Sometimes I need a little help coming up with the name of a character or place. I'm compiling a list here of the name generators I find most useful. Note that they have a decidedly fantasy genre bend to them; that is what I write, after all. Also, I rarely take a random name literally. Rather I'll tweak it a bit. But I've found these sites good starting places when the mind is stuck.

People

Humans

1. Fantasy Land: Comprehensive Fantasy Names Links
2. The Baby Name Network
3. A Barrel of Names
4. Social Security Administration Popular Names
5. Most Common Surnames in the U.S.
6. 100 Most Common U.S. Surnames
7. Wikipedia: Most Common Surnames
8. Behind the Name
9. Rinkworks Fantasy Name Generator
10. Donjon Name Generator
11. Behind the Name Random Name Generator
12. YAFNAG: Yet Another Fantasy NAme Generator
13. Squid.org Random Name Generator
14. 20,000 Names
    

Dwarves

1. Seventh Sanctum: Dwarf Name Generator
2. Dwarf Names
3. RPGInspiration: Dwarf Names
4. Dwarf Names
   

Orcs

1. Orcish Name Generator

Krill/Cat-people

1. Seventh Sanctum: Cat Being Namer
   

Ratmen

1. Rats Rule: Males / Females

Demons

1. Weird Encyclopedia: Demons A-Z
2. Demonology: Demon Names
3. Names of Demons
4. Seventh Sanctum Angel/Demon Name Generator

Any/Other

1. Dungeons & Dragons: Fantasy Name Generator
   
2. Seventh Sanctum: Lovecraftian Name Generator

Places

1. Place Name Generator
2. Seventh Sanctum: Tavern Name Generator
3. Manon's Garden: Fantasy Place Name Generator
4. Dwarven Strongholds
5. Denmark Castle and Palaces
6. Native North American People Tribal Names
7. African Tribal Names
8. Wikipedia: List of Celtic Tribes
9. List of earldoms
10. A Barrel of Names: Street Name Generator

Further Reading 

1. Paperback Writer: Place Names
2. BabyNames.com: Tips for Writers
3. Fantasy Author's Handbook: The Name Game
   

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