A beautiful mind behind a beautiful name

Guess I'll add mine in here..

Shes My Obsession (R/x)
Shes My Plague (N/x)
Shes My Baby (E/x)
Shes My Angel (Mo/x) - All of the above came to me while thinking of some different people..and who their looks were also based off of.
Vermilion Part One (W/x) - One of my favorite songs by Slipknot.
Vixen Crazy (N/x) - Part of the lyrics from aforementioned song.
My Eager Eyes (R/x) Lyrics from Mr. Brightside by The Killers
Climatic Hands - From Vermilion also
Vermilion Part Two - The other one. :P
Learn to Swim - Song as well..Aenema - Tool
Call Me Verm (Mo/x PvP) - this one is self-explanatory.


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Warrior = Fighter Henchie. Gee, wonder why I chose that one. I've had a few party members think I was actually a henchman at first glance, which I found amusing.

Necromancer = Shalebridge Cradle. Creepiest video game moment ever? I think so.

Monk = Deadly Rice. I dunno, it sounded ridiculous at the time, so I liked it.

Don't have a permanent character in my 4th slot, always making new stuff.

Well... there is some weird logic behind my character names but it makes perfect sense to me. First of all, I am trying to learn the Korean language and in the process have fallen in love with the Korean people (awesome culture, good food, stunningly beautiful people). I also love the Lost TV show. I also don't want to confuse my guildies. And I want to identify by class. Long criteria, huh?

Anyway, my two fav characters on Lost are of course the Koreans Sun and Jin... which gave me my name Sunjin. That starts all my characters. So...

Sunjin Moon - Necromancer. When else would you perform deathly rituals than under a moon.

Sunjin Bane - Warrior. No explanation needed.

Sunjin Mistwalker - Assassin

Sunjin Spiritbinder - Ritualist

Sunjin Stormborn - Air Elementalist

Last one is the only one that doesn't fit. I love George R.R. Martin's books and couldn't think of better name for my Ranger than Lady Mormont. Her spider is called Varys which fans of the books will instantly recognize. If I change to bear for a pet I will call him Jeor.

I need help.

I chose Feminist Terrorist to get people stirred up, thinking, and to see what kind of prejudices would emerge. Women seem to enjoy the name, and boys tend to get riled up, offended, and call me a femnazi. I just laugh. I liked the name so much I started a series of characters: Monastic Terrorist and Eco Terrorist. Eco has recently been remade for Factions, and her pet's name is Ralph Nader.

Well, my ranger is David Lionmaster because I was just throwing out random names, and my friend especially hated that one, so I named my character that out of spite.

My necro is named Mr. Bartoch after the coolest npc in the game, Bartoch, who is the skill trainer in Drok. My pvp character is named Bartoch Got Skillz.

My assasin is named Antwan Portillo, because I wanted something completely random and different, and that was the best I could think of at the time. People seem to enjoy this name.

My characters:
1. Ranger: Miss Magrat, straigth from Terry Pratchett's novel.
2. Monk: Cleric Nadine, cleric came from old MTG times or smthg. Nadine was taken from novel by Stephen King.
3. Warrior: Ma Oon Nadine, original form as Mä Oon Nadine, "Mä Oon" just means I am, so this names means: I Am Nadine.

100% Priceless.

I love anything that, um... ahem... in people's Cheerios, esp. when it's carried off with such finesse and flair.

And the Ralph Nader reference is just icing on the cake. Made my night!

My main screen name is R A C, short for Radioactive Cheese. I got that from combining a couple different results from a screen name generator. So I named my main character that. Seems like every few times I join a PUG I get complimented on it. I couldn't be bothered to be creative with my next characters, so my necro is Radioactive Decay, and my warrior is Radioactive Boots. I made an assassin, Radioactive Blades, but he's still lvl 3, couldn't be bothered to play him much yet. Same with my monk, lvl 2, can't actually remember his name, Radioactive something though. PVP is R A C.

