Creating fictional names - bands, hotels and companies
There are a nice plethora of "how do I create a name for my fictional country/area/character" but I can't see anything for band names or companies or hotels.
Is there a good system to use to avoid already active bands/hotels etc?
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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.
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