Where does an author come up with a name for a character from?

I once named a minor character Cherrypie. Take the word of this author I know somebody by that name. She's a nurse.

In a incomplete story of mine, I have a very minor character named Rikki Nine. Remember the song  'Rikki don't lose that number'? A little over twenty years ago I had a co-worker named Rikki Nine.

My twisted muse is mostly for coming up with plots. As for naming characters I have several methods.

1 I use names of past acquaintances, classmates, co-workers.

2 We still have a old white pages at my house and I pull names from there.

3 Wikipedia. Categories People from Where ever. This is a strategy I use a great deal for characters who are from Asia (where many of my stories have been set) or avoiding a tendency to give my characters Anglo Saxon names.

Another thing I do sometimes is to cross apply the names I come up with. Take the names Laura Hunt and Terry Owens and make my characters Terry Hunt and Laura Owens.

I don't name characters after famous people. There have been real people in a few of my stories. Including someone who went by his nickname- Tree.

Update- I will have two new ebooks for sale at Amazon before the month ends.