A Cool Last Names List for Character Creation

I love writing, and I will spend so much time coming up with names for my books. This article is super helpful. I was kind of overwhelmed by the number of names. Would you consider making a shorter list for people who aren't willing to spend that much time on a name?

Also, do you do hyphenated last names?

Thanks for all the name suggestions! I'm terrible at coming up with names and this really helped.

Lovecraft, it's so awesome

I love the name Diamond its so cute............you could do the name Multi for the letter M?

I once new a girl with the last name Winterbothom, thought it was interesting.

you should add Cuthbert (pronounced Kuth-bert)

How about Rea ( Pronounced Ray), Valentino or Vascques

Super helpful! I am writing my first book and this gave me some great ideas. Thanks a lot!

Levesque

My last name is pretty cool

My name made the list! I'm so proud!

I think your forgetting a last name in the H's .....

Herman!

Vespasian

I feel very flattered that my last name made the cool last names list.

But what about 'Luck' as a cool last name?

this s going to be so useful, one of the things I struggle with when writing is coming up with names so thank you!

I was looking for a surname for my mum Kelli snow she wants k change her name to Goddard I like it but snow is my dad’s name so I will be hifinated to Goddard snow ❄️

Very useful, but you missed a couple, including mine!

very good list. thank you

Some very unique surnames listed! However I don’t think they’ll ever be as good as my name, nice try though!

Lalande, Jones, Parks, Jean-Paul, McCarthy, Schoonderbeek (skoonderbeak), Boivin, Quimby, Quest

other than that this is the best website ever!

i came here looking for Wing or Iparis (Legend trilogy by Marie Lu)

This website is awesome! Thank you so much! Your tips are very

useful, and the last names are great as well!

p.s. This is the last name I picked from your list. I can't tell you how

much I love this list. I can't thank you enough :)

I have a French last name. It is Hurier. (Her-EE-ay)

Our last name is Dees . You don’t hear that name very much around where we live.

Pierce and Evergreen

This is a wonderful list. I have saved it so I can refer to it later. It has so many choices I am sure I will find just the perfect name for a character.

Really helpful. Being a Smith, I always gravitate towards common last names in my writing, but it's nice to see a list of more interesting last names that are easy for readers to pronounce. I'll definitely be referring to this in the future.

My last name is interesting. But also Griffin.

Ah....way cool! I'm glad that I came across this Hub.

I saw a few Surnames that I am currently using. One of my character's name is Styles Vega-Latin Man. His nickname is Shades because he never leaves home without em. I was gonna call him Blade because he's attached to a family heirloom blade but the name already exists.

Great list!

im writing a book and needed a last name that went good with ***** (Can't tell anyone) and I picked an amazing last name-Caine

There are a couple NFL players named "Paradis", "Person", and "Mbu" (pronounced mm-BOO)

this is a really good help! i'm writing a book called the mishaps and i wanted really unique charictar names for them, it took me ages to find the right website and when i found this i was thrilled! so many unique names, i decided to bookmark it and now when i need ideas for names i always come onto this website to find some ideas, when my book is published i will give grand credit to this website including links for other people to suck up ideas and pass on the knowlege, i know that this site is the best and i will come on it again and again, pass it down to my grandchildren!

all the new people on this site, remember to hold this tight, this new website will help you with novels,novellas any type of story, fictional or historical fiction or even manga,

Keep it going

Xavier Zavaroni

One name I thought was vary funny was: Freed.

A great article on the last name. Like me, many will use as the unique source for character creation in their work. Thums up. Great collection. Inspiring.

You should add the name Barns and Quinlan.

Nice article

Good article....

I knew a girl in high school named Candy Cane. Your article was very cute and makes me want to write children's stories just so I can make up a cool name. Kudos.

I am a german and i can asure you that "eberstark" is not a german surname! It would mean "as strong as a male wild boar" but i do like this list a lot.

Hi Summer,

It doesn't care what your character's name is, if it copies or not! I've seen books with my name. I'm not bothered.

