When naming your characters, a naming system may not cover everything you need. So let's look at some other ways to name our characters: through onomastics (what names mean), your own worldbuilding, or even just the way a name sounds.

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Animation by Cole Field

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"'We're Going to Talk About Bruno,' Yes, Yes, Yes" NYT Article on Lin Manuel Miranda's hit song from Encanto: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/mo...

More about madrigals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrigal

"Why Do Star Wars Names Sound...Familiar?" Ancestry Article: https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/star-wa...

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