A beautiful mind behind a beautiful name

Ranger: Aerina Rox, my first and main character. Her name came from a bastardization of "Aeryn Rox" as in Farscape's Aeryn Sun kicks A$$! I wanted to be a tad original though so I changed the first name by a few letters.

Mesmer: Inthast Rox, because it's a really cool name.

Warrior: Brygid Rox, because I wanted something which reflects my Celtic background, and I like to use "y" instead of "i" (it's all Farscape's fault).

Assassin: Deythe Rox - speaks for itself.

PvP character (usually male Ranger): Caedynce Rox - the "y" thing again, plus I wanted his name to reflect the way I perceive him operating in the context of team play. He is in perfect Caedynce with the rest of the team - whether spiking a target or interrupting on cue. This is actually my favorite name.

PvP character (usually female Monk): Harmony Rox - not as creative. I had similar thoughts about Harmony as I had with Caedynce. Harmony plays in harmony or synch with the rest of her team. Plus "harmony" conjures soothing and healing mental images.

My W/Mo's name is Roxas (from KH2) Fiora (my own created last name

and my N/Mo's name is Xemnas (from KH2) Fiora

I think it's been pretty much over a year since I proposed a solution to aNet which included the use of a white-list parallel to a black-list of words.

That way you could have "jew" on the black list (for whatever sordid reasons) and at the same time use "jewel" as a name.

But the much bigger problem with aNet filter is, that it's somehow inside the game client and not on the server.
I would have to re-read the GGrey's explanation again, but as I recall she mentioned that a change of the black-list would not only affect ALL languages, but that every client would have to download aprox. 10MB if the list would be changed.

So, assuming that this explanation is not a big fat lie to bug me off, all banned words should be somewhere on my computer, and "simply" changing the list on the hard drive could be a workaround, but that's just a theory I have.

Can any of you hacker freaks out there confirm that?

Naming my characters is quite important to me, I like to come up with original names.. here are some of the names I have so far:

Skylar Black Rose (Nec) (Skylar is probably one of my most favourite names )
Xerladine Fernwelle (Mo) (something different)
Sophie Stormtrooper (Couldnt resist this for my War, probably my most un-original name )
Thaylea Blackthawne (R)
Lucinder Grey (Me)

Punky Monkey (Mo) I somehow have a father-daughter relationship with that character :P

Mines 'The Zosomo' ,the zoso is a led zeppelin symbol and i added the 'Mo' just to make it sound better

I'm using ressurect! Remebered the title of this thread for some reason and it has a nice theme. So post your beautiful names


I have a few more added from my last post which was
Red Rose Petals turned out to be a necromancer
Priceless will be an ele once I get another character slot just a pvp slot atm

I now have:
Chocolate Rose a chocolate colored dervish; makes me crave chocolate each time i play her

Twelfth Rose has to do with 12 dozen roses if you reallly want to know pm me and I'll tell you

and a few other Roses but there names aren't particularly unique in my mind.

using my real name or a mix of my name, close friends names, and family names, i use a simple cipher method in creating new names.

reimi hunt
rud rumthin
etc etc

it takes a while to come up with a name that satisfies me but i like the method i use

Thank goodness, another chocolate female dervish.

Nice necro of this thread.

Calon Centaru
Omnisius Centaru
Trakata Yemeth
Forsaken Ka
Forsaken Khef
Maera Izdahl
Navarial Kirinas
Xuri Phelan
Rautenc Ab Aeterno

My first character, Calon Centaru, I came up with a long time ago while playing Mechwarrior 2. Then, later, I decided I liked the last name so I thought up Omnisius as a second name. The rest I take, at least somewhat, references from important things in my life. Two of my characters, Forsaken Ka and Forsaken Khef, come from my guild (Song of the Forsaken) and the Dark Tower series, by Stephen King (khef and ka). Trakata is a form of lightsaber combat, and Yemeth is a reference to Planescape:Torment (my avatar too). Maera was a friend from another game I played, same with Xuri, Navarial I just kind of invented, and Rautenc is an anagram of Centaru, suffixed with the Latin phrase for, "from the eternal".

