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    Reilley Turner Active Member

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    Name help

    Discussion in 'Character Development' started by Reilley Turner, Jun 11, 2015.

    Sorry for the posting of another typical 'I need a name' thread, but I have been dwelling on these for about a month and nothing has come to me.
    I have been looking for a few names (I will add more as time goes on);

    Good
    _________

    Sex: M
    Birthstone: Sapphire
    Exterior Personality: grim, no nonsense
    Interior Personality: caring, understanding, loyal, loving
    Position: Trusted by the king, Wizard
    Other:

    _________
    Sex: M
    Birthstone: N/A
    Exterior Personality: loving, realistic
    Interior Personality: N/A
    Position: The King
    Other:

    Evil
    _________
    Sex: M
    Birthstone: Amethyst
    Exterior Personality: Ambitious, Smart, Cunning
    Interior Personality: N/A
    Position: Lower-ranking Wizard
    Other: Misunderstood more then anything

    _________
    Sex: F
    Birthstone: Topaz
    Exterior Personality: Cruel, Smart, Cunning
    Interior Personality: N/A
    Position: Temptress wizard
    Other: Uses men to do her bidding

    _________
    Sex: M
    Birthstone: N/A
    Exterior Personality: Cruel, Smart, Cunning
    Interior Personality: N/A
    Position: Gang Leader
    Other:

    I have more, but I will start with these, as these are the characters that need names ASAP.
     
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    http://www.behindthename.com/

    I swear by this website, you can narrow it down by selecting different categories. Hope this will give you some inspiration.
     
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    I know of the website, but I often feel that the lack of meaningful results are because I don't know how to use the site properly. And then I give up due to frustration, as I am one of those people who need the perfect name for a character. :/
     
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    What genre are you writing?
     
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    I'm writing a fantasy story.
     
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    http://www.behindthename.com/names/list

    Try selecting Cornish, Welsh and Medieval on the page above. What I did for my characters was picked a top 10 for each one of what names I liked or thought suited them and then modified the spelling or changed them a little bit to make the 'perfect' name for them. I find just trawling the names websites is the easiest way to at least get an idea of what sort of names you could use.
     
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    Thanks, I didn't know the types to select.
     
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    No problem, there's also a filter at the bottom that you can select names by their meaning. You could try it that way too. For your first character for example, I put 'trust' into meaning and it gave me these lot http://www.behindthename.com/names/meaning/trust. If you follow the hyperlink and replace the word trust with any other word it will give you names with that meaning. Hope this helps :)
     

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