names_for_a_wizard
raze merlin seems too maudlin.
and it's been done before.

doyle and nigel sound like
blokes you'd find knocking
knees in the pub after
painting a stranger's house
some questionable shade of blue.

well-meaning, maybe.
hardly made of magic.

a random name generator
gives me these to consider:

uliphior,
orakius,
arick,
and adore.

ewix,
opius,
agoras.
and inojamar.

most of them don't mean a thing,
but they sound like music to me.
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Soma Pronounced like “Hercules” where all these names rhyme withwheeze”:
Popsicles
Particles
Icicles
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