Yep.

I only have one character which the name has a meaning behind it.
Thats is Durga Dido, it means Unatainable Virgin and she is a monk

My current pvp necro her name is Miss Use Urbody, which of course is a cool way of saying Misuse Your Body,this name obviously because of the death magic that she has

I thought you got banned for racist stuff??? or stuff close to it

My first name is Gunther, so I took the 'Gun' part from there. I'm playing a monk only so it had to be something with an asian sound. In the movie Karate kid, mr Miyagi says Daniel San. So I went for Gunah San.

Pale Valsharess (necro) - Valsharess is an evil character in NWN1 third expansion (Hordes of Underdark). She is actually a drow - but I prefer pale palette, so I named her Pale Pale also carries a message that this char is more neutral then evil.

Zoe Stormcaller (ele) - Zoe is my real name, stormcaller for Xmen character Storm. When I created this char I wanted to be an air ele, but for now it's fire

And finally Keit Shifter (warrior). Keit for Hecate (took a name from Dan Simmons "Hyperion") and Shifter because this char is also act according to circumstances and not some hard written morals. This is the default name I use in all RPG games.

Mori Rivers(Assassin): Memento Mori, Latin meaning "remember that you are mortal", "a reminder of your death".

Saphrium Minkiz(Necromancer): Similarly spelled with "Saraphim Monk", indicating the fallen angel of misguidance.

I'm all for ironic names. Even tho I have Several more chars, these two just happen to be my favorite.

Unwanted Friend
Unfaithful Servant

I'm fond of names based on songs by obscure bands, and one band in particular has influenced 3 of my character's names: The Wildhearts.
"Nexus Icon", as well as meaning "The Sacred Centre", rather an egocentric name, is a song about a flambouyant rock star and his behaviour; quite fitting for a mesmer
I have a female mesmer on a second account named "Miles Away Girl", another fantastic Wildhearts song, and quite suitable for a dreamy mesmer lady.
"Wildheart Everlone", my ranger, obviously takes the band's name as her first name and one of my favourite songs of their's as her surname. It just seems ideal for a ranger

Other names are a mix of names from other sources, whether contemporary or historical, such as Spring Heeled Jack (sin) and Beowulf Wyrmslayer (warrior).

Then there's the ones that started out as silly made-up names but ended up being quite cool, such as Vincenzo Northstar (monk) and Cherloth Krieger (pronounced Share-loth; necro).

There's loads more, but they're not as memorable

Wow what a read...anyways.

Gareth Porlest is my first character that I still have. He's a warrior and the name, or so I thought, is totally made up. Till I found out there were other Gareth's lurking around.

Abaddon Walker my necro, came from Abaddon's Mouth the mission and since I figured I'd tie Abaddon in with Abyss, that seemed to fit a necro. The Walker part was just that he walked the Abyss.

Tas Releo, who is now my deleted first ele, his first name is a shortened Tasselhoff from Dragonlance series, one of my favorite characters but I wanted to be subtle. Releo is just made up.

Lenny Kegger was my first monk and while he ended up being deleted, Lenny was what i thought at the time, the name of Motorheads vocalist. Turns out it as Lemmy :S. Anyways Kegger came from a beer keg, just with ger added on I needed something as a last name that's what popped.

Vienni Porlest my deleted mesmer male. Well his name was made up and used the same surname Porlest just cause I wanted to start having the same last name. Made him during Halloween 05.

Lenny Porlest who came shortly after Halloween is my monk I still have and what a lot of people know me by (Lenny) in such places as the Grotto. Lenny comes from my first Lenny monk for the same reason and the surname for the reason I stated above, I just wanted to follow the Porlest line.

Hello Im Bunny One was a female ele, now deleted that I created female for my girl who wanted me too. I needed something random, since I couldn't think of a name and that's what my ele reminded me of a bunny. The rest of the words Hello and Im are obvious and One well she was the first.

Mountain Snow Fall was a now deleted ranger that well I like mountains and snow so went with that since I couldn't figure out a name at the time.

