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

[Xeonerable]

My character name is just my internet alias name.

"Xeonerable" which I made up with the two words Inexorable and Exonerate.

As for my character having "Fenrir" as a last name... its just the XI server name we got to keep since I couldn't come up with a last name for my username. lol

[Katra]

Katra Leviathan was the name of my main character in XI. As I waited for XI to be released, I actually made a modest list of names I was going to use, just in case a couple of preferred ones were taken. As it turns out, every name I tried on that list was already in use. After about an hour or two on the character create screen, trying different race/name combos, I had reached the end of my patience, thought of Katra, and created a Mithra RDM.

Although Katra was just a play on the English word cat, I have had several comments over the years of other players who thought I had took the name from a series called Gundam. I had watched two episodes of Gundam before getting bored with it just to see if I could spot the other Katra, but I had no luck. Doing a search online also netted no results, which I guess means it is a really minor character, or they use a different spelling.

What I did find online though was that Katra is apparently used in Vulcan religion in Star Trek. My full name also seems to bring up a lot of odd music bands as well.

Leviathan is a name I carried over from XI. As I had an active XI account at the time, I was allowed to carry over my server name and use it as my last name. Although I will admit that choice may be both a blessing and a curse once the Leviathan primal fight is released. On the one hand I will feel a little guilty with trying to beat the snot out of the creature I was named after just for a chance at a drop, but on the other hand, it will be pretty cool to have a nice weapon, or a piece of armor, with my last name on it. Something along the lines of "Leviathan Sword", "Spear of Leviathan", etc. I guess I could always view it as a way to speed up the inheritance process.

[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)

[Riv]

Naivir Alexaire. Naivir is just a reversal of my XI character's name, Rivian, which itself was a randomly generated name from FFXI. I also had a Mithra mule in XI named Naivir, so when i decided to play Miqo'te in XIV instead of Elvaan, i went with the Naivir name. Alexaire is a variation of my server from XI, Alexander. I wanted Alexandria but XIV would not allow it.

[LunaRhiki]

Luna = The moon, and since my Character is a Keeper of the Moon it seemed fitting.
Rhiki = An idealistic person, with a desire to help others.

[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.

[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)

[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.