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Melzo

How to come up with a name for a new character?I'm already ready to drive my face across the keyboard so that it gives out something ...

NeuroticPixels

You could try looking up adjectives. Finding some you like and matching it with a name.
Like a couple of my characters:
Exalted Elijah
Proud Primrose
Or you could do
<name> of <whatever>
Or
<name> the <adjective/whatever>

jtm1018

Melzo wrote: »

How to come up with a name for a new character?I'm already ready to drive my face across the keyboard so that it gives out something ...

Thats one way to go at it, lmao.
Tyvm for that.

Monte_Cristo

Here's some of my long deleted characters, if you want to use these.
Nidoqueen (Argonian, blue skin)
Doctor Killfinger (was a High Elf, could work for anyone)
One-Eyed Pete (yellow Argonian, named after a toy dinosaur I had that lost the paint on one eye)
Angel leFey (Orc mageplar healer, would also work for a breton. Was originally meant to be called Black Rose)
Sweet Troll (my attempt at a cute Orc)
Bean'Sidhe (vampire nightblade Breton)
Oriana The Wild (warden, High Elf, but would work with any race)
Taurus Weiss-Helm (elderly Nord)

blueprudence

I use a surname for all my toons. On the PCNA, same surname but 1 letter different. Prevents addon confusion too.

Kendaric

Melzo wrote: »

How to come up with a name for a new character?I'm already ready to drive my face across the keyboard so that it gives out something ...

Use one of the name generators on the internet, there are even ones specifically for Elder Scrolls.

kargen27

I've been using Native American names for most of my characters. Settled on Qaletaqa Takoda for my latest. Qaletaqa means guardian of the people and Takoda means friend to all.

I was kicking around using Jacy Istu meaning the moon sugar.

Beilin_Balreis_Colcan

Melzo wrote: »

How to come up with a name for a new character?I'm already ready to drive my face across the keyboard so that it gives out something ...

Get your cat to do it, they exist for that.

Zodiarkslayer

You should check out uesp.net
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Names
The lore section has all names of previous ES games listed. You can learn about names and naming conventions there, too.

I never had a problem with naming my characters. Only thing is, you need to decide on a name before you start the creation process, because you can get logged out if you ponder on a name for too long. ☝️

FeedbackOnly

I wish we could check names beforehand...I tried so many

Varana

Same as Zodiarkslayer - I take a look (for one or two hours...) at the UESP lists. And even if I don't end up with names on that list, I get a decent overview of how names from that culture should feel, or sound.

phaneub17_ESO

FeedbackOnly wrote: »

I wish we could check names beforehand...I tried so many

Two ways, buy a second account or the first two weeks of the PTS PCNA is a complete copy including names. 3 months after that is PCEU.

Sevalaricgirl

vsrs_au wrote: »

Melzo wrote: »

How to come up with a name for a new character?I'm already ready to drive my face across the keyboard so that it gives out something ...

Get your cat to do it, they exist for that.

Then my names would be XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXYYXXXXXXXXXXXX lol

KlauthWarthog

I looked up character names from other games, and mixed and matched first and last names from those.

Hurbster

When in doubt, translate from Gaelic.

Danikat

A few approaches I've used if the name I wanted was taken on the first try are:

• Add or remove a last name (or a first name).
• Add a title or nickname like "the wanderer' or 'frostcleaver'
• Change the spelling, if it wouldn't mess up the name.
• Add (or remove) accents if it doesn't mess up the pronunciation too much.
• Use synonyms or translate part or all of the name into different languages.
• Look up real names with the same meaning from different languages.

Of course those won't all work for all names but between those options I've always been able to find something that's available.

In my case I think it helps that a lot of that is part of the process I go through when coming up with names anyway. I like them to mean something, even if I don't expect anyone else to get it, and I also like them to look and sound nice to me so I'll often play around with languages, variant names, synonyms etc. to find ones which fit and often end up with a few different options I can try.

Four_Fingers

I recently asked ChatGPT AI for list of names based on certain themes and it worked great.