Your saved names appear here. Favorites are stored in your browser’s local storage.
Your Saved Creative Names
Welcome to your personal name playground. This page houses the favorites you have curated while browsing our 70+ specialized name generators. Whether you are building characters for a fantasy novel, compiling options for a new band, listing ideas for a D&D campaign, or selecting business names, you can keep track of all your top choices right here. Your favorites serve as a living document of your creative naming process.
How Your Favorites List Works
At Name Generator, we prioritize your data privacy above all else. Unlike other websites, we do not require you to sign up, create an account, or share your email address to save names. Your favorites are saved using a web browser technology called **localStorage**. This means:
- Your list is stored directly on your computer or mobile device.
- Your saved names are never transmitted to, processed by, or saved on our servers.
- The list persists between visits, so you can close your browser and return to your list later.
- Clearing your browser cache or cookies for this site will delete your favorites list, so be sure to copy them before performing cache cleanups!
Managing and Exporting Your Favorites
We have designed our favorites interface to be clean and versatile. You can toggle between a flat view and a grouped view to organize your selections by the generator they came from. To export your names, click the **”Copy All”** button to load the entire list onto your clipboard, allowing you to paste it directly into your writing software, word processor, or character sheets. If you wish to remove an individual name, hover over it and click the remove icon (✕), or click “Clear” to reset your drawer entirely. Keeping your list organized helps you maintain focus as your story or campaign grows.
Why We Use LocalStorage Instead of Cookies
Many sites use tracking cookies to store session states, but cookies are automatically sent to the server with every HTTP request. This wastes bandwidth and allows servers to build tracking profiles of your behavior. In contrast, **localStorage** is a modern HTML5 storage mechanism that remains strictly within your browser client. The server has no access to it, and no data is sent over the network. This ensures complete privacy and much faster page load speeds, as no redundant data is transmitted during generation clicks.
How to Back Up Your Favorites List
Because your favorites are stored in local storage, they are tied to your specific device and browser. If you switch from your laptop to your phone, your favorites will not follow you. To prevent losing your curated lists, we recommend backing them up regularly. Simply open your favorites drawer, click “Copy All,” and paste the text list into a cloud document, email draft, or local text file. This guarantees that even if you clear your browser cache or lose your device, your creative brainstorms are safely preserved.
Step-by-Step Developer Guide: Inspecting Local Storage
If you are a web developer or power user interested in where your favorites are saved on your machine, you can inspect the values directly using your browser’s Developer Tools:
- Open our website in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Apple Safari.
- Right-click anywhere on the page and select “Inspect” or press F12.
- Navigate to the “Application” tab (Chrome/Edge) or “Storage” tab (Firefox/Safari).
- Expand the “Local Storage” dropdown in the left-hand sidebar and click on our site’s URL.
- Look for the key named
ngc_favorites. You will see a JSON array containing all your saved names.
Troubleshooting Local Storage Issues
If you find that your saved favorites are disappearing or not saving correctly, check the following troubleshooting steps: (a) Private/Incognito Browsing, as most browsers disable persistent storage or wipe it immediately upon window closure in private sessions; (b) Storage Limits, where local storage is capped at 5-10MB (enough to save over 100,000 names, but can be blocked if your device has no free disk space); (c) Cache Cleaning Software, where CCleaner or browser extensions designed to clear cookies can clear local storage keys as well; and (d) Cross-Browser Isolation, as favorites saved in Google Chrome are not readable in Safari, since local storage is isolated strictly by browser application.
Favorites List Backup Checklist
Before you perform any of the following system operations, go through this checklist to avoid losing your favorites:
- Upgrading OS/Browser: Copy all names to an external document, as major updates can clear cache.
- Changing Devices: Manually copy and transfer your favorites list via email or chat to your new device.
- Clearing Browser History: Uncheck the “Cookies and other site data” or “Cached images and files” option if you want to keep local storage.
- Running System Cleaners: Verify that CCleaner or other clean utilities are not configured to clear local storage files.
Browser Compatibility for Local Storage
Our favorites drawer is compatible with all modern, standards-compliant web browsers. Below is a compatibility summary of storage support across platforms:
| Browser / platform | Storage Limit | State Persistence | Private Browsing Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Chrome (Desktop) | ~5MB per origin | Persistent until cleared | Wiped upon closing Incognito window |
| Mozilla Firefox (Desktop) | ~10MB per origin | Persistent until cleared | Wiped upon closing Private window |
| Safari (macOS & iOS) | ~5MB per origin | Persistent until cleared (except Private mode) | Not saved in Private Browsing session |
| Android Chrome / WebView | ~5MB per origin | Persistent until cleared | Wiped upon closing Incognito window |
How to Use Your Saved Names for Creative Projects
Once you have compiled a list of names, the real creative work begins. Here are some of our team’s favorite strategies for using generated names to enrich your worldbuilding and storytelling: (a) Character Profiling, where you treat the phonetic structure of a name as a clue to a character’s origin, personality, or ancestral status; (b) Mapping Fictional Regions, where you use tavern or island names to sketch out outline sketches of maps before you start writing; and (c) Creating Distinct Linguistic Sub-families, where you assign specific generator outputs to different clans or factions in your fantasy setting. By keeping your favorites list saved, you have a ready reference sheet that you can consult whenever you need a new character, place, or band name in a pinch.
Start Curating Your Project Names
If your list is currently empty, head over to any of our tools (such as the Elf Name Generator or Dwarf Name Generator), run a few generations, and click the heart icon next to any name that resonates with you. They will instantly appear here, ready to be reviewed, compared, and integrated into your creative projects. Expand your world, name your heroes, and let your imagination take flight.