On day 1, I created Raven Darkholme, being a HUGE X-Men fan. So, my wife andI dcided that ALL characters should have the lat name of "Darkholme". I erased that character a LOOOONG time ago, but since then I've got:
Saldonus Darkholme - My main character, Necro/Monk. Also My oldest. I made up his first name.
Garion Darkholme - My Monk. Garion is the main character in The Belgariad Series
Alistaire Darkholme - My Mesmer. I remember thinking they all looked gay, literally, so, I MADE my Mesmer to be a gay character. That's why I chose the "Ben Affleck" face. The name sounded gay enough, so it stuck.
True Darkholme - My Ranger. Figured it kinda went with the "aiming a bow" thing. His pet's name is "Tride", btw.
Azarael Darkholme - My Paragon. I wanted an Angelic - sounding name.
Jamahl Darkholme - My Dervish. I preferred the darker skin color for the Dervish, andwanted a character that had an appropriate ethnic name.
Onyx Darkholme - My Assassin. Onyx is a black gemstone. I picture assassins running around all ninja-looking, so...?
Polgara Darkholme - My Elemental. Polgara is Garion's aunt in the same book series.
Torak Darkholme - My Warrior. Torak is the Antagonist in the Belgariad series.
Talisman Darkholme - My Ritualist. Kinda seems appropriate.
How did you name your character?
Saldonus Darkholme
froom
made up a random first name then went to a fantasy name generator to get the last name.
for some reason all my male characters start with the letter F and all my female characters start with the letter L
for some reason all my male characters start with the letter F and all my female characters start with the letter L
GoreTor
my warrior after
[ Janos Vitez ]
[ Janos Vitez ]
Kook~NBK~
My characters' names come from various sources:
Chanti Beppu - From the book "Last Legends of Earth"
Torga Dea - Anagram of Gator Ade.
Sake Toomai - From Austin Powers (first one - hot tub scene)
Fembot Mesmer - Yeah, baby!
Dora Explora - I swear I've never heard of the cartoon. Never ever! (BTW, her middle name is not "The." It's MILLICENT, dammit!)
Chanti Beppu - From the book "Last Legends of Earth"
Torga Dea - Anagram of Gator Ade.
Sake Toomai - From Austin Powers (first one - hot tub scene)
Fembot Mesmer - Yeah, baby!
Dora Explora - I swear I've never heard of the cartoon. Never ever! (BTW, her middle name is not "The." It's MILLICENT, dammit!)
ajicorath
I was playing Star Wars KOTOR 2 and Aji Corath came up on the random name generator, used it for characters, CSS etc ever since 
Mouse at Large
Way back in the mists of time (actually when Diablo came out), I looked around the Diablo forum and saw far too many names like Thorgrimm the Skullthewer, Malus Bloodfreezer and the like.
Being a perverse kind of guy I decided to go for something completely anti-RPGish. I came up with Mouse, and have used Mouse in all my online characters since.
Being a perverse kind of guy I decided to go for something completely anti-RPGish. I came up with Mouse, and have used Mouse in all my online characters since.
T1Cybernetic
Usually name them in some form or another after myself 
and currently they all have my last name squished in there somewhere, Maxwell...
and currently they all have my last name squished in there somewhere, Maxwell...
bvc310
Aurora Firenza: I wanted to make an air ele so I went with Aurora and Firenza because I just returned from a trip to Florence and though it would be cool (Florence is actually spelled Firenze in italian).
Perkunas
A couple of my names came from characters in another game I had played, to make it easier for friends to find me when they made the switch to GW. Some are a variation of my name with 'Madam' or 'Lord' or 'of where ever'. Yes my name could be either female or male.
I have a 'set' of 6 core professions in pre on my second account. They are all Lillians. L Killian (N), L Chillian (E), L Axmillian (W), L Quillian (R), L Illian (Me), L Healian (Mo). Something just for giggles.
Account 3 is made up of Maxines. M Sledge, M the Bold, M the Wild, M the Divine. (Maxine is a grumpy old woman in cartoon style, that always speaks her mind.)
Mules are Oak Trunk, Holding Tank I & II, My Post Mule I & II.
