A new name game

Could this be Ipetrya?
Source: PartyPM
(I won't link to their site because it's quite NSFW.)

You already know I have a fascination with names, partly because my own name is so unusual. And you know I have a lot of fun with words.

I just finished reading the Hunger Games trilogy, and wondered how the author came up with the characters' names. I know the old [middle name] + [street name from your youth] trick, but for sci-fi or any fantasy genre, that doesn't always work.

And then I had a night of insomnia. As I lay there not sleeping, I played around with things you could do to a "normal" North American name that would make it sound out-of-this-world. Here's what I came up with.

STEP 1: Syllable Swap
If your name has two or more syllables take any of the later syllables and move it to the front. If you have a one-syllable name, proceed to Step 2.

Wynn Anne => Anne Wynn
Katharine => Akathrine
Emily => Ilemy
Peter => Terpe
Brian => Anbri

Not bad so far, though my own is pretty boring.

STEP 2: Consonant Substitution

Take the first consonant and substitute it with the one three further in the alphabet. So W becomes Z, C becomes G, and so on. If your first consonant is part of a consonant blend, substitute any different consonant blend. So, ST could be CH, for example.

Wynn Anne => Anne Wynn
            => Arne Wynn
Katharine => Akathrine
            => Anathrine
Emily => Ilemy
            => Ipemy
Peter => Terpe
            => Xerpe
Brian => Anbri
            => Arbri
Steve => Cheve
Joe => Moe

Looking better. Some of the names are already completely unrecognizable.

STEP 3: Add a Vowel
Any vowel, anywhere.

Wynn Anne => Anne Wynn
            => Arne Wynn
            => Arine Wynn
Katharine => Akathrine
            => Anathrine
            => Anathrione
Emily => Ilemy
            => Ipemy
            => Ipemya
Peter => Terpe
            => Xerpe
            => Xeripe
Brian => Anbri
            => Arbri
            => Arbriu
Steve => Cheve
            => Chaeve
Joe => Moe
            => Moye

STEP 4: More Consonant Fun
Using one of the following, either swap out a consonant or add to the end.

G, K, L, M, CH, TR

Wynn Anne => Anne Wynn
            => Arne Wynn
            => Arine Wynn
            => Arine Wyng
Katharine => Akathrine
            => Anathrine
            => Anathrione
            => Anathrioche
Emily => Ilemy
            => Ipemy
            => Ipemya
            => Ipetrya
Peter => Terpe
            => Xerpe
            => Xeripe
            => Xeripem
Brian => Anbri
            => Arbri
            => Arbriu
            => Arbriuk
Steve => Cheve
            => Chaeve
            => Chaele
Joe => Moe
            => Moye
            => Moyeg

STEP 5: Add an Evil Syllable

To help your readers identify a bad guy, add one of these two to the end of the name:

OL or SK

Wynn Anne => Anne Wynn
            => Arne Wynn
            => Arine Wynn
            => ArineWyng
            => Arine Wyngol
Katharine => Akathrine
            => Anathrine
            => Anathrione
            => Anathrioche
            => Anathriochesk [hm. we may have gone too far on this one.]
Emily => Ilemy
            => Ipemy
            => Ipemya
            => Ipetrya
            => Ipetryask
Peter => Terpe
            => Xerpe
            => Xeripe
            => Xeripem
            => Xeripemol [this sounds like an enzyme or something. Should I suggest it to Pfizer?]
Brian => Anbri
            => Arbri
            => Arbriu
            => Arbriuk
            => Arbriuksk
Steve => Cheve
            => Chaeve
            => Chaele
            => Chaeleol
Joe => Moe
            => Moye
            => Moyeg
            => Moyegol

Yes, I had a really, really hard time falling asleep that night.