Factions came and with it...new characters

Hello Im Bunny Two was my ressurected ele, name still holds same meaning as Bunny One, except Two as she's the second.

Hug Me Im Cute Girl is my mesmer, the name..well since in Pre-Ascalon I was being harassed by guys on Bunny One..I figured I'd see what would happen if I used this name. Nothing really happened at all, except a few rude remarks and quite a few hugs.

Isolation Years was my now deleted assassin, the name is a song by Opeth.

I Strawberry Flavor is my ranger I have now. I like strawberries a lot and usually have that flavor in ice cream, milkshakes and whatnot. So I went with that, bad grammar because I Am doesn't fit with the rest.

Im Bedtime Bear was my now deleted Rit. My girl likes carebears and that was her favorite one and since she likes the male Rit dance I figured I'd make him for her.

Now for NF characters...

Dr. Benson Porlest, is my paragon. I'm not sure where that name came from, I looked at him and said to myself..that looks like a Dr. Benson. I just wanted to keep the last name I've always had.

Emilee Porlest is my Dervish. I think the name Emilee is very beautiful so I used it.

Put Things In Me was my old storage character cause I needed one so badly and that name fit

Call Me Wishmaster is my now storage character, the name just came to mind. My girl likes Wishmaster the album and movie series..so yeah.

Nevermore Owns Us is my new assassin. The name clearly states it, Nevemore is a kick ass band who owns us all with their great music.

Whew..

Elementalist: Alden Midwinter
Mesmer: Clandestine Chagrin
Assassin: Silent Logik
Necromancer: Static Disruption
Warrior: Sir Nick Of Himself
Ranger: Graphiks Of Cantha
Dervish: Nick Of Elona
Paragon: Dakkon Lightspear
Ritualist: Jinzhu Stormbringer
Monk: Nick Himself
Pre-Searing Ranger/Warrior: Crenellated Banana

I have always wanted to be able to call a character "Celestial Beaver"...unfortunately, ANet seem to not like the word "Beaver" probably because the word is related to various parts of the female anatamy. Slightly unfair when you consider a few days later I was in the Great Northern Wall mission and met someone with a name that, if I entered it into this forum, I would no doubt get banned! How is this fair? I did take a screenshot and do keep meaning to send it to ANet to complain...

Their system really does just defy belief sometimes.

Anyways...My characters are:
Elementalist: Hitomi Kyoko
Mesmer: Crispy Strips
Ritualist: Blood Chemist
Necromancer: Soul Chemist (yes, I was feeling a little uninspired)
Ranger: Extra Fries [Pet: The Colonel ]
Monk: Errogenous Zone
Paragon: Amy the Vengeful
Dervish: Cheesy Doughballs (currently only a storage character)

Regneva Strife (Ele)

(Regneva) My second favorite Perfect Dark (N64) gun reversed, not the most favorite cause Nug Potpal isnt a good name (Strife) FFVII Reference

Guardian Cloud (Monk)

(Guardian) Couldn't think of anything else (Cloud) FFVII Reference

Enile Forest (Ranger)

A good friend designed this char. i'd have to ask her to explain the name

Regneva Leonhart (Necro)

(Leonhart) FFVIII Reference

Maximum Raver (Mesmer)

(Maximumraver) My online alias and DJ name

Regneva Kanji (Warrior)

(Kanji) Name of the characters in one of the Japanse writing systems (Cantha char.)

My boyfriend gave funny nicks to his chars, but still - with meaning

Keleborn Manchiz (ele) - Keleborn for husband of Galadriel from Lord of the Rings. Manchiz...well, manchiz is manchiz.

Mongo Manchiz (NF ele) is an older brother of Keleborn.

Mr Alfonzo (ranger) - doesn't really have a meaning, except I also thought about making a new char and naming it Ms Alfonzo.