I have a 'set' of 6 core professions in pre on my second account. They are all Lillians. L Killian (N), L Chillian (E), L Axmillian (W), L Quillian (R), L Illian (Me), L Healian (Mo). Something just for giggles.
Account 3 is made up of Maxines. M Sledge, M the Bold, M the Wild, M the Divine. (Maxine is a grumpy old woman in cartoon style, that always speaks her mind.)
Mules are Oak Trunk, Holding Tank I & II, My Post Mule I & II.
jray14
I use variations on the names of my favorite musicians or directors:
Muir Damike = Mike Muir, lead singer of Suicidal Tendencies
Staley Dalayne = Layne Staley, late lead singer of Alice in Chains
Raimin Dasam = Sam Raimi, director/writer of Evil Dead, Xena, etc.
Zigin Dandio = Danzig and Dio
Ghad Rayc = Chad Gray, lead singer of Mudvayne
Edde Slare = Eddie (Iron Maiden mascot) and Slayer
Muir Damike = Mike Muir, lead singer of Suicidal Tendencies
Staley Dalayne = Layne Staley, late lead singer of Alice in Chains
Raimin Dasam = Sam Raimi, director/writer of Evil Dead, Xena, etc.
Zigin Dandio = Danzig and Dio
Ghad Rayc = Chad Gray, lead singer of Mudvayne
Edde Slare = Eddie (Iron Maiden mascot) and Slayer
Marvollo Gaunt
Mine I'll derive from characters from books or other games.
Marvollo Gaunt- from Harry Potter, Marvollo was Voldemorts middle name, Gaunt was in his ancestry
Illfurion Stormrage- if anyone has play Warcraft 3, you should know this.
Arwen Evendim- Again, obvious
Kasshya Bladehand- Diablo 2, one of the characters from the first act
Marvollo Gaunt- from Harry Potter, Marvollo was Voldemorts middle name, Gaunt was in his ancestry
Illfurion Stormrage- if anyone has play Warcraft 3, you should know this.
Arwen Evendim- Again, obvious
Kasshya Bladehand- Diablo 2, one of the characters from the first act
Rocky Raccoon
I would always take chances with my Ranger so I deleted him and created Risky Ranger.
Jadi Lontres
I named most of my characters from history. Majoring in Archaeology influenced me in the names for my character and I love anything related to history. I have a few char names that are faked for fun but I'll list some of them that are related to history.
Jadi Lontres (necro) /Jadi Laurel (warrior): Jadi was taken after an epic poem about Jadi Rana a king in India (don't remember which area). The poem talks about a group of zoroastrians who were fleeing persecution and asked Jadi Rana for shelter in his kingdom. He asked them to explain what they are really about and then provided shelter on the condition that they follow the customs of Jadi's kingdom. Later on, the refugees built a Fire Temple with the permission of Jadi Rana. I find epic poems cool.
Euphemia Rhodius (paragon): Euphemia is a name for a saint who was matryed for her faith. She went through a lot and achieved her status as a saint for her strong faith(I'm not into religion but it's an interesting read). Rhodius came from Apollonius Rhodius who was a librarian at the Library in Alexandria. By combining the two names I created a character that fit well with the theme in Nightfall, a Hellenistic Egyptian paragon.
Nefer Rati (dervish): Nefer Rati is actually spelled Nefertari named after an Egyptian queen best known to be the wife of Ramesses the Great (or Ramesses II). I originally decided to go for Nefertiti (queen known for her beauty) but don't want to get banned for having the last part of her name interpreted as something else. 
I separated her name to fit the two word restriction and changed it to a name I can use.
Two characters are names after videogame characters and the rest that i haven't named, are made up. I pretty much forgot how I named them except the newest one Jadi Tanzt Mit Mich was for kicks. It's german for Jadi dances/dance with me. I made a mistake on the mich part but I can always start over with my sin to have it set to Jadi Tanzt Mit Mir.
Jadi Lontres (necro) /Jadi Laurel (warrior): Jadi was taken after an epic poem about Jadi Rana a king in India (don't remember which area). The poem talks about a group of zoroastrians who were fleeing persecution and asked Jadi Rana for shelter in his kingdom. He asked them to explain what they are really about and then provided shelter on the condition that they follow the customs of Jadi's kingdom. Later on, the refugees built a Fire Temple with the permission of Jadi Rana. I find epic poems cool.
