Not sure why this topic was downvoted before, it's actually an interesting topic. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has finished creating a character in a game, not sure what to name them, then get stuck staring the screen trying to think of a name but unwilling to exit the game of task switch (in case the game crashes) to avoid creating the character all over again.

If the game has a name generator, I just use that. For Icewind Dale, I use an online Forgotten Realms name generator. Anything else, I think of similar characters from other games and just name them after that character.

Naming the character is usually my least favorite part of character creation.

Edit: Sometimes I name my characters after their purpose. My first character in Grim Dawn is called "Squishy" cos I knew as a first character he would be dying a lot. So far he has died 519 times.

I usually use names from my extensive Pen&Paper gaming history. Some memorable character that fits the role, either one I played or someone I played with. So even in a larger party I will automatically know who is the tief, who the warrior, who the mage and so on. Because they are based on memorable predecessors.

Most of the time I use names of characters from fantasy books I read. In case it is a JRPG I use names from Anime series when possible.

I am not very creative on that front I'm afraid ;)

He, Him, Mate, Bruv, Pal, and an occasional SlutServingTheBoys thrown in for good measure.

I use names from characters in movies and tv-shows (Star Trek, Star Wars, etc.).
I kind of think "imagine if this character was in this game", that sort of thing.
It's nice to attach some personality to your party members.

sure, but there is many others like this one.;-)

I don't get it either. So have a + from me. Unlike someone else, you at least seem to be genuinely interested in the topics you start.

I tend to name my characters descriptively, so that I can remember right away who and what each party member is. And being a Finn, I tend to mix up Finnish and English into Finglish.

So for instance in Icewind Dale 1-2, I recall I had characters like:

Tiina Thieffi (a female rogue, mostly acting as a scout)
Ville Wizardi (a cis male sorcerer or such)
Palle Paladiini (a Swedish genderfluid paladin who leads the party; the name comes from the world-famous Swedish comedy series, Balle Ramsted shöw)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-eCWTntzmM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JW6yryQjAc#t=17

And so on and so forth, you get the gist of it.

I go with historical and literary names. Dante, Giordano, Arthur, Lucrezia, Philippe, Leopold, Helena, etc.