What Should My Pen Name Be?

[BristalWilson]

So, I want to have a pen name because I want to write stories and books but I don't need everyone knowing who I am. I need help figuring out what name to have. I have first and last names below, but if you have another name you would like to throw out there, please do! The middle initial will be "B."
FIRST NAMES::
Hazel
Annette
Devyn
Eveleign
Elyse
Avery
Ashlyn

LAST NAMES::
Kimberly
Medlen
Nichols
Whyman
Scott
Stuart
Adams
Acker
Smith
Peterson
Trine
Spruce
Richards
Andersen
Mueller
Stawell
May
Carleton
McLaren
Hanlen
Tyler
Jones

[Mamyalynne]

Devyn B Whyman

[Butterbun]

Avery Hanlen?

[sunny-dave]

William B Shakespeare has a nice ring to it ...

[shoota]

Lady B. Goode

[ladyalex]

Hazel B Spruce sounds solid to me

[shoota]

A little wooden perhaps?

[FredPuli43]

Why do you need a middle initial ? Arthur C Clarke used one, but his name is a common one; adding the C makes it distinct from other Arthur Clarkes.

What kind of works do you write, what genre ? Georgette Heyer happens to sound exactly right for the stuff she wrote, and professional writers are aware of the image a name has when they are choosing pen names.

[jno]

the OP appears to be American, and they commonly use middle initials, FredPuli. Even Harry S Truman had one despite not having a middle name. Wikipedia says this is "a common practice among the Scots-Irish".

[Wharton]

Boz Scott might be inappropriate for a female.

[jeffa]

Sheila Blige
Norma Stitz
Theresa Greene
Edna Bucket (pronounced Bouquet, obviously)
Eva Brick

[ladyalex]

And please welocme those old favourites

Emma Roids and
R Stornaway

[Mamyalynne]

charming

[craft1948]

Ahem............this is not in chatterbank.

[ladyalex]

sorry

[Mamyalynne]

wasn't you Milady

[ladyalex]

thank goodness for that...thought folks had lost their sense of humour here...

[Wharton]

....and R.Scott was a better writer than R.Stornoway ladyalex :-)

[ladyalex]

Then there's always Claude Bottom...but he was more of a lion tamer than an author I suppose....

[jeffa]

I was going to suggest David Nobbs, but he already exists.