Finding Names for Characters and Places One of the questions I constantly hear from new writers is “Where do you get all those names?” Here are some of the […]
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Short-Short: Random Last Name Generator
HERE’S a nifty little random name generator – for surnames. It’s only English, but it’ll get you started on those secondary characters. Back to the Hillerman Conference soon…
Short-short: Ship’s Passenger Lists
HERE’S a great list of actual names – you can look up passengers on ships from the 1700’s and 1800’s – fantastic way to come up with character names!
Short-Shorts: Last Names
HERE’S another little website I found while researching – it’s a LAST name generator for your characters, using US census data.
Short-Shorts: Name Your Characters
HERE is a nice little collection of ways you can come up with unique character names, by our friends at WikiHow.
5 Rules for Naming Your Characters
I’m currently faced with the challenge of naming a new character. This is harder than non-writers realize. You can’t just slap any name down and declare the job done — […]