What is the story behind your character's name?

[Newmanxeno]

I didn't like the highlander random name so I made my own. I was thinking of Fionna from Adventure Time and Mae West for some reason.

[bardaboo]

My wife would shorten her maiden name to kochie, pronounced cookie, for store surveys and email spam. So in ff11 i was a little taru named Kochie. And my Galka alt was kochiemonster.

[Keydah]

I wanted a short but "powerful" sounding (but not race specific in case Viera were added) surname for my boyfriend and I, so I went with Reign. And then realized afterwards that someone on our friends list had it so I cringe a little bit every time I see them because I'm paranoid and feel like a copycat.

I also wanted an uncommon but not ~snowflake unique~ first name that felt princessy and girly but authoritative, and thus Ximena Reign was born. And of course I had to pick my boyfriend's too because he doesn't care at all, so Dareios because it's sexy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Arcsol93]

I dabble in writing, and have written a lot of stories. Brianna Blackburne, and just about every alt I have on here, is a character from one of my old stories. As for how I came up with the name Brianna Blackburne, I wanted my characters to represent a certain aspect of the story, something that would define their actions, and values. I needed a name that would be supportive to the main protagonist of the story, one who would keep the hero grounded. After days of searching, I settled on Brianna. As for how I came to use the last name Blackburne- I wanted a name that sounded dark, but at the same time noble, so I decided on that. The reason I wanted to put them in game, is because I wanted to see my creations in the flesh :3

[Stormfur]

I've always loved black cats (I have 2 of them!) so, ever since Morrowind, I've played a black cat named Stormfur. Since FFXIV required a last name, I went with Greymane at the spur of the moment, which may or may not have been influenced by Skyrim (I think it was spelled Gray Mane there -- and they were forgemasters, so since I love crafting in FFXIV, it was a natural fit!).

[Xerxus___]

I chose my Name Taka due to the reason I love eagles and is the sign of my Familly crest and the name Karasu is due to my Wife as she loves Ravens and suits her personality. I chose Japanese names because I like the tradition and above all the Samurai history.

[Tsumdere]

I just picked a bunch of French sounding syllables. I really like this name now because it's unique and no one knows how to pronounce it, so I've gotten colorful nicknames instead.

Pronounced "Ahn-loah E-tea-john" for the record.

[ChameleonMS]

I chose PUG as my first class and I alternate male / female on each game. It was female's turn for FFXIV. Thus, I needed a female character that could KATN in melee combat.
Jordan O'Niell was inspired directly from the main character in the movie G.I. Jane.

[Lunaxia]

Rin is a name I've often used for various things online, and by a pleasant coincidence I later learned it's also lore-appropriate for my character's race. Farodis was my abysmal attempt at making up a "fantasy-ish" last name, which lore-wise I put down to my character taking on a more neutral last name when she came to Eorzea in a bid to not stand out.

(I just realised Rin may actually seem like it comes from Rinoa, but that wasn't the case. Not consciously, any way.)

[ErikMynhier]

My real name is Erik Mynhier. The sound of the last name and its odd spelling has lent itself to my character style well, so why not right?