Hello!
I was happily surprised to find that Scrivener has a name generator and saw that it was possible to add to the names in the database. I was just wondering how exactly I could do this, as there are some names I would like to add.
Any help on this would be appreciated!
I have not done this personally, but it looks like a self-generated .csv file of names is all you need.
ā¦from HELP file:
20.3.1 Managing Your Own Name Lists: You can add your own custom name lists to the generator. They should be formatted so that all names are on a single line, and each name is separated by a comma, like so:
name1,name2,name3,name4,name5,ā¦
It might be easiest to produce these lists in a spreadsheet on a single row, and export as a csv ļ¬le. If you use a regular text editor, make sure to name the ļ¬le with a ā.csvā extension.
Clickthe + button, below the name list area of the Name Generator window.
Locate the ļ¬le in the chooser dialogue and click Open.
Give the list a descriptive name in the Title ļ¬eld, and select whether it is a list of female names, male names, or surnames.
Finally, if you have ordered your list from most common to most obscure (at the end of the list), check this box to enable the Obscurity Level slider for that list.4
To delete one of your custom lists: select it from the name list area and click the ā button. You will be asked to conļ¬rm your decision. To update a list youāve imported in the past, delete the custom list, and then add your
modiļ¬ed csv ļ¬le again. The details from the last name list you created will be ļ¬lled in for you.
Thank you so much!!! It worked!
This morning I decided to create a project for one of my alternate history projects (a pan-European) story and found myself needing the name generator, but I found out there are no lists for Russian, Serbian or Lithuanian names.
How do you even create a list for the generator?
Any help is appreciated.
Look at legacy names in scrivener. These are included in software.
Now open notepad and place names on one line like below
Name1,
Name2,
Name3,
And last name without a comma
Save the list and import into the name generator. Will have to import again on 2nd computer.
The full procedure is documented in Ā§20.4.1, Managing Your Own Name Lists, of the user manual PDF. You can order the names by obscurity, optionally, and there is an option for indicating it has been ordered that way, in the import dialogue.
Thank you! Iāll check that out.
Ask ChatGPT for 20 names, then 20 surnames. Then do the same with Gemini. Check what name people use to refer to one another in those countries, for instance a Black South African would celebrates being referred to by their surname, whereas a White, Couloured or Indian would find it an insult, especially if the person addressing them is their junior.
The LLMs are pretty lousy with counting, but pop back sufficient accurate names.
Iāve delved down into sub-sects and cultures and found some interesting names and their origins that way.
All my charactersā names have meaningāI build it into their identity.
Also consider your audience and try to keep names simple. Few readers are interested in long multi-syllable names. Why call someone Moegmad Padayachee, when Zaid Sadr would do?
here is the list of legacy nameās lists in Scrivener 3
The 242 available Legacy lists include:
Aboriginal Female Forenames
Aboriginal Male Forenames
Afghan Surnames
African American Female Forenames
African American Male Forenames
African Female Forenames
African Male Forenames
African Surnames
Albanian Surnames
American Female Forenames
American Male Forenames
American Surnames
Ancient Amazonian Female Forenames
Ancient Amazonian Male Forenames
Ancient Assyrian Female Forenames
Ancient Assyrian Male Forenames
Ancient Aztecan Female Forenames
Ancient Aztecan Male Forenames
Ancient Babylonian Female Forenames
Ancient Babylonian Male Forenames
Ancient Egyptian Female Forenames
Ancient Egyptian Male Forenames
Ancient Greek Female Forenames
Ancient Greek Male Forenames
Ancient Hittite Female Forenames
Ancient Hittite Male Forenames
Ancient Incan Female Forenames
Ancient Incan Male Forenames
Ancient Mayan Female Forenames
Ancient Mayan Male Forenames
Ancient Palestinian Female Forenames
Ancient Palestinian Male Forenames
Ancient Phoenician Female Forenames
Ancient Phoenician Male Forenames
Ancient Roman Female Forenames
Ancient Roman Male Forenames
Ancient Sumerian Female Forenames
Ancient Sumerian Male Forenames
Anglo Saxon Female Forenames
Anglo Saxon Male Forenames
Arabian Female Forenames
Arabian Male Forenames
Arabic Surnames
Aramaic Female Forenames
Aramaic Male Forenames
Argentinian Surnames
Armenian Female Forenames
