Character Names!

[keakealani.livejournal.com]

Aaahhh! It's almost upon us! (although a good few hours later for me than most of the world, but still.) And I just realized... I have characters, but they don't have names! D:

So, I was wondering if anyone happened to have any good resources for name databases and the like? I tried a couple of the baby name sites, but they tended to be kind of unwieldy... so if anyone has any thoughts? >.>

Good luck, everyone... see you on the 30th! (hopefully...)

edit: wow, thanks for all the responses, guys! I'm too lazy to thank each of you individually, but I'll check those sites out now ^_^

Comments

[xoshimmystarox.livejournal.com]

Behind the name is a good bet for names although I guess it'd be easier to narrow down if you're more specific about origins and such. If it's Gaelic you're interested in I can probably help you out there.

[swingsister-t.livejournal.com]

Go to your spam filter in your email. Amazing names there!

[andersenmom.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's so true.

[kellingham.livejournal.com]

I rather like the way this site (http://www.20000-names.com/index.htm) organises names into different categories for easy browsing.

[andersenmom.livejournal.com]

That is a PRIZE.

[stringdancegirl.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a great site!

[solitaryjane.livejournal.com]

I was gonna recommend the exact same site. It is very very amazing.

[beckyo.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I need names as well.

[feigned-living.livejournal.com]

http://www.parents.com/baby-names/

love that site!

[angelkitten13.livejournal.com]

These are the three I've used.... One is even a listing of the 100 most common surnames. Always a help, too!

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
http://www.namestatistics.com/index.php
http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa_common_surnames.htm

One of them is the Social Security Admin. What better resource?

The first two have different options and ways to request info.

I hope it helps!

[beckyblack]

Try this one that generates random names from the US census data - if that's going to be suitable. Lets you select male or female and level of obscurity.
http://www.kleimo.com/random/name.cfm

[nspd.livejournal.com]

This is a good website if you are looking for names from a specific area:
http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/KateMonk/

[andersenmom.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I love that one.

[jediknightmuse.livejournal.com]

Babynames.com
Behindthename.com- also check their list of themed names (the link is in the sidebar)
surnames.behindthename.com
20000-names.com

You could also try searching for "fantasy name generator" and there's one that's at like...something that says "French boys" or something in the URL that's a good one. I do not really recommend Seventh Sanctum because most of the things that site comes up with are rather silly...although they do kinda have resources depending on the category you look at in the top right hand corner, so they link to other name generator sites, including the "French boys" one. Hope that helps!

[n-e-star.livejournal.com]

I like http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com because you can search by boy, girl or country.

[n-e-star.livejournal.com]

migratory had a ton of them that I went kind of crazy over.

You can find them at their journal.

[nebulosity.livejournal.com]

google "character name generator"

[lacrimaeveneris.livejournal.com]

I decided on a nationality and then hit up the baby name sites and behindthename.com until something bit me.

[technicolornina.livejournal.com]

www.behindthename.com is amazing, especially for ethnic names.