My monk:

Matsu - pine
Mi - beautiful

Doshu - Master of the way





lol, ya I guess I could see why that would stir up some people. But I guess chauvinism isn't too well liked by either gender. The other ones are kind of funny too.

I useually like having names with meanings....they're pretty basic, but hey.

IE:
Ritualist - Diviner From Beyond
Monk/Necro - Divine Eulogy ( I like that name a lot xD)

The others are named after my RP characters for Arcana Unearthed:
Elementalist: Djurmi Duuseldorf (Runethane - Faen)
Warrior: Ry Karthen (Champion of Peace- Giant)

etcetc.

Leon-I just like the name,
Wyvern-one of the largest types of dragons...large enough to pick up an elephant to take somewhere else to eat.

That's my Necro's name and I chose Wyvern as a surname to depict that my Necro is a powerful force to reckon with.

Arch Duvlience-Death is Dependent
Name for my Warrior,death is dependent on the weapon.

Ah, another character name thread. Wasn't there one of these just last month? Or year? I've seen so many of them come and go...

But since I enjoy them, I'll pitch in once more. My original three characters (who have birthday gifts coming to them in the near future) were named somewhat erratically, as were the three other hypothetical ones I planned out at the time. I've since performed etymologies on them, but they're largely meaningless. I also made up bios for them at some point (I don't even remember when), because, hey, you've gotta do something on the school bus.

The first character I created was El Pardak, of www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail119.html fame. Technically it should be El Pardack, but that looks bad. He's your stereotypical whammo - tall, broad, and stolid. He's from the old city of Surmia, so Charr are nothing new to him.

Next, Aayla Darana, E/Me extraordinaire. She's always been my favorite. Some dubious etymology puts the meaning of her name as "fertile heaven", but it's a stretch. She was the daughter of a family of nobles in Rin, and was sent to Surmia at an early age (where she met El Pardak, incidentally).

My Ranger/Elementalist is Alyssa Kintara, which as it turns out is amazingly pretentious. She was born in a hut in a small village in the foothills of the Shiverpeaks in western Ascalon, but apparently her parents didn't know their book of names all too well - hers means Noblewoman of Royal Power.

The three others I made up at the time were Kalia Dena, Necromancer, Daneel Coron, Mesmer, and Arko Telari, Monk. Though I've decided since to change my as-yet-uncreated necromancer (hello slots for sale this summer) to Layla Zaina (Beautiful Night) to get that middle-eastern flair ready in anticipation for future chapters.

Daneel I have since created; his background places him firmly from the southern reaches of Ascalon, where temperatures run high and every so often a hot wind from the Crystal Desert will sweep through, etching itself into the stonewrought public buildings. The winds inspired him to become an elementalist, but a few talks with Vassar once he entered the Academy convinced him otherwise.

Of course, Factions brought up a whole new set of possibilities. I've created two characters in it and a template for a third. I don't know the lore well enough yet to craft them convincing backstories, but I assume I will at some point.

My lovely ritualist is Ai Emi, which is Japanese for Love and Beauty. Good old bald Vien An is a pseudo-vietnamese Monk whose name means Complete Peace in that language.

So that's the lot of 'em. Tada!

(this was on another thread)





Pardon the kanji it doesn't make sense... I was messing around with his name and just added it there cuz it looks cool ;p (As action jack point out in the other thread, the first kanji is off by a bit... my apologies)


the first Kanji is "Ten" which means "Heaven"


Second Kanji is "Shinobi" (ninja)


I wanted the name Tenshinobi to be kind of like a parody between 3 japanese words, and a number: Ten (Heaven), Ten (number 10), Tenshi (Angel) and Shinobi (ninja)... I wanted the name to have different meanings ;p

- can also be read as having strength equal to 10 shinobi

- the last name Kumo means "Spider" or "Cloud" in japanese... Originally I wanted the last name "Kumogakure" (hidden in the clouds) but figured it was too long ;p



Soooo, this is how I came about naming him "Tenshinobi Kumo"

Hokay, where to start?