Armenian Male Forenames
Armenian Surnames
Arthurian Legend Female Forenames
Arthurian Legend Male Forenames
Australian Female Forenames
Australian Male Forenames
Australian Surnames
Austrian Surnames
Azerbaijani Surnames
Bangladeshi Surnames
Basque Female Forenames
Basque Male Forenames
Basque Surnames
Belgian Surnames
Bosnian Surnames
Bulgarian Surnames
Cambodian Female Forenames
Cambodian Male Forenames
Cambodian Surnames
Canadian Female Forenames
Canadian Male Forenames
Canadian Surnames
Catalonian Surnames
Celtic Female Forenames
Celtic Male Forenames
Chamorro Female Forenames
Chamorro Male Forenames
Chilian Surnames
Chinese Female Forenames
Chinese Male Forenames
Chinese Surnames
Cornish Female Forenames
Cornish Male Forenames
Cornish Surnames
CostaRican Surnames
Croatian Surnames
Czechoslovakian Female Forenames
Czechoslovakian Male Forenames
Czechoslovakian Surnames
Danish Female Forenames
Danish Male Forenames
Danish Surnames
Dutch Female Forenames
Dutch Male Forenames
Dutch Surnames
Egyptian Female Forenames
Egyptian Male Forenames
English Female Forenames
English Male Forenames
English Surnames
Estonian Surnames
Fijian Surnames
Filipino Surnames
Finnish Female Forenames
Finnish Male Forenames
Finnish Surnames
French Female Forenames
French Male Forenames
French Surnames
Gaelic Female Forenames
Gaelic Male Forenames
Galician Surnames
German Female Forenames
German Male Forenames
German Surnames
Greek Female Forenames
Greek Male Forenames
Greek Surnames
Hawaiian Female Forenames
Hawaiian Male Forenames
Hungarian Female Forenames
Hungarian Male Forenames
Hungarian Surnames
Indian Female Forenames
Indian Male Forenames
Indian Surnames
Indonesian Female Forenames
Indonesian Male Forenames
Indonesian Surnames
Iranian Surnames
Iraqi Surnames
Irish Female Forenames
Irish Male Forenames
Irish Surnames
Israeli Female Forenames
Israeli Male Forenames
Israeli Surnames
Italian Female Forenames
Italian Male Forenames
Italian Surnames
Jamaican Female Forenames
Jamaican Male Forenames
Japanese Female Forenames
Japanese Male Forenames
Japanese Surnames
Jewish Female Forenames
Jewish Male Forenames
Jewish Surnames
Jordanian Surnames
Korean Female Forenames
Korean Male Forenames
Korean Surnames
Kosovan Surnames
Latin Female Forenames
Latin Male Forenames
Latvian Surnames
Lebanese Surnames
Lithuanian Surnames
Malaysian Surnames
Maltese Surnames
Maori Female Forenames
Maori Male Forenames
Maori Surnames
Mongolian Surnames
Muslim Female Forenames
Muslim Male Forenames
Muslim Surnames
Native American Female Forenames
Native American Male Forenames
Nigerian Female Forenames
Nigerian Male Forenames
Norse Female Forenames
Norse Male Forenames
Northernlreland Surnames
Norwegian Female Forenames
Norwegian Male Forenames
Norwegian Surnames
Pakistani Surnames
Paraguayan Surnames
Persian Female Forenames
Persian Male Forenames
Peruvian Surnames
Polish Female Forenames
Polish Male Forenames
Polish Surnames
Polynesian Female Forenames
Polynesian Male Forenames
Portuguese Female Forenames
Portuguese Male Forenames
Portuguese Surnames
Roman Surnames
Romanian Female Forenames
Romanian Male Forenames
Romanian Surnames
Russian Female Forenames
Russian Male Forenames
Russian Surnames
Samoan Surnames
Sanskrit Female Forenames
Sanskrit Male Forenames
Scandinavian Female Forenames
Scandinavian Male Forenames
Scandinavian Surnames
Scottish Female Forenames
Scottish Male Forenames
Scottish Surnames
Serbian Female Forenames
Serbian Male Forenames
Serbian Surnames
Shakespearean Female Forenames
Shakespearean Male Forenames
Sikh Surnames
Singaporean Surnames
Slavic Female Forenames
Slavic Male Forenames
Slavic Surnames
Slovenian Surnames
Spanish Female Forenames
Spanish Male Forenames
Spanish Surnames
SriLankan Surnames
Swahili Female Forenames
Swahili Male Forenames
Swedish Female Forenames
Swedish Male Forenames
Swedish Surnames
Swiss Female Forenames
Swiss Male Forenames
Swiss Surnames
Syrian Surnames
Taiwanese Surnames
Teutonic Female Forenames
Teutonic Male Forenames
Thai Female Forenames
Thai Male Forenames
Thai Surnames
Tibetan Surnames
Tongan Surnames
Turkish Female Forenames
Turkish Male Forenames
Turkish Surnames
Ukrainian Female Forenames
Ukrainian Male Forenames
Ukrainian Surnames
Vietnamese Female Forenames
I donāt see the list in my Scrivener. Using Windows, BTW.
Open the name generator and click the plus sign at the bottom which will show legacy list option. When click this, it opens the folder with the legacy lists and you pick one or more to import into the name generator. (look at number 6)
Thank you! Iāll test this out.
This legacy list is only with the Windows version? I donāt see it in Mac.
