How did you choose your name?

[Mikki]

My current name (Fenix Down) originally came about as a joke. I couldn't think of a name. I sat there for an agonizingly long time trying to come up with something. I joked to my friend that I should name her Fenix Down, since I always play healing roles in every MMO so this wasn't going to be any different. I wasn't serious about it but my friend laughed out loud and said it was hilarious. "I don't think I'd want a healer named Fenix Down in my party." they said. We had a good laugh so I went with it.

But, I'll probably be changing servers when the free transfers open up and Fenix Down is, unsurprisingly, taken on my server of interest. Phoenix Down, too. Sad as I'll be to see it go since I've been using the same name since beta, I'll have to find something else. I think I'll still keep Fenix since I find it cute on its own but the last name will have to change.

[Alestrae]

But, I'll probably be changing servers when the free transfers open up and Fenix Down is, unsurprisingly, taken on my server of interest. Phoenix Down, too. Sad as I'll be to see it go since I've been using the same name since beta, I'll have to find something else. I think I'll still keep Fenix since I find it cute on its own but the last name will have to change.

You could use an analogous name. Though probably NOT Garuda for obvious reasons. Simurgh or variant spellings might work. or how about Zarptak, Ohnivak, Zumrudu, zhuque... Of course this is as long as the problem still applies.

Funnily enough, this my other method for choosing names when throwing random sequences fails me: I get my big book of world mythology, open it to a random page and then find a name or reference that i like.