriend, around Steve's age
Harry O’Day, Nevada attorney general
Heather, Joyce Levine’s daughter
Ilana Greenberg, inventor of powdered tea, under 12 in 2021 (under 19 in 2028)
Jacob Cho, Steve's family doctor
Jeff King, around Steve's age
Jeffrey “Switcher” Hess, an AALL card thief, about 40
Jen Delgado, someone leaving an ecomment
Jenée, a pop singer
Jenny, a GAP employee, around Steve's age
Jessica Bunce, around Steve's age
Jessica Vartanian, King TV anchor, in her forties
Jocasta Lin, around Steve's age
John Jones, an AALL card thief, about 50
Jordan, Joyce Levine’s grandson
Josh Benson, an elementary school classmate of Steve's
Joyce Levine, a hospital patient, 93
Kevin Flax, aroud Steve's age
Kiomars (Kio) Tehrani, Kevin’s boyfriend, around Steve’s age
Larry Brown, King TV anchor, in his late twenties
Lee Wayne Sutherland, an AALL card thief, 40
Lindsay Ritter, King TV anchor, in her thirties
Luann Meyer, around Steve's age
Lyndsay Spelt, Pres. LeGrand's challenger
Madison, Joyce Levine’s great-granddaughter
Marita, Richie's aunt
Mark Giannakis, lead singer of Bleach, 22
Michaela, Steve's aunt
Miguel Ortiz, union leader, 34
Peter Stouffer, around Steve's age
Ramón Alvarado, around Steve's age
Dr. Ravi Thakkar, a doctor
Ricardo (Richie) Fernandez, around Steve's age
Rochelle Conti, 16
Rutherford LeGrand, U.S. president
Ryan Ferrell, American politician
Sandy Olson, around Steve's age
Sharon Moran, 17
Ahn Soon-Yi, head of state in North Korea
Stan Dzwonkowski, lead singer of Sulfur Pie
Stephan Genkins (Steve) Bruise, 16
Stephanie Fernandez, around Steve's age
Suri, florist from Green Hand, the local nursery
Suzanne Ahmed, a nurse
Tae-yeon Park, Avery’s girlfriend, around Steve’s age
Tara Condon, someone leaving an ecomment
Tenisha Coleman, Peter's girlfriend, around Steve's age
Trevor Ho, King TV anchor, 23
Trey, drummer from Bleach, around Mark Giannakis' age
Vanessa Carlton Bruise, Steve’s sister, 19
Zach Stillwell, lead singer of Thirst
Zoe Dabkowski, a nurse

First name not known:

Ms. Anstruther, Richie's employer at Kristofferson's
President ? Sueoka, former U.S. president
President ? Zuniga, former U.S. president