Do you have a method for naming your creatures?

[Marik]

I just use names that sound cool and fit the creature. Most I get from animes though.

[Torafeesh]

After bands, often times. Or just names I think sound cool There's no real actual pattern to my naming of things~

[SaxonDarkAngel]

Not on Magistream. They are usually handmedown names or made up. Thought I do sometimes use other languages.
But on Dragcave I have a naming scheme which I put in the spoiler below because it doesn't DIRECTLY relate to the topic.....

Spoiler

On Dragcave I have last names depending on if I freeze it at hatchling stage (usually last name "Aura"), if I got it from the abandon page and it is from a lineage (I use "Traitu" like Traitor, and usually combine the parents names somehow, or if the parents had a last name I use that as the first name like Mother Respect and Father Respect=Respect Traitu), "Macduncan"s are usually just randoms, and "Sothe"s are cave bought and all are lineage names.
Anyone can breed with a Sothe, but Traitus usually stay with Traitus and same with Macduncans (though they are friendlier than Traitus and will breed easily with Sothes).
I also have a mini plot. Any dragon can be anything, but the lineage name is handed down. Only one dragon on my scroll does not have a lineage name. (and that is a purple dragon named Nifgra)
Also, Sothes are the friendliest and most trusting dragons, Macduncans are next, and Traitus dont trust anyone really.
And Sothes and Macduncans are more plentiful than Traitus.
You can look at my scroll to see what I mean.
My Scroll. (My username is Sothe Path of Radiance if you spell it out all the way, from the Fire Emblem games. Thought I like Sothe from Radiant Dawn better, SotheRD sounds stupider than SothePoR.)

Yep, thats all I have to say.

[Dragon131]

I usually find an interesting sounding root word of one of the creature's characteristics. (For example, the word "gryphon" is derived from the Old French word "grifoun" so I named one of my gryphons Grifoun).

[Rythalion]

Not really. Usually I give the names randomly, thinking of something that sounds nice.

If they're from a specific family, though, I try to find suitable names. And of course, if I am currently really into a certain fandom, some names might find their way into my keep

[Airasyraye]

A lot of the times, I choose mythological names for creatures that fit what they are. (Hippocampus named Neptune; Puvia named Ix Chel, which is a goddess of rainbows; and, yes, I have a Pegasus named Pegasus.)

Other times, I choose names that mimic an attribute of them. (Flash Fire, the Fire Phoenix; Lunar Blossom, the Lunar Hippogryph; Navy, the Baku, since they're blue.)

Other times, I use books/poems. (Skandranon, the Soot Gryphon; Mungojerrie, the Winged Cat; Ragna Roc, the Roc.)

And still other times, I just choose names randomly. (Oksana, the Nandi Bear; Camem, the Cacao Jackalope.)

Just depends.

[Giblybob]

I used to do translations in Irish Gaelic (They didn't have Scottish!) but they sounded ugly, so I usually don't name all my creatures any more, although I do name all my donis.

[SurrealSadi]

Not really.. If someone gifts me a lineage baby, I'll try to pick a name that matches the lineage name.

[Zen]

I type something randomly until it sounds right.

Adfijdf = doesn't sound good

ajdgfdsh = Not good

Wqim = Wehquim

Afpobw = Ahfpoeb

Akximw = Ak sim

I never know.

[MoonFeather13]

Other times, I use books/poems. (Skandranon, the Soot Gryphon; Mungojerrie, the Winged Cat; Ragna Roc, the Roc.)

Skandranon... isn't that from The Black/White/Silver Gryphon?