Curse

reaper with no name · May 19, 2009, 07:49 PM // 19:49

Hmm...Well, my namesake character is named that because, well, its a name I use all over the net. If I recall correctly, the very first time I used it was because I wanted a name that involved death for an email account, but every combo seemed to be taken except those that involved lots of numbers. So I settled for this one. And it stuck.

My ranger (Tribow Girl) I couldn't think of a name for even as I made her, and then I noticed that one of the hairstyles had two bows in it. Then it came to me. A ranger with three bows! Tribow Girl!

Grahn Zanbagh (necromancer) is a reference to a D&D character I've played (though the campaign moves slower than molasses for various reasons).

Hello I Am A (my PvP RoJ JQ monk) is my attempt at emulating those names that use the guild tag to say something funny (my guild tag is "NUT"). It works well when I want to say crazy things.

My newest character is A Blind Chick, who is, of course, a rit (I'm surprised the name wasn't taken already, actually).

Shank Factory · Nov 08, 2010, 09:18 AM // 09:18

I always just think of what the character is doing or something about it IE:
Sin-Shank Factory
Warrior-Ironclad Cajones
Derv-Step In My Blender

psycore · Nov 08, 2010, 02:25 PM // 14:25

[+] Shank Factory is using Thread Necromancy!

Roen · Nov 08, 2010, 02:45 PM // 14:45

1. Rearranged letters of my and family members' names.
2. Homynyms (eg, "Maiden Tie One" not a name I've used just an example)
3. Character names I've used in short stories I've written (Roen)
4. Nerd crap like hexspeak (see: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/DEADBEEF)

Nekodesu · Nov 08, 2010, 04:48 PM // 16:48

I make the names myself or I search up names and their meanings. I think this is a pretty good way of doing it, because then you can get a name from any country and have a meaningfull name aswell! F eks search japanese name/names, or norwegian, whatever really.

The names I'm most pleased about are:
Edona Hera
Neko Naiami
Eruru Epilum <- I like this one the most.

But I also make names from things I like, my war is called Cupcake Unicorn xD I had one called Unicorn Rainbow aswell, before somebody took it.

_June · Nov 08, 2010, 04:52 PM // 16:52

I had a Nightmare in July..so hehe

Karate Jesus · Nov 08, 2010, 05:41 PM // 17:41

I name mine after Final Fantasy arch-characters, cartoons (like Frisky Dingo), and I have one named after a field in Israel for some reason.

shoesbags · Nov 08, 2010, 05:55 PM // 17:55

I romanize Korean words because Korean awesome, also Shoes Bags

Prince Rogrs Nelson · Nov 08, 2010, 07:06 PM // 19:06

Most of my characters are named for musicians and songs, e.g.:

Prince Rogrs Nelson (Mesmer): Prince Rogers Nelson, the full name of the artist Prince

X Sick Of It All X (Warrior): Sick of it All is an '88 style NYHC band. Added the X's because Sick Of It All was (unsurprisingly) taken.

Give Me The Push (Dervish): A song by Nomeansno, my favorite band in the world. The song is amazing, intense, high energy...

Stuck In The Middle (Ele): Famous song by Stealer's Wheel; also, I wanted something vaguely suggestive (I use her to sell a lot lol), I was torn between starting out spec'ing fire or earth, and I had just been in GToB, where I standing near somebody named "Jokers Wild" and somebody named something about clowns...

K R S O N E (Ranger): One of the greatest rappers of all time

Black Moses Isaac H (Monk): i.e. Isaac Hayes. Chef Isaac Hayes was available but I wanted more to make a musical reference than a SP reference. And just "Isaac Hayes" was taken. He's a bald black guy with a goatee.

Rags and Bones (Necro): Another Nomeansno song; their most "famous" or "popular." You've probably never heard of the band, but if you have, chances are this was the first song you heard.

As you can see, the names also all might arguably bear some relevance to the professions. Prince is INCREDIBLY charismatic and persuasive in real life. Sick of it All are from a scene full of tough, physical guys...and plus the warrior looks a bit like their guitarist. Rags and Bones is a necro, duh. And when I'm whirling away with my dervish I think of such a rolling, high energy song. KRS is versatile, just like the rapper (I've seen the guy drop freestyles over nothing by a string quartet). Black Moses is a monk, i.e. a holy man.

My others have somewhat situational names:

Captain Phil Harris (Paragon): Yep, the guy from Deadliest Catch who died this past year. I normally make my NF characters pretty dark in complection, but while messing around with eyes, hair, and faces I realized that if I made him white he was the SPITTING IMAGE. I like to think of it as a tribute. Nevermind the fact that he's currently my mule.

Close To The Vest (Ritualist): ...I just kinda liked the expression, and for some reason it seemed to go well with a character who is essentially blind by profession.

