Chrono Trigger DS

[A Black Falcon]

At those times, a line up of main characters with names like Ceci, Rosa, Edward, and so on starts sounding pretty cool in it's own way. Sure they aren't "overflowing with radiating golden name power" but really, even Tolkein stuck in real names here and there.

Tolkein is essentially the perfect example of how to do names in a fantasy world. Every character has a name perfectly appropriate for their own culture, and those cultures are extremely, extremely well developed and believable.

That's the key really, having names that fit the society they are supposed to be from. So Richter Belmont's name is just fine, because he's supposed to be 18th/19th century European.

For the record, when I actually am forced at blank-point to come up with an original name for a character, I do actually make up a totally original one. I just think that it's far too limiting to say "I actually know people named Ralph so I think that's a stupid name for any character ever".

Pets also should never be given people names. :)