Both my forum handle and my character's first name is a name I've used for nearly 20 years now online - it's how SE's original official English translation of the PS1 release of FFV spelled Enkidu's name, Enkidu being of course the wildman from the ancient Mesopotamian story The Epic of Gilgamesh, and also naturally Gilgamesh's close friend and companion in the FF series. I picked the name at random from an ancient issue of EGM magazine that had a FFV strategy guide; at the time I needed a new login name for eBay (my then normal name I used for internet handles already being taken), and I closed my eyes and pointed it at random on the boss fight section, finding it had ended up on the final Gilgamesh fight. Not surprisingly, Gilgamesh was already taken on eBay, but Enkidoh naturally wasn't. So I quickly changed that, and the name stuck with me ever since (my character in FFXI is also named 'Enkidoh' ).

My character's surname however was chosen by my boyfriend, who also used the name for his character (yes, our characters are married in-game ). I can't remember what he told me about where he got the name from, but the word of course is a type of soup base in French cooking (I believe it's also derived from rouge, which I understand is the French word for 'red', which is appropriate for Enki's red hair, but that's a whole different barrel of moogles.).