Naming Characters
br0thergr1m
Simple...how do you all choose the names for your characters. Do you rely on ancient D&D names? Do you come up with something funny? Do you visit a name website and pick out a name? What is your reasoning behind your characters and future characters names?
Ray
My name, and a random word.
zwei2stein
Most of my characters are named after mathematicians. Gotta tell you, female chars take some serious googling.
netniwk
anything that doesn't include dark,evil,shadow,blood,phoenix,angel,warrior is good in my book.
Catrion-Leyt
I give them some sort of title at the beginning of the name that goes with their profession first (usually). Like my ranger is "Bowman." My new Dervish is "Acolyte." And then I (usually) add something that has "Leyt" in it. Simple.
Rushin Roulette
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Originally Posted by netniwk
anything that doesn't include dark,evil,shadow,blood,phoenix,angel,warrior is good in my book.
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I just took my CSS gamename. I chose it for the way I play... Rush in and hope for the best
canto
i find an easy name that realates to the character, like for a ranger master of nature. Then i go online to a translator and find something that sounds cool in anopther language, like latin. My rangers name is now Mathios Domno, which sounds cool.
MirkoTeran
I generally play only 1 character and I use same name in every game for the last 10 years or so.
PS #1:
I hate you. :P
PS #2:
I hate when people name characters X name X, or any version of this.
PS #1:
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Originally Posted by netniwk
anything that doesn't include dark,evil,shadow,blood,phoenix,angel,warrior is good in my book.
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PS #2:
I hate when people name characters X name X, or any version of this.
Malice Black
XxxOwNeDxxX <~~This = very bad
Zahr Dalsk
I go to a latin-english translator, see what I find that fits the character concept, alter it slightly so that it sounds like a Latin name (in general the majority of Latin names seem to end in -us) and then use that.
Halmyr
My main Character, and the name I always use:Halmyr comes from the DnD book : complet warrior, him being the god of skill and strategy.
Other names come from various Magic the gathering book: Jeska, Sister of Khamal in the prophecy series. Ixidor from the next one. Ect....
Always Try to grab a character I know and had some thing like "The patient" at the end.
Other names come from various Magic the gathering book: Jeska, Sister of Khamal in the prophecy series. Ixidor from the next one. Ect....
Always Try to grab a character I know and had some thing like "The patient" at the end.
jeutie
I take a stupid name from a movie or such...
Like:
Oopz I Killed Kenny
Omg I Healed Kenny
I Am Borat Sagdiyev
Like:
Oopz I Killed Kenny
Omg I Healed Kenny
I Am Borat Sagdiyev
chowmein69
i have many random names .
I Is Special
I chose really random names for all characters except my main, which i made "I Am Snowflake", and Snowflake is a nickname i got from a friend IRL. My others are whatever comes to mind first because i dont really care about them. My dervish is named "Mmmmmmmmm Mmmm" because i wanted a really long name and thought it would be interesting. Most of my other characters are named "I Am _______" such as I'm Sho Shexy, Ima Bish slap you, I Is Special, and Im God dont kill me.
So yeah, its pretty much what ever comes to mind when i'm making them. Their names arent too important to me.
So yeah, its pretty much what ever comes to mind when i'm making them. Their names arent too important to me.
Kusandaa
I use silly/funny stuff, usually related to my real name... or not. My necromancer is named after a friend of mine's character, while my assassin has a real ninja's name, but based on a video game version of him. Here's a few examples:
- Cheran Doher: necromancer. The character is based on another character one of my friends made for a story; we both thought he fit the physical profile. Kinda ironic because the original version was a demon hunter, and Cheran being a necromancer, dealing with the dead...
- Xander The Ranger: obvious profession, but fits him so much - he really, really looks like me.
- Resident Weirdo: my ritualist, comes from the fact I used to introduce myself as my guild's "resident weirdo".
- The Xandervish: obvious profession again; Xan|der... Der|vish...
- Slash Tank: male warrior; a warrior slashes, /tank (slash tank), fact I'm a gay man who likes slash (light-ish gay romance novels/short stories, usually based on video games, anime, etc).
As for PvP characters, whatever goes through my head at the time. "Xander Goes Female" was my female necro bloodspike name; "Annoying Was Server" when ANet servers were going haywire (rit); In Your Closet I ([HiDE] is my guild tag. I was a sin in AB.) My current one is I Dont Wanna Reroll (didn't wanna reroll a ranger for Zaishen trapping, lol).
- Cheran Doher: necromancer. The character is based on another character one of my friends made for a story; we both thought he fit the physical profile. Kinda ironic because the original version was a demon hunter, and Cheran being a necromancer, dealing with the dead...
- Xander The Ranger: obvious profession, but fits him so much - he really, really looks like me.
- Resident Weirdo: my ritualist, comes from the fact I used to introduce myself as my guild's "resident weirdo".
