How did you choose your name?

[Halivel]

I really like the evolution of your name.

Thanks!

[KaijinRhada]

My main's name just follows me around now, but originated from my WoW RP writing main (not a fan of in-game RP), who himself didn't exist in the game until Legion.

How I happened upon the name was simple. I was writing up an RP concept for collaborative RP, and I created a character just for it. I knew I wanted the last name to be Stormchaser, but I was stumped on the first name. As I was working on the details, I was watching the Saint Seiya: Legend of the Crimson Youth (which I have seen many a time). One of the antagonists showed up, and introduced himself: Lynx Jaou (or Jaō). I thought about then name and essentially went: "cool, yep, new name. (b'-')b" It only made the whole name passably lore-appropriate for a Night Elf, so as you can see it's not at all lore-appropriate for a Keeper of the Moon, and still not lore-appropriate for a Xaela. Actually, it's not really lore-appropriate for anything in this game. >_>

Still, it was a nice sounding name, and obscure enough that most people wouldn't know where it came from. Now it just stuck, and I bring it to whatever game I play.

[Angelov-Mercy]

It's usually for those who stop to smell the roses to pick up on my play at words.

Lily Larkspur is arrayed in flowers, but her name can go deeper for those familiar with botany. (SAM/CNJ/DRG)


Angelov Mercy is self explanatory, but can go deeper in meaning for more serious gamers. (WHM/NIN/MCH)

[Haprimac]

I've posted here my femroe's name stuff, but figured I'd add elegent's as well:

Etoileaux Charbonnier

Etoile is french and means star. I got it from my real life pet rabbit whose eyes twinkle like little stars. "Star-eye-aux" would've been too long, so I shortened it to just "Star-aux". Charbonnier is, surprise-surprise, also french and means Coalminer. I came up with it when I gave my duskwight the darkest grey skintone, which made me think of sooth.

Later I made up a story to go along with the surname (moniker, really) that his Redbelly mom sold him to a Coerthan mine, because she couldn't provide for her other three children after her husband and eldest son were captured by Wood Wailers, and Etoileaux happened to be her least favourite child.

[manamoppet]

My name was kind of a combination of the in-game season of the year, Astral (sort of like Summer and June/Julia* are names we use irl), and Thalia was meant to be a variation of the patron Thaliak, one of The Twelve.

Later, some people have thought it was because of the Astrologian job, even though I made and named my character long before it was announced. Other times people have commented about a card named Thalia from Magic the Gathering, but honestly I didn't know about that card before they mentioned it (I play a bit of casual mtg sometimes with friends now after that).

* Would be Juli (month) -> Julie (name) in Norwegian, my native tongue (I've only met a handful of Scandinavians in-game)

[DumdogsWorld]

W'Kohrahx Tia

I love an old Dos game called Hexen. The main antagonist is a demon named Korax. He was always asking people if they were ready to die.

[Joe_Schmoe]

In the mid-2000s I played a game called Runescape, a game that was mostly played by teenagers with names like "Ipwnj00noob", "Psykogodkilla", "l33t badaz", "Ipwnurmom", etc. I figured with a name like Joe Schmoe there's no way I'd be mistaken for a 12 year old, and the name stuck for all these years.

[Felien]

Base on Sword Art Online and I role the dice till I got a decent “family name”.
On my alt is because how ppl was saying my name wrong and my “family name” is how they decided to call me.