This article examines character names in MS Serudu's drama, Kelelagobedi, as well as their potential impact on the narrative and character development. The study demonstrates the varied ways in which most of the names used in the drama contribute to character depiction and their functions within the storyline, by examining several types of character names used by the author. These are associative names, metaphoric names, and traditional names. Greater insights are further explored into the author's creative intentions of linking characters to their respective roles, by interpreting the underlying meanings and implications of the names, and finally demonstrating the significance of these names in moulding readers' views and sympathies towards fictional individuals. This discussion will centre on the classification of names into associative, metaphoric, and traditional categories, with the last category encompassing names that convey praise, heritage, and signify marital status.

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