- The Xandervish: obvious profession again; Xan|der... Der|vish...
- Slash Tank: male warrior; a warrior slashes, /tank (slash tank), fact I'm a gay man who likes slash (light-ish gay romance novels/short stories, usually based on video games, anime, etc).
As for PvP characters, whatever goes through my head at the time. "Xander Goes Female" was my female necro bloodspike name; "Annoying Was Server" when ANet servers were going haywire (rit); In Your Closet I ([HiDE] is my guild tag. I was a sin in AB.) My current one is I Dont Wanna Reroll (didn't wanna reroll a ranger for Zaishen trapping, lol).
Silly Warrior
Usually based on something that matters to me, or just plain random.
Mike_version2
Usually something random, might have something to do profession (vaguely anyway)
You can't see me
I generate mine after some worthless thought.
(Btw, these names annoy the heck out of me- lll llllll lllll)
(Btw, these names annoy the heck out of me- lll llllll lllll)
Amryn
I had chosen "Swift" and then found out names are in two words. I added Amryn at the end and have decided to name all my characters with Amryn. If I have a PVP character, that might break the pattern, but that name is still to be thunk up.
I named my Ele Cider Amryn, mainly because I like the name Cider...I had a warlock in WoW named Cider.
I named my Ele Cider Amryn, mainly because I like the name Cider...I had a warlock in WoW named Cider.
Esprit
Started out with my internet handle, and then either chose something creatively or borrowed parts of names from good books I've read.
It can take me hours sometimes to come up with a good name.
It can take me hours sometimes to come up with a good name.
Lady S Shiva
comic book heros, name of songs, anything that i like
Lady S Shiva----> master of batman
Linda Danvers----> super girl
Living La Vida Loca----> u know the song
Callin All Angel----> Train
Duo Hellscythe H----> Gundam W
Lady S Shiva----> master of batman
Linda Danvers----> super girl
Living La Vida Loca----> u know the song
Callin All Angel----> Train
Duo Hellscythe H----> Gundam W
Croco Clouds
I usually make a human name or a device name
I Kill For Rice
mine are kinda random
monk:I Kill For Rice (main)
ranger:I Am Toasty
paragon:II Desmond II <-- yea i hate those kind of names too but i wanted my name in one of them.
necro:Phantom Brave
ele:Archsage Eiriyin <--- the last word i punched my keyboard and it came up
derv:I Kill For Ramen
sin: Assailants Rebirth
and thats all i can remember
monk:I Kill For Rice (main)
ranger:I Am Toasty
paragon:II Desmond II <-- yea i hate those kind of names too but i wanted my name in one of them.
necro:Phantom Brave
ele:Archsage Eiriyin <--- the last word i punched my keyboard and it came up
derv:I Kill For Ramen
sin: Assailants Rebirth
and thats all i can remember
Theo Godscythe
I go online looking for names that relate to his/her profession:
Theo [my Dervish] means “god’s gift” or something like that.
Kael [my Warrior] means “great warrior”.
Other times I just give them a random name:
Rin [my Monk]
Chris [my Necromancer]
Kylen [my Elementalist]
For their “last names” it’s always related to their professions.
Theo [Godscythe]
Kael [Darkblade]
Rin [Medicalart]
Chris [Soulburn]
and so on...
For PvP I usually name them something random...
Theo [my Dervish] means “god’s gift” or something like that.
Kael [my Warrior] means “great warrior”.
Other times I just give them a random name:
Rin [my Monk]
Chris [my Necromancer]
Kylen [my Elementalist]
For their “last names” it’s always related to their professions.
Theo [Godscythe]
Kael [Darkblade]
Rin [Medicalart]
Chris [Soulburn]
and so on...
For PvP I usually name them something random...
ShadowsRequiem
Any sin with X X X Naruto X X X , Kakashi or even better yet Sasgay
All these ppl should die ^^
I like my name for my emo chars
An emo haircut, rangers and wars have the best hair for it XD
All these ppl should die ^^
I like my name for my emo chars
An emo haircut, rangers and wars have the best hair for it XD
I pwnd U
I always like the character Scorpion on Mortal Kombat so I just dropped the N and have added prefixs or words after the name.
I Phoenix I
It used to be whatever sounded good, but then I moved on to skill names.
cosyfiep
its been a few months since the last thread of this type, so here goes again.
All of my characters have japanese names, some are not real names they would use (like I dont like they would name there kid winter wind, but you never know), a few of my characters are named after people I knew while I worked in japan and a few are named in a fashion after some anime (not naruto, that is just not my idea of anime).
for example my first character is Mei Ki....Mei is a common girls name, Ki means life.
My monk is Yuki, while a very common boys name (hand plenty of students named that in my junior high classes I taught) also is the word for snow. I have also used the seasons: Haru (spring), and Fuyu (winter) as Haruko is a very popular girls name!.
