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Most of my characters start with just a first name, and they are common contemporary (ish) names - James, Reg, Jessica, Amy, Sarah, Joe etc. Then I try to come up with a last name that sounds a little obscure but still in keeping with their nationality.
I then google the whole name and see if there are many results. If I don't get much back then I've hit trumps with something moderately original.
Must admit, I'm not sure when I started the same practice for all my characters.
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