I need a character name! Help!

[Snapper]

@emma-flournoy 😛
I’ve read it once before, which is probably why I’m not holding myself to it so strictly this time. I’ve recently finished the council of Elrond, which took me forever. :O
I haven’t read the Silmarillion yet, though.

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[Emma Flournoy]

@Dragon-Snapper Oh I KNOW. That chapter is sooo long and deep. 😛

[S.G.Dewey]

@emma-flournoy , Thanks for your imput! I’ll tell you when I have a definite name… hopefully tomorrow.

[S.G.Dewey]

I have decided apon the name Douglas Clark. I really, really like it! Thank you all for your help.

[Daeus]

Ooh, I like it too.

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[Kate Flournoy]

@S-G-Dewey nice! I love it. 😀

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[Ethryndal]

@S-G-Dewey Yay for you! That’s a great name!

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[Emma Flournoy]

@S-G-Dewey That’s really good. 🙂

[Kina Lamb]

To everyone looking at this:

Something I’ve found helpful is to flip through a hymnbook, and look at the names of the people who wrote the hymns. I do this absolutely every single time I write a story, and it is SO helpful! There are so many names in a hymnbook, and they were all real people, so they all have legitimate last names… and most of them are from a long time ago, so it’s basically a name book full of names from a bunch of centuries. I pick a first name I like, and then flip through it until I find a last name that fits. Some of the names I’ve come up with this way are:

Liberty King
Denver Sears
Benjamin Harrington
Henry Mohr
Dora Stebbins
Lelia Cennick
Thomas Croly
Paul Reed
Henrietta Clairvaux
Adelaide Fawcettè
Samuel Coffman
James Gray

Hope this is helpful!

[Jane Maree]

@kina-lamb that’s a really cool idea!

Another method similar that I use sometimes is movie credits. There’s some random first and last names scrolling up the screen after every movie and I like to jot down some of my favourites if I have a chance.

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[Kina Lamb]

@jane-maree That’s a good one! I’ll be paying closer attention to the movie credits from now on.

[Mallory O’Bier]

Me too, @jane-maree ! There are a wealth of unique and awesome names (and very nice ordinary names too) in movie credits. (Names I didn’t even know existed!) Tons of inspiration there. 🙂

[S.G.Dewey]

@kina-lamb @jane-maree , Thanks for the tips! =) Those are great ideas, and I’m sure I’ll use them. 😉

[Aislinn Mollisong]

Wait, wait, wait. @daeus. It took you a month to read LotR? I read it in two days?! I am faster than I thought….

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