Euphemia Rhodius (paragon): Euphemia is a name for a saint who was matryed for her faith. She went through a lot and achieved her status as a saint for her strong faith(I'm not into religion but it's an interesting read). Rhodius came from Apollonius Rhodius who was a librarian at the Library in Alexandria. By combining the two names I created a character that fit well with the theme in Nightfall, a Hellenistic Egyptian paragon.
Nefer Rati (dervish): Nefer Rati is actually spelled Nefertari named after an Egyptian queen best known to be the wife of Ramesses the Great (or Ramesses II).
I originally decided to go for Nefertiti (queen known for her beauty) but don't want to get banned for having the last part of her name interpreted as something else. I separated her name to fit the two word restriction and changed it to a name I can use.Two characters are names after videogame characters and the rest that i haven't named, are made up. I pretty much forgot how I named them except the newest one Jadi Tanzt Mit Mich was for kicks. It's german for Jadi dances/dance with me. I made a mistake on the mich part but I can always start over with my sin to have it set to Jadi Tanzt Mit Mir.
Owik Gall
(Sorry if this is a long one, but this needed a good long detailing. Otherwise it would be vague.)
My name was deeply an inspired one. It resulted from long years of RPGing. The first name, Owik, was inspired by Sir Oric Von Liechtenstein who is the the main character of the movie 'A Knights Tale' (the characters real name was William Thatcher, but changed the name because he took over the role of the knight he served after the knight died). It is also based on his determination and strong will to overcome over all hardships that he faced as a knight and a peasant man. In the scene where his jousting rival is looking through the tournament rank books the rival pronounced Oric's name differently than anywhere else in the movie. I knew he said Oric, but what I heard was Owik. So, that's how I got the first name.
The last name, Gall, was by accident. When I was playing the first Neverwinter Nights game I repeatedly clicked the random name button in the character creation screen. The name Gall popped up and it caught my eye. Later, I looked it up to see if it means anything. As it turns out, Gall is a word meaning to have great courage. I couldn't pass it up after finding that out and I gave my warrior that last name.
The name stuck with me ever since and eventually it migrated to Guild Wars.
Finding an inspiration for your name is a good approach to making one. Especially in a fantasy rpg.
My name was deeply an inspired one. It resulted from long years of RPGing. The first name, Owik, was inspired by Sir Oric Von Liechtenstein who is the the main character of the movie 'A Knights Tale' (the characters real name was William Thatcher, but changed the name because he took over the role of the knight he served after the knight died). It is also based on his determination and strong will to overcome over all hardships that he faced as a knight and a peasant man. In the scene where his jousting rival is looking through the tournament rank books the rival pronounced Oric's name differently than anywhere else in the movie. I knew he said Oric, but what I heard was Owik. So, that's how I got the first name.
The last name, Gall, was by accident. When I was playing the first Neverwinter Nights game I repeatedly clicked the random name button in the character creation screen. The name Gall popped up and it caught my eye. Later, I looked it up to see if it means anything. As it turns out, Gall is a word meaning to have great courage. I couldn't pass it up after finding that out and I gave my warrior that last name.
The name stuck with me ever since and eventually it migrated to Guild Wars.
Finding an inspiration for your name is a good approach to making one. Especially in a fantasy rpg.
Astralelf
Hmmm
Archmage Eversong-...Used Archmage from my love of fire emblem (Archsage Athos anyone?) and...i've been using the name "Eversong" as a last name/username for many things before WoW used it for an area in their game, i don't really care though...it's just a name.
Archsage Dusk...named after Archsage Athos (yes again) and my favorie time of day is Dusk...soo.....
Archsage Remiel...yes, another name inspired by my love of Fire Emblem...and Remiel was my favorite boss to fight in ToS..didn't like him that much as a character, but it was a fun boss fight.
That's how i name my characters usually, a title then last name or first name...
That or i go to one of those random name generators lol
Archmage Eversong-...Used Archmage from my love of fire emblem (Archsage Athos anyone?) and...i've been using the name "Eversong" as a last name/username for many things before WoW used it for an area in their game, i don't really care though...it's just a name.
