Town names

[nightglow]

So, I have a New 3ds XL now. I decided to use some of my money I had set aside to get one since I found some in good condition and I'd imagine it may be harder to get later if I continued waiting. I've been wanting to explore the catalog and play on a native system at the same time. I never had this system.. the closest I had was a 3ds xl. I also only had a few games.. and it was fine for those however a couple of games had some frame rate issues at certain points when there was a lot going on. It was probably the later 3ds games that had that, and I have heard of others online experiencing the same back then.
I'm pretty excited about getting this, because unlike the system I use to have, it can scan Amiibos.
So, I am about to start a town in ACNL welcome amiibo! : D
I have been brainstorming names for a about a week and these are the ones I am really thinking about. I'd like others' opinion on them or others to share their ideas for town names!
-Farebell
-Windbell
-Smorburn
-Nooklyn
-Clayrill
-Woodfall
-Luckton
-NewBerry
The meaning of these names along with the other names I brainstormed that I don't think I am going to use are in the spoiler below in case it helps someone else with ideas. Remember with New Leaf, the character limit for a town name is 8.

Spoiler: Town Name Ideas

+Farebell ( fee or travel and currency)
+Oakton (town of oaks)
+Smorburn (a play s'mores can burn in the campfire and s'moresburg: town of s'mores)
+Plumvale (plums in mist or hidden plums)
+Mossburg (town of moss)
+Woodfall (wood that has fallen)
+Nutellan (Nutella being a town or people of nutella)
+Mapletin (Maple trees and tin can be found here)
+Cinnabog ( the opposite of Pokemon's volcanic cinnabar island. A bog/wetlands environment)
+Falcrick ( fall crick/creek)
+Wildnut (wild foragable nuts)
+Criksong (crick/creek or cricket plus song. Could reference night, nature, or water songs/sounds)
+Dewbog ( sounds like a big city. Dew and bog)
+Lostwood (a forgotten/hidden woods/forest)
+Petaldew (petals decorated with dew)
+Sagewood (an herb used for medicinal purposes and smudging or could be sage colored wood)
+New Hope (always hope)
+Portwood (port made of wood or port of wood resources)
+Nooklyn (nooklyn like brooklyn new york)
+Goldston (town possessed by gold)
+Windbell (lily of the valley bell flowers in the wind)
+Wildcrik (wild crick/creek)
+Cedarfal (cedar fall)
+Bakwoods (back woods)
+BluBlufs (blue bluffs/cliffs)
+Mudibog (muddy bog/swamp)
+Palsburg (town of friends)
+Mt. Gaia (mountain of earth or mountain of earth goddess or mother earth mountain or mother mountain or mountain of earth that nourishes)
+Clayrill (clay from a rill/small stream)
+Rocksvil (village of rocks or village of rock music)
+Changton (town of change or town that changes)
+Fairton (town of fairs)
+Luckton (town of luck)
+Lucksvil (village of luck)
+Rilsluck (luck from rills/small streams)
+Angleril (angler of a rill/small stream)
+Seabell (bell of the sea, currency from the sea, lily of the valley by the sea)
+NewBerry (new berries)
+New Bark ( starting town in Johto pokemon, new bark growth)
+Sandwood (to smooth wood with sand paper, a wooded area near a sandy area, could be referencing sandalwood which is an aromatic wood from a particular evergreen tree)

I am also aiming for pears. I usually go for apples, but I think going for pears will be a nice change and the perfect pears look like golden pears to me. Let me know about other factors to keep in mind while map resetting. I'm not in a super big hurry to start my town.

Is anyone else starting a town in an older animal crossing game? Or recently started one? And is there still a good place to look online for QR codes for paving for New Leaf?

 

[Insulaire]

I like Woodfall (if rustic/cozy) or Nooklyn (if city/urban)

 

[Beanz]

personally, i like oakton, wildnut, and nooklyn the most. i feel like the last two that i mentioned are especially unique. however, it really depends on what theme you want to go with, if any.

 

[lasagne_of_death]

Damn, that's a lot of really good name ideas. I feel bad cutting the list down!

Woodfall and Clayrill are very quaint names. I'd definitely recommend these if you're planning on having a more natural and relatively undeveloped town.

For an urban or developed town, Nooklyn and Luckton are up there. They sound a bit more busy than the others, if that makes sense?

My two favourite out of the both of the categories are Woodfall and Nooklyn but I think that they're very specific to their categories. Smorburn or Farebell would be more flexible impo

Spoiler: Honorable mentions!

This is for the names that didn't make it for your final cut of names, but I still really like.

Portwood or Seabell if you want a sea themed town (lighthouse, sand QR codes, etc). Fairton would also be good for this one, imo

I must say, I love Mossburg, Sagewood, and Cricksong. I like these names a lot!

About the map, my advice is to get one where the front of the waterfall can be seen head on. I just think it looks far better than the ones that flow to the side. My town map doesn't have a waterfall like this, and I regret not getting one that did.

 

[nightglow]

Damn, that's a lot of really good name ideas. I feel bad cutting the list down!

Thank you. It is difficult to choose one, even to create the mini list.

I want the name to be pretty flexible, flow well and nature-y. Gonna keep thinking, but I hope this thread helps others. A low character limit is a challenge.