BearBear
Archmage
I use baby names websites for the name and there was one where you could search by region, religion, ethnicity etc.
I usually start writing a character without a name and then find the name that suits them, and I'd say I put a lot of effort into it. I pay attention to hidden meanings, name history and who used it before, mythology, morphology, basically etymology.
The name I picked for myself is not my real name, and I barely identify with that original name anymore other than historic and legal fact. I'm not BearBear though I am a Bear named Bear, "Bear" was already taken. BearBear is cuter anyway.
I usually start writing a character without a name and then find the name that suits them, and I'd say I put a lot of effort into it. I pay attention to hidden meanings, name history and who used it before, mythology, morphology, basically etymology.
The name I picked for myself is not my real name, and I barely identify with that original name anymore other than historic and legal fact. I'm not BearBear though I am a Bear named Bear, "Bear" was already taken. BearBear is cuter anyway.