The easiest way is the Wonderdraft word generator, you can even build your own word banks and just click and a new name appears.
The easiest way is the Wonderdraft word generator, you can even build your own word banks and just click and a new name appears.
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I do care about that to a degree, I want the names to sound like they belong together and be moderately distinct between the various language regions. That said the languages are just theoretical not developed. I have a somewhat Greek derived region, so I've been trolling through a bit of Greek history for some names. Other than that so far my strategy has been to make up a name and then to separate and group the ones that sound like they belong together. Whilst doing so I'm also trying to develop suffixes and prefixes that are common, like we have "-berg" or -vil", within a set of names.
I've been thinking of using a random generator, but that doesn't seem directed enough. The problem with random generators is that they are very random (and at the same time never really random). I came up with about 30 names last night whilst trying to fall asleep, so I figure if I can just do that for about a week I'll have enough random ones of my own (notwithstanding the lack of sleep).
When I come up with names I like to come up with words that would be descriptors for the environment or what vibe a group of people would assign to different environments and work from there. Like if a country of people were very weary of the mountains and view them as dangerous they might give them sharper sounding names if that how I'd imagine their language working. Names like Krasq or Trex.
Sometimes I just go for simple descriptors too. Like "The claw" for a claw shaped formation or "the Catch" for an area that retains water after a tide.
If you don't like how random generators seem to be a little too random you can choose a top five that go well together than build with similar elements stemming from those words if that makes sense.
That's a good idea. I missed that for some reason.
I'm trying to make some names like that, because I think they are very common and also, of course, informative, but I honestly find them the most difficult to feel like I pulled it off.Sometimes I just go for simple descriptors too. Like "The claw" for a claw shaped formation or "the Catch" for an area that retains water after a tide.
This was a main part of my process as well
If you end up deciding you need more speed, a compromise would be to find a variety of generators based on different real world languages and cultures and assign them to analogous cultures in your world. Then either use the names directly from the generators or else use the word roots and create your own names that sound better.
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