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

[Ashiee]

My friend in HS used to call me "Ashiee Washiee" as something kinda cute, which comes from my real name Ashley. I originally hated it but the name grew on me. Horokeu comes from a characters name in one of my favorite mangas.

[Firarrow]

didn't u see that Imperial Army and Van Darnus is Archadian Empire Army too

OH! So you're one of the enemies then?! And to say we were adventuring companions, i sided with the wrong pple~ x_x

[Zahak]

Ranok --> One of my first rpg memories was golden sun and I thought the ability Ragnarok was so damn awesome. So I took a few letters out and created my first fantasy name, Ranok.

Zahak is just a name stolen from the bluemage quest line in FFXI, also the hydra you fight for the mythic weapons is named Zahak.

Drakesbane is of course, also stolen from FFXI... Loveliest weapon skill ever.

I'm hoping we get name changes for 2.0 so I can go back to my original name I created for myself.

[Ragento]

Ragento = Random name i made up years ago

Guarra = Belligerent one, or one who is belligerent, in Portuguese

I dont even speak Portuguese... lol

I originally wanted to use the name i use in most all MMOs ive played, Icemaush(also sorta made up, was a misspelling of a name that i couldnt remember... long story) But I couldnt think of a decent last name that went well with Icemaush.

[Tonkra]

Well i thought for a name of my Lalafell with white hair..

i wanted to have a "cute" sounding name for him.. i thought.. well who is a cute character in FF series?... hmm i thought.. Quina maybe? i dont wanted to call my lalafell exactly like that... and then i thought of "Itchy and Scratchy" from the simpsons.. i combined both
Quina

+
Itchy

= Quichy ^^



and thats why i named him "Quichy"^^. I knew that i enjoyed playing conjurer (my favourit spell was wind).. so thats why i called him something like "Sturmbruch" which are two german words combined (Sturm = Storm) and (Bruch = Break / fracture). Like breaking one thing into two with a wind spell. its not a real german word but it means something like "stormbreak(age)"

i am german myself... but on the other hand, many characters in JRPGs have also german names..japanese developers like to implement german words from time to time in their games.. like the character "steiner" in Final Fantasy IX, or "Sieg Wahrheit" etc. pp




Quichy Sturmbruch was born




but im thinking about changing the race into male miquote after ARR... but well lets see.. im a little sad to change the character which i was used to pre 2.0. but on the other hand male miquote is so damn asthetic.

and... i already have an idea for a new name also.

[Ralos]

A LONG while back when I RPd a lot, I liked to base all my OCs with some concept of the sun. I don't know why but I was just fascinated with the thought of fire/solor powered characters. Because of this my most used character name was simply Solar. In my very first MMO, the name Solar was already taken, so I had the idea of just flipping it backwords.... Solar -> Ralos.... Ever since then (for about 13 years now) I've named all my video game characters Ralos.
My last name however >_>;
My girlfriend, in an attempt to try and start playing video games with me, wanted to help me create my FF14 character. I didn't mind at all letting her help build the character and pick and choose the looks but then she wanted to name me too... I compromised by giving her the last name if I could choose the first name. So she took the name of her cat, Miko, and tried to make it sound fantasy like, thus: Mikorius.
so in 1.0 I was Ralos Mikorius.

[Zuellni]

Zuellni (pronounced zell-nee) is a fairy character's name in the Chrome Shelled Regios light novels and anime. But since Zue is spelled the same as Sue, everyone just pronounces it as Zool-nee or just Zue as in zoo for short. Since launch, only one person has recognized the name's origins.

I made up Tilanya because it sounded nice with the first name and kind of like a royalty type last name, but according to Google, it's apparently a lndian last name too.

[MyKotoShi]

My name in 1.0 was taken from an anime called K-ON!, after my favorite character Tsumugi Kotobuki.

Should ARR allow name change, (of which I'm sure it will...) I'll be changing it to somewhat mirror my own name, which I don't want to reveal just yet for security purposes ;p

[Nuinn]

-schnipp

I like your name, it's cute ^ ^ but I gotta admit that for a second I chuckled when you mentioned your fav spell was wind, and then storm + break :P But still, for a Lalafell it's a mighty-sounding yet somewhat comical/cute name, so it's perfect <3

[MistaSal]

Was watching The Simpsons when I heard it and decided to see if it was available.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKSnRkARktk