In one abandoned idea I had the man character died and went to hell. There she found a colosseum guarded by Nero who was a giant naked golden statue with an erection as he killed angels.
The idea started as: People from history should be in hell. Then I thought: Nero had a naked bronze statue of...
Thanks for the advice, especially the goat Idea. I have a canal city as the main setting so I'll probably base them off Italian names, mostly. I have a few that already have decided names that I really like.
I often go to a random name generator and hit the button until I find something I am vaguely satisfied with, then edit the name until I like it. I fear that the setting will have a mixture of totally unrelated names doing it this way. Any suggestions?