What makes a good character name? I'd love to hear your thoughts about the importance of nailing a character's name just right. Let's hear about tips and tricks to come up with a great name, where inspiration comes from. Personally, I listen to the musicality and the sound of a name and I try to translate that sound into action to see if it fits the character. What about you?
I like a character's name to mean something, even if it's a hidden meaning, like from another language. I feel it adds weight to a character if they have a name with some kind of background or history. It makes them special.
I also like names that don't give away the gender of the character. It creates ambiguity, always fun to read and write.
On here, I found lots of cool character names, like Triskel Garnac (lots of Celtic in there) or Tenebra Qasim (love the link to black culture in the name). I'll get to creating my own real soon!