Can anyone recommend their favorite name generator?
I’m looking for one that allows you to generate modern (for MotW), si-fi (for Uncharted Worlds), and/or fantasy (for Dungeon World). The last to are for when I try those games out.
I’d like to see a lot of names that I can copy into a word DOC, print out, and refer to during my upcoming attempt to run a MotW game.
Try “1542 NPC names”, only a few cents and prints into a tiny booklet you can slip into your pocket 🙂 – drivethrurpg.com – 1542 N.P.C. Names
There are a lot out there, but one fun thing we did when I ran it was to grab the Dungeon World book (if you have it) and randomly pick to one of the kickstarter backers. There are many people out there that have no idea the weird things I have done in their name.
There are some here (along with other generators)
http://donjon.bin.sh
My favorite name generator of late has been “(Player name), what’s this person’s name?” Delegate that stuff. 🙂
Yeah…that’s my most common way too
It’s not a generator, per se, but I’m partial to Gary Gygax’s Extraordinary Book of Names. I also believe EVERY GM should have at least one baby names book in their collection. If I’m just whipping something up on the fly, I generally like Behind the Name or Kate Monk’s Onomastikon.tekeli.li – KateMonk
The Story Games Name Project book is pretty great for this: lulu.com – Story Games Name Project by Jason Morningstar (Paperback) – Lulu
Also the new edition of Stars Without Number has a good set of name tables for different languages/cultures, and there’s a free edition of that one.
Thanks…I forgot about those
The SNGP is great. So is http://www.seventhsanctum.com/ for all sorts of generators.
seventhsanctum.com – Seventh Sanctum: the page of generators – random tools for art, gaming, writing, and imagination.
Dungeon World: zenopusarchives.blogspot.com – Holmesian Random Names
donjon.bin.sh – donjon; RPG Tools
rinkworks.com – Fantasy Name Generator is my favorite because it lets you do custom name templates, allowing you to randomly generate names with any syllabic rules you want.