Terra Arkay
Minstrel
How do we come up with names for our characters and cities and what not? In order for a name to stand out it must be unique and unusual or rarely used. A name may match up to a character's personality or a city's theme, say I was to create a sky city, I'd probably call it something like Avalon, a dark character could be named something that sounds sinister... though this isn't always the case.
I personally like to use unusual names like Xavia and Seren that have a no meaning but I don't like those Middle-Age names like Dwfyned and Frodo and Aragorn and Fkodlak(Made that up ), they just wouldn't suit my genre of fantasy... so how do we come up with names? Do we edit our original names? Sound out words and combine them? Do we take inspiration from others? Do tell.
I personally like to use unusual names like Xavia and Seren that have a no meaning but I don't like those Middle-Age names like Dwfyned and Frodo and Aragorn and Fkodlak(Made that up ), they just wouldn't suit my genre of fantasy... so how do we come up with names? Do we edit our original names? Sound out words and combine them? Do we take inspiration from others? Do tell.