How do people make their names?

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  • The__Sun - Dreamweaver
    The__Sun - Dreamweaver Posts: 336 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    I looked up into the sky and said "ahhhh my eyes"
    then thought hey why not pick the sun :P

    wierd part just now as I was typing that first sentence the lyrics in this song were almost the same at the exact time I typed it (maybe it was just my psychic abilities)

    right at 2:08 in the song is the part im refering to

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46izZS3qT4E&feature=related
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  • _Petal_ - Harshlands
    _Petal_ - Harshlands Posts: 499 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    My fiance calls me petal as a pet name. b:cute Thus, my seeker was named Petal.
    My Barbarian....well, I'm a girl and I tank, so I named him Girly_Tank
    My Cleric...heals your HP to the max, to I named her Max_HP
    My Archer was my very first character, and I named her after a piece of music I had been listening to-->Fresh_Aire
    My Wizard was made shortly after Harry Potter came out...so I named her Rowling.
    I had a habit of using bleeding moves on my BM, so I named her BleedOut.
    My Mystic is OP, like all the others, and kill things slowly and painfully...so I named her /\IDS b:chuckle

    My Psychic? That's a little different. I was feeling patriotic that day. So I named her Born_Free
    They made fun of me because I wasn't a R8 Psychic...and then came third cast. It's not funny anymore.

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  • Oscars_SOUL - Lost City
    Oscars_SOUL - Lost City Posts: 71 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    make a stupid name ingame look aound mobs name and steal a good one i stole ghoul from venemous ghoul cos it tended 2 kill afk ppl in west gate of poisen cos they are a few agro mobs u start o hate at low lv and now that u knew if u steal my ghoul name ill kill u b:angry ghoul ish mine b:laugh
  • trickksgirl
    trickksgirl Posts: 8 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Oscars_SOUL - Lost City wrote: »
    make a stupid name ingame look aound mobs name and steal a good one i stole ghoul from venemous ghoul cos it tended 2 kill afk ppl in west gate of poisen cos they are a few agro mobs u start o hate at low lv and now that u knew if u steal my ghoul name ill kill u b:angry ghoul ish mine b:laugh
    b:surrender Not many mobs have that good of names.. I'm just trying to find a name that looks cool/sounds good.
  • Astraea - Raging Tide
    Astraea - Raging Tide Posts: 544 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    this was my 1st char on RT server and was watching/reading an anime/manga i found funny and later found it was the name of the greek goddess of justice/innocence and purity b:surrender
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  • widoktadwat
    widoktadwat Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    _Petal_ - Harshlands wrote: »
    My Archer was my very first character, and I named her after a piece of music I had been listening to-->Fresh_Aire

    I love Mannheim Steamroller.
  • widoktadwat
    widoktadwat Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    I choose names form my Tribe's language:

    Widoktadwat - my given name, it means Community minded, gets along with all
    kowezi - old man Mystic
    shkote_nsi - fire spirit - archer
    mbishkoman - water knife - tideborn assassin

    Also from books I read:
    Bromsen - Cleric - I was really into the Inheritance series at the time, Eragon was Brom's son
    NestFreemark, ErisaBellru, KimberBoh, OolishAmenah (Two Bears) - All from Terry Brook's Shanarra books.
  • Abstractive - Archosaur
    Abstractive - Archosaur Posts: 1,232 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    widoktadwat wrote: »
    I choose names form my Tribe's language:

    Widoktadwat - my given name, it means Community minded, gets along with all
    kowezi - old man Mystic
    shkote_nsi - fire spirit - archer
    mbishkoman - water knife - tideborn assassin

    Also from books I read:
    Bromsen - Cleric - I was really into the Inheritance series at the time, Eragon was Brom's son
    NestFreemark, ErisaBellru, KimberBoh, OolishAmenah (Two Bears) - All from Terry Brook's Shanarra books.

    Sounds nice. What nationality are you ?
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  • Shohii - Heavens Tear
    Shohii - Heavens Tear Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Lets see. I came up with my wizzies name, Shoyahz. She used to be an original character of mine, but recently, I've lost interest.

    Several of my other characters:
    Shohii-Seeker
    Sholoe-Veno
    Shoyen-Sin

    are based on the same naming pattern and it keeps the need for different nicknames low. Everyone calls me Sho or Shoy.

    I also have Akax and FlyingSavior, my clerics. Not really sure how I came up with Akax's name. I might have been pushing random letters on the keyboard.

    FlyingSavior was named by my cousin.

    Lastly, there's Cresti, my bm. My most favorite name cause it's so simple. Also one of my original characters names.
  • Kowezi - Heavens Tear
    Kowezi - Heavens Tear Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Abstractive - Archosaur wrote: »
    Sounds nice. What nationality are you ?