I started off thinking along the lines of a "proper" RP name. I came up with Kedric for no other reason that it sounded roleplayish. Struggled with surnames for a while, then decided to go with humour.

The word twat used as a verb is NW English slang for "to smite; smack; do damage to" (correct me if I'm wrong, Scousers; but see Craig Charles in Red Dwarf!)

So, Kedric Trolltwatter, Kedric Yetitwatter and, because of an unending series of similar drops; Kedric Planttwatter.

Also have a Melandru's Stalker called Rattwatter.

After playing for a few months and getting fed up with ageist behaviour in random PuGs, I started another theme;

Old Man Trigger (Monk, using my lifelong nickname (predates Fools and Horses, Brits!))

Old Man Messy (Mesmer)

Old Man Woman (Ele - to confuse the pubescent!)

All of the above because I'm 42.

Finally, I was a member of an Australian guild for a short while, so I rolled Dinkum Dunny Diver in their honour (ask an Aussie!)

Er, the less said about my short-lived necro, Far Coffandye, the better

I'm Italian and almost all my characters have Italian names and they are all female!

My first character was a warrior and I called her Angelica Liata, Angelica is from an medioeval Italian poem: "Orlando Furioso", where she is a female warrior. The surname just sounded alright.

Maga Maghella - is my elementalist the name is from an Italian Disney's character and it means little sorceress.

Fior Di Loto - is my monk and I think the "Lotus Flower" is an appropriate name for a nice female monk!

Rosamunda Of Rose - my necro was named this because with my guild we were building a group of 8 black necros all with the same surnames and the same coloured armours to do GvG battle! Later on this was abandoned but I kept the character!

Nathaleia Skywalker - she ia a ranger and the surname tells all!

Fior Da Liso - is a faction warrior and I decided to continue with the flowers names so in English her name should be Bluebottle!

Fior Ella - a faction Ranger, in Italy this is a proper name; Fiorella that means little flower!

Edit - as much as I like the reasons I gave for my characters.. editing post to remove names.

Caffeinated Metan... Currently a Mesmer.

Caffeinated because when I do play PvE it's with one of my friends and it's usually an obsessively long session.
Metan is short for Metanoia which, among other things, means regret/change of mind. I've always had a lot of trouble sticking to a class in these kinds of games. Awhile ago someone I knew was helping me pick a name for yet another character in another game and they decided it suited me perfectly... The only problem was that I liked it so much I would actually delete my original characters every time I remade just for the name; Which lead to even more regret when I decided I preferred my previous character.

Zorian Direspell - This was the name of the first computer RP caster character I ever made, Zorian Direspell, Elf Sorcerer, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. I have named every blasting caster the same ever since (on a side note, his avatar actually looks the same as his old BGII avatar ... minus the long ears.)

Talon Brand - My mes/war's name. Never leveled him past 16, but someday I want to cap IW and make my fencer type warrior (honestly, I find that mes/war's are as damaging as assassins when all goes well ... you just need to rely on more than one skill). Oh, and I gave him his name back when I first got prophecies and didn't know if I wanted an Ele or a Mes. So no, he isn't named after that Silverwing chap. :P

Kage No Tsume - My Assassin. Means "Shadow's Talon" in my likely pidgeon Japanese. Thought he would be like a mes/war, so I dropped the Talon in there. Not quite what I was expecting.

That's it. I've had other characters, but they've gone the way of the dodo (gogo delete button).

I used to name all my characters after porn stars, but they're all taken

Now I use Culture ship names (Iain M Banks), though most of those have been snagged too *grrrr*.

Wisdom Like Silence - Monk

Halation Effect - Ranger

Dramatic Exit - Assassin

I Blame Your Mother - Elementalist

Ends Of Invention - Ritualist

My new character is called:
Second Effort

Second Effort is what people calls him and now he uses it more than his real name. His full name is "Asom For".

