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Glib · May 26, 2008, 03:45 AM // 03:45

Can words be immoral?

On topic: I generally pick names based on old Norse mythology, Gaelic folk heroes, Latin or German versions of common names or phrases. Most of the time I try and pick a meaning that suits the character and go from there. Being largely from an Irish and German background with a heafty dose of Native American heritage throw is....I have tons of personal history and ancestry to draw from.

Ravens have long been a personal totem and clan within my tribe as well as the root (in old Irish) of my last name...and I have a few that hang around my property. Variations of Raven often find their way into my names. I usually use them on Rangers. Elementalists usually get latin names and Warriors, usually female, get good,stout German names like Ursula.

Look through baby name sites if you want a good variey. I tend to go for Irish baby names as a start. Personal heritage and ancestrry is a good place to start if you like having some connection to your character.

Lady Lozza · May 26, 2008, 03:58 AM // 03:58

http://www.behindthename.com

Lots of links. Nice easy to use search functions. Doesn't do the normal baby name site thing. Promotes heritage and ancestry searches. Lots of countries, cultures, myths, legends, and history.

Hyper Cutter · May 26, 2008, 04:19 AM // 04:19

I started out using the scientific names of animals as character names. for Factions characters I mostly had a "Japanese name + color + other word" system (with the exception of the Aozora sisters). For Elonians I used
Seventh Sanctum's name generators to make Middle Eastern-sounding names.

My characters:
R/ Blue Shot Kurenai
W/ Fang of Pyre
N/ Green Reaper Hinata (named after the Naruto character, and using the white-eyed face for good measure)
D/ Irugu Falcaris (The second part means "scythe", though I may have misspelled it)
The Aozora sisters Kaoru, Midori, and Sakura (E, Mo, and Rt respectively), along with Torako (an assassin who "died" at Dzagonur Bastion, ie got stuck there and I deleted her)
P/ Rujoc Idira
Me/ Shiho Phantomwing ("phantomwing" sounded mesmer-y...)
A/ Talon of Aureus

Deleted characters:
W/ Megalania Prisca (giant monitor lizard, appropriate for a profession that kills things with a sword)
E/ Titanis Walleri (named because of how tall eles are at max height, reminded me of phorusrhacids)
N/ Latimeria Chalumnae (What better name for a necro than that of the fish that returned from extinction?)
W/ Silver Fang Kagura
A/ Red Dagger Keiko
D/ Akesiel Silverfang (also "died" at Dzagonur)
R/ Irugu the Bold

Owik Gall · May 26, 2008, 04:48 AM // 04:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taninim Nurin

Owik,

I enjoyed hearing the tales your "Character" has ventured through. It shows that the character was within you (in my opinion) rather then part of one storyline or (game). NWN, always left me hungering for more. I hope to perhaps read the tales of Owik Gall one day.

Taninim

We'll see if that will ever come. Thanks, though.

Courage! · May 26, 2008, 08:30 AM // 08:30

named all my chars after courage the cowardly dog

cataphract · May 26, 2008, 08:35 AM // 08:35

My Tyrian characters have Greek names and use last names depending on what I was reading/watching/playing at the time.

Helene Flashfinger (ele) - last name by Diablo2 boss Geleb Flamefinger;
Andromede Amidala(ranger), Antigone Amidala(monk) - too much Star Wars in that period of time;
Persephone Atreides (mesmer) - was reading Dune;
Athene Ashurtashpi (warrior) - Daedra shrine of Ashurnabitashpi from Morrowind was a wee bit too long;
Terpsychore Naiomeia (necro) - don't remember what inspired me for this one.

I named my ritualist Ariadne only to commemorate my first character which I ended up deleting. In keeping with the egyptian theme of Nightfall, my dervish is named Ankhnesmerire III. First two were survivor chars that got killed early on and deleted. I gave my assasin a japanese name, Kimiko Amatsukaze. Googled for japanese names, liked this one and used a name of a japanese navy destroyer as her last name. My presearing ranger, Tananda Barradin got her name after Robert Asprin's Myth series Tananda and the last name of that duke fellow.

Artisan Archer · May 26, 2008, 12:43 PM // 12:43

My last character is called Li Tie Kuai.