Archsage Dusk...named after Archsage Athos (yes again) and my favorie time of day is Dusk...soo.....
Archsage Remiel...yes, another name inspired by my love of Fire Emblem...and Remiel was my favorite boss to fight in ToS..didn't like him that much as a character, but it was a fun boss fight.
That's how i name my characters usually, a title then last name or first name...
That or i go to one of those random name generators lol
Zeophite
This name was done with a random name generator and i added titles like "the great" after it. I really dislike it now though so I've reserved new names for GW2. Said names are as follows:
Zhaitans Avatar - Zhaitan is an antagonist of GW2, Avatar means the embodiment of.
Avatar of Zhaitan - As before but switched around, i think i prefer the first one but keeping this anyway
Zhaitans Assassin - I guess you get the idea now
Grenths Sylvari - Grenth being the god of death is a start, then i added sylvari because its the race im choosing for GW2. I want to be a male sylvari, and the sylvari running in the background at 3:31 of the trailer has no shirt, and uless ANet wants to do an AoC im expecting its a guy.
Quickly rushed to get those names reserved. But happy now that ive got a decent name happening.
Zhaitans Avatar - Zhaitan is an antagonist of GW2, Avatar means the embodiment of.
Avatar of Zhaitan - As before but switched around, i think i prefer the first one but keeping this anyway
Zhaitans Assassin - I guess you get the idea now
Grenths Sylvari - Grenth being the god of death is a start, then i added sylvari because its the race im choosing for GW2. I want to be a male sylvari, and the sylvari running in the background at 3:31 of the trailer has no shirt, and uless ANet wants to do an AoC im expecting its a guy.
Quickly rushed to get those names reserved. But happy now that ive got a decent name happening.
Markaedw
[QUOTE=Markaedw;4808765]I started off naming my character after my favorite video game Grandia, then I went to mythology. I get the names from www.godchecker.com. The last names are the same for each campain. The proph name was to long and limited my choices for first names so I went with shorter last names for the other campains.
Prophecies last name Dragonhart, I liked the sound of the name, and Hart is my grandmother's maiden name.
Freya, female mesmer, leader of the Norse valkyries.
Hela, female necro, Norse goddess of the underworld, the place where the lazy go to.
Factions last name Nian, Chinese for beast.
Guan Yu, male sin, he is one of the 3 great generals of the Han Dynasty (I might make the other 2 someday)
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Update:
Freya and Hela have been deleted.
The new characters are:
Zang Fei, male ele, he is also one of the 3 great generals of the Han Dynasty, he was assinated by his own men, he had an explosive temper.
Liu Bei, male warrior, the third of the great generals.
Prophecies last name Dragonhart, I liked the sound of the name, and Hart is my grandmother's maiden name.
Freya, female mesmer, leader of the Norse valkyries.
Hela, female necro, Norse goddess of the underworld, the place where the lazy go to.
Factions last name Nian, Chinese for beast.
Guan Yu, male sin, he is one of the 3 great generals of the Han Dynasty (I might make the other 2 someday)
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Update:
Freya and Hela have been deleted.
The new characters are:
Zang Fei, male ele, he is also one of the 3 great generals of the Han Dynasty, he was assinated by his own men, he had an explosive temper.
Liu Bei, male warrior, the third of the great generals.
Omgopolis
I usually just try to max out the character limit. But my favorite character name is Omgopolis Lollerpop, even though I hardly play on it.
Juk3n
Juken is my main character.
i took the JU - from Justin (my name) And KEN (my middle name) and bingo, Juken.
i took the JU - from Justin (my name) And KEN (my middle name) and bingo, Juken.
MaedTur
I always start with the index in the back of the Lord of the Rings for names from the elfish language. Shortened Maedhros to Maed and made up Turkglen for a last name. Thought that would be a good ranger name.
Chocobo1
Undead Priest:
This was at the very start of Prophecies, with refund points and all that. I had decided I was going to make a Necromancer who raised minions. I was told heal area was good for minions, and so my secondary was going to be Monk. I had no idea you could change it at any point. So Necromancer = Undead, Monk = Priest.
Undead Priest.
