I know lots of people have trouble with names, but there are many easy ways to pick up some quick names for characters and NPCs, or even locations. Here's a few that I've learned over the years from some good people:
1. For somewhat modern-sounding names, a good place to pick up names is the spam folder in your email. I know a lot of people don't go in there, but there are some gems if you have the patience to look. Just a few from my spam folder, right now: Dena Lorna, Albert Faith, Karie Sammie, Jack Marietta.
2. For a name that sounds a little out there or fantastic, look to works both out there and fantastic (especially if your players won't go near it anytime soon). Now, I'm not saying that you should name all of your dwarves Gimli or all of your wizards Harry Potter, but in classic tales there are some great names. From Beowulf: Hildeburh, Aeschere, Herebeald. From The Canterbury Tales: Wilkin, Janekin (Jenkin), Alisoun (Allison), Phoebus. From The Iliad: Menelaos, Andromache, Priam. From Le Morte d'Arthur: Baldwin, Tristan, Urian, Mark. (And of course, Merlyn/Merlin!) From The Divine Comedy: Megaera, Cagnazzo, Apulia.
3. Name your characters after things or noises or something. We've had many characters named silly things like Scribbles, Crunchy, Thouch, etc.
It's a lot of fun to find new ways to name your characters, in some cases more fun that playing them. :)
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