Quote Originally Posted by Dargoth_Draconia View Post
Surprisingly enough I have yet to see someone with a Sephiroth name. But I see alot of Gainsboro, Highwind, etc names from other FF titles and that really chaps my arse. It just bothers me that people cannot come up with a name for themselves without stealing one from something else. Pet peeves really suck XD.
My bias towards it is solely based on the fact that I can't think up one nice original name to begin with. Two is just too much for me. I feel sorry for my future children.

But when Yoshi was talking about shortening names, I think he meant just the characters of the name, not taking surnames out completely. I may be wrong.