My chars are all named Siren, and all female. Sirens are female sea-creatures that look good but in the end lure people to their death by singing. I love funny names people sometimes give to their chars. A friend of mine named his characters after the characters in Stephen King's Dark Tower books (with a monk called Father Callahan, a black female ele called Susannah Dean etc.). I met a warrior with a luxon crab called 'I have crabs', lmao, or a monk called: 'Ride My Holy Rod'. Sometimes it even comes in handy, in alliance battles i saw an enemy ranger/necro called 'Let me touch u n00b', needless to say that the whole mob started pounding him after I called him as a target :P
I'm guilty of tasteless behaviour sometimes too, but my sense if humour is a little twisted. I wanted to call my melandru's stalker 'Osama', because it's te arabic word for lion, but it wasn't allowed .

Kade shi = gardens of kadeshi from Homeworld, those levels were really well designed and I've used the name Kade ever since.

Dee Dee Daa = fast and easy to type when I used to have to reroll PvP chars all the time. Plus I think people find it extremely irritating to be killed by a player with this name

My characters are all a member of the "Doomhammer" family. Its not a relation to WoW, but i like the name ^^

Morgana Doomhammer: W/x My first char, named after Morgaine la Fee, sister of King Arthur.

Mordred Doomhammer: R/x, named after Mordred Pendragon, son of King Arthur.

Emily Doomhammer: Mo/x, my soon to be firstborn will be named Emily (if its a girl)

Evil Lyn Doomhammer: N/x named after the He-man figurine Evil Lynn

Sarah Doomhammer: Me/x Nothing special

Momma Doomhammer: PvP char

I Doomy I: PvP char, its my nickname ever since i started using Vent and TS.

I am mostly a pvper, but I'v come up with my fair share of unique names with all the deleting and remaking...

Pee Vee Pee Warrior ... its a PvP Warrior!

Smitey Mcsmitesmite ... its a monk!

Hexy McHexerson ... its a hexer!

I See Dead Petple ... its a minion master!

And give a male Nightfall elementalist big fizzy hair and a moustache make him white and name him Borat for plenty of giggles.

i name my characters after candy!

warrior - Cow Tale
Ele - Boston Baked Beans

My Dervish has a old persian name: Zarrin Dokht

Zarrin dokht = Golden girl, and she is born in Land of the golden sun
Golden sun = Zoraster(golden sun) = The old persian religion


I also have other characters with cool name but this is the 1 I love

Sorry , could you qoute whos name is racist according to you? Theres way to many and i didnt go thru all of them,just interested to see what you find racist.

I always loved War Craft. Not WOW but the old strategy game. Star Craft was fun to but the best names come from the Orcs in War Craft Tides of Darkness. Most of them were taken so I had to put a little spin on them.

Chieftain Heavyhand- Chieftain Blackhand the Cruel
Count Chogall - Cho'gall the Ogre mage
Queen Guldan - Gul'dan the Warlock
Orgrim Wormtounge - Orgrim Doomhammer
Lord Kilrog - Kill'rogg Deadeye

Then there are my characters I named from later versions:

Nerzhul Dragonmaw - From Ner'zhul and the Dragonmaw clan
Duchess Hellscream - Grom Hellscream
Thrall Lightbringer - Thrall and the last name from a human hero character
Azeroth Blackmoore - Azeroth the land the humans are defending and a twist on Proudmoore and Blackhand

My female mesmer - Alastrine Isolde - is actually two names of female characters from medieval European tales.

My female warrior - Sigdriffa Olrun - is actually the name of two Valkyries. I thought it fitting.

I have four characters named: Catherine of D Ni, Ti Ana of D Ni, Yeesha of D Ni, Atrus Son of Gehn and Aitrus of D Ni...after characters from a computer game/book series that has recently (within the last 6 months I think) been concluded.
My sixth character is named for a greek goddess, my seventh is just a generic name referring to a guardian of Rivendell. (LOTR Reference)

All my characters have the last name "Mouse". I got the nickname Mega Mouse while driving trucks, seeing as I could put a truck anywhere no matter how small the hole. I continued using that nickname through several games: Soldier of Fortune 1+2, RF-Online Guild Wars, Halo, Far Cry, and several others. The name seemed to fit so I kept it.

Mega Mouse

Okay, I've waited for a thread like this for a while. This is going to be LONG, I appologize.

