I've been using the name Fawkes online since 2000, when available. So that's what my FFXI character was named. I got the name from the sci-fi channel original series "The Invisible Man", which I'm fairly sure nobody else on earth liked. People usually thought it was because of the phoenix from Harry Potter or the V for Vendetta guy's mask, which would probably both be more respectable choices to have taken a name from.

In FFXIV I needed a last name, and I knew someone with the last name Macleod, and I liked the combination since it didn't feel like an overt direct reference to one thing, like maybe people would think I just like the Highlander. Also I think some people probably mispronounce it and don't get that it's Star Fox, I get a lot of mid-dungeon "Oh lol, I just got your name". Which is preferable to people constantly telling me to do a barrel roll.