Why he got his name.. it's because he tries very hard when trying to succeed! Normally succeeding on the second try.

His slogan: "Second Effort is always better than the first!".

i name my characters according to what i like about them...

>my ranger (my first character) is Maria the Princess, i didnt know ANYTHING about the game, so i looked at her, and decided that with her looks and being "attuned to nature" she can be a princess. and maria is my own name

>my ele is Burnout Chic... pretty clear why

>my warrior is Miss Kickasser, cuz honestly, thats how i see wariors, and i want mine to kick ass

>my monk was The Cutest Healer, i just thought she looked cute, and made her originaly to heal (then discovered the 55 thing goin on)

I chose to be an agent of the gods with the title of Herald. Needless to say I didn't make an ele because they don't have a corisponding god.

Herald of Balthazar > War
Herald of Grenth > Necro
Herald of Lyssa > Mes
Herald of Melandru > Ranger
Herald of Dwayna > Monk

I have them all except for Herald of Dwayna. That name was stolen from me while I was rerolling my pvp character. I have the name on my f list but they never sign on *sigh*.

I would pay a lot of gold to get my last name back.

<----Based off Lucy

Death Fuzzy - Mo/
i came up with this name while playing CS

The Fuzzy One - W/
I came up with this name while playing DeathFuzzy

Ripply Nightmare - R/
I check usernames around every forum i knew, picked out the words that stood out

Burning Sins - A/
Sin - assassin. yeh....'burning' was just a random prefix

Lamented Death - N/
death relates to the necro.
lamented came out of nowhere.
just made this name up today.

You mast be from Germany. You all have there different history books than rest of Europe.

Anyway the name control thing is very difficult. Anet is doing is quite well I think.

For me there are only 2 types of names: funny and not funny

warrior ---- damzel in distress

ranger ---- peruvian playmate

monk ---- used to be secksual healing, but was changed to angel from paradise

assassin ---- named Asian Pwnstar

pvp monk name right now ---- Sx E

All by characters have the surname 'Hurbstersson'. In fact it's a name I have used constantly in 23 years of table top and pc rpg'ing.

I am Welsh, so most of my characters have some Welsh-themed name. My warrior 'Y Ddraig Goch' means 'The Red Dragon'.

All the other toons have a lastname of Burai, which is actually just the Japanese spelling of my real name that I have used as an IGN for many years.

The firstname is selected from a list of ancient Welsh names:

Ranger - Cadeyrn (cad "battle" + teyrn "prince")

Ritualist - Arianwen (arian "silver" + (g)wen "white, fair, blessed, shining, holy")

Assassin - Aeron (Apparently a Welsh variation of the mythical Celtic goddess of battle and slaughter)

Monk - Brother ... errrr ... not Welsh at all

I have to admit that I can't actually speak Welsh but then I am from Cardiff

i use Jedimagician for crap such as runescape knightonline Muonline kalonline neopets maple story and stuff and for guildwars u have to have a space between your names so i just slapped a master on.

~Elementalist
Well I got Christie from the Dead or Alive series since she was mai fave char to play n yah.....

~Monk
Ayumi Hamasaki is a singer, the name was taken so meh, Ayumi Yamasaki had to do ><

~Ranger
Crystal Gaia just sounded like a ranger-ish name since Gaia was the goddesse of the earth. It just suited.

~Warrior
Princess Blades, I watched a movie called "Princess Blade" (very good movie btw) warriors use blades and ya....

~Mesmer
Black Diamonds, it was from Burn Up eXcess named after one of the manufactured diamonds and stuff, watch the series and you'll get et.

~Necromancer
Trielle Deathblade, I think "Trielle" is french...it just sounded cool ><

~Ritualist
Miss Shaoli, Shaoli from Noir ><

~Assassin
Chiharu Mishikawa, two names from the grudge.

lawl Dx

Despite the provocative intro of my original posting, I see that the majority of the posters here were smart or tollerant enough to look beyond my personal antipathy towards aNet and certain people, employed by aNet, by posting their names and the history behind them. Some even included some kind of biography for their character.

