How do you pick names for your Sims?

I can't pick anything from that voting list because i don't have any names in mind until the babies are born then i have to think of one, luckily i'm a situation thinker so coming up with one is fairly simple. Even when creating a new household i haven't got names lined up until i think of one most of the time.

In some cases it is pre-arranged for example with the Galibrinov's they are Russian, so i needed to find suitable names.
Same goes for the Wiezincinski's who are Polish and the Chun-Koon's who are Korean although admittedly one name i got from Lost because it made things easier. Same goes for any babies born into those households, they either have the correct name in research or the other half to one of the main family members can name them and going to check isn't needed as it'll be a standard name.

Three different places;
Random Generator if I really don't have anything in mind.
Phone Book for last names
Baby Names on the web, especially if I am looking for a certain meaning to the name.

95% of the time I randomize at least one of the names. I can normally come up with the first/last name myself once I am satisfied with the generated one. The other 5% I use unorthodox names like foods or plants.

Sometimes I may use the cas name randomizer, other times I search up baby names beginning with ... I used to use the behindthename generator for more authentic and rare names but now, I don't really care

I usually decide on names that "feel" right - which may or may not be particularly meaningful (I had one baby boy born on Winterfest. Naturally, I named him Noel. His brother, born the following harvestfest was Hunter) If nothing springs to mind, I'll use the randomizer, especially when making filler families. As a rule, I generally don't agonize over it.

Although sometimes I’ll also post pictures with a description of my new Sim and ask for ideas here on the forum. Occasionally I’ll use an old favourite of mine too -but only once in a blue moon.
Some 80 - 90 percent of the time, I hit the Random button over and over until I find one I like/that seems to fit.

Mostly the generator, but I do have a couple of sims in my library with very specific names that I selected.

I'm terrible with coming up with names myself, and would just end up using the same few all the time. I use a combination of Cas randomizer (will often change them up a bit also), various name generators and search for names from specific countries/regions.

I write a lot of books and so I've always been a big fan of etymology. It's a little layer of detail that not a lot of people at all would notice, but I like the added flavour.

For certain Sims, especially vampires, I tie them to certain names from myth or particular events. If you know your stuff in that regard, you can determine what my vampires will look like in their dark forms without actually seeing them.

Most of my sims are based on fictional characters (from TV shows, movies, video games, books) or real people (friends, family). If the latter have babies in the game, I let them decide their names, in case of unplanned babies, the name generator comes into play. All the others either get names that somehow suit their personalities, or names that I like, which come from both my imagination and the internet. So yeah, I really use all the suggested methods, depending on the sim.