Naming your character

[Johnny Xtreme]

Flamius Maximus or Johnny Xtreme

 

[lordsandro]

Male - Sandro (Heroes 3 someone?!)
Female - Sandra (Do I need to tell you where it comes from)
Alien/Barbarian - G'dhak (Cuz it's fun)

 

[Cool_Pat]

whykickacow was the best I've seen - had me laughing though i can't claim it was mine.

 

[irrelevantnugget]

Male character? Saph
Female character? Kerena

 

[B4D 9R4MM3R]

Random name generators anyone?

I've used them for Sims games in the past. Nowadays I usually just use my first name, or a variation of it, and pick the last name of my favourite famous person at the time. Not always mind you.

If it's a game with very race-specific names then I can take hours until I mash the keyboard frantically and come up with something that sounds good, then merely make it phonetic and applicable to that race. I had an argonian called 'Whatever-Works' at one point.

 

[Leeathal]

Iv always used Zion

 

[Daye.04]

yeah it does mean death-dealer

Thank you, sir! You have been most helpful, and I appreciate your expertise.

More like .. Almost .. You're just missing a couple of dots. It's "TodesHändler" "Handler" is not really anything =P
Close enough though =P Also "toten" kinda means death too.

On topic again ...
I mainly look around and see what others with the same race as I (NPC's) are called, and name it somewhat same. Like on Oblivion I called this ... Nord or something "Seulangio" I love that name =D

 

[kezla]

Banana Phone, what an ace name!

I oddly use foreign languages, words that mean colours, not sure how it started.
Failing that, as they are often too short, I go for the geeky "name after a brain part or type of glial cell" coz thats what i study.

Although for Soul Calibur 4 the name Selina just popped into my head, having not met someone with that name before, that was kinda strange.

 

[damion559]

yeah it does mean death-dealer

Thank you, sir! You have been most helpful, and I appreciate your expertise.

oh youre much nicer than the last person who i gave german advise to. the last guy called me a nazi, and he's no longer alive!!!!!! (he had a heart attack in 2003, and he was my uncle, and he smelled like snakes)

 

[Remleiz]

Male: Remleiz [d'uh..]
Female: Deszaras

 

[INF1NIT3 D00M]

Usually mine is a variation on "Infinite Doom", but it depends.

 

[boyitsme95]

Any variation on the name Raden. I like it because I've not only used it for a lot of things but it fits well into fantasy universes as an actual name.
Some variations include:
Raeden
Raiden (Its own name in istelf)
Riaden
The name that is the least like Raden I have (Other then my own name and one time Chrono and all times Link) is Ridenore.
Named a guy FweWewe once. Laughed like a maniac whenever my dad read it aloud, mainly because it ways the Sims and it was his character represantation. And I call him fat (He is in on the joke and thinks it's funny, don't worry).

 

[Blank Verse]

I've gone by Jesus McAwesome in a few games. When I play for the sake of RP, I generally go with something like Weylin (Celtic for son of the wolf) or Wiglaf (Old English for legacy of war).

Wizardy characters usually have the name Ailfryd (elven wisdom or sage, also Celtic).

 

[zacaron]

for some reason I have always had an affinity for Iron Angle but for name choosing when in doubt...google norse mithology

 

[101194]

I allways name my dudes 101194. For the Xbox I had to make it xXx101194xXx To confuse people (mostly to the fact It won't let you start with numbers)

 

[Seann]

I really regret my name choice here. Usually I name things after my silly drawings in paint. Such as Rocket Squid. Imagine a Squid with a rocket buckled to it's back and a pair of yellow goggles. Thus Rocket Squid is born.

 

[Andalusa]

For online things I use the_mooster, Andalusa, AriSekari or Ula. The first one is derived from a nick name, the other three I found somewhere and I liked the sound of them so I've stuck with them.
For not online things either my real name or the stupidest thing I can think of at the time.

 

[Klagermeister]

It depends on the situation. I make the character fit its scene and race.
For Elves on Oblivion, I have come up with Reihansil, Ichtheras, Randael, Sahasralle, etc.

Or I just take a simple name and change it to fit the situation a little.
Like changing "Isaac" to "Isael" for a medieval game.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

Well I usaully go with my name, somtimes Lord of Canada, and when I feel sassy I copy Yahtzee with the legendary Fagballs.

 

[Superpuff]

I sya go the the name thats not taken that just feels right or come up with one name and just change it swap around for other characters