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Old 7th August 2007, 04:37 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Name Resources: For those who have trouble naming their rogues, villians and heroes

Japanese Surnames
http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources...n/Surnames.htm

Draconic Language
http://bardstune.4t.com/dragonlanguage.htm

English to Japanese and other online translators
http://www.freedict.com/onldict/jap.html

Elvish phrases for the Tolkien geek in all of us
http://www.grey-company.org/Circle/language/phrase.htm

Elven names
http://www.angelfire.com/rpg2/vortexshadow/names.html

Seventh Sanctum: The name generator site from heck
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/index.php

2000 names and more: Lots of pop-ups. Have your blocker engaged, otherwise good site
http://www.20000-names.com/

Common Latin phrases
http://users.bigpond.net.au/renton/310.htm

Online Sindarin translator
http://www.jrrvf.com/cgi-bin/hiswelo...ate=bird&phon=

Lots of tolkien language links
http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/language2.htm

Angel/Demon names
http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/nameindx.htm

Hope this helps!
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Old 7th August 2007, 04:46 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Great idea! When I'm on my home PC, I'll update this post with some sources of my own.

Enworld Name List
http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?...1&postcount=81
List all of your character names! *read the instructions*

Yet Another Fantasy NAme Generator
http://hamete.org/cgi-bin/yafnagen

Finding Your Magical Name
http://groups.msn.com/MysticForestof...ickalname.msnw

Dwarf Name Generator
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/genera...ame=dwarfnamer

The Elvish Name Generator
http://www.chriswetherell.com/elf/

The Hobbit Name Generator
http://www.chriswetherell.com/hobbit/

Orc and Goblin Name Generator
http://www.paper-dragon.com/fantasyland/orcname.html

Ever Changing Book of Names
http://ebon.pyorre.net/

Ancient and Medieval Names
http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/nam...ievalnames.htm

Behind the Name: Ancient Names
http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/anci.php

Historical Names
http://www.historicalnames.com/master_list_a.asp

Babylonian Names
http://www.geocities.com/mariamnephi...babylonia.html

Celtic Name Meanings
http://www.name-meanings.com/celtic_name_meanings.php

Viking Name Generator
http://www.thequarter.org/Media/VikingName.php

Think Baby Names
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/
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Old 7th August 2007, 09:09 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Here are a few sites that I use to generate new names for NPCs, communities, and organizations. I use Behind the Name, as well, but Thurbane already posted that one. )

AltaVista Babel Fish Translation
http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn

Baby Name Box
http://www.babynamebox.com/

Free Online Dictionaries (WARNING: Annoying Popups)
http://www.freedict.com/

Online Etymology Dictionary
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php

Thousands of NAMES
http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names.htm
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Maybe the Moderator should sticky this thread, that way, people will be able to find it quickly. Because, I dunno about you guys, I find it hard at times to name my characters. I figure it must be ten times as hard for a DM to find unique or appropriate names for their NPCS and dastardly villains.etc.
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I agree, a sticky would be nice.

I couldn't tell you the number of time's I've played with guys whose characters were called "Peter Smith", "Elrond" or "Gnome Sorcerer"...
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Maybe the Moderator should sticky this thread, that way, people will be able to find it quickly. Because, I dunno about you guys, I find it hard at times to name my characters. I figure it must be ten times as hard for a DM to find unique or appropriate names for their NPCS and dastardly villains.etc.
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Feel free to add your own naming sites, tis an open thread and the more resources, the better with this!
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I'm assuming it's common knowledge around here, but I'd like to suggest one that everyone should check if they are looking for naming... pretty much anything.

Seventh Sanctum
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/
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It's not a special resource, but I'd like to post a link to a list of names I collected from settings I made:
http://www.thecbg.org/e107_plugins/f...opic.php?42766
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Digital Dictionaries of South Asia
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/

I just found this link... awesomeness!
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This one's been around for years:
http://www.squid.org/tools/random/index.php

The online version of the "By Any Other Name" series from Dragon Magazine
http://grey-starr.ca/Tools/by_any_other_name.htm
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Basque Surnames
http://www.buber.net/Basque/Surname/surlist.html
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My Empire of the Petal Throne Conversion has a lot of Tekumeli names for humans and other species:

http://www.tekumel.com/gaming_rulesDD3.html
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Story Games random name generators (there's a lot of themed ones):

http://www.random-generator.com/inde...ame_Generators
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Onamastikon

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I use this one to find names for Dark Ages or Age of Conan characters, etc. Awesome resource!
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Behind the Name: Ancient Names
http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/anci.php
Behindthename.com of course can do more than just Ancient names. It also has a random generator that is also useful.


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SCA College of Arms Heraldry Name Articles
http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names.html
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Fer those of ya playin Western type games

Misc: Cool Western Slang
Misc: Cool Western Slang

A Writer's Guide to the Old West
OLD WEST Writer's Guide - Slang, Phrases and More

Old Slang, Lingo, & Phrases
Western Slang, Lingo, & Phrases
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For those interested in crafting your own language for naming people and places, this article at langmaker.com is a very good guide.
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