Introducing myself

[Enkidoh]

Welcome to Eorzea Pat!

Don't worry at all about your name not being 'lore correct' - what you name your character is completely up to you, and even lore wise you can easily come up with any number of reasons why your name isn't 'lore correct' - my character also does not follow Sunseeker Miqo'te girl naming traditions either, which I have 'explained' by working out that her parents were outcasts from their tribe who left and ended up settling in Ala Mhigo (a predominantly Highlander hyur city), and shed their tribal names and adopted Ala Mhigan names instead, and thus named their daughter (who was born in Ala Mhigo) accordingly. I'm sure you could come up with something equally fitting to explain Pat's non 'traditional' name too. Or, you don't even have to do that, just say you like the name and took it up when adventuring. How you play your character including your name is up to you.

As for my top 3 'do's' and 'don'ts', that's a hard one, as I tend to play very leisurely and are very much a 'casual' player, but I'll try!

These are more general tips but:

Take up every quest you can do, both main scenario and sidequests. Main Scenario quests are the quests with a flaming meteor icon, and sidequests just have an exclamation mark in a golden Q. Not only does the main scenario reveal the mysteries surrounding the world you are in, much of the game's content is unlocked through main scenario advancement, so you will be missing out on a lot if you don't do the storyline!
As well, every five levels, keep up to date with your class quests! These are given back at the Guild for your class, these also unlock certain content, as well as also giving you equipment and, depending on the quest, abilities as well. At level 30, the class quests at the Guild are replaced with Job quests which also reward abilities, so make sure to unlock the Job and keep up to date with it's quests as well!
But most importantly, take your time and have fun! It's not the destination that is important, but the journey.

I really don't have any 'don'ts' though.