For the longest time I had a terrible time coming up with fantasy names. I've never found any fantasy name generators I've liked, and I'm downright terrible at coming up with them on the spot. And now that I'm getting back into DMing and building my own homebrew, I've realized that I need to have a big long list of decent fantasy names to whip out when I need to.
And then I noticed just how many hockey players there are with names suitable for fantasy. So I looked through the player lists at nhl.com and now I have a huge list of good names all ready to go. It helps that no one else in the group follows sports. But I think names like Koivu, Iginla, Kessel, Kopitar and Sarich are perfect fantasy names. They're clean, lack apostrophes, and don't sound like first names you would hear in everyday life.
Does anyone else have some non-conventional sources for fantasy names?
And then I noticed just how many hockey players there are with names suitable for fantasy. So I looked through the player lists at nhl.com and now I have a huge list of good names all ready to go. It helps that no one else in the group follows sports. But I think names like Koivu, Iginla, Kessel, Kopitar and Sarich are perfect fantasy names. They're clean, lack apostrophes, and don't sound like first names you would hear in everyday life.
Does anyone else have some non-conventional sources for fantasy names?