Gato Cat
Dreamer
I've never been particular good at coming up with names, whether it be place names, characters, titles, ect. This has always been an hindrance to my writing; when I sit down to try and think some up, even to serve as templates, I always end up staring at a blank page.
For example, a race I've been trying to figure out are battle mounts. They're big cats, probably with the physique of a tiger or a little bigger seeing as they're going to have to be pretty strong, and are made to be the 'ultimate hunters'. Their fur changes colour and density to match their surroundings, can imitate speech to lure out their prey and are reasonably fast and decent swimmers despite their bulk. They're also naturally vicious and not particularly intelligent in the conventional sense, so most of their race as been enslaved by a race human psychics (which are as well, presently unnamed) who use their telepathy to subdue them and leave them like puppets to be controlled.
So, where do I go with that? Research existing big cat names and make a mishmash of two? Look elsewhere?
I love to hear about your experiences with naming your worlds. Do you find it a chore, or one of the most enriching parts of world building? What do you usually draw inspiration from? Any names that you've come up with that you've regretted on a second reading?
For example, a race I've been trying to figure out are battle mounts. They're big cats, probably with the physique of a tiger or a little bigger seeing as they're going to have to be pretty strong, and are made to be the 'ultimate hunters'. Their fur changes colour and density to match their surroundings, can imitate speech to lure out their prey and are reasonably fast and decent swimmers despite their bulk. They're also naturally vicious and not particularly intelligent in the conventional sense, so most of their race as been enslaved by a race human psychics (which are as well, presently unnamed) who use their telepathy to subdue them and leave them like puppets to be controlled.
So, where do I go with that? Research existing big cat names and make a mishmash of two? Look elsewhere?
I love to hear about your experiences with naming your worlds. Do you find it a chore, or one of the most enriching parts of world building? What do you usually draw inspiration from? Any names that you've come up with that you've regretted on a second reading?