What's the story behind your character's name?

[Mrfox0707]

My chars name is Kamino Akari. It's Japanese meaning the light of God or God of light. I picked this name while studying Japanese in high school back when I first started FFxi as a White Mage.

[raelee]

Eliniel is an OC my friend came up for me a loooooong time ago while we were sitting on a plane.

She was really obsessed with Lord of the Rings and wanted to write me into her fanfics lol.

I've used it ever since because I thought it was pretty XD.
It's pronounce- Ah-lynn-ee-ehl.

[Kirei]

Kirei = Pretty, Beautiful (Japanese)
Koneko = Kitten, Kitty, Smalll cat (Japanese)

So basically "Pretty Kitteh" or "Beautiful Kitten" xD

[Raagnar]

Nordic naming conventions. Used prefix and suffix combined to make my own name

Raagnar = mighty warrior
Olvarr = Ale warrior

But i just say it means mighty beer warrior. I found out later from a swedish friend i spelt it wrong but oh well.

[Lone-Wolf]

What a nice thread. :) I enjoyed reading everyone's posts.

My character names, in both console and MMO games, are mostly names I've read in books, video games, and/or from other sources. My main's name Akina, is actually one of the few that didn't come from a book or game. I was looking up Japanese names for what reason I don't remember (boredom most likely, lol). I happened to see it on a couple of sites and I like how it sounded when I said it out loud. Not really sure of it's meaning, but a couple places I looked said "spring flower" was one. Being born in the spring, I felt a bit of a connection with that one. :) Her last name is actually ippiki ookami, which I believe is translated to lone wolf. Lone-Wolf is one of my main aliases, and I wanted something Japanese for her last name, so I went with that. Lol, pretty fun listening to my ls friends complain about it when they try to spell it. XD Hehe

I'm not gonna say my alt's name as she was mostly based off me, name included, and was originally going to delete her. After I got a good amount of levels on her though, I didn't have the heart to. XD Lol

The Path Companion on each of my characters have names from the Eragon series. Akina's was a male Elezen named Oromis and my alt's was a male lalafell name Orik. Not really because they're similar in character to their namesakes (Akina's Path Companion is definitely not like the Oromis in Eragon. xD), but mostly they seemed to fit.

Because I love to watch the Triple Crown horse races, I knew that I was going to name my chocobos after some racehorses. Although Akina's was named Seabiscuit, who in real life didn't win any of the Triple Crown races (originally was going to name her's Secretariat, but ended up being one letter too long. ; ; ). My alt's chocobo is named Barbaro, after the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner.

As for my characters' retainers, eh... there was really no meaning behind their names. I just went with whatever popped in my head. XD
Akina: Fargo and Carter (Eureka series)
Alt: Cim (Eh... just a shortened version of his original name. Lol)

[Fatestorm]

Pwnagraphic is a different story, and that's primary my "alias" on any game.. but my mains name is Avadon Zaxxon

Avadon is a derivative of "Abbaddon" or "Abadon" which is Russian for "Angel of Death". No, I'm not Russian but I liked the sound of it. I used it for the first time in DCUO.

Zaxxon is actually a game company from the early '90's. Actually they might be a Arcade company, but if you Google Zaxxon, something game related will come up. I thought it sounded good with Avadon and it was also kind of a nod to early gaming.

Avadon, you may be interested to know that the source root of Abaddon is Hebrew, in which it means an intensive form of 'destruction' (like in Job 26 or Psalm 88). There is in fact a famous passage in Revelation 9:11 in which Abaddon is called 'the destroyer': "They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon."

[Nuinn]

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More trivia: Katra is also a name of a female villain in the MotU universe (though just spelled with a C)

[Atamos]

When I played Final Fantasy I on GBA there was an optional boss named Atomos, I thought the name was pretty cool, but I decided to change the 'o' by 'a' and this is how my name was born. As for Vesperae, this is the name of the world of my first MMO ever, it was called Slayers Online, a legacy of my first experience in a Multiplayer game.

[Zehira]

Zehira in Hebrew (F) for "protected, careful, and cautious."

[Destinova]

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