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    Here's a name generator I made some years ago (costs $5 but has some nice features I have not found anywhere else):
    http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/...Name-Generator

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    Last year I started building my own generators using Inspiration Pad Pro. The coding language is pretty easy to pick up. I'm currently working on a dungeon concept generator which includes a naming component. Here is a quick ten item list from its current build:

    The Stinking Resevoir
    Ironhawk Cloisters
    The Goblin Harem
    The Workshop Of Snow
    The Harpy's Kiss
    Ogrewright
    Voldodon's Menagerie
    The Feral Stronghold
    The Gargoyle Station
    Wavespire

    Someday when I have the time, I'll port it online. I'll post the link here when I have accomplished that goal. In the meantime, check out the software. Last time I checked it was free.

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    I spent some time creating Names generator tables for different countries using Inspiration Pad Pro. They are separated by continent but you can put them all in the same place and even create a single file with all tables together so you can mix first names and Last names from different countries.

    Files are text format but they must be ANSI encoded to work with non-English characters so I recommend to Edit them with Notepad++ (which is the text editor I use).

    I’m also working on a character generator and a planet name generator that I’ll share with you once it’s done.

    BTW I just checked and as said gogocamel, Inspiration Pad Pro stills free and for those of you that prefer to use your tablet or smartphone they also have a version for Android.

    Inspiration Pad Pro creates a folder in your Documents folder where you have to unzip this file to work properly. Documents\Inspiration Pad Pro\Common\nbos

    Enjoy

    Names.zip

    Update:

    Here is the Content:

    Asia

    BengaliNames.ipt
    BENGALI: Bangladesh, India

    BurmeseNames.ipt
    BURMESE: Myanmar

    ChineseNames.ipt
    CHINESE: China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, USA

    FilipinoNames.ipt
    HindiNames.ipt
    HINDI: India, Nepal, UK

    IndonesianNames.ipt
    JapaneseNames.ipt
    KazakhNames.ipt
    KhmerNames.ipt
    KHMER: Cambodia

    MalayNames.ipt
    MongolianNames.ipt
    PashtunNames.ipt
    PASHTUN: Afghanistan, Pakistan

    PunjabiNames.ipt
    PUNJABI: India, Pakistan, UK

    SinhaleseNames.ipt
    SouthKoreanNames.ipt
    Tajik-UzbekNames.ipt
    TAJIK-UZBEK: Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

    Thai-LaoNames.ipt
    VietnameseNames.ipt


    EasternEurope
    AlbanianNames.ipt
    ALBANIAN: Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia

    ArmenianNames.ipt
    BelarusianNames.ipt
    BosnianNames.ipt
    BOSNIAN: Bosnia and Herzegovina

    BulgarianNames .ipt
    Czech-SlovakNames.ipt
    EstonianNames.ipt
    GeorgianNames.ipt
    HungarianNames.ipt
    LatvianNames.ipt
    LithuanianNames.ipt
    MacedonianNames.ipt
    PolishNames.ipt
    RomanianNames.ipt
    ROMANIAN: Moldova, Romania

    RussianNames.ipt
    RUSSIAN: Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Russia, Tajikistan

    SerboCroatianNames.ipt
    SERBO-CROATIAN: Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia

    UkrainianNames.ipt


    MidleEastern
    AzeriNames.ipt
    AZERI: Azerbaijan, Iran

    IranianNames.ipt
    IsraeliNames.ipt
    KurdishNames.ipt
    KURDISH: Iraq, Syria, Turkey

    MuslimNames.ipt
    MUSLIM: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Indonesia,
    Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine,
    Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

    TurkishNames.ipt


    NorthAmerica
    AmericanNames.ipt
    CanadianFrenchNames.ipt
    CanadianNames.ipt
    Native American Names.ipt
    Algonquin, Apache, Blackfoot, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chippewa,
    Choctaw, Comanche, Cree, Dakota, Hopi, Iroquois, Mapuche,
    Miwok, Mohawk, Navajo, Nootka, Ojibwa, Omaha, Pawnee,
    Ponca, Quechua, Shawnee, Shoshone, Sioux, Winnebago


    Oceania
    MaoriNames.ipt

    South&CentralAmerica
    BrazilianNames.ipt
    HispanicAmericanNames.ipt
    HISPANIC AMERICAN: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
    Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua,
    Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela


    WesternEurope
    AncientGreekNames.ipt
    AustrianNames.ipt
    BelgianNames.ipt
    BritishNames.ipt
    United Kingdom (England and Wales)

