What do you name your characters?

I use my own name (Anastasia, Anna, or Ana) or sometimes Yuri.

I've never played a game where I cannot play as a girl. But if I could only play as a guy I'd use Matthew. That's the name my mom would've given me if I were male, and I kinda like it.

 

For this forum I named myself Sapphire, because that's my favorite color and it also happens to be the birthstone of one of my favorite months, September.

 

Spitzer Swallows, I Am Björk., and Skizzletits are names I've used before. If given a limited amount of characters for a name, I'll default to the basics (Faggot, Bitch, Slut, Boner, Tits, Titjob, etc).

 

Usually just stick to the basic use-my-own-name, which is intentionally gender-neutral so works both ways. Occasionally I'll use the name of a story character of my own that I'm attached to if I want to roleplay/play based off of their persona.

 

Usually if I'm playing as female I will either use Artemis(Greek goddess) or get some random name, if I'm playing online I use Nemo. When I have to play as male I usually use Apollo since he's Artemis's brother in Greek mythology.

 

I normally pick a name I have used for like eveything because it's pretty unique and I love it or I just do random letters.

 

After my own original story characters, depending on which character I feel like playing in the game

 

For male characters Cade or Hartley. Girls either Lily or Kate

 

I never use my own name, not that I'm ashamed of it or anything. the whole idea is that it's a fantasy/just a game so I usually use a name from movies/tv/books/etc. depends on my mood and what type of game it is I suppose.

just as an example, the very first World of Warcraft character I created was a human paladin that I named Cadogan. for those that don't recognize the name, Sir Cadogan is a knight that inhabits one of the paintings inside Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books. the character doesn't have a huge part in the series, I just have always cracked up reading the parts he's in so the name stuck with me.

 

I'm tragic, so I name my characters after long dead poets. I'm sure that Lord Byron would be very amused.

 

I always give my characters my name, so it's kinda fortunate to have a (mostly) unisex name, though I usually pick male characters.

On the occasion I play as a female character, for some unknown reason, I choose the name 'Jessica'.

 

Depends on the game.

If I know a little about the lore, I may go with an authentic-enough name. Skyrim is a good example of this.

If a character has a "real name" but their default is a nickname/alias, sometimes, I'll rename them the "real name".

In fantasy-themed games, I tend to go with Gwendolyn (or "Gwen" for short) for females.

The only time I'll use my actual name, in a game, is for Poke'mon. But even that isn't absolute, as I'll sometimes pick something I like/at random.

 

For most games I go under the alias of 'Celapalais'. I remember getting it form an XBOX game Last Remnant... which was bad... but they had a city called Celepalais and I thought it sounded cool so I used it... Well I used it wrong... and I typed it up as Cela-, instead of Cele-, and that's what I stuck with ever since...

Interestingly it also means 'the palace' or some-sort in French, a portmantaeu of 'ce le palais' pushed together.

 

I tend to use punny names when I can, but if it's an MMORPG like WoW say, I'll use an RP name

 

In lore-focused RPGs, like The Elder Scrolls series, I use lore-like names. Except for Argonians, as I always name them Dances-with-Wolves.

If it's a futuristic game (like Mass Effect) I'll use Eobard (after Reverse-Flash), or Michael John (after Booster Gold).
If the game is based in the late 1800's or early 1900's I'll use Solomon.
If it's a medieval-esque RPG (like Dragon Age) I'll use Cassius.
If they're female, I'll use Callista, Florence or Colette.
If they're male, I'll use J.R. (my first two initials), Joaquin (the name my mother almost gave me), Ewan (the other name my mother almost gave me), Ryker, or Linden (after Trevor Linden).

 

XxXnarutofan420blazeitm80gitgudXxX is a female khajit who mainly attacks with two handed warhammers and t-bags everyone's house at night. Rumors tell that she leaves chocolate buttons in the shoes of good little children around christmas time

 

I'm normally a lazy fuck and go with the default or google common names for the race/clasd if its an rpg. For example my last Skyrim char who was a redguard, I named Cameron, since it was the coolest/cutest sounding in the list I pulled up imo~

 

Either my real name or Chow (idk how that started :3)

 

Since I got sapphire version (not alpha sapphire mind) A few months back I've called myself Cohen. I got it from a diskworld book that was lying on my shelf. I take most of my names from books, as an example, I got Ryu from a Young Samurai book... I think...