Character Names

[❀ Sariah ❀]

We would probably all love links to ideas for character names, as well as a place to describe nameless characters and get help choosing names for them. ;)

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Pretty, faerie-like names:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

http://hasani.net.phtemp.com/beautifu...

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Water names:

http://hasani.net.phtemp.com/water.html

http://nameberry.com/blog/water-names...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

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Hasani.net (love you, hasani!):

http://hasani.net.phtemp.com/names.html

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Medieval names:

http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/...

http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/... (last names)

http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/... (so incredibly awesome!!)

http://www.medievalnames.net/evil-med... (evil names)

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

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Last names:

http://suite101.com/article/creative-...

http://names.mongabay.com/most_common... (very common--in fact, most common in the US)

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Fantasy names:

http://pacejmiller.com/2009/03/01/the... (article on creating fantasy names--no ideas, but includes links)

http://www.lunarberry.com/library/mys...

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Secret/mystery names:

http://www.20000-names.com/secret_nam...

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Generators:

http://www.namegenerator.biz/

http://www.kleimo.com/random/name.cfm (ohmygosh, I LOVE this! So useful!! Just keep generating and mix-and-matching last/first names until you get something you like)

http://www.vulture.com/2012/03/hunger...

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Funny doctor names:

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~stoddard/do...

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Edgy/cool/unique/tough boy names:

http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/art...

http://www.fitpregnancy.com/baby/baby...

http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/art...

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Evil names:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...



I know, I know, I need a longer list. Help would be appreciated! :D

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Fire names:

http://hasani.net.phtemp.com/flame.html

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Hawaiian names:

http://hawaiiannames.hisurf.com/

http://www.alohafriends.com/names_tra...

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I looooove Google translate for coming up with names and other stuff. Need spells? Google translate. Place names? Google translate. Fantasy-like names? Google translate. Magical/fantasy object names? Google translate. :D For example, I looked up "beautiful world" (http://translate.google.com/#auto/eo/...) in Esperanto. Bela mondo...hm...magical world named Belamondo? Sure.
One of the million reasons I love Google.

[Geneva]

Thanks for the fire names! I might need them for a story I'm thinking of working on.

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Geneva wrote: "Thanks for the fire names! I might need them for a story I'm thinking of working on."

Yay, no problem. ;)

[Iesha (In east shade house at...)]

This was helpful ^.^

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Good, I'm glad. :)

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New Method for Coming Up with Last Names:
Go to Google. Type in "site:facebook.com", exactly like that. Now type in the name (not a surname; this doesn't work very well with surnames) you came up with for your character in front of that. Search. Page through your results. These are names real people have, names parents have thought sounded good with certain last names.

Note: This will not work well if your character name is something fantasy-like, like Katniss (wonder where I got THAT from) or something.

[Geneva]

ha