My first necro has the japanese word for death in her name, while my latest one has their word for poison (which is strange since my first necro uses curses and the last one is the mm, oh well).
My husband uses latin, greek or egyptian words for his characters (except 2 I named which have japanese, well sort of one is more chinese than japanese, names).
All of my characters have japanese names, some are not real names they would use (like I dont like they would name there kid winter wind, but you never know), a few of my characters are named after people I knew while I worked in japan and a few are named in a fashion after some anime (not naruto, that is just not my idea of anime).
for example my first character is Mei Ki....Mei is a common girls name, Ki means life.
My monk is Yuki, while a very common boys name (hand plenty of students named that in my junior high classes I taught) also is the word for snow. I have also used the seasons: Haru (spring), and Fuyu (winter) as Haruko is a very popular girls name!.
My first necro has the japanese word for death in her name, while my latest one has their word for poison (which is strange since my first necro uses curses and the last one is the mm, oh well).
My husband uses latin, greek or egyptian words for his characters (except 2 I named which have japanese, well sort of one is more chinese than japanese, names).
MarxF
Just random latin jokes. Or for pvp random jokes.
Smile Like Umean It
All my names have something to do with me or something I like. Too many to name, but I'll give some.
Smile Like Umean It - When I was really getting into the Killers and the song was stuck in my head.
Ice Queen Chase - Cause I like Buffy and pretty much everyone else in the guild had a character named after one of them from the show.
Soul Not a Soldier - The Killers. Again. Though a guild mate actually had it first. Got her to save it for me when she recreated her war.
ll W A Sd G ll - (We are so gonna die) Mantra for all things pug.
The Animal Bautista - I like Batista and was watching Smackdown when I made him.
Mmm Turkey Sammich - Cause I loves me some turkey sammich
Smile Like Umean It - When I was really getting into the Killers and the song was stuck in my head.
Ice Queen Chase - Cause I like Buffy and pretty much everyone else in the guild had a character named after one of them from the show.
Soul Not a Soldier - The Killers. Again. Though a guild mate actually had it first. Got her to save it for me when she recreated her war.
ll W A Sd G ll - (We are so gonna die) Mantra for all things pug.
The Animal Bautista - I like Batista and was watching Smackdown when I made him.
Mmm Turkey Sammich - Cause I loves me some turkey sammich
genofreek
My GW character names and appearances are inspired by a roleplay group I've been writing for for years. My list of characters are at the bottom; that's my profile. Chris, Eve, Fala, Laura, Gerra, Halcyon (two of those, actually), Marcus, and Rena are all on my account. Plus a couple fringe characters that are only related.
Ditto for my guildies. Our guild's based on this world.
Ditto for my guildies.
Our guild's based on this world.
Zeek Aran
I think of a name I really like, or a character from an anime/video game I really like, and add a NIN song with the formula "The ____" to the end. I didn't think of the NIN part until I had made half my characters. >_< Before the NIN, I had the names specifically from a text RP from my earlier years of teh internetz. [Chaos, Fiona, and Zeek are from RPs, Rip, Kagura, and Katie have the NIN names]
Sleeper Service
SiFi related names in fantasy.
Fantasy or Lovecraft names in SiFi.
Fantasy or Lovecraft names in SiFi.
Lady S Shiva
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Originally Posted by ShadowsRequiem
Any sin with X X X Naruto X X X , Kakashi or even better yet Sasgay
All these ppl should die ^^ |
look deep ^_^
Great Scoot
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Originally Posted by zwei2stein
Most of my characters are named after mathematicians. Gotta tell you, female chars take some serious googling.
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Im a Mechanical Engineer so I have taken alot of calculus and differential equations.
-scoot
RedStar
I don't have way of naming my PvE chars, it's all random...
For PvP, It's Go + a word relevant to the profession (with some exceptions) :
-Go Burnnnnnnnn = fire ele
-Go Freezeeeeeeeee = water ele
-Go Dieeeeeeeeee = nec
-Go Warrrrrrrr = mesmer XD
-Go Messssssss = monk
For PvP, It's Go + a word relevant to the profession (with some exceptions) :
-Go Burnnnnnnnn = fire ele
-Go Freezeeeeeeeee = water ele
-Go Dieeeeeeeeee = nec
-Go Warrrrrrrr = mesmer XD
-Go Messssssss = monk
Mac Sidewinder
I ususally find a gothic or midevil name generator on the net and fit a first and last name together that I like. At least these sound like real names. I really dislike names like: I Pwnd U, Sexylady, and so forth.
I think real sounding names lead to a greater connection between yourself and your character.
I think real sounding names lead to a greater connection between yourself and your character.
LeoX
I like short, sleek names.
I own:
V E
V R
V Z
T N
P Z
My older character names were from what i was inspired on that day.
I own:
V E
V R
V Z
T N
P Z
My older character names were from what i was inspired on that day.
warpedheat101
i look at something and take the first two letters and make a name out of that