Show of hands:

How many writers dip into their junk-mail folder to name characters?

(Hey, it's easier than the tried-and-true baby name book method. Although you run the risk of getting a character named Halfreda Q. Establishment.)

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Robyn Bender Author Profile Page said:

http://www.babyzone.com/babynames/nameinventor.asp?gender=female
Scroll down to "advanced" for ethnic roots

Wunnerful timewaster: http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

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