Character names

External Since: Aug 17, 2005 Posts: 891

Catriona R wrote:
> Just curious about how other people come to choose their character names?

Well I long ago came up with a naming convention. Saves time scratching
my head every time a game requires me to name something. A lot of the
names I use have classes and even colours associated with them

For guys I use Indian food names! All came about cause a guy I used to
work with ate bombaymix every day. It had the most artificially
coloured green chippeas I've ever seen. Me and my mate must have been
really bored at work cause we found this highly amusing at the time.
Anyway, one day I need a name for a male char and BombayMix seemed a
good fit. Everyone loved it and the Indian food convention stuck.
BombayMix usually a warrior in green, although in WoW his a long
forgotten lvl 10 dwarf hunter.

RoganJosh, is my main in WoW. A name of a Indian curry for those that
don't know. Rogan had a few pets called pilau, basmati and peshwai
naan (All side dishes for said curry)! Although I should of taken more
then 2 seconds thinking of a name for my normal pet, The Rake, which I
called Rake. DOH!!!

Have an alt called Masala (A curry sauce) His a troll warrior and was
created while I was seeing what horde char to play. Might get a real
outing one day but now just a banker alt.

Got the names Jalfrezi, Biryani, Balti reserved for the expansion.

For girls I use Japanese girls name.

Probably the name I've used the most in mmogs is Iori. Iori is
normally a mage/healer and decked out in the brightest red coloured
armour I can find! In WoW Iori was my first char, a lvl 37 gnome mage.
The name isn't from the SNK char most people think but from Aizu
(I''s). If you really want to piss me off while playing this char
call me Lori! Goddanm stupid typeface in COH where the capital I and L
looked the same. Everyone called me Lori. I ended up putting a threat
in my chars bio what anyone caught calling me Lori won't get healed!!

Kaname - Usually a magically pet class, a human Warlock in WoW.
Normally in blue, since the anime char I got the name off has blue hair
(Kaname Chidori in Full Metal Panic)

Yomi - From Azu Manga Diaoh. A troll priestess in WoW. From my simple
RP angle she's the twin sister of.......

Yume - A troll shaman. Looks the same as Yomi, only with different
colour hair.

Sakaki - Only just started this char, A Tauren druid. Also from Azu
Manga Diaoh.

Tomoe - A night elf priest. Like all my allied chars, let over form
my first starching in WoW and not played anymore. Name from a manga so
obscure I can't even remember it. Although I'm led to believe
there's a slightly better know male manga char with the same name.

For the record, Izumi a name I've used a lot. Also from I''s but
for the name taken on both my Alliance and Horde server so I've never
created a char called it.

External Since: May 06, 2005 Posts: 83

Catriona R wrote:
> Just curious about how other people come to choose their character names?

Interesting thread, thanks!

I'm not very consistent, but try at least to think a little before
choosing a name.

Kroagg - primitive as a Cro-Magnon, aggressive, sounds orcish enough
Rattlehead - a tribute to Megadeth's mascot, Vic Rattlehead (yes,
he's undead)
Loxar - sounds a bit like 'lok tar' (yes, another orc) and is a warlox
Shamooh - not very imaginative for a tauren shaman, I agree
Voodude - you guessed it, troll mage

On RP-PvP, I tried not to violate RP rules:
Nylenia - I took some time to look at the names of female night-elves
and concluded something with enough y's and l's would be ok
Abbygail - nothing special, Abigail wasn't available
Griitli - a perfect Swiss name for a girl, maybe a bit out of fashion
and sometimes used in a disrespectful manner, but fits in well with
other well-known dwarvish names Smile

Sealot - a zealot who uses his seals alot (human paladin). So far I've
been able to get away with it Smile

Erich