This was at the very start of Prophecies, with refund points and all that. I had decided I was going to make a Necromancer who raised minions. I was told heal area was good for minions, and so my secondary was going to be Monk. I had no idea you could change it at any point. So Necromancer = Undead, Monk = Priest.
Undead Priest.
Gnats3
I try to avoid taking character-naming too seriously. My first character was named Super Trialman because I was using the trial and it is more fun to play than to sit thinking of names. Now I usually just take a first name of a character from a movie that I like (often obscure Star Wars characters) and add a humorous or fitting last name.
AKB48
I name my charas from titles of varies things that I find interesting.
BobTheTank
Van was the name of this sweet anime I watched, EscaFlowne (which I need to re-watch, haven't seen it since 2003) and Aurelius is just a sweet greek (I think?) last name.
leetLoLa
lol my first char name was dark cursed dervish xD
the assasian daggers xD
now they are decent like lola pew pew or leet lola
the assasian daggers xD
now they are decent like lola pew pew or leet lola
xron
Quote:
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Originally Posted by Arduinna
By looking up names of Celtic Deities on the Internet or in some Celtic Mythology books. Most of the names have some connections to the GW profession, like Arduinna: Goddess of forests and hunting for a Ranger.
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Recently I've been making Welsh names, as it's my homeland
Interesting to making something different like that.
Eskimoz
Usually I take a word and I corrupt it.
Kofmir = Kampfer
Romarix = Rome
Halfir = calcifer
ect. ect. ect.
Kofmir = Kampfer
Romarix = Rome
Halfir = calcifer
ect. ect. ect.
Barrage
With the name change I bought I mixed
Pyre Fierceshot's name with a latin "sinlike" combination
Thus the new name
Pyre Rutilus Umbra
Rutilus = Golden , Shinning
Umbra = Shadow, shade
So translated it means
Pyre Shinning Shade
Pyre Fierceshot's name with a latin "sinlike" combination
Thus the new name
Pyre Rutilus Umbra
Rutilus = Golden , Shinning
Umbra = Shadow, shade
So translated it means
Pyre Shinning Shade
vader
My first character's name was Sith Princess (Necro) because I've been using that name for a very long time in other games. Many of my other names also use the Sith name:
Spirit Of The Sith (Rit)
Slashing Sith (Assassin)
Sith Healer (Monk)
Queen Of The Sith (Dervish)
My others:
Screaming Ziva (Paragon). Ziva is my favorite character on NCIS and Shouting Ziva or Chanting Ziva just didn't sound right.
Pyro Gyrl (Elementalist). Self-explanatory I think.
Cordanya B Willow (Ranger). From BtVS. Cordellia+Anya Buffy Willow
Spirit Of The Sith (Rit)
Slashing Sith (Assassin)
Sith Healer (Monk)
Queen Of The Sith (Dervish)
My others:
Screaming Ziva (Paragon). Ziva is my favorite character on NCIS and Shouting Ziva or Chanting Ziva just didn't sound right.
Pyro Gyrl (Elementalist). Self-explanatory I think.
Cordanya B Willow (Ranger). From BtVS. Cordellia+Anya Buffy Willow
BuKeNeng
Found a cool slogan.
general shaun
hmm, how did I name my characters...
ah I know, I clicked in the character name box and typed a name!!!!
my characters names are usually just the proffession (or a word related to that proffession) of the character and then a name eg a ranger: Marksman Bob or Bob The Marksman
usually beacause i don't want to spend ages thinking of a name for the character, I want to play the game
ah I know, I clicked in the character name box and typed a name!!!!
my characters names are usually just the proffession (or a word related to that proffession) of the character and then a name eg a ranger: Marksman Bob or Bob The Marksman
usually beacause i don't want to spend ages thinking of a name for the character, I want to play the game
Jarot
My rather small guild kinda migrated from campaign to campaign creating new characters. For Factions we all used Chinese food names. For Nightfall we used names from "The Lion King". Kinda fun and kinda silly. Sure got comments when several of us were together.
EinherjarMx
My main is called Valkyrie Mx, I was thrilled those days by valkyrie profile, and lenneth valkyrie was already taken, so Valkyrie for lenneth's and Mx 'cause I'm from Mexico
Alex The Juggernaut, well my name is alex and its the tallest warr.
