What's the story behind your name?

[Imora]

Dumb Q.

Is there a way to actually change the characters name? Or no, I'd assume for accountability reasons.

Not that I want to, I was just surprised when fantasia didn't let you way back when, since other games' recustomizing lets you.

[ItMe]

Dumb Q.

Is there a way to actually change the characters name? Or no, I'd assume for accountability reasons.

Not that I want to, I was just surprised when fantasia didn't let you way back when, since other games' recustomizing lets you.

In game?
Yes (though it costs real money).
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...aming_service/

On the forums?
I don't think so.

[Ftail]

I gave my name absolutely zero thought. Just being honest here.

[Septonyte]

Well, gym teacher in high school called me Septonyte, guy was almost always in a good mood and gave people nicknames as a way of familiarity to encourage them (the name is a variation of my IRL last name). It was catchy and I decided to use it as my online name almost everywhere. When I found I needed two names in FF14 I decided to go with Aria Septonyte when I started. I was a bard main when I started and thought I was being clever with the name Aria as a bard and I had never seen anyone else with that name before in any game (spoiler: I wasn't that and I started to see the name EVERYWHERE). Well, I did start off as a Seeker of the Sun and, after learning of the lore in this game and Seeker naming conventions I decided to drop the Aria and work with what I had. Thus the name S'epto Nyte was born.

[Elkanah]

Mine has some history for myself (after continuously playing XI since 2002, and on/off around post Seekers of Adoulin expansion ages later). Characters name is Shikaree Sinhunter. A former member of the Shikaree tribe that hunts down Sin hunters (some of my favorite Mithra's in the game!). She was a native of Altana for many years. In her early line of work, she's seen it all-- saved empires (ToAU), saved the past from apocalypse (WOTG), stopped Shadow lords from arising (SL rank 5), saved the world a couple times over (RotZ & CoP), among many other things. After having saved the world plenty of times, took a boat for another adventure (looking to end up back in NORG), and somehow ended up on a Pirate boat to a foreign place called "Limsa Lomsina". Luckily, she was used to pirates, so she adapted as best as she could as "an adventurer" with no gil to her name in this land. Signed up for guild access, and the rest became history.

In the years that passed, she forgot about her time in Altana eventually-- and focused on the here and now with Eorzea. Until she met a woman named Iroha, who gave her some memories of time to look back on-- only to end up in another world shortly down the line (shadowbringers). She continues her adventures today, and will until her next call or coming of time.

[JRat]

I usually make a game character name starting with the letter J. and I usually like to have the letter r in there as well.. for reasons.
Jahro sounds like something a beast cat thing would say; kinda growly like.
Katika means "The Tiger" in the language of my people!

[Xenosan]

Xenosan moniker for most game related forums/chats since early 2000s (Xenogears fanboy), up until Discord/Twitch days.

I've always named characters after existing game favorites or names that stood out to me, FF11 characters were Ramsus from Xenogears, Darius from Morrowind, then Gaffgarion from tactics. When XIV was free to play got Gaffy again and stuck with it. Knew there'd be a DRK job eventually anyway that I'd main.

[Kakurady]

I've had a few people got excited about the name "Mango Durango", and it's a little embarrassing since it came literally in an hour... I found the generated names not grand enough for an RPG protagonist, and after asking a few friends, apparently Lalafell PCs have this food theme going on. Luckily, plainsfolk have the least restrictive canonical name pattern, so the name is almost lore friendly, but had I known better I might have picked something with less real world references - but then, it wouldn't be as cute.

[Kakurady]

I've had a few people got excited about the name "Mango Durango", and it's a little embarrassing since it came literally in an hour... I found the generated names not grand enough for an RPG protagonist, and after asking a few friends, apparently Lalafell PCs have this food theme going on. Luckily, plainsfolk have the least restrictive canonical name pattern, so the name is almost lore friendly, but had I known better I might have picked something with less real world references - but then, it wouldn't be as cute.

To elaborate a bit more: previously when I created characters for MMORPGs I went for whatever sounded nice. "Kakurady" is partly that, and partly inspired by Pokkle, the protagonist of Zwei: The Arges Adventure.

Having went by some variation on "Kakurady" since grade seven, I've decided to use a more meaningful name for my first (and so far, only) FFXIV character. "Mango" is the cute first name, which keeps the food theme, while "Durango" would be the more serious last name used for more formal occasions.

As a bonus, it's reasonably pronounceable in Japanese and fit the AB CB name pattern for male plainsfolk lalafells.

[Gameovers]

I just wanted something that got people to laugh at the beginning of dungeons. So I choose Server Limitations. Funny enough I had the name for so long people legit call me Server like a first name even in real life. Now if I changed my name it'll be odd cause everyone I know knows me as -Server-.