The Naming Guidebook

[Dreadhawk]

Cyberlation

Takezawa Dreadhawk

Cyberlation

i need to make 3 names from latin or something out of these 3 words, but i cant really find out these words. here are the words(btw these are for my characters)

creation(some kind of girls name)
destruction(boy name)
rebirth(boy name)

id really appreciate it if someone helps me

Here's a list from a Latin name generator razz
Use them as you will, haha

@.@
which means what...?

I dunno, I figured you might find a name that sounds close to them in there, but if you want you can look here:

http://www.rinkworks.com/namegen/

[cyberlation]

does anyone know a good name for someone with the following attributes to my story:
rebirth
destrucion



and if this is something related to creation:Arusia

[Asinas]

Cyberlation

i need to make 3 names from latin or something out of these 3 words, but i cant really find out these words. here are the words(btw these are for my characters)

creation(some kind of girls name)
destruction(boy name)
rebirth(boy name)

id really appreciate it if someone helps me

Vita - Life (for Creation.)
Exitium, Eversio, Perditio (For destruction)

[Jademoonlight]

www.20000-names.com

It is a flippin life saver. It list names by nationality and gender. It has over sixty nationality avalible and it even has special catigories like Moon Names, Dark Names, Dragon Names, ETC.

Example of Name:

YA: Chinese name meaning "Grace"
^ ^ ^
Name nationality Meaning

[iloveademon]

thankz
this really helped me in my writing biggrin

[mustluvdepp]

names for characters: yuki,kyo,shiihana

[Arganova]

My personal favorite way to make up a name is to figure out what I want it to sound like (Flowing, gutteral, romatic, ect.), then figure out what languages sound like that, then come up with what it means and babelfish a metric boat-load of words and mix 'n' match parts until I'm satisfied that it sounds cool. So, I give you one of my favorite translating sites. Not so good at the oriental languages, or keeping sentences in propoper grammar, but descent with individual words.

www.babelfish.altavista.com

It's also fun to just keep a giant book full of names I've come up with or heard and thought sounded awesome to reffer to. Maybe someone should just start a giant name-bank thread, though....(In note to first post) *Wanders off to make name-bank.*

[Venom3001]

This may sound strange, but I generated about 4 or 5 fantasy names by connecting elements from the periodic table.

(i.e. Corhir - Cobalt, Rhodium, Iridium, IIRC)

[Sanngetall]

Rejo

Doesn't vanguard mean defenders? Like, the opposite of mercenaries.

You'll find that societies often name themselves contradictory things in real life. For instance, any nation that has "Democratic," "Democracy," and/or "Republic" in its name is almost assuredly not Democratic, or a Republic.

[Venom3001]

Sanngetall

Rejo

Doesn't vanguard mean defenders? Like, the opposite of mercenaries.

You'll find that societies often name themselves contradictory things in real life. For instance, any nation that has "Democratic," "Democracy," and/or "Republic" in its name is almost assuredly not Democratic, or a Republic.

Case in point: The DPRK

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

The only true part of their name is "Korea."
And that's only half-true.

[RedCatharsis]

Do you think that names should come naturally, and they should be named later?

Or do you think you should name a character, and that character starts to get built out of the name?

I'm used both, but I've had a variety of success with both ways.

[Dreadhawk]

Ostenuto

Do you think that names should come naturally, and they should be named later?

Or do you think you should name a character, and that character starts to get built out of the name?

I'm used both, but I've had a variety of success with both ways.

I personally tend to develop a character and end up naming them later.

[KING EXCALIBUR]

just pick random letters, then form an original name...it's fun to do in spare time in class...

[Bot938479028374]

what?