What's the story behind your name?

[Vahlnir]

I wanted to have a unisex name for starters since I had been switching between male and female characters for a long time. I settled on Elan Centauri. Haven't switched genders in a long, long time but it's fine. I like where I ended up. lol Elan was largely inspired by a song by the same name created by Nightwish, one of my favorite bands ever, the song being from their best album ever created (in my opinion at least). Centauri was inspired by Alpha Centauri, one of the closest star systems to us in our galaxy. I absolutely LOVE astronomy. I had a character in Phantasy Star Universe many years ago named Rigel Kentaurus which is an alternate name for Alpha Centauri, and my character in WoW was named Kentaurus. So...decided to keep the name going with this variation. My character's first name was Vahlnir (inspired by my character name in FF XI) at ARR launch (hence my forum name) but I gave that name to my chocobo after the change, with an alteration or two.

[Shadream]

"Amathel" is an elvish name I made for a Hobbit lass in Lotro, created as a Warden. "Amath" are Noldorin, meaning Shield, while "-el" is a feminine suffix meaning -daughter. This then became "Shield daughter" (although I guess someone who knows elvish better could tear this apart). This matched the class which used a shield and the background story I made for why a hobbit had an elvish name.

And because my character in FFXIV is also a small race, and my main job is Paladin (which also use a shield), I saw no reason why not to keep the name.

"Somnium" is Latin and means something like "Dream" or "Dreamer", depending on the source of the translation. I'm a huge daydreamer in RL, so it suits me.

[_Koneko_]

Ko = Young, Neko = Cat ... and i play a cat so :P

[HollyJollyPaca]

With my first main--Y'jhimei Y'lshaweh--was literally just a copy of the Y'jhimei from the FFXV collab, surname added by myself.

But for Adonis Peachblossom, it honestly came to me in a dream along with her design. Adonis was the lover of Aphrodite and the god of beauty/desire. Peachblossom I'm sure was influenced by the peachblossom items, which she wears on a regular basis.

[MilkieTea]

previously, X’Kaia Lue was the name I chose for my suncat, I chose to go with the Lynx tribe because I initially thought of her (post fantasia) as very elegant in an adorable way (like a lynx). So her name would be pronounced “She-Kaia”. And then i chose Lue because i have an unhealthy obsession with Lue-Reeq, the physical DPS questgiver in shadowbringers. I headcannoned that after the events of Shadowbringers, Kaia and Reeq settled down together, and everything that happened afterwards happened to Liliru (I just needed to wait to fantasia).

I dont have any reason for going with Liliru other than wanting a lore appropriate name, ahah. Almost went with Osasa Osa but thats the wrong tribe.

[Shinzo]

Kissaki Mikazuki

Kissaki is the tip section of a Japanese sword;

Mikazuki (三日月) means "crescent moon"

[Meillquei]

I couldn't think of a name, so I used the name generator. I kept hitting the name generator until it came up with something like Cillian Quemperlain. I changed a few letters and made it into Cillien Temperlain.
My forum name is my old WOW character's name. The thought process behind this was due to my brother and cousin watching me make my character and when I couldn't come up with a name, they said "What if you take a word and spell it out all weird?" So my brother suggested milky and it turned into Meillquei.

[Crowzer]

Nothing exceptional. Just watched the animated movie Fatal Fury 3 (1994) as kid, and the antagonist named "Krauser". Liked and rewrote to "Crowzer". That's all !

[Kolsykol]

In WoW Vanilla I had a Hunter, Mage and Warlock ( Warlock became main in later expansions ), '' Aelona '' was the name of my Warlock's Succubus.
I just subconsciously picked it one time, it didn't even occur to me until later and I've been using it since.

'' Chillwind '' is the name of a Camp in WoW too but that's probably just a coincidence, I just thought it was a cool last name especially for a Monk.

[Haru304]

I liked the name 'Haru' in the manga Groove Adventure Rave as a child.