What's the story behind your name?

[FrogDog]

When I left my old server I thought I would maybe RP as a Hingan or something so I thought up Japanese names.

Jubei, from Yagyu Jubei. I specifically had Onimusha 2 in mind when I chose it.
Murata was just a surname I ended up landing on. I like the way it sounds. I guess now it's kind of going to become a reference, since the pyro archon in Genshin Impact is called Murata.

I've been using this name since the start of Stormblood so I'm thinking I'll change it when I go male Viera. I don't know if my current name would really fit with a Viera anyway.

[ItMe]

I'm thinking I'll change it when I go male Viera. I don't know if my current name would really fit with a Viera anyway.

If / when you change it, please update us on your new name and the thoughts that went into it~

[Yuella]

It's my character's name from FFXI. Wanted it to begin with a Y and gave it an 'ella' ending.

[KaerisKlyne]

9 is my fav Final Fantasy and Dagger is probably my fav character in the playable cast, so I decided on Til Alexandros as a referential name (which works great for me also as mainly a SMN/WHM player, though I play some other jobs too).

[FudoMyoo]

Fudo Myoo (the Immovable One) is one of the powerful deities known as the Five Bright Kings in Japanese Buddhism and folk religion. As a manifestation of the central cosmic Buddha Mahavairochana (Japanese: Dainichi), Fudo is believed to protect Buddhism and its true adherents. Like all Bright Kings, Fudo assumes a frightening form, with a sword in his right hand and a rope in his left. He sits in front of a swirling flame of fire, with which he purifies evil.

[Iscah]

I have Viera names on my mind at the moment since I'm wanting to make a new alt once the males are available (and already have a character visually in mind because I liked one of the example characters from the reveal), but the names are confusing.

The naming conventions in the Lore forum say to look at Icelandic names, but browsing that list on Behind the Name doesn't seem to have any of the examples or the feel of them - though it does seem to be the direct source for Ronso names in the First (Bragi, Magnus and Runar are all on there).

I'm not even sure which gender I should be looking at, because if their genders aren't apparent at birth, they logically can't have gendered names... and then on top of that, if they leave the forest they usually abandon their birth name and pick whatever they feel like calling themselves. Great for people who want to invent their character names, not so good for those of us who need prompts.

Anyway if Icelandic is indeed correct I am leaning towards Ragna/Ragnar, depending on which gender's list I should be picking from. Though (browsing as I write this) Ragnar is a variant of Rayner so for a new adopted name I could handwave the etymology and call him... Rain? Reyn? Rayn? Something like that. Give it a few days and see if I like calling him that.

[Chie_M]

I have Viera names on my mind at the moment since I'm wanting to make a new alt once the males are available (and already have a character visually in mind because I liked one of the example characters from the reveal), but the names are confusing.

The naming conventions in the Lore forum say to look at Icelandic names, but browsing that list on Behind the Name doesn't seem to have any of the examples or the feel of them - though it does seem to be the direct source for Ronso names in the First (Bragi, Magnus and Runar are all on there).

I'm not even sure which gender I should be looking at, because if their genders aren't apparent at birth, they logically can't have gendered names... and then on top of that, if they leave the forest they usually abandon their birth name and pick whatever they feel like calling themselves. Great for people who want to invent their character names, not so good for those of us who need prompts.

Anyway if Icelandic is indeed correct I am leaning towards Ragna/Ragnar, depending on which gender's list I should be picking from. Though (browsing as I write this) Ragnar is a variant of Rayner so for a new adopted name I could handwave the etymology and call him... Rain? Reyn? Rayn? Something like that. Give it a few days and see if I like calling him that.

I might be able to help a bit! If you want to have him change his forest name but still hold to the general conventions, Viera will typically replace i's and y's in names with a J (still pronounced the same) -- so Rajn or Rejn!

[Ahnog]

Ahnog is made up from the letters in my wife, daughter and son's name. Nogginbash just sort of went with it.

[Iscah]

I might be able to help a bit! If you want to have him change his forest name but still hold to the general conventions, Viera will typically replace i's and y's in names with a J (still pronounced the same) -- so Rajn or Rejn!

Definitely an interesting thought! I'll play with that too. I think it needs to be Rejn for the spelling-to-pronunciation in that case.

I like the idea but it does feel like a bit of a stumbling block for reading it. Might just need practice.

[Reksanden]

Myifee is a name I really liked and stole from Ninety Nine Nights despite being somewhat unknowable in pronunciation. (I say "Me-fee")

Asurai was originally Azurai, and was a combination of azure and Asura - but z sounded a bit harsh the more I said it, so it became an s instead.

Both together end up being 6 letters each, and the syllables just roll off the tongue well.