I try to always use real names and not invent them. And still I have people saying, "I had trouble with all the fantasy names" and I have to say, "No, that's actually Amazigh, or Vietnamese, or Iranian."
I like to use baby naming sites, pick the appropriate nationality for the character, and then just start scrolling until something catches my eye. I have one criterion - Whatever it is, I have to be able to pronounce it.
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