Echidna Name Generator

Choose a name for the first view of the echidna

Generate a few names and try them under a sketch of an echidna beside a log. Archie Wonder might suit a picture-book character. Monotreme Scout might look at home above a drawing in a fictional journal. Put both names beneath the same picture and see whether you look first at the animal, the spines, or the place it is standing.

Try a name alongside the digging scene

Put Snout Digger under a close view of the animal and then under a second sketch that shows the loose earth it has left. Choose another result and try it in both places too. If only one name makes the two sketches feel connected, read it in a short line from someone who saw the echidna. A name that fits the line and the drawing can work in more than one part of the story.

Use a different rhythm for two animals

Puggle Wonder can go below a drawing of a young echidna. Milo Mallee might fit an adult farther along a dry path. Give each animal something different to do. Cover the captions and say both names to someone who can see the drawings. If they cannot tell which name goes where, try one with a different first sound or choose a shorter form for one of the animals.

Read the name when only the path is visible

Keep two names and put each in a sentence about the place where the echidna appeared. Try one with a drawing of a tree root and another with a patch of loose earth. Then look away from the page and say the name once more. Keep the one that brings back the echidna and sounds like something your observer would actually say.

If the longer name works well in the journal, try a short form in conversation. Put both versions beside the same sketch once, then let a character use the short one after the animal has moved away. Check whether the reader still knows which echidna the character means.