Manfred comments on List of techniques to help you remember names - Less Wrong Discussion
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The thing that worked best for me remembering names is having to memorize my students names when I was teaching. It turns out that after practicing on 250 or so names a year for 3 years, further names became much easier, even without any specific method (although I do try to use repetition in conversation more than I used to).
I suspect any technique will work for remembering names, because it is the practice at remembering names that matters most.