    DanishNames.ipt
    DutchNames.ipt
    DUTCH: Netherlands, South Africa

    EnglishNames.ipt
    ENGLISH: Australia, Botswana, New Zealand, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

    FinnishNames.ipt
    FrenchNames.ipt
    GermanNames.ipt
    GreekName.ipt
    IcelandicNames.ipt
    IrishCelticNames.ipt
    IrishNames.ipt
    ItalianNames.ipt
    NorwegianNames.ipt
    PortugueseNames.ipt
    PORTUGUESE: Angola, Mozambique, Portugal

    ScottishNames.ipt
    SloveneNames.ipt
    SpanishNames.ipt
    SwedishNames.ipt
    SwissNames.ipt
    TWVIvikingnames.ipt
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    Quote Originally Posted by HansR View Post
    I spent some time creating Names generator tables for different countries using Inspiration Pad Pro. They are separated by continent but you can put them all in the same place and even create a single file with all tables together so you can mix first names and Last names from different countries.

    Files are text format but they must be ANSI encoded to work with non-English characters so I recommend to Edit them with Notepad++ (which is the text editor I use).

    I’m also working on a character generator and a planet name generator that I’ll share with you once it’s done.

    BTW I just checked and as said gogocamel, Inspiration Pad Pro stills free and for those of you that prefer to use your tablet or smartphone they also have a version for Android.

    Inspiration Pad Pro creates a folder in your Documents folder where you have to unzip this file to work properly. Documents\Inspiration Pad Pro\Common\nbos

    Enjoy
    That is awesome. I will definitely makes use of these. Thank you. Awhile back I worked up a similar list of tables drawn from Gygax's Extraordinary Names. I've since tweaked them to fit my game worlds, since they probably aren't much use to anyone else. I may have a backup of the source tables somewhere. I'll see if I can dig them up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gogocamel View Post
    That is awesome. I will definitely makes use of these. Thank you. Awhile back I worked up a similar list of tables drawn from Gygax's Extraordinary Names. I've since tweaked them to fit my game worlds, since they probably aren't much use to anyone else. I may have a backup of the source tables somewhere. I'll see if I can dig them up.
    You're welcome Gogocamel. In due time I'll share my IPT files related to Names and Cartography/Cosmography I've been working for my personal project. I have other resources that are not really cartography related that I can also share. Send me a PM telling me what you currently use and I'll be able to send you what I have that is related.

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    I recalled a name gen list and I found it today...

    https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...ead.php?t=4943

    Theres a link in that to some perl code I did to do the Elite name gen. I used a similar name gen for a map I made a long time ago. I forget what it was called now or the link to it.

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    My no. 1 favourite generator is the Pseudo-Elizabethan Place Name Generator
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChickPea View Post
    My no. 1 favourite generator is the Pseudo-Elizabethan Place Name Generator
    I'm definitely bookmarking that one.

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    Hi,

    I just made a spreadsheet name generator based on a list of morphemes/syllables. Each morpheme can be entered in the list along with its translation and the spreadsheet will display assembled words and their etymology.

    The spreadsheet is somewhat protected but you can edit the interesting parts. If you want to use it full time you should make a copy of your own because everyone has the link to the same document.

    There is also a second sheet filled with Quenya morphemes (Tolkien's elvish language) in the document so you can test two different languages.

    Here is the link : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...oM0/edit#gid=0

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    I know this thread is pretty old now, but the power of the internet compels me.

    Gammadyne's Random Word Generator is an incredible tool for generating words based on patterns or extrapolating an existing word in hundreds of variations. The free version of the software has a few non-essential functions disabled. The interface is dated, but the company still improves the software and introduces new language sets.
    https://www.gammadyne.com/rndword.htm

    My other favorite tool for generating new names is Markov Chains. This link provides a long explanation of how it works: https://towardsdatascience.com/gener...s-2a33030a4ac0
    The short version is using the letter frequency of a set of words to generate more words similar to those in the set.

    There are lots of Markov Chain tools on the web, but this one is my go-to because it has a lot of pre-selected sets of words available. Just click the "Random (x2)" button to cross two word sets. See what you get for "Pies + Theological Demons" or "English Towns + Periodic Elements", for example. Open the settings menu to select word sets, or drop your own list into the text box and generate endless variations on your theme.

    https://www.samcodes.co.uk/project/markov-namegen/

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