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  • Fiorrello_ - Raging Tide
    Fiorrello_ - Raging Tide Posts: 76 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    easy, every name i use has something to do with plants or flowers.

    Fiorello is an italian name meaning flower- wizard, archer
    Ecotone- bm
    LeafCatcher- psy
    Petalorum- cleric
    Meadowsweet- sin

    etc. etc
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  • Ashivas - Dreamweaver
    Ashivas - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,293 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Shiva from FF8. But it was taken so i took the A and S and switched them around and added them onto the end/front of the name. unfortunately, now everyone either thinks I'm a girl or Indian.
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  • ISuckAtPvM - Archosaur
    ISuckAtPvM - Archosaur Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    My first character's name was ISuckAtPvP, and from there i made some spin-offs ISuckAtPvE and this one, ISuckAtPvM :3
  • Gigglesnort - Lost City
    Gigglesnort - Lost City Posts: 220 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Gigglesnort = Most epic name ever.
    Alar = Old D&D character. Alar_II = second roll of this character.
    Chewizard = Xbox live random generated name.
    Cyramex = Old D&D character.
    SlickFinger = Old D&D character.
    MySweetMarie = Named for my GF.
    Juicy_Fruit = Second most epic name ever.
    Axy_McGee = Not exactly sure how I came up with this one.
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  • Fluxal - Dreamweaver
    Fluxal - Dreamweaver Posts: 91 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    I grabbed the 3 year old's pull stringy alphabet toy, you know, the one with the little arrow that spins around and points to a new letter to pronounce...almost guaranteed to be original, hehe. b:laugh
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  • Xarathox - Dreamweaver
    Xarathox - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,657 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Mine is a variation of the name "Zarathos". The true name of a fictional character made famous by Marvel (Ghost Rider).

    Ironically (or perhaps by design) during my studies of Greek Mythology, I came across an obscure demon with the same name.

    Phonetically it's pronounced "Zuh-Rah-Those". Unfortunately, most people (all of them) have never pronounced it correctly on vent, but instead pronounce it "Zar-Uh-Thocks". They've never figured out both X's are sounded as a Z.
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  • NinnaXXX - Sanctuary
    NinnaXXX - Sanctuary Posts: 430 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    hmm Ninna comes from a vampire movie i saw looong ago and the xxx's just means the same as xoxo in belgium here thought plp like to tease me for it as a pervy thing Dx ( yea when i made it my first thought wasnt that it could come out pervy ;x)
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  • Shadowfire - Dreamweaver
    Shadowfire - Dreamweaver Posts: 356 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Wizard (main): Shadowfire: it sounded cool, and for a while the fire spells were my favorite element on my wizard.

    storage alts: Shadowsfire and Shadowfire_ lol, nothing creative about them.

    Sin: Shadeswind, again because i thought it sounded cool. -shrug-
  • Livrie - Dreamweaver
    Livrie - Dreamweaver Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    After I pick a look that feels appropriate for a character I'm about to create, I pick a name that feels appropriate for that look. This usually results in names that are taken, including those which I thought for sure would be original. b:surrender

    So I start playing with alternate and close-enough sound-alikes until I find one that isn't taken. Sometimes that playing around results in something that sounds better than what I originally had in mind. b:victory
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  • DarkBalls - Harshlands
    DarkBalls - Harshlands Posts: 32 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    I used to name my toons with whatever came to my mind, but when I moved to the HL server, I used a different approach, I created a family of Darks. DarkGifts was first. There are some others like DarkDesires, DarkSecrets, and DarkSpells. The good thing is, no matter what toon I am playing, everyone calls me Dark.
  • Simi_P - Dreamweaver
    Simi_P - Dreamweaver Posts: 139 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    This name (Simi_P) is my favorite character's name from my favorite series of books -The Dark-Hunters:)

    My cleric's name just seemed like an elf's name; same for my archer:) (Chrystabelle & Nianne)

    My BM's name is Zero_The_Hero; from the Black Sabbath song.

    My Assassin's name is a show of contempt to the MMORPG I played before this that totally ruined my sin's build on that game with their constant nerfing of skills (NerfMeB....) sounds like witch with a B instead of W. ( O.T.-Be glad PWI doesn't do THAT every time they update the game!!)

