Ghostly's Guide to Naming Characters

[greenart6]

[Warriorstrike]

Very interesting topic- and a helpful one, too. I've used some of the methods you've mentioned, but there are a couple that are surprisingly new to me. Another method I've used is one based on a particular quality of the character, such as a continuous habit, character trait, or some sort of clue about their life that others may or may not know about them (I think you touched on this.) I've also taken a normal, simple name and tried rhyming it- whether it does or doesn't make sense, some of the names have turned out pretty cool.

Anyways, thank you for typing this up for us. I know I have trouble sometimes thinking of new, unique names for my characters, and I'll be sure to refer to this guide if I'm ever in a tough spot again.

[Panzram]

This is very helpful. I always seem to have trouble when naming characters and I will definitely refer back to this when the time comes for me to name another. All of these techniques are very new to me and I never even thought of keyboard smashing or picking out names from gibberish pieces. I'd like to thank you for creating this guide and I'm sure so many others will find this very useful as well.

[FizzyPaws]

Oooh! Great tutorial that will help so many floofs! I was actually planning on covering this in a Character Tutorial that was going to make as soon as I go back to my dad's (I don't have FH at my mom's. Her computer died at the ripe old age of 6. ...). Looks like you already do! Here is also a great website, which includes African names that would fit into a TLK theme!
http://www.20000-names.com/index.htm
I use it when naming characters quite often, and it also shows the meaning of the name too. Haha, because Google translate can become quite tiring.

 +Floof for this.

[WolfQueen]

This is a very helpful tutorial. I always have trouble naming my characters, but your advice really helps me in the process. Thank you for making this!

[alexterri]

Most of my characters have names that are words from different languages [said language usually being something like Swahili for lions or Greek for wolves]

[greenart6]

Thank you guys for all the comments! <3 I've added a few links for both naming and creating characters in general.

[ritat]

I can't believe I just looked at this now, it is so creative and 'crazy' in a good way. I took use of this and the third method is my favorite. I usually use french names for my characters, like Mondelivre and Genevieve. Thank you for sharing! I'l give you a nuzzle, I believe this took you awhile to type. c:

+Nuzzle.

[magicfairy]

I love this! And by the way I have a few suggestions for the overused names.

-Storm
-Lightning
-Thunder
-Rain

[Blackhisst]

Thanks, this is a quite helpful topic.