What'd you name your Shepard and why?

[King British]

Lawrence... It's my middle name. Don't Judge me

EDIT: On my second play through I called him Markus because I've always thought it was a cool name.

 

[Susan Arendt]

Joanna, in honor of Joanna Dark.

 

[Varrdy]

I named my Shepard "Lion". This is because I am a furry with a lion fursona and lions are also generally regarded as being quite hard, thus fitting in with his character quite well. Sure he could have been an utter wimp as a kid but fuck it, it's my Shep and I'm sticking to it!

While I haven't got a screencap, I did alter his appearence quite a lot...I tried to make him look like me, seeing as Mass Effect is supposed to have a RPG element here and there. Sadly he looks better, has muscles that are bigger than knots in a wasp's penis and has a backbone made of something considerably stronger than crepe paper dipped in turpentine.

Wardy

 

[Varrdy]

Book, because he's awesome like that.

Obvious reference is obvious, and if you don't get it you shouldn't be here.

You win one-million, gold-plated internets...and a bagel.

Wardy

 

[faspxina]

Cheperd Shepard.

Side-note: it works for female version too.

 

[Izael]

Rand Shepard. Keep reading the Wheel of Time and it just seemed to fit perfectly.

 

[No_Remainders]

Book, because he's awesome like that.

Obvious reference is obvious, and if you don't get it you shouldn't be here.

You win one-million, gold-plated internets...and a bagel.

Wardy

Mmm... Bagel...

Damn, I've gotta go have lunch, I'm hungry now.

 

[Raideh]

Cleaned.

 

[Alien Mole]

Holly Shepard. I needed some name that would sound antithetical given her penchant for ass-kickery. Even if they are the bloody champion of the universe, it's hard not to think about the parents and childhood someone with a non-badass name like Holly must've had. I thought it would be humanising, really.

Why yes, I do put too much thought into things.

 

[carpathic]

Redfern...I really liked where the redfern grows

Carpathic...um, gee I wonder why I named him that

Tabitha, because I liked her in Fallout NV

Tonnes of other names, Ophelia, Maeve

 

[The Keeper]

I named my Femshep Kaylee. I love that name, and it also serves as a nod to Firefly.

Also the Mass Effect novels xD

Really? That's interesting. Never heard of them. XD

 

[personion]

I named him Mordecai because I thought it was a cool name, and he ended up looking kind of like an Asian cross between my brother and Michael Jackson... yeah, it's hard to explain.

 

[mikeli4194]

For the playthrough where I was just screwing around, I named mine Seamus Shepard, and made him look like a pale, red-headed Irish college student, so that making him look like the hero of the galaxy became doubly funny

 

[Dr. Paine]

I named my Femshep Kaylee. I love that name, and it also serves as a nod to Firefly.

Also the Mass Effect novels xD

Really? That's interesting. Never heard of them. XD

Yeah, Kaylee Sanders xD If you can find the novels, give them a try, they're very good. The second one is my favorite, and a fourth one is coming out later this (or next) year.

ETA: I've also got plans for a red-headed renegade (or at least, leaning very heavily towards renegade) FemShep named Holly at some point. I just need to buckle down and play from ME1 again...

 

[Sutter Cane]

Alan Shepard, because I like space.

 

[chronicfc]

Ezio Shepard, mainly because I was on an Assassins Creed buzz at the time and I wanted him to give him a foreign name, he even looked slightly Italian, although that was hampered by the American accent.

 

[Fleaman]

"Bad Shepherd".

She was a bit of a prick.

 

[samstotallyawesome]

Herbert Shepard, named after Herbert Daring Dashwood. Just as incredibly awesome.

 

[omega_peaches]

I didn't play ME, but if I did, I think I would just name him "General" for the luls.

 

[Redingold]

Throw another Adrian onto the pile, for the same reason. My other Shepards, however, I just picked names randomly.