The most important thing for my characters is for them having good names
Typically, I go for obnoxious names, or names that allure to D&D fiction. Music is also a favorite! Here are my favorites:
Duskmarrow the Necromancer - A Necromancer in the Forgotten Realms.
Nightbringer the Assassin - A badass weapon in Dragonlance.
Infiniti the Sorceress - Standard obnoxious name.
Hipgnosis the Assassin - Standard obnoxious name.
Faithammer the Paladin - A Paladin in the Forgotten Realms.
Mandrenke the Druid - Name of a giant tropical storm. Windy Druid!
Stormforce the Sorceress - Standard obnoxious name.
Direhand the Assassin - An Assassin in the Forgotten Realms.
Lazarus the Druid - A Porcupine Tree song.
Tarkus the Barbarian - An ELP song.
Duskmarrow, Direhand, and Lazarus are probably my top 3. Also, my account name is LordVerminaard, a Forgotten Realms character!
Just an FYI, I don't actually read all of those books: I normally read just a few and then look up what names I'm missing on the internet.