How do you find names for your characters when you start

>>9796582
I usually plagiarize

Use an existing name or make up a new one that's never been heard before.

>>9796582
I pull them directly out of my ass. One of the better names I came up with was Lieught Scleoupo.

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>>9796582
I don't worry about it so much. In time spent thinking of the plot, the character tells me who they are and what their name is.

>>9796586
GOAT post

>>9796582
just use filler names until they develop.

>>9796608
Good idea, but I think I'll use numbers instead.

>>9796586
this applies to Terry Pratchett so hard, especially the "funny" names

>>9796608
>>9796624
use numbers full stop, not as placeholders

it's so lazy that people will assume there MUST be a clever reason for it

>>9796600
Nice to know you're still a retarded cunt

>>9796634
That's retarded though.

>>9796582
Analyze names.
>Male/female names
>Old/New names, different names for different generations
>Describing or role oriented names
>Hopeful names, in times of trouble
>Flowery, color focused names
>Adventurous names (Skywalker)
>Infiltrator names (twisted versions of the local names)
>Nicknames
>Middle names, shortened names, variant names

I take a first name that is fairly common and apply it to a last name of someone I know but don't know well and haven't seen in years that sounds nice with the first name. Sometimes a name will just materialize in my head that's just too good to pass up, and other times I literally just use a Random Surname Generator.
Names having meaning is a dead meme

>>9796582
Do you not know what the fuck you're writing for?

>>9796582
I always name my characters a variation of Carl. You have a lot of material this way there's Carl, Carla, Carlos, Carlie, Carlton, Carlson, Carol, Karl...And so on

>>9796582
Substitute with placeholders until you can think of a decent name for them