Sweet Schadenfreude (Assassin): my favorite, probably, though not musically related at all. Schadenfreude is the German word that would translate to "pleasure in the suffering of others," if we didn't just use the word itself in English. Honestly, the name was inspired in part by an ex who could be particularly cold and cruel (and got off on speaking German in bed lol). Didn't mean to make it look like her too, but I did.

I've got a few other names picked out I'd like to use, but I haven't yet justified buying new slots for them...

AngelWJedi · Nov 08, 2010, 07:43 PM // 19:43

Not counting my main derv Empress. i name all my girls by what campain they are from then i pick a race i think suits that campain. i.e.-factions-all asian areas,proph-parts of europe,nf-middle eastern,africa. you get the general idea.

Grav · Nov 08, 2010, 08:30 PM // 20:30

When I first started I was determined to use the name Ox, which was the handle of one of Abe's war buddies in a flashback episode of The Simpsons, and I thought it was the ideal short simple name for a big dumb lug of a warrior. But it was too short for Guild Wars, apparently; I needed something with a space in it.

Then my brother suggested Grav Ox, because naturally, it sounds a little like Gravy Ox, and it was settled. (I don't actually use the stuff myself, but the ad for it is beyond awesome.

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From there, once I started creating other characters, I wanted something that would retain my identity across them all, so I adopted the first name Grav for each of them, with different surnames that reflected the class. Some are cleverer than others; I love my mesmer's name, Grav Tate, for example.

Also, all my surnames are monosyllabic. When GW2 comes around, I plan to retain the first name Grav and use two-syllable surnames, as a nice point of difference from the first game while still acknowledging the ancestry in an RP sort of way.

Star_Jewel · Nov 08, 2010, 08:58 PM // 20:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngelWJedi

Not counting my main derv Empress. i name all my girls by what campain they are from then i pick a race i think suits that campain. i.e.-factions-all asian areas,proph-parts of europe,nf-middle eastern,africa. you get the general idea.

Ditto. I also try to pick names that have meanings tied to their profession.
My ranger has a European/Latin name that means "Forest Deer." My Rit has an Indian name. Paragon's got a Greek name meaning "Golden Salvation." Dervish has a Swahili name. Mesmer's name is Gaelic for "Dark Visions." Necro's name is Slovenian for "Source of Mourning" -- I've had a lot of fun developing a backstory for her.

The only detour from that is my assassin. He's a Selachii. Discworld FTW.

roysland · Nov 08, 2010, 09:44 PM // 21:44

I've bought a lot of name changes, just to get some similarity between the characters. My new names go by variations of Laid.
- Constantly Laid
- Never Got Laid
- Will Get Laid
- Suddenly Laid
- Princess Laid

But there are some character names I'm too fond of to change. They're origin is mostly from song names, like
- Blood and Roses (Smithereens song)
- Chasing Rainbows (Ranger, from a song by No use for a Name)
- Sahara Hotpants (My Ele, name is a variation of Sahara Hotnights, the band)

*lemming* · Nov 08, 2010, 10:09 PM // 22:09

If anyone knows whoever has the IGN "Polaris Rhapsody," let him know that I'm willing to pay for it.

tuna-fish_sushi · Nov 09, 2010, 12:17 AM // 00:17

Motivational quotes
"Dont Do Drugs"
"Stay In School"

*Darcy* · Nov 09, 2010, 12:55 AM // 00:55

I took my cousin's given name and made up a surname for the first one. Then I created a few others with various names that seemed to suit the profession - elegant for the mesmer, latin for the monk, etc. At which point I ran out of creativity and started looking up given names from different cultures and just adding the surname from my first character.

I have discovered that trying to make up names for characters is much, much harder than naming my kids ever was.

Ka Tet · Nov 09, 2010, 02:30 AM // 02:30

Most of my permanent toons are Ka Tets, like from The Dark Tower books.

bebe · Nov 09, 2010, 04:06 AM // 04:06

My main character was named after this bumper sticker I had gotten from buying this car keychain. ("temptress on wheels" lol..)

Other characters I try to relate it to either what profession it is and/or what kind of personality(?) the character might have. ^^

asb · Nov 09, 2010, 05:31 AM // 05:31

Generally I consider ancestry, looks, profession and personality of my toon, look up terms and/or names I could use or morph into a name that fits their overall appearance. The same goes for titles(=don't have a main). You can guess the professions yourself.

syronj · Nov 17, 2010, 02:01 PM // 14:01

Some of the names I reuse from single-player RPGs. Most of the names are a mixture of names I've read, or chosen at random from books I've read. My male elementalist/necro had his name taken from a mountain in northern Africa: Jebel Musa (Mount of Moses), mentioned in a thriller novel I read once.

Others: Boadicea Walking (necro/warrior), Nightfall and Factions
Chandralekha Samara (ranger/warrior), Nightfall
Gate of Dawn (ritualist/assassin) Factions
Jade Mountain Zheng (warrior/necro) Factions and EotN
Octobriana Rao (mesmer/ranger) Prophecies
Malan Wetherby (mesmer/necro) Prophecies