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

[Amyas]

Amyas Leigh, from the Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh otherwise known as Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley. I... I read alot.

[Lapulapu]

A very fun 19-page read so far but this thread needs more people from Excalibur! Where are you lazy Excalibres(?). . . . Excalibrians(??). . . . Excalibros(???) . . . . . . . . Excalibrarians(!?!?)

>.>

Lapu, I demand you make a separate Chocobo + Gobbue (yes I know we can't really name them) thread :3 Even though some posted they Chocos' names, it's easily skipped and not everyone remembers.

I would have gladly started a thread like that but wouldn't be able to claim credit for the original idea.
If anyone would like to post that information in the same fun manner I suggest you post it in Charmin's thread^^ it's a good one!

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ent-and-Future

[Gagusho]

Well the name Gagusho just came to me when I was little and used it for FFXI.

For surname I picked Tsukiyo which means moonlit night in Japanese and I picked that because I really enjoy watch the moon at night.

[Mola]

Well my character's name is Mola Mola, which is named after the ocean sun fish. It's a big fish, hence I'm a Lala. My mules are both Lala, the first is named Molli (a little fish) and Twinkle (a toy fish).

[AmmaUltman]

Name: Amma
Meaning: Godlike
Gender: Female
Origin: Hindi
This was my characters name in WoW when it was a female blood-elf. When I did a change and became male blood-elf, I wanted the same meaning and found....

Name: Ultman
Meaning: Godlike
Gender: Male
Origin: Hindu

Sticking to Paladin, so I named my character Amma Ultman.

My chocobo's name is Magizzle, which was my original mage characters name on WoW, which comes from Snoop Dogging the word "Magic"

[Priya]

Well... Originally I just like the name Priya.. turns out it means this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priya
Couldn't think of a last name.. Found Eridian while perusing the web for pretty much anything that sounded interesting. Turns out it is derived from Eris: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eris

I'm a troll (some days), so something that roughly amounted to beloved/dear + discord/chaos/strife... while sounding totally cute, won me over.

Had no idea about the Borderlands connection.

Chocobo: "Albatross" for the ship from Skies of Arcadia + the whole bird thing.

Companion: "Grantham" cause he's a posh elezen, I couldn't think of anything, Downton Abbey is brilliant, and the name just sounds cool.

[Grumble]

"Imago" = Image
"Dei" = God

often appearing in Latin as "Imago Dei", is a concept and theological doctrine in Christianity which asserts that human beings are created in God's image and therefore have inherent value independent of their utility or function.

I like the healer/WHM role, so it fit perfectly.

My Choco is named "Quickfeet"


Long Story: unreal tournament 99' I used to play a LOT. Eventually managed to kick some serious ass at that game. People accused me of botting, (programmable aiming) and so most people didn't want to play against me. I was so invested in that game I even made custom maps, sounds, texture art and static meshes (in-game objects). That game got me interested in game development.

It came to the point where I had come up with aliases in order to battle others, "Imago Dei" was one of them, that stuck with me.

[Matto]

just made diff ways to say my name and put them together, my real name is Matthew.

[Pebe]

My account name is Pebe, as this was the name of my Final Fantasy 11 character. It actually came from the auto name feature and I took a liking to it. Why? I don't know, I was 12 at the time.

My FFXIV character is named Aeternus Nihilim. Aeternus is Latin for eternal and Nihilim is Latin for nothingness. This name was inspired by Xemnas' speech at the end of KH2. "If light and darkness are eternal, than nothingness too is eternal." (Yes i am a nerd >.>) All my friends think this name emo, so it may change for 2.0, although I'm kind of partial to Aeternus. Will probably just change the last name.

I guess we are doing chocobo names too, soooooo:

My chocobo is named photon, which is a quantum of light. Basically I wanted to name my chocobo after the speed of light and photon sounded catchy >.>.

[mbncd]

I'm loving reading all of these posts ^_^

My account name is Pebe, as this was the name of my Final Fantasy 11 character. It actually came from the auto name feature and I took a liking to it. Why? I don't know, I was 12 at the time.

My FFXIV character is named Aeternus Nihilim. Aeternus is Latin for eternal and Nihilim is Latin for nothingness. This name was inspired by Xemnas' speech at the end of KH2. "If light and darkness are eternal, than nothingness too is eternal." (Yes i am a nerd >.>) All my friends think this name emo, so it may change for 2.0, although I'm kind of partial to Aeternus. Will probably just change the last name.

I guess we are doing chocobo names too, soooooo:

My chocobo is named photon, which is a quantum of light. Basically I wanted to name my chocobo after the speed of light and photon sounded catchy >.>.

I hope you'll choose a name because you like it rather than because of others' reactions to it. Names we choose for ourselves can be our truest representations of what we love or want or respect. I think that's really awesome and in no way should it ever be based on what another wants from you... Your name is about you, more so even than your birth name which you had no control over. I really hope that everyone can love their own name, the name that they came up with to express themselves as.

Being "a nerd" isn't anything to be ashamed of either, it just means you have loves and interests in the world around you. What's wrong with revelling in the miracles (scientific or otherwise) of the universe? I'd say nothing at all is wrong with that!