But, how about Penelope Risen, Penelope Hastieu, etc. I make up last names by jumbling up letters. Example: Getusj. Doesn't make sense? That's fine! Change it later.

Ask other people as well.

Great list! I grabbed a couple for possible use in my work.

Also might make my own name Hub. I hadn't considered it before.

this is a good list. i was looking for a surname for a character i am developing. her first name is Penelope. when coming up with a surname for her i would google her full name to see if anything comes up, and usually something does, there are TONS of people by the same name! could i still use it? i initially wanted to go with Penelope Hazelwood (not on this list) but there are people by that name. then i found the name Weaver here and figured that would fit even better since Penelope actually means weaver. but there are a lot of people by that name too. but maybe i could go with either one? its so hard to find a name that absolutely no one has so maybe its ok if my character has a name others have?

What kind of last name would you recommend for the name Alicia?

I feel like you just watched Bones...

But really, I love these names I'm using them!

My last name is Archeletta but everything always says, no I don't know that so I think it is Archetypal.

Great read.

Name, Rude???

That's so weird. :P

This is fantastic! Wixx, Vestine, Unger love it. I am a "name person." As a sci-fi writer I create characters, and just like the character their name also has to be interesting. I am definitely bookmarking this as an easy resource. Good Job!!

Crowley!!!!!

Knew a girl named Heather Seabolt.....cool last name I thought as a kid

another great gaming name

Dejerick

Valastormtor

As a writer, this is an interesting and useful guide. I tend to use a variety of sources for my character naming: high school alumni book, phone book, atlas/maps, baby name book and WD's 2nd Edition Character Naming book, including a couple of websites. Great hub!

I'm going to be using some of these names. woohoo!

We've been toying with the idea of coming up with a fake character (e.g. mascot) for our business but we're having trouble coming up with a catchy name. I will definitely be printing your list of names above and will share it with our team to see if we can brainstorm and get some ideas from it. Thank you!

My sisters last name is Sweet

As a writer, I always struggle with my characters' names. I tend to let their names sound like their position in life. The last name of one of my characters is Wellington. I think that speaks of his wealth, education, and strong character.

Thanks for your list. I thoroughly enjoyed reading through it, and I know I will refer to it again soon.

Love this! I usually ask my son (he's 4) to come up with the names... but he's 4, so sometimes they are a little silly - his current favorite character in made up bedtime stories is Prince Buggyfan.

What a unique idea for a hub! Making up names is fun.

The first names of characters usually just come to me, but I have such a hard time with last names. Thanks for the list!

Thanks for this list, and the information you provided along with it - much food for thought. Thanks!

I found this helpful. I have so many characters in need of a last name. ^^;

Don't know anyone with an odd last name but here are some: Undereig (under-rage), Nitch, Libber, Hillsin, and Fleetwood.

Lol! Sykes is the last name of the lead singer in bring me the horizon! Oliver Sykes!

I don't like my name but I'd like to change it! But then again, I think it's different and I'm 100% different or unique so my mum. I love this list though! =D

My last name is terkawi it's Arabic and people find it somewhat difficult to pronouns at first but it also seems interesting to them

Machado (muh-shah-doe) is a Portuguese name... I also like Wade, Leigh, Weston, and Lindell

My last name is Matzek (pronounced Mat-sick) and many people I know think this is an interesting last name

Winchester, ha!

Okay I've got Swan, Starr, Herold, Ramey, Lester, Shepherley, Kipke, Sessions, Horowitz, Rise, Blackledge, Sikora, Krynski, Stirling, Queen, Noble, Dever

I probably spelled a lot of those wrong but there you go

Not a last name but I know someone who's first name is Aurelius. I though that was so regal -- and it fit his personna.

My last name is shank

Such a great list!

Drycin (Dray-kon)

Merickel--- pronounced Miracle

Got a Japanese friend of mine whose last name is Kazuhiko. I just love saying it.

This article would be a little more interesting if you had the origins of the name, but it suited my needs just fine. My last name is Mean.

Carboni