What is the story behind your character's name?

[Xdark93]

my character's name has a lore reason behind inheriting his name from his father Briar Amadeus Aeon, an old but still common tradition of naming. but the name itself is of latin origin the 1st name composed of two words "Amare" = Ama meaning to love or be loved or greatly admire and "Deus" = meaning deity, god, goddess, god-like being. then we have Aeon which means eternity,eternal, everlasting, forever, never-ending, etc. and yes as some point out Amadeus was a name used by Mozart lol

[RhaegarFFXIFenrir]

Mine was the name I used in FFXI. I chose "Rhaegar" cause I thought it was a suitably fantasy name for a high fantasy MMO. Turns out, I had read first book of GoT 3-4 years before I made the character and I guess the name from the book somehow stuck in my subconscious. Now, every third person I talk to thinks I'm a HBO GoT fanboy, so I'm prolly gonna change it come SB. I'll maintain the "Rhae" in there because there are friends who have known me by that name for 12 years now. Still not gonna go with a lore name, though I'm thinking something Cumbrian inspired would be fitting.

[Hetchy]

It's my job title.

[AdventZero]

Long story sort, my character was inspired by an image of a random red haired anime girl with a sword.

After much thought I named my character "Helion V. Advensten" as it sounded kind of European/Fantasy knight girl like. (My knowledge on the subject being limited to video games mind you...)

After 6 month or so I started hating it for not sounding cute enough in my opinion.

Finally learned what said random red haired anime girl was from, a Japanese R18 H-game. (google at your own risk.)

Found my way to the site and made my way to the character profile page in hopes of gaining inspiration for a new name from her name now that I would finally know it.

"Helion B. Lasfolt" was her name.

Her name was the same as my characters name. Chance? Luck? No, it was fate. And ever since then I've used "Helion" without fault or fail.

[Gemina]

I am very much into astrology, and that along with the lore I created for my character is how I named her.

Gemina (Juh-mee-nah) is a derivative of the astrological sign of Gemini. My character was an orphan child, and her parentage unknown. The name was given to her by her adoptive father due to her dual and eccentric nature, which has led her to taking on the two disciplines of conjurer and arcanist, and ultimately white magic and lost Nymian arts.

Lunarian is a name given to inhabitants of the moon, and is the only clue to my character's parentage. It is rumored that she is not even human, but celestial. Gemina's adoptive father grew up hearing stories of beings sent from the heavens with skin so pale that it appeared to reflect light much like the moon. They were known as "Lunarians". These beings also had radiant violet eyes, and had been given the purpose to counter darkness with their divine illumination. When her adoptive father found her deep in the fiery hills of Sohm Al, the area around her was quite cold and bright, and when we looked into her eyes, the first word to come from his mouth was, "Lunarian". The Dravanians that appeared to be caring for her laid slain.

~~ Sorry, got a little to into it, but there ya go! :P

[RokkuEkkusu]

Megaman fan here for the most part. 2 of my characters are named after Megaman characters, but I also have a character that is not named after Megaman stuff.

That said:

Ekkusu Volnutt -

Ekkusu is named after Japanese pronunciation of X from Megaman X. Volnutt is the last name of the Megaman from the Legends/DASH games.

Rokku Sigma -

Rokku is the Japaneses pronunciation of Rock from the Megaman games (used with the original Megaman and Megaman Volnutt). Sigma is the main antagonist from the Megaman X games.

Mikeru Takeuchi -

Mikeru was named after the Japanese pronunication of Mike, minus the A. Takeuchi is a Japanese surname.

[Synrin]

I am very much into astrology, and that along with the lore I created for my character is how I named her.

I have a soft spot for that too. I will pull strings and references to Libra and balance wherever I can.

[Pfil]

I created Pfil ( Piffle ) at th release of Mabinogi 1.0 back in 2008 and have played her there, in Star Trek and here s well, since then.. Her looks havent changed and her weapons havent changed ( twin blades and a heavy two hander ).. Her name came around as it was one of few that no one else had used, and since a piffle is a bit more than an oh shoot, but not as bad as an oh damn, I thought it fit perfectly..

[Awful]

I'm just terrible at naming characters.

[Makeda]

Makeda of Sheba founded the Solomonic Dynasty of Ethiopia when she brought together several kingdoms, including her own, to found the nation and then placed her son Menelik, the firstborn of King Solomon of Israel, on the throne in roughly 950BC. Menelik converted the nation to Judaism, the Apostle Simon later converted it to Christianity, and the dynasty ruled until 1974. The longest lasting dynasty in human history; the last ruling member was Haile Selassie, who was known as Ras Tafari before he took the throne. The family now lives in exile after communists took over in 1974. The communist regime fell in 1991. Some of you may be old enough to remember the famine there in the 1980s - that communist invasion was the cause.

She's known as 'the Queen of Sheba' in the western world. And her given name has been a common name for women in eastern parts of Africa for the last almost 3000 years.