At the beginning of certain role playing games, players have a plethora of choices to make. A lot of these choices will affect the game down the line, both in gameplay and story. Some of them are purely aesthetic. One, however, isn't really either. But it's important. It's the essence your character will carry around until the credits roll — we're talking about their name.
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Hogwarts Legacy is one such game. If you're as indecisive as us, picking a name can be frustrating if you don't already have something in mind. Do we go with our own, or pick something a bit more... wizarding? With the game soon to be released on PS4 and Xbox One, even more gamers will be tearing their hair out trying to think of a magical name.
You might be wondering, then, if there's a tool available to help you come up with a fitting name. Namely (excuse the pun), a name generator. But is there a Hogwarts Legacy name generator? And if there is, how do we use it?
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Is there a Harry Potter name generator for Hogwarts Legacy?
Yes, there is a Harry Potter name generator that you can use to name your created player character in Hogwarts Legacy. While there are many out there, the best is probably the officially-licensed Bloomsbury name generator.
The Potter UK publishing house has created its own Harry Potter name generator that’s simple to use. All you need to do is enter your first name, second name, and select whether you’re a wizard, witch, or if you’d rather be surprised.
Based on our use of the name generator, we know that you can use it as often as you like and you should get a different name each time you click that “Make My Name” button. It likely won’t give you your own name if it’s one that doesn’t appear in the books, however, as this writer’s first name is routinely ignored, at least.
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What it appears to do is take your initials and apply them to names from the book series. Toby Saunders, for example, comes out as names such as Thomas Shacklebolt, Troy Slytherin, and Terence Snape. If you aren’t happy with your Witch or Wizard name, you can always mix and match your own name and a Potter-sounding surname. Toby Shacklebolt isn’t too bad.
If you’d rather have something random that sounds like it could have been lifted from the pages of the books, you can always use the Imagine Forest Harry Potter name generator. This lets you simply select a randomly generated name. We’ve had hits including Grogan Fawley, Arthur Sky, and Nicola Ohnishi using this name generator.
Whatever you choose, as long as it fits the character you create, your name will be fine. Now get out there and live out your Hogwarts Legacy fantasy.
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