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Q&A Creating fictional names - bands, hotels and companies

If what you're looking for is not stand-ins for real places, but just a generic place for your characters to be in, look at how real company names, real hotel names, real band names etc. are formed...

posted 6y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-12T21:57:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:58:44Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T09:58:44Z (almost 5 years ago)
If what you're looking for is not stand-ins for real places, but just a generic place for your characters to be in, look at how real company names, real hotel names, real band names etc. are formed.

Companies often have a name formed around the product they sell (such as Toys-R-Us) or the founders' names (for example Marks&Spencer). You can create a fictional company that follows the same pattern.

Hotels often incorporate into their name some local feature or historical figure, and/or something that suggests rest/luxury.

A name for a band, as @hszmv mentions, can be anything really.

Now that you've come up with a name, run a google search, make sure nobody has thought up the same name before you. If the name is already taken, tweak yours. If it's free, you're good to go.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-10-18T17:16:16Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 4