I am looking for a name for my fictional, European, mysterious old man who lived roughly in the 1600's to 1800's. I want the name to have plenty of character to it, but easy to read. How should I go about doing this? (I'm not asking for specific name suggestions but a method for finding names.)
Answer
Finding the name for you is not what this site is about. Instead I'll tell you how I would find that name.
First, based on the person's character and other traits, as well as his role in the story, I would chose a nationality.
Having limited my choices to names from a certain language, I would then go through lists of names of historical persons: politicians, writers, and so on. These kinds of lists can be found or created (use the "category" function) on Wikipedia. I would then note down every name I found interesting.
Making sure the character's name is dissimilar enough to the names of other characters in my novel, I would then create my character's name from the names I have found and noted down by mixing them to my pleasure.
Et voilà.
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