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@padawanpadme *laughs because of despair* Figuring out names is really hard. I usually do one of two things.

1) I go to google translate, stick whatever placeholder name I have been using so far in, (River city, tall people, magic trinket) and try and bunch of languages until I get a word I kind of like, then I mess around with the spelling a little bit more until I am mostly satified-ish. Then I stick it into Google search to make sure it doesn’t mean anything already that I don’t want.

2) Fantasy name generator. I know that you said you didn’t like it, but you don’t have to stick with exactly the name it comes up with. You can fiddle with it, or only use the first or last name. The website has SO MANY specific settings that you can really narrow down the feel that you are going for on your search.

These things are mostly a starting point. I actually am not great at naming things, to the point where I had to ask for brainstorming help in my guild chat to come up with villain names. Go Erekdale! But I did have some thoughts on the subject so… here you are.