A Dungeons & Dragons character is as complex as the person
playing him/her. One of the easiest ways to create a different personality
in one's characters is to give them names with a little thought invested in
them.  The RUN-OF-THE-MILL character is going to have a run-of-the-mill
name; hence, we see a lot of names like Fred the Swordsman or Barney
the Magician.  One step better is the character whose name shows that
the player was thinking when he named him, but thinks he/she's going
to be cute, so we have a Cleric named Toogoo of the Holy Order of Fries
or a Ranger named Lone.

My favorite characters out of fantasy always had names there were
two other words of not neccesarily associated meanings that were put
together to make up a name of peculiar power.  Death and Piper will
serve.  Roll the combination around in your mouth for a minute.  Nice,
eh?  Now add an appropriate forename,  like Caine.  See what I mean? It
makes it so much easier to get into the persona of a character named
Caine Deathpiper.  I mean, with Deathpiper around, Lone the Ranger is
just a silly joke and Fred the Swordsman is a drudge.

Now, I'll bet  you're wondering how you can get names like these for
your characters.  It's simple.  Take 1d6 and 1d20 and cross-reference the
result; for example, a two on the d6 and a three on the d20 give you
"Death."  Now roll them both again, a three on the d6 and a ten on the
d20 is "Piper."  See how simple it is?  The words below can be changed
to suit your fancy, of course.  You can even roll until you get what you
want (free choice).

Name Generation Table

-	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1.	Hawk	Fair	Spear	Eagle	Dark	Dreamer
2.	Black	Stone	Singer	Gray	Star	Bow
3.	Blade	Death	High	Staff	Brother	Strong
4.	Wood	White	Bear	Moon	Silver	Claw
5.	Sure	SLAYER	Helm	Free	Weaver	Wave
6.	Shadow	Tiger	Shield	Sea	Fox	Sky
7.	Dancer	Flame	Bone	Changer	Sly	Foam
8.	Red	Horn	Soul	Gold	Cleaver	Fist
9.	Wolf	Blood	Bane	Lion	Fang	Wise
10.	Hammer	Storm	Piper	Rune	Heart	Wind