Need names!!!

Hello i realie that someone has probably already posted one like this but i need something Ican keep track of easier.

I need help with names of my characters, could anyone please help, my story is set in a quasi-medieval time an therefore need names of that era. i have already trid google but all i get is geneology which i the tell my mum about but thats another story.

please help me my characters are walking arouns with little more than slight description to bind them, they need character giving names.

By medieval names I mean things like, Richard, Kevin, Lauren and Ashlin.



Thank you all.

http://www.babynames.com

I know it sounds odd, but they have a cool feature that lets you type in a meaning and it comes up with names that have that meaning. Their database is huge, with names from all over the world so you'll most likely come out with something better than the names we hear over and over again. I also like it because when you give a character a name that reflects their personality, your vision of them becomes a lot stronger.
Its just a prefered site of mine for coming up with names, but there's a few other goodens out there.

Anyway, good luck.

See all these links to similar topics:

Names?

Creature Names

First Names

Last Names

There should be easily enough info there.

I second babynames.com. 'Tis my life saver, I tell you! Plus, I have this cool book, Character Development, that has a list of first and last names in the back, sorted by nationality.

But don't rush it and slap a random, unfitting name on them either! Once you write a little with your characters, a name might crop up that pins them perfectly.

When I'm looking for a name for a character, I go to this site: http://www.weddingvendors.com/baby-names/
it has tons of names.
And if you are looking for last names for characters
http://www.last-names.net/ is a good site.
Hope that helps!

Babynames.com!!! Yeah, that's awesome. Also, if you're looking for a good book that sorts names by origin, "The Character Naming Sourcebook" is an excellent resource.

babynames is the best. Go there!

Google '20,000 names' I forget the actual URL but it is a great site where you can find so many names depending on the nationality, which is great if your characters are from certain places (Germany, Russia, China etc.)

The Search function is your freind. His name is Searchy. Or Searchie. Whichever.

The one that I use the most is www.seventhsanctum.com. All of the sites in this topic are lifesavers for sure!

http://www.babynamesworld.com/
http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/jap.php
The latter is all about Japanese names. Har har