How did you choose your name?

[Atlas-04]

I have been using Atlas for a very long time named after the Mech from Mechwarrior/Battletech. Pretty much all my usernames since I was a kid have been Atlas. If I am naming a character I'll use Atlas for males and Atlyss for female characters. I don't think I will ever change this in any game.

The Sol name was just something I thought up recently cause it sounded cool. Not many games had last names so this actually started in FF14.

[Noitems]

I have been using Atlas for a very long time named after the Mech from Mechwarrior/Battletech.

Oh jeez, that brings back throwbacks as to when I used to watch Mechwarrior games on G4 when they had the show arena. My brother ended up getting Mechassault for the OG Xbox (didn't have a PC at the time) and we played that game for weeks.

[Sorimachi87]

Aoi is the japanese word for blue. My favorite colour
Fukuhara was just my first thought which came to me.

[Gemina]

I am very much into astrology, so I decided to name my character after a constellation that reflects my character's duality. Her feminine nature is represented by our healers, especially WHM. Nurturing, a pacifist, in tune with the elements, aspires to be beautiful and kind towards others. She is the light. Her masculine nature is represented by our tanks, especially DRK. Aggressive, a provider, a builder, enjoys combat and aspires to deliver steel justice to the corrupt. He is the dark. Since I ultimately decided to go with a female avatar I suffixed her name with an 'a' instead of an 'i', and named her Gemina.

Her surname is total lore-based, but not original. I won't get into the lore here, but those interested can read my blog here: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes.../blog/4021281/

The really short version is it was given to her by her adoptive father and Hraesvelgr upon discovering that Lunarian blood runs through her veins. As most people know, Luna is Latin for the celestial body we know as the moon. Lunarians are humanoids that play a integral role in my favorite Final Fantasy game to this day: FFIV

[Sprinks]

I named my main character after my dog, Cupcake. I spent a week or so trying to come up with a first name. "Sprinkles" just seemed to flow the best, so I went with that. It was never my intention to name myself after the cupcakery...

[AriaFairchild]

Aria - From the manga "Aria" by Amano Kozue.
Fairchild - From the now defunct Fairchild Republic, the manufacturer of A-10 Thunderbolt.

Don't ask me how my brain combined these two completely opposite things: the peaceful utopia of Aria, and a weapon platform that mounts a rotary cannon capable of firing ~4000 rounds of depleted uranium goodness shells per minute.

[Allegor]

My bf invited me to the game, his character is a sea wolf Roe with Blue in his name, so I thought let's create a Red hellsguard. Rider came in because I wanted the second word to also start with R, also because I like Iskandar from the Fate/Zero anime, so Red Rider it was....apparently is also a song because I've had a few people throwing out references I'm completely oblivious to lol

[Alucard135]

My rl name.

[Eloah]

I wont mention my original name, we dont speak about the dark times. But with my current name I wanted something a bit more lore appropriate. I liked playing a dunesfolk, but the naming convention was meh for my own personal name, especially since the first and last name are usually said together. I lucked out with lalafell lore stating the since the clans mix frequently the names arent set in stone (at least for males) and a dunes folk or plains folk could have the opposite name; like Pipin and Papalymo. So I used my knowledge of Japanese to find a name I liked and shared it with the guy who was helping me at the time. His only input was to drop the extra "mi" from my first name. So instead of it being written as Tokimi it's just Toki. I still use "lore" to say it's still Tokimi, but it sounds to much like a my sisters name/girls name so just call me Toki.

Plus I can now make all the time pins I want since Toki means time in Japanese.

And no I didnt get it from Metalocalypse.

[Cincierta]

All of my character names I've had since I've played FF11 or other games waaaaaaaaaay back in the day, or primarily DFO. Though I will admit having to come up with last names that fit them had me thinking for a while. Some were actual characters I had made, some were pet names I made up on the fly. DFO gave me a bit more flexibility with creative naming as you could only have a singular name to name your character/pets with after one of their updates.

My forum name I've had since my high school Spanish 4 days, as my real name really didn't have an actual translation over from French to Spanish, and the one my teacher gave me for the class didn't fit either.