If I so choose, I usually either base my characters around some of my favourite chracters in the novels, or, I simply gather inspiration from those in-book characters and try to create a name new on its own.
The main novels I usually get inspiration from are the Dragonlance or Forgotten Realms novels. But that's not always the case.

Lord Volkh:
.. was a name that I created while thinking of the main character of a book I once read. The main character's father, known as Volkh Nagarian, or Lord Volkh, and had died, thus he was destined to take his place, not knowing the dark secrets his father kept. The main being, he was called "Lord Drakhoul", or "Drakhaon", which basically meant dragon warrior. So, naturally I created a Warrior ... I have yet to get my dragon armor though.

Aurik Songbringer and Caela Radek:
... are two names which I created on my own for use in my own novel. In fact, most names that I think of for my characters in GW are either already used in my novel, or I plan to use in the future, such as Talon Bliss, who is my assassin. Both Aurik and Caela are Warriors. If I had to seek some form of definition for their names, "Aurik", is a character in one of Jack Kirby's comic book series The TeenAgents. He can basically control his own mass and density. "Songbringer" is in reference to the plot of my own novel, which I won't get into detail now because I will go on forever, more so than I know I already will.
"Caela" is a Gaelic name, and means "Slender." It is a variant of Caley or Cailley: (French) 'from the forest'." It is also a variant of the name Cayla or more modernly, "Kayla". Kayla means a number of things in different cultures. In Arabic it means "wise child", in English (Kay) it means "Keeper of the Keys, or 'pure'". In Greek (Kay) it means "rejoice", and in Hebrew it means "laurel" or "crown".
And Radek is simply a last name I found someone Americanized but at the same time European in that it sounds like the name of some sort of medieval character. Like Merek. If you want a meaning for Radek too though, he was a character in Stargate Atlantis ... which has nothing to do with this at all.

Talon Bliss:
... when I created the name "Talon Bliss" it was more that I wanted to imbue a name which was sweet but deadly at the same time, you know? Which I thought suited the Assassin well. Also, to show a sense of "joy" in killing I guess.

I'm also incredibly fond of Elven things, particularly Elves in general. Drow are pretty awsome. Anyway, my Ranger, Lysalla Arienas, and my Mesmer, Skyra Valia, I treated like Elves.

Lysalla Arienas:
My Ranger; means "Wolf of the Night Breeze; Autumn's Silver Bow" in elven. Well, elven, or Elvish/Elfish, in the way that I learned it, to an extent. I don't actually use a 'name generator', and if I do, it's not the typical "enter your name here and press enter to receive your elven name" thing; I combined various 'elven' prefixes and suffixes together to form the name.

Skyra Valia:
... is simply a mix of A) a close friend's name; Skyra and B) the first name that popped into my head that went well with the first; Valia. And I thought it sounded unusually elvish. Although, Valia Kakouti is a Greek model?
She's also a Mesmer, and I thought it suited her character well. Plus I love the name Skyra.

Nightlord Dalanar:
My Dervish; is simply a combination of a position of recognition (Nightlord) in the novels of the Dragonlance series (particularly later on), and Dalanar, is simply an altered version of "Dalamar", or "Dalamar the Dark" from Dragonlance ... who is my favourite character, and, although my character is not a mage, I thought it suited him well because of the robes. I just need black dye ...

Lastly, my two newest characters, Luthien Thunderbane and Deep Mania, are a bit different.

Luthien Thunderbane:
The name "Luthien" came from one of J.R.R. Tolkien's characters, Lúthien Tinúviel; "Lúthien" meaning "enchantress" in elven. "Thunderbane" is simply something I found appropriate to her class, which is Elementalist, who specializes in Air Spiking at the moment (not a thought when I originally made her).

