Hi people!
I started to write my story in english and I’m facing an important dilemma : names. I always find the names of my characters by myself, that’s fine, but what about the places??? That I really suck to find. So I wonder, does anybody have tips to give me?

How do you people find the names for your places, country or events?

If you don’t have tips, maybe some of you would have some inspiration or suggestions ? Here are some of the main item/places I have to find names for :

- magical water : find in particular and relatively rare sources throughout humans territory. This is very important since it’s because of those sources that the humans gain magical power. Haven’t find a name for it yet except “magical water”

- dark elves’ island : the dark elves in my story are kept imprison (well almost…can you really imprison dark elves? ) on a distant island and not underground. I can’t go on without finding a name for that island! Come on, the dark elves would have name their piece of territory… I really have no idea how to call it.

- more general kingdoms : how do you find names of cities and kingdoms? Mostly human but also light elves main cities names could be nice.

- a huge snowstorm that occur once a year and that bring winter with it.


I would greatly appreciate any kind of suggestions or tips, anything could inspire me and help me! Please! Thanks for any kind of idea!

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