    And my Mystic's named after my favorite character from The Wheel Of Time books. (Moiraine_A_S)

    My fiance is really creative with his names; he has a thesaurus that he uses to come up with things he wants the character to represent. Don't ask! LOL
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  • LadyMaraJade - Sanctuary
    LadyMaraJade - Sanctuary Posts: 197 Arc User
    edited May 2011

    LadyMaraJade (veno and main)is from StarWars (she marrys luke in the books) just added the Lady to it lol

    XBeoWulfs (barb) from the movie beowulf *Viking hero of sorts*

    ElectraDawn (seeker) It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Electra is "shining, bright, radiant". Mythology: the daughter of Agamemmnon. Dawn is My mother middle name

    XxPoison_Ivy (sin) sounded cool and suited her lol
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  • Ssapintrayas - Dreamweaver
    Ssapintrayas - Dreamweaver Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    I needed a name for a Drow. A rpg name, even with last name. So i went lazy and googled myself a Drow Namegenerator.

    One which came up was Ssapintrayas Auvritlar (there should be a ' in the last name somewhere but i dun remember where it was lol).
    Since i took that name for a mage i somehow came attached to the name and i feel it kinda fit mages. Since then all my Wizards/Mages are named like that.

    Marelia, my Clerics name.
    That one came from the italian word for ocean (mare) and i added something which makes it sound like a name not just a word. She always gets whispered in italian where i have to convince some people who spam me in italian that i realy do not speak any italian and i basically could only communicate with "ciao". Or others totaly think i MUST be from spain and even if i tell them 10x im not they still totaly think im from there. o.O

    Junivera, is my Seeker. Originally Juniver, i made that name up when i saw June as name in a Vampire PC game i played. I took it for an insane Malkavian Vampire chick with a small faible for **** clothing...the best armor she wore was a full leather suit which had written "exploit me" on the back XD

    For most other names i usualy alter existant word like luminescent and turn them into stuff like Lumen (my BM :P).
    Or i type random stuff on my keyboard then add letters and remoove some untill it has the right "sound".

    Like: sfjpowf would turn into Selnjowe.
    iosfhlaalc, hm id turn it into Ioshaal.
    And so on, just faceroll the keyboard then make the randomness a name. b:laugh
  • Elysetta - Dreamweaver
    Elysetta - Dreamweaver Posts: 49 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    b:mischievous
    trickksgirl wrote: »
    I'm trying to figure out a good name for my female assassin, and I guess its hard to make one b:surrender

    How did you create your character name?

    I found ths when trying to come up with a name:
    http://rinkworks.com/namegen/instr.shtml

    And if the names don't interest you, you can use it as inspiration to come up with something/creatively modify a name/names that you kind of like/ Also,if you type "fantasy names" in a search engine, it will come up with more websites similar to the one I posted at beginning of this post. Good luck
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  • Synsae - Sanctuary
    Synsae - Sanctuary Posts: 651 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Well, I came up with Synsae by looking at the words written on my hockey stick "Easton Synergy" I think you can figure it out from there

    as for my alts...

    Onbekend I came up with after asking some fellow faction members, who were dutch, what 'nameless' was in Dutch... cause I just could not think up a name... so they gave me the answer but they said "Onbekend" which means "Unknown" would be better....

    Corseque got her name because she is suppose to be a spear BM... and a Corseque is a type of spear

    Sablass I just had a brain ****... the expansion had just come out and I was in a rush to play it and all the names I thought of were taken... took Sab from Sabre and Lass from Cutlass
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  • Psytrac - Dreamweaver
    Psytrac - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,488 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Infernia - Harshlands wrote: »
    Coincidentaly a pornstar also shares this name, but that really is incidental.
    I have the same issue with my username at most places lol
    I'm a guy, not a woman, that is all
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  • Daiyun - Dreamweaver
    Daiyun - Dreamweaver Posts: 197 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    I actually never have a hard time comin' with names, and mostly are the names I pick not in use. I mostly pick Asian styled names or something that makes it sound magical. :3
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    Preferred to be called by nickname [Shai], in stead of character names.
  • LenieClarke - Heavens Tear
    LenieClarke - Heavens Tear Posts: 3,275 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    LadyMaraJade - Sanctuary wrote: »
    XBeoWulfs (barb) from the movie beowulf *Viking hero of sorts*

    MOVIE, now? is that all that Beowulf has been reduced to? make me feel a little older still, why don't'cha kids...
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  • Xarathox - Dreamweaver
    Xarathox - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,657 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Never did list my alts...b:surrender

    Xareena is my assassin's name. I wanted to use Xena, but someone on my server (a veno I think) already jacked that name. So I just used the first three letters from my barb and merged it with the name I wanted.

    Klio is my BMs name. Named after my cat. b:cute

    Nephrose is my seeker. That name I had actually been saving for a while. It's the name of a planet in Mass Effect 2, and I thought it was pretty cool when I saw it, so I just stickied a mental note to my brain to save it for an alt.
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    Some people live to destroy me

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  • Hayles - Dreamweaver
    Hayles - Dreamweaver Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    I go to google translate, find a word connected to my character, translate it to Latin. Best name ever.

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