Deep Mania:
Deep is something of a random happening. I originally wanted a Necromancer that I could make and mold into a grand old Minion Master, and thusly dubbed the character "The Corpse Queen" for a time, until I got bored with looking at all the glitched hair models for the Nightfall Necromancers. I also found "The Corpse Queen" to be kind of ... simple. There was no thought in it. I had wanted "The Corpse King" but it was taken. So I deleted her, and created a Monk, only I called him "Divine Mania". I realised I really wanted a Necromancer, so I again deleted this character, re-created in on Tyrian-fashion, and dubbed him "Deep Mania" once again.
The name "Deep", comes from "Deep Duerra", who is a Dwarven goddess in R.A. Salvatore's Forgotten Realms novels. Deep Durerra is Goddess of duergar, psionics, conquest, and expansion. Particularly I found the name "Deep" to be interesting, so I simply combined it with "Mania", not because I'm Emo and the term refers to severe elevations in moods (significant of Bipolar Disorder), but because "Mania" happens to be one of my favourite Greek deities.
Mania was the personification of insanity. In Roman mythology, she was the goddess of the dead. She was said to be the mother of ghosts, the undead and other spirits of the night. And although my new Necromancer is MALE, I think the name suits him well.

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All my pve names (3 and 1/10th) are lord of the rings references.
Thorondor Port (Warrior)
Vision of Iluvatar (Ranger)
Music of Ainur(Monk)
Valiant Orome(Paragon.....still sitting at lvl 2)

My pvp chars get stupid names, like...
Noob Torpedo
Lol Wizard Zapstrap
I Wantmy Doublefame (from double fame weekend...)
forget the others, would have to check and too lazy

Kendar Muert- The main character of a book im writing, but since in my book he uses a spear in the book and i made him pre-nightfall, hes a necro, cause i thought the name went with it. Muert means dead.

Elana Avrenkar- Also a main character for my book. The character is fond of performing illusions, although pitifully, so shes my mesmer.

Bane of Triagia(pvp war)- Bane of the continent of Triagia, from Raymond E Fiests Riftwar saga

Bane of the Jal Pur- same as above, but the Jal Pur is a desert, and hes a pve war

Servant of Abaddon- My level 2 dervish, just cause i like the name..

Jinn Master- I liked the english spelling of Djinn better than Djinn, so i put my ele's name as master of the djinn.. before nightfall lol.

General Nightsbane- a cool name i picked for my ranger

General Darksbane- a good monk name

General Djinn- A play off of Jinn Master- my paragon

Arenia Avenstar- Another name from my book- my rit.

Fast Casting Act- Pvp mes

Queen Avrenkar- again, from my book.. any female char for pvp

Imperio Mort Magiea- I command dead mages, is what it means. If they have another class that can do something like that that fits with the name i may make it pve instead of pvp.

Muley Mcmuleyman- My mule. Lvl 3 ele from factions.

My purchase of GW was due to the pleas of my son (I had bought it for him for his birthday). So when I started naming characters, I wasn't sure that I would still be playing in another month. So the naming was careless in the beginning.

W/R - Darcy Sa Renn - Darcy means dark in Gaelic; the Sa Renn I made up, but the two-part format might be from re-reading the Liad series. Her pet is named Cindy after a favorite dog.

Me/W - Salitha De Couer - wanted something elegant for her and didn't like the "de la" style. I don't know the meaning of Salitha. If anyone does, let me know.

Then my son mentioned that he was using Latin for names. So --

Mo/Me - Nex Curo - which means Death Cure in Latin. Nex wants to be a healer although there are a few smiting skills that have caught her eye. She is still training at lvl 17.

R/Me - Theela Monkbane - Theela from "Forgotten Realms" and the Monkbane because she was meant to be a Cripshot ranger. Factions came out and I remade her in Cantha, forgetting that it would be a long time before I could get the elite skill in Tyria. Her pet, a tiger, is named Tigger.


I was now at the point where I was hooked on GW, so naming became adding characters to an RPG family. I decided to make the Sa Renn's a merchant family who travel widely and therefore have relatives everywhere. They encourage any family member not interested in trading to become a fighter or healer. There is nothing better than family when you need guards. Salitha, Nex and Theela are cousins to Darcy and each other.

Rit/Mo - Jas Sa Renn - Just liked the Jas, didn't know that it is Sikh meaning Praises. She's a ritualist in training; needs a lot of work.

N/Me - Malise Sa Renn - Malise means "servant of god" in Gaelic. She is Darcy's younger sister and just starting on her career (lvl 14). She doesn't like minions for which Darcy is grateful.

