Poll: How do you name your game characters?

[jedisensei]

Damien. Always Damien. For no reason. No good reason, anyway. I just like the name. Sounds kinda Satanic; that's a plus.

 

[Stealthygamer]

Relas Kertum, it was my DnD character's name but now i use it for all game names

 

[Samurai Silhouette]

I use the name of my Zodiac, Leo most of the time. However, I have a particular fancy for heroic females. Not the comic book types, more like Alyx Vance. Being an artist, I've created my own "mangas" of my characters. So I usually use their names when naming my playable female characters. It adds a little more context and makes the game more meaningful to me with their entire histories and culture in my head.

Spoiler: pic

 

[Andalusa]

I call most of my game characters Andalusa. It's less confusing for me and for other people when I play online.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

It depends really.

Most of the time I give them standard names that I normally would go with if I'm playing the game for the first time, or I just pick from a list if there is one. If I'm playing the game again then I'm going with a slightly immature name or giving him/her a name just to make the dialogues hilarious.

I really should say it depends on how serious I'm going to be treating the game.

 

[ChippedShoulder]

I name all my characters Nigel or Nigel Jr., after a particularly good Billy Connolly joke.

 

[Detective Prince]

I use the names of characters from my story. XD Still waiting for the right game so my main character from my story can have a shot because Sorin Hunter is a cool name. XD

 

[Casual Shinji]

I usually just call them Chuck or Howard.

They're going to be fucking heroes anyway, no need for their names to be anything special.

 

[Whateveralot]

I usually pick a good looking / easy to say name. Especially in MMO's.

 

[BRex21]

My last name is Rex, so usually some derivative.
For example I may go with Rexy, from the city of Rextenople, a proud land in the heart of Rextopia!

 

[ModsDeleteThisAccountPlease]

Either my my OC's Xie and Selene (No, I do not insert them into fanfic and no, I do not draw fan art of them) or anime characters. Commander Haruhi? Yes please.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Nutsack McGee.

Every character I make has that name. It's a few of my gaming account names as well.

 

[dark-mortality]

If possible, i'll just use the 'random name' button until I find one that's not to normal.

If not... Meh, depends on my mood.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

For most female characters I tend to use the name, 'Zoe', a lot - sometimes I'll put a 'y' at the end to change it up. lol . I just really like the name. And for a male character, I tend to use 'Sam'. Sometimes I use it for female characters as well. Short for Samuel, or, Samantha.

I just like to keep it simple.

 

[Matt'TheBean'Hooper]

If its a Female charicter then its normaly; Shelly, Shell, or Michelle... i like that name and if its a male charicter its normaly my name... Matt or Matthew

 

[weatherfn]

I normally go with Conall, the name of the main character of the book I'm writing (or rather, trying to write. For the past 4 years... No my name isn't Brian.) When customizable, I make them look like how I imagine my character to look.

 

[Chase Yojimbo]

When younger I would use names that I brother used; then upgraded to using default names; and then after I have written numerous books I decided to use either My name or the name of my Characters. It all depends on my mood really. When it comes to Final Fantasy games however, I find it a sin to change their names because they are all so unique.

 

[putowtin]

if my hubby's around for the naming of a new character, they'll usually end up with a stupid name (Dos Santos Shepherd being the most recent) but generally I will pick something that suits the game/ character, and if I can't think of on it'll be Bob!

 

[dfphetteplace]

I usually try to come up with a variation of my name or my son's name.

 

[Maclennan]

I always name my characters after some pop culture reference, meme or just what ever i find most hilarious. Second play throughs often have a mandatory key plot item as their names, like "its the ship" or "I AM THE NEREVARINE" if only the NPC could understand