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Random names, bizarre vocabularies, do-it-yourself scripts, datasets for nearly 40 languages, word generator, related links, and names for characters from Hong Kong action movies to typical fantasy games.
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Epound/

A web-based magic fairy name generator. Handy for sylvan characters of all types.
http://www.emmadavies.net/fairy/

A web-based vampire name generator. Suitable for dark or ominous characters of all types, not just the undead.
http://www.emmadavies.net/vampire/

A program that generates names from user-editable text files, using several different formats and styles. Names are mainly comical in nature.
http://www.geocities.com/nametable/

A shareware random name generator that allows the addition of names to its seed database.
http://www.kitchona.com/Products/NameGen/namegen.html

Several free web-based tools, including a word-mixer, to help users choose unique names for people, places, or things.
http://unique-name.perceptus.ca

Random fantasy name generator made with JavaScript. Also has free scripts so people can add customized random generators to their web pages.
http://gfhiryuu.tripod.com/random/index.html

Web-based name generator for various historical and fictional cultures.
http://www.squid.org/tools/names/

Allows specification of name length (short, long, with apostrophes, etc.). A separate section for "fun" names generates bad, mushy, and insult monikers.
http://rinkworks.com/namegen/

Uses data from the US census to randomly generate male and female names.
http://www.kleimo.com/random/name.cfm

A random name generator for fantasy RPG worlds, based on frequency tables and Markov chains.
http://hamete.org/yafnag/

Generates lists of random fantasy names, created from different sets of "rule-files" instead of a database of existing names.
http://spitfire.ausys.se/johan/names/default.htm

A collection of name generators.
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/