D/x - Insaf Sa Renn - her first name means Justice in Arabic. She is another cousin currently working in Vabbi.

E/x - Inas Sa Renn - her name is also Arabic and means Sociability. Which fits well as she is currently being used as a mule and just hangs around in Kamadan. She'll have to start learning her profession someday, but she is in no rush.

Couldn't think of a name for my first character so tomake it easy I named it after the color green - Mr. Mortimer Green.

Then decided to name them all after pieces in the game of clue

Prof Geoffrey Plum
Mrs Eugenia White
Col James Mustard
Lady Anne Scarlet
Antoinette Peacoque (Anet wouldn't let me use Peacock)

My guild - Scotland Yard [CLUE]

My pets - after the weapons

Merrick - the inventor of the wrench
Elkington - one inventor of silverplating (the candlestick)
Blackie - James Black made the first Bowie Knife
Harrington - inventor of indoor plumbing - made the first flush toilet for Queen Victoria (was later banished from court for lewdness because he bragged too much about his invention and how it worked)
Cartwright - inventor of an industrial rope making machine
Colt - inventor of the revolver

Got three more with nightfall - named them as family members of fictional detectives

Lamont Cranston Jr - son of the Shadow (Assasin/Mesmer - following in his father's footsteps with skills learned in the East and "the ability to cloud men's minds")
Dame Irene Holmes - based on Rex Stout's speech "Dr Watson was a Woman" (going for legendary defender of Ascalon)
Tex Murphy Jr - son of bumbling detective in 5 great PC games. (necromancer - A conflicted young man - Tex Sr's mysterious Disappearance at the end of "Overseer" has made Tex Jr turn to the dark side to locate his father living or dead)

I name most of my characters after songs
The Last Anthem comes from the song Anthem of Our Dying Day by Story of the Year
Fake Smile Hokis comes from 2 songs, 2000 Miles by Mest and Hokis by Eve 6
Bierflesjes Klauw comes from Watskeburt by De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig.. I thought it sounded cool and fit my necro
Sean I Hate You was made to be a joke cause my friend Sean made me angry but I liked playing a monk so I never deleted it
Amour Le Venin came from my old Runescape name Venin Ame.. everyone calls me venin now cause of both those names
Little Storage Boy came from oh guess what it's my storage character
Psychic Revenge was originally my mesmer pvp name but I decided to make a pve one and used it I don't remember how I came up with it though
Oversized Minion was originally my necro pvp name but I used it on my paragon just to confuse people

I also have names I use just for pvp chars, I usually try to match it with their profession for pvp
Unyielding Oasis came from the skill Unyielding Aura
Pointblank Payback came from my anger at getting killed by starburst eles in AB so I now use that for pvp eles
Silver Shock X I use for pvp shock wars
Silver Touch X I use for pvp rangers cause I originally always played them as touch rangers

I think that covers them all

Ok, well, first my screen name here. I've been using it for just about as long as I've been playing games online or registering for forums. Rogue is from Rogue Squadron in Star Wars and 42 was Ronnie Lott's number and also what I wore playing sports in High School. As for my characters:

Nairb Retsof - Warrior - My first and last names backwards

Fangor Thaumaturge - Ele - Fangor I just threw on there because it fit in front of the other name. I think also it comes from LotR. Thaumaturge is another name for a wizard or magician.

Caine of Ankhana - Assassin - Main character in the book Heroes Die. Should be Caine of Garthan Hold, but it wouldn't fit. He's a knife fighter/close combat expert so I thought it fit.

Raithe of Ankhana - Monk - Also a character in a book, called Blade of Tyshalle, sequel to Heroes Die. He's a monk, but not a healer. He was diplomat, but all monks of the order were trained in combat.

Randell Flagg - Necro - From Stephen King's The Stand.

Corran Anor - Dervish - Combination of names from Star Wars novels. Corran Horn, a pilot in Rogue Squadron who later became a Jedi Knight. Nom Anor, a baddie from The New Jedi Order series of books.

There are several others, mostly having names from Star Wars, but they are currently just mules.