I still read certain names with mixed feelings.
Something with "kickass" in the name comes to mind, and without giving personal judgement to that name, I'd like to ask those who think that aNet is doing a good job with the word filter, how it's possible to have the term "ass" in a character (clearly profanity which aNet tries to prevent without success) while the term "jew" e.g. is banned.

Otherwise I enjoyed reading all the posts. I no longer feel alone with my desire for beautiful names, despite the "it's just a name, move on" mentaility I used to get in the past.

Now that you mention it Ashley it is rather stupid that Jewel can't be done.

There is also a thread where another common name was blocked, Gippetto I think.

Mi Naem Iz Whirling Defense Cuz Im A Ranger So It Soot Da Name Perfekly

My chars are mostly my memorable characters from DnD sessions of yore:

Evian Blackburn - a reckless Evoker throwing Charm Person on every barmaid he sees

Hektor Bleakfist (originally Hekk-Torq Bleakfist) - priest of Cyric finally ascended to lichdom - patient and tedious as hell (though he likes solo village-raids for slaves and zombies), mostly occupied with dungeon-building efforts

Ser Sandor "The Hound" Clegane - a character from Song of Ice and Fire by R.R.Martin (truly an excellent read there)

I wanted to make a healer, so I made a monk and named him "Ahil Frealey"

Since the first preview of factions, my characters have all had names such as
(mostly PvP)
Hammered was Kvan - Hammer Warrior
Disruptive was - assassin with interrupts
Summoning was - MM
Wasted was - Ritualist
Draining was - Energy denial mesmer
Spiteful was - SS

It really prevents having to think too hard for names

Hey... its better than "I name I"

Actually, its very true. I'm not going to turn this into a history discussion, but perhaps you should go read a book. No exact figures on me right now, but Wikipedia says 11 million vs 20 million. gg

Yeah, Stalin was probably responsible for quite a few more deaths than Hitler, even if he didn't actively murder as many people.

I too like many others show more respect to names that show imagination and creativity. That is with names that are actually names. Things like Pwnzor, WeTadId and the like... well I won't get started on that.

As such,

Tess Stormcrow - First name came from a TV show, last name just popped into my head but I'm sure I saw it somewhere as well.

Vilandra Darkstar - First name came from the same TV show as Tess did. This time the last name is just made up, but seeing as it was for a Necromancer I wanted something along the lines of Darkness and Death.

Brother Skywalker - My monk, originally Anakin Landrunner (for fun), I decided to rename to follow Guild Wars own naming convention regarding the Monk order.

Disciple of Ori - Another straight from TV reference, this one from SG-1. Now if only they guy had the powers of the Ori...

Aranel Aini - This one has to be my favorite creation. And is the only one not related in any form to a TV show or movie. I was going to use the name Serra Angel, but it didn't suprise me when I found out it was taken. So with this one I got a little more creative and I looked up the meanings behind each name. From there I looked for Elvish words from the Quenya dialect that translated to mean the same, or at least similar meanings. Ended up with Aranel Aini, sounds kinda cool too in my opinion. That's my Assassin.

Likely whenever I get around to making my sixth character I'll use Aranethon as his first name, as that is my name translated into Elvish. I really enjoy reading other people's stories as to where thier creative names come from, there have been some really good ones out there.

All my names except my warrior and my monk are japanese turned english. Ninja Kurochi is my assassin, Shizen Kurochi is my ranger, Mahou Kurochi is my elementalist. I haven't updated my profile in a while. :P Shizen Kurochi means literally Nature Black Energy or Blood, depending on the context. Ninja Kurochi, means One of Stealth Black Blood or Energy. Mahou Kurochi means Magic Black Blood.