I'm thinking Teacake!
I wanted something really cosy and warm and cuddly but I didn't think Comfy ended up being the name I was looking for. I think having afternoon tea is something really comfy though and Teacake is just a cute word. <3
Teacake is really cute! I like those kinda comfy, cutesy names as well.
I also like Forest as a village name. I wouldn't pick that for my town, but I always smile when I see someone who is going for that name. Always makes me think of good ol' AC for the Gamecube, back then the village felt really forest-y with not much customization in it!
As of now I have three ideas for my town.
One would be Cinnamon, which to be fair is maybe kind of... well... generic, as it'd just be the english translation of my main NL town's name ^^;; ... but I love cinnamon and oddly enough I also really love both the german and the english word for it.
My second idea is Faraway. That'd just be a fun name, and I just realized it's also kind of a (unintentional!) reference to the museum you had to send your fossils to in the Gamecube game to get them examined, the Farway museum.
But I'm not so sure if
I would end up using it, because that's the name I suggested to my little sister when she started playing NL back when it came out. She ended up using the japanese word for it (at least we both hope we found the right translation), but the meaning remains the same. I wouldn't want to copy it. But regardless, I really like that one.
My other idea and the one I like the most right now would be Sercerezo (or just Sercerez depending on the character limit staying the same or not). It's the name of the spring area with cherry blossoms all year around in Rune Factory 4, one of my favourite games, and since I really like the cherry blossom time in AC that'd be a good fit. It's also just a really cool sounding/looking (made-up afaik) word in my opinion.
But then again, I might actually start a new town in NL while waiting for more news on AC Switch to be revealed, and I'm thinking about using that name for it already... Hmm...
I like names that sound sort of mystical or whimsical, I hope I can come up with a good one!
I really gotta start seriously thinking about this sooner rather than later, it always takes me ages to decide on these things.