What do you name your RPG custom character?

[TehCookie]

I give all my characters different names and most of the time it's a descriptor and the other times I just look at them and know I want their name to start with a certain letter and go from there. Like my Kahjit in Skyrim is called Seravii because she looks kind of like a Serval.

 

[Xian_Frost]

I always seem to name my character with a 'V,' Vincent, Vivi, Valentine, that sort of thing. If I feel like mixing it up I name them Pietros or Jensen.

 

[sunsetspawn]

Well, my science primary F:NV character was named Moss.

For female characters I usually go for Vara, Maya, sometimes Elysi. The last one is somewhat lame, Elysi as in Elysium.

If that's an IT Crowd reference, I'll love you forever.

I second that statement. Moss is awesome <3

OT: Whatever pops into my head at the time. My femShep is Chance; my dwarf in DA: Orgins is Glanana; my Fallout 3 chick is Hawke for some reason; in Skyrim my (female) Nord Warrior is Ronja Stormdottir[footnote]I DO use Ronja a lot; love that name.[/footnote] and my (male) Kahjiit thief is Dar'Rakha. Sometimes, especially if it's a free/cheap flash game or a game like Harvest Moon, I'm lazy and just write Finn/Fionn; my given name is Fionnuala which tends not to fit all the time.

This. I tend to just conjure names on the spot, with an attempt to stay true to whatever universe the character is inhabiting. Dülineer was my favorite from DA:O, it just popped in my head and off I went. I don't think it needs saying, but the character is a Dwarven male. Umlauts are badass. If the game I'm playing is lame then I'll just try to use a naughty word that I might say when some fuckstick cuts me off on the highway. Cunthead, shitnuts, cockneck, assmouth: my creativity knows no bounds while I'm commuting.

Somebody is going to steal Dülineer and use it for an MMO, which is fine, but I thought of it first and I'll use this thread as proof if I must. Not that I care too much because I'll never play an MMO on principle.

 

[Grimh]

Depends on the game. Sometimes I'll do cool names, sometimes fun names... sometimes even offensive names.

Naming you main character something that doesn't fit the setting very well can be pretty funny. I named the protagonist in Persona 4 "Rufio Alfonzo" because it doesn't at all fit with Japanese naming conventions. Characters call me things like Rufio-kun. Lol.

It's pretty much this for me as well. Depends on the game and the mood I'm in.

Except they called me Olaf-kun. Yes, Olaf Kjerrulf, Danish exchange student extraordinaire and saviour of Inaba.

 

[TheRookie8]

Shae Di: Breton female thief

"Shae" means admirable, which fits her charismatic demeanor, and "Di" means divine, which matches her status as the Dragonborn.

And of course, you put those two together, you get a name that sounds like "shady", which fits her class as a thief.

Remus: Imperial male Warrior

"Remus" means founder of Rome, suitable for an Imperial character. I made him look like Russell Crow from the "Gladiator" movie.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Usually I try and come up with a name that suits the character, the setting, and/or the game's mythos. If I can't come up with something or if none of those things are applicable I just go with Gotthew.

 

[rayman56]

On my first play through of a game, I use my name for dudes and Rayne (pronounced like Renee) for chicks. After the first playthrough, I start getting creative. For example, my second character in Skyrim was named Dick Buttkiss, and my character for My Player mode in NBA2K12 is named You Suck.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

My evil Fallout 3 character was called Electra. Which was pretty funny since she had enough daddy issues to nuke a town. Literally.

Good characters tend to be called Rose or Tiana. (Atrus' grandma from the Myst games.)

If I'm a male like Link or Cloud or whoever they will be called Charlie.

You name all your female characters differently, but all the males characters after your own name? I don't know if there's more to that than meets the eye ;P

I'm not entirely sure what it means but it's probably something psychological . Either that or it's because I think the feminine version of my name sounds like I'm about to have tea on the lawn with Mr Darcy.

I always think it's weird when people called Link by his proper name, he has been Charlie since Link to the Past for me.

Also these are my go to FF7 names

Cloud= Charlie
Tifa = Zoe
Aerith= Bethany
Barrett= Mr Tea (lol)
Cid = Vimes
Vincent = Tarantino
Yuffie = Rachel
Cait Sith = The Fuzz
Red XIII = Nanaki (I have the psychics! )

 

[karcentric]

Well...

Karcentric
El Pollo Diablo
El Phantasmo
or
Suitcase.

Regardless of gender.

 

[SoranMBane]

I usually have a female character named "Soran" in just about every RPG I play, and my main Khajiit characters in all the Elder Scrolls games I've played have all been named "Nihil." Otherwise, most of the names I use are either completely unique or based off of a random character from another work.

 

[Shaved Apple]

I try to come up with something that doesn't have numbers, two xx's before and after, capital letters in the middle of words. I try to make something funny and original. My Runescape username is Shaved Apple. My Arcanists username is Silky Ox. My playsation username is Falletio.

 

[frobalt]

I'm quite boring with this. Usually I'll just go with Andy for single player games or frobalt if it's online.

As it weird as it might sound for some of you, I don't find the name that important. I'm not saying that in a condescending way, just so I'm clear.

If you're wondering why, it's because I don't associate the role playing aspect with actual role playing, I associate it more with personal character growth. IE: The levelling up system which makes a character stronger.

In fact, without going into too much of a ramble, I love the system of levelling up as I find it can add depth to pretty much any game, even if it's not your typical role playing game. For instance, GTA would work with a level up system. Potentially. I'll not go off on a tangent though.

 

[Deathmageddon]

"Drogoth," a dragon from Battle for Middle-Earth 2, or "Darkar," my Fremennik name back from the days when I played Runescape.