Madre Hada (Mo) a pun name translated to "beaten up"
Morrigann Aensland (N) because of the darkstalkers/vampire savior char
Aria Shadowstrike (A), well, I just figured it out
Anyanka the Brave (P), I just love that name
Lucian Blackarrow (R), to give a ranger a lore wise name
Scarlett De Votion (Me) I looooove Scarlett Johannson
Dr Phineas W Steel (A) Its my wannabe survivor, after Dr Steel
And on my other acct I have
Rajesh Koothrapali
Howie Wolowitz
Leo Hoffstader
and some other I cant remember
Alex The Juggernaut, well my name is alex and its the tallest warr.
Madre Hada (Mo) a pun name translated to "beaten up"
Morrigann Aensland (N) because of the darkstalkers/vampire savior char
Aria Shadowstrike (A), well, I just figured it out
Anyanka the Brave (P), I just love that name
Lucian Blackarrow (R), to give a ranger a lore wise name
Scarlett De Votion (Me) I looooove Scarlett Johannson
Dr Phineas W Steel (A) Its my wannabe survivor, after Dr Steel
And on my other acct I have
Rajesh Koothrapali
Howie Wolowitz
Leo Hoffstader
and some other I cant remember
El Presidente
Mine come mainly from my travels or a personal connection.
Minas Of Uruguay (Ranger) ~ where I was born.
Muerte De Arriba (Para) ~ "Death From Above", unofficial motto of paratroopers; was stationed at Ft. Bragg...home of the 82nd Airborne.
Fir De Lance (Sin) ~ pit viper from Costa Rica; very quick and very deadly.
Wetodded Wituawist (Wit, err...Rit) ~ from watching SNL one night. They did a skit mocking Barbara Walters.
Pangasinan Princess (Pre War) ~ where my wife is from.
Tis Out Of Names (PvP char/mule) ~ because I was back then.
Minas Of Uruguay (Ranger) ~ where I was born.
Muerte De Arriba (Para) ~ "Death From Above", unofficial motto of paratroopers; was stationed at Ft. Bragg...home of the 82nd Airborne.
Fir De Lance (Sin) ~ pit viper from Costa Rica; very quick and very deadly.
Wetodded Wituawist (Wit, err...Rit) ~ from watching SNL one night. They did a skit mocking Barbara Walters.
Pangasinan Princess (Pre War) ~ where my wife is from.
Tis Out Of Names (PvP char/mule) ~ because I was back then.
Highlander Of Alba
Well on one of my accnts I thought what would be different so
I made them all Latin ..e.g Consillio et animis (By Wisdom and Courage)
Just to be different
I made them all Latin ..e.g Consillio et animis (By Wisdom and Courage)
Just to be different
Motoko Chika
Motoko from ghost in the shell and chika from "Bow chika bow wow" Shes 4 years old xD...
KronicMonkiing
My char name is Kronic Crossblunts . So i was watching pineapple express, and i was like wow thats awesome 
when i saw the crossblunt
when i saw the crossblunt
-Will Farm For Gold-
Well my Necro is obvious cause he is a farmer... but my first characters always had Xenos in them such as Elementalist Xenos, Warrior Xenos and so on. I did this because a wizard in a book I read was named Xenos and my first character was an Elementalist. It just stuck... I later found out that Xenos was Greek for outsider. Interesting fact.
Toxic OnyX
I typed it in the character name box {O.o}
AngeliqueSynner
Usually blatant thievery from console games I've played. :]
Though I made a few of them myself.
I.e. my monk's name is Mitsukai Aurica I stole the name Aurica from Ar Tonelico for PS2, the Reyvateil Aurica Nestmile. :]
My assassin on the other hand is a name that's followed me through many games, Cyanide Kyss. And for some reason, all the characters I've given that name have all had dual daggers or swords. >__o
Though I made a few of them myself.
I.e. my monk's name is Mitsukai Aurica I stole the name Aurica from Ar Tonelico for PS2, the Reyvateil Aurica Nestmile. :]
My assassin on the other hand is a name that's followed me through many games, Cyanide Kyss. And for some reason, all the characters I've given that name have all had dual daggers or swords. >__o