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Post: 22665963_46 created on Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:39 amPosted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:39 am
A good all-purpose name generator is http://www.squid.org/tools/names/. It has a good mix of names from various cultures (everything from the Amazon to Japan), as well as fantasy names, Tolkein-ish names, place names, and pretty much any type of name you'd need.

Still, I'd recommend trying to make up your own name using the very handy guide in this thread before resorting to generators. That way, you have the satisfaction of doing it on your own.
 
     
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Post: 22665963_49 created on Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:10 amPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:10 am
 
So, umm. Any opinions on what I posted a page ago? gonk
     
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Post: 22665963_50 created on Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:34 amPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:34 am
This is my favorite site for going through and just memorizing names for later use, and their meanings. http://lowchensaustralia.com/names/mysticalnames.htm
At the same time, it's not always useful, and if you're looking for long, fancy names, this isn't going to help.
 
     
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Post: 22665963_51 created on Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:26 amPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:26 am
 
Hmm. I remember noticing this before. When I came back to the WF I thought I saw this sticky in a dream or something, and yet here it is, alive and real.

What ever happened to the name bank?
     
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Post: 22665963_52 created on Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:52 amPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:52 am
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Hmm. I remember noticing this before. When I came back to the WF I thought I saw this sticky in a dream or something, and yet here it is, alive and real.

What ever happened to the name bank?
I've seen it floating around, somewhere, still in the WF.
 
     

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Post: 22665963_54 created on Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:49 amPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:49 am
 
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It's about time we got a sticky like this. Thanks! It's fantastic. I only hope it helps.

This sticky is my savior *bowing in front of computer* Thank you to the people who made this thing.
     
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Post: 22665963_55 created on Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:16 amPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:16 am
Hey, some of those links were actually very helpful. See, I don't know of any Cambodian names, but I had a kid who was from Cambodia and was one of my characters.

I was calling him Cam for lack of a better name. Calling someone from Cambodia 'Cam' just isn't cool.

I'm going to call him Rangsey.
 
     
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Post: 22665963_56 created on Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:59 pmPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:59 pm
 
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Hmm. I remember noticing this before. When I came back to the WF I thought I saw this sticky in a dream or something, and yet here it is, alive and real.

What ever happened to the name bank?
Scuttled. It's still in this forum, but it's not stickied anymore.
     

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Post: 22665963_57 created on Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:24 amPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:24 am
biggrin This is SO helpful!!! I can never come up with names for people or places.
 
     
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Post: 22665963_58 created on Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:40 amPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:40 am
 
*Studio Applause* Yeesh...lotsa names. This is a real help, and I gotta hand it ti you for putting it together. Thanks so much for doing this!
     
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Post: 22665963_59 created on Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:43 amPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:43 am
For non-human characters I mix and match names from different ethnic groups...other times I just flat-out make a name.
 
     
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Post: 22665963_60 created on Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:13 amPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:13 am
 
Need some advice.

I'm writing a novel...well it's currently more of a novella...but whaterya gonna do, eh?

Anyway, I was thinking of calling it "Like Hell", but I'm afraid that would be interpreted more literally as it is about hell and therefore is not like hell as it is hell. Very complicated, I know.
     
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