#naming tip

[av-ilutan-the-worldbuilder-alv]

“Your name in [insert fictional language]” charts alternative use.

Basically a simple “Write your name in [insert fictional language here]”.

But specifically this one caught my eye and I came up with an idea.

Instead of putting your initials in the chart, try placing a whole word, separating letters in pairs and using them on the list then. Thus, “Wolf” becomes “Gilorn Isillas”.

If a word has odd number of letters, simply double the last letter.

“Day” => “Dayy” => “Morgon Sirbereth”.

Remembering that elves have many names per one person - I elaborate, mothergiven name, fathergiven name, parentsgiven name, kingiven name, nickname among the citizen of their hometown, alias they use in a club or anonymous mage scientists, pseudonym they use in their fanfiction about the current king of elves and the king of humans, and so on - you can put words of any length into the chart and simply assign what kind of a name they are afterwards.

Same method can go with any other chart like the one above. 

For example, I currently have a character called Feanriel Halndil Dunindal Faragund Fararos, who is an alv monk-druid male finding peace with the nature and his soul in the ways of an elven equivalent of Kung-Fu.

Good luck naming things!

[av-ilutan-the-worldbuilder-alv]

Name Generation Way #2

Go to Wikipedia,

Click “Random Article”:

Do it enough times for a cool sounding name of anything.

No one will suspect a thing.

[av-ilutan-the-worldbuilder-alv]

Naming Tip:

Do you have some place in real life that you call some specific way? For example, in the local park there was a cut down tree that I called “The Tall Stump”. 6ft of height, and very fun to stand on once you teach yourself to climb it.

Anyways, sometimes, unnamed places are named by specific people, and once used in speech, the name sticks. That is to locations, but also about personal nicknames.

[writer-rachelina]

Short Naming Tip

Don't give two or more characters names that start with the same letter if you can help it.

Unless, of course, you intend for people to mix them up, or it's something easy to tell apart. The trick is to use significantly longer or shorter names, or names that reflect wildly different cultures.

For example, it's a bad idea to have Bart and Burt if you don't want them to be interchangeable. But Bo and Bébhionn work fine, because they are different lengths, from different cultures, and are different genders. 

This is my opinion, anyhow. Like I hope you already know, there are few definite rules in writing.