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Rac7helGroup Moderator

Naming characters - check out this neat tool

Posted by Rac7hel on July 3, 2012

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posted July 3, 2012
(Ok it's actually for naming babies, but, same thing.)

Last night I had to name 28 characters! This site was a gem to discover. Basically you type in a name to start with and then use the tool to explore similar names. You can tell it to prefer common names or unique names, and you can see all kinds of useful information about the name's origin, meaning, etc.

Hint: to type in a new starting name, click that "Back to the Baby Names Finder" link at the top. I just wanted my link to show you the fun part first ;) You can also browse by country of origin and a bunch of other stuff from that page.

Enjoy.
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nickbGroup Manager
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Praise posted July 4, 2012
@Rac7hel Nice one, although I'm going to actually use it for baby names and not character names. :p
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Rac7helGroup Moderator
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posted July 5, 2012
Way to be lame, Nick. Looking forward to meeting Genevieve Gwendolyn Bouton
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GabrielBlackLightning
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posted July 5, 2012
nice site and actually has a lot of names rather than just a few that are too normal. :-D
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Burndtree
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posted July 9, 2012
@GabrielBlackLightning said:
nice site and actually has a lot of names rather than just a few that are too normal. :-D


I agree :)
And I always like seeing the name origins and meanings.

A little digging around the internet later, and you might come up with a story, just from the origins and meanings.
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Burndtree
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Praise posted July 9, 2012
@nickb said:
@Rac7hel Nice one, although I'm going to actually use it for baby names and not character names. :p


@Rac7hel said:
Way to be lame, Nick. Looking forward to meeting Genevieve Gwendolyn Bouton


...Isn't there going to be a Protagonize Bouton Baby Naming Contest...?

:D I'd thumbs-up, and Praise...Genevieve Gwendolyn Bouton.

Or...Little Nick...Little Nicky...okay, maybe not Little Nicky :D

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