It's one of the eight drunken immortals, from which (supposedly) Drunken Boxing has been derived.

I was making a survivor character so I thought: boxing, immortal.
And I then I came up with this.

(It's a paragon btw)

EPO Bot · May 26, 2008, 03:15 PM // 15:15

"Midnight miss Suki" was already taken for my mezmer, so i took "I love my dollies" instead.

Sora267 · May 26, 2008, 03:40 PM // 15:40

My earlier characters were random names based on the profession I made (Ex: Blooded Cure for my N/Mo and Abyssal Bladesman for my Warrior). I then started naming PvE characters RPG-ish names using alliteration (Ex: Annie Arrows and Minerva Malaquine) and my PvP characters something punny.

ShadowsRequiem · May 26, 2008, 03:44 PM // 15:44

Usually just do Kate __________ And I pick some kind of word that relates to the class.

Though I really wish I could rename my pve sin and rit X_X

PVP chars I make them have the emoest hair style I can find for my name An Emo Haircut

DeBron · May 26, 2008, 03:48 PM // 15:48

All of my characters are assassins.

I name them all Naruto with varying numbers of X's. Sometimes I'll throw in a misspelled "assassin" to confuse people.

EX: Xx Naruto Asasain Xx

kostolomac · May 26, 2008, 03:55 PM // 15:55

Kosta _____ , ended up with Kostolomac (Bonebreaker) on my mes , but thats the name i always use

Ate of DK · May 26, 2008, 04:19 PM // 16:19

My characters' names are found in Greek mythology.

Ate and Daphne.

SimonSez · May 26, 2008, 04:34 PM // 16:34

I name my pvp chars after song names. Mostly Hardstyle and Trance songs. My other PvE chars are all made up, but not the Rit, wich has a latin name.

Unreal Havoc · May 26, 2008, 04:43 PM // 16:43

I generally try and think of an exotic forename and a surname that fits the proffession for PvE characters, ie: Selket Shadowdancer (Assassin), Tala Truestrike (Ranger), Leilani Lifeshield (Monk), Enyo Warblade (Warrior), Fyuree Firestorm (Elementalist), etc.

JONO51 · May 26, 2008, 07:19 PM // 19:19

I've using random name gens for a long time now because usualy i suck at making half decent names xD

Turtle222 · May 26, 2008, 08:16 PM // 20:16

Names i make up are too beautiful to be posted here

nyankee24 · May 29, 2008, 09:28 PM // 21:28

My character''s names are "Yankee" followed by which ever profession it is. For example, Yankee Warrior. Its kind of corny and boring but names don't really bother me.

Konig Des Todes · May 29, 2008, 11:27 PM // 23:27

My character names usually come from Fallen Angel names, such as Azazel the Accursed(My main, sin), Xaphan Sariel (My rit, 2 different names), and Zasalamel Rofocale (my dervish, Zasalamel is from SC3, Rofocale is the fallen angel name).

Or I find some old gaming name I used, such as Cypher of the Light (my paragon), or I use a phrase in german, Konig Des Todes (mispelt "King of Death", should be Koenig but that was taken). I hardly stray from those 3 naming processes.

Cale Roughstar · May 30, 2008, 02:52 AM // 02:52

My system was as fallows.

PvP
Cale ______ (Would put in relevant or slightly silly name.)

e.g. Cale Goes Monkstar
Cale is Dominating (Mes)
Cale Burnstar (Ele)
Cale Ownstar/Pwnstar (for jokes)
Cale Healstar (N/Rt)

PvE would go with

_______ Roughstar (I would usually try to make the first name relevant)
Kaisagi Roughstar (Canthan sin, going for asian name)
Roderick Roughstar
Daemon Roughstar - Necro
Terel Roughstar - Monk (Not sure where that one came from, but it is one of my favourites)

The two exceptions are:
Zhuo Yu - My main, I started off naming my characters after Dynasty Warriors/Romance of the Three Kingdoms characters.
Dagny Tagartt - Mes. I wanted to name my new Mesmer after a character from Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand), and since John Galt was taken, I went for the slightly misspelled version of Dagny.

Cale Roughstar is a Factions ranger that I play every now and then, but the name stuck when I joined a guild the day factions came out. Hence the names.