[StoneBurner]

Some authors really make some bad ones, like nynaeve al'meara or flewdr flam. List them all!

[Metosblat]

Pug

[Killer Chicken]

Darken Rahl... Can anybody say Darth Vader?

[Caly]

Richard. I still can't believe a fantasy author would name his character Richard of all things! As in the Terry Goodkind Richard. I actually loved the Richard in Neverwhere, but since that was a different setting I guess different name rules apply.

Also, I generally hate every name for every female in the Robert Jordan books.

Caleyna

[Sammie]

I have to sa y Barclay's "The Unknown Warrior" REALLY irritated me as a name. Pretty much my only real critisim though.

[Barbarossa]

Sam be glad that you don't know "Grunts" by Mary Gentle then, it has the evil "nameless necromances" and his good twin the "named one" http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/wink.gif

[James Barclay]

Hey Sam, at least there's a reason for 'The Unknown'

Doesn't translate well into French, though...

[Rob B]

Jagang is a pretty stupid name, sounds like somebody's coughing.

I generally get annoyed when characters have a bunch of apostrophes J'on`ov F'yr'dra`gn

[Elan Morin Tedronai]

The names in Robin Hobb!
Nothing personal to this author, but hear this:
Burrich-sonds to me: absolute peasant!
Modesty-no comment!
etc and etc.
Or...Durnik-what a name,what a name,what a name!!!

[Giarc]

Well, some of you must know I'm not the WOT's foremost advocate but I think the names in there are fine. But if Nynaeve tugs that braid just one more time...!!! As for Fflewddur Fflam, it is a name based in the Welsh language which is entirely sensible given that the roots of the tale are based in Welsh legend/mythology. I agree too many apostrophes and accents can be bloody hard to get your brain around, but it also adds to a sense of being 'foreign' IMO.