Name Resources: For those who have trouble naming their rogues, villians and heroes

[VoidAdept]

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

 

[Knightfall]

Basque Surnames
http://www.buber.net/Basque/Surname/surlist.html

 

[Achan hiArusa]

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

 

[LostSoul]

Story Games random name generators (there's a lot of themed ones):

http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=Name_Generators

 

[Set]

Onamastikon

http://tekeli.li/onomastikon/

I use this one to find names for Dark Ages or Age of Conan characters, etc. Awesome resource!

 

[Dog Moon]

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.


Just sayin.

 

[Knightfall]

SCA College of Arms Heraldry Name Articles
http://heraldry.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names.html

 

[Angel Tarragon]

German Names
Male | Female | Surnames

 

[kirinke]

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

 

[seusomon]

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