When you're naming a character do you try and make sure the name fits in-universe?

[Gold Arsene]

Just something I was thinking of. I'm trying the free trial of Final Fantasy XIV and was using a name generator for my character and I'm glad I did because it turns out there's specific naming schemes for these races. See I'm a bit of a stickler in trying to make sure whatever I name a character fits in the setting of the series.

If it's something like Persona or early Final Fantasy I always use canon names or whatever name is closest to canon. If none's available I still try and make sure it fits. I wouldn't imagine walking around as a Japanese teenager named Joe Bob Smith.

Are you like this to or do you just not care and name your character whatever?

 

[Bradford]

Every time. I hate playing games without lore appropriate names. Nothing kills me more than going online and getting deep into a story only to party with someone named AnimeWaifu26 or whatever.

 

[backpropaganda]

DickButt fits in all universes

 

[Benzychenz]

No I name them Ben.

unless it's Link.

 

[nsilvias]

no, i use my online handle as my character names

 

[adj_noun]

Nah, I have a personal name stable I cycle through.

 

[Lord Vatek]

Depends. I have a few names that I cycle through depending on the setting (i.e. a fantasy name that I usually use for fantasy settings, a realistic name I use for realistic settings, etc.)

 

[Regiruler]

Kinda but I don't think too hard about it. I've used Kyra for a lot of my recent characters, and before that I decided to go with Vergil as a Dante's Inferno reference for XCX.

 

[Weiss]

I gave up on that and just name them either butts or spoopy

 

[Castor Archer]

Charlie Tunoku lives on in every game

 

[Septimus Prime]

No. I name him something dumb, like Ownage, and move on.

You're probably better off just naming my characters for me.

 

[Dylan]

I used to always use my grandfather's name until I had a kid, which is the ultimate character creator, and used the name for him.

Now I obviously don't have time to play games.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

I used to 100% of the time, and I still do most of the time.

But sometimes I like to have fun. My Undead Rogue in WoW Classic is named Spookyface.

 

[Desma]

I decided to just name them all "you"

Leads to some wacky scenarios

 

[Archduke Kong]

I've been naming all of my fantasy RPG characters "Murph".

Hell yeah it fits in Universe.

 

[Elfgore]

I do, but I'm so shit at naming things I usually use a name generator online or use the default one.

 

[Garrod Ran]

i name my characters either GOKU (allcaps required) or after DBZ attacks

if you ever see a tall purple lady in FF14 named Hellzone Grenade
that's me

 

[adj_noun]

No. I name him something dumb, like Ownage, and move on.

You're probably better off just naming my characters for me.

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Irving Percival Freely

 

[LonestarZues]

Yes my characters always have in universe names. Sometimes it leads me to spend more in naming them then actually creating them.

 

[Deleted member 48813]

I don't really care, I just use my name on everything unless the character already has a "default" name, like Link or Ness. I'd never use a joke name though as that seems really immersion breaking.

 

[Deleted member 24021]

i name my characters either GOKU (allcaps required) or after DBZ attacks

if you ever see a tall purple lady in FF14 named Hellzone Grenade
that's me

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I don't blame you, it's got a cool name.

 

[Truly Gargantuan]

Nope.
In JRPGs I name the protag after myself and everyone else after friends & family that most fit the character.
In other games with CaC I just use a name I think is cool.

 

[Jakenbakin]

If there's not a default name I throw the game in the fucking trash. If it was digital I throw away the system and buy a new one.

 

[Soulflarz]

Soul Flarz

 

[Septimus Prime]

Irving Percival Freely

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Six character limit, brah.

 

[Flon]

Nope, though for each game I usually name all my characters based on some theme. It might be colours, minerals, flowers, whatever.

 

[Jedi2016]

Depends on the game. Most of the time I will. I tend to use goofy names in Blizzard games like WoW and Diablo. Like my D3 barbarian's name is HulkSmash.

 

[Beth Cyra]

Nope.

Shizuru Tokiha every time if it fits.

That or Seiros/Rhea since FE3H about 1/3rd of the time or if it's a Nintendo game.

That said I do leave all names characters their name like (Byleth/Link/Cloud).

 

[Rizific]

I name them rizific, don't give a shit if it fits or not.

 

[JilloftheJungle]

I try to name my characters strong sounding names. SO picks the most ridiculous - he helps me sometimes. Last one is my DS1 char Venus Chopcock.

 

[Deleted member 19533]

No I name them Ben.

unless it's Link.

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Do you name Link "Zelda" for maximum trolling?

 

[Deleted member 10726]

Half of my FF14 characters are lore appropriate, the other half is dumb memes. The one that's both is my male Elezen character named "Haurchefant Withbeard" and it's literally Haurchefant but with a beard.

 

[Deleted member 29691]

I definitely did in ffxiv. I suppose I just wanted to immerse myself in the world otherwise. In most other games I don't.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Asswipe McGee is a good name for any game.

 

[Garrod Ran]

I try to name my characters strong sounding names. SO picks the most ridiculous - he helps me sometimes. Last one is my DS1 char Venus Chopcock.

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that sounds like a great name for the usual souls swamp butcher woman

 

[Aexact]

I forget where I saw this but there was an interview for Persona 4 talking about bug testing for the character naming screen if English players wanted name their character all uppercase Os (OOOOOOOOO) which would overflow the text boxes and lamenting what a waste it was because "whatever, y'all gonna name the guy Souji Seta anyway".

... I mean, that's what I did, no lie.

1) Default
2) character's given name in some other form of media
3) my real gender neutral but consistently appearing in fantasy/sci fi settings name
4) Randomizer
5) Some name of a recent character I've played/seen/read that has a flimsy connection to the character I'm playing

But I don't have to stray from step 1 too often.

 

[DvdGzz]

Yes. Medieval sounding names in RPG's for example, meanwhile a good friend goes with Harry Twatter for his mage. Different strokes...

 

[Kingpin Rogers]

Almost always. I have a few different names that I use depending on the occasion.

 

[adj_noun]

Six character limit, brah.

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Have to abbreviate then

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[RochHoch]

Nah

When I boot up Persona 5 Royal next week, Joker's name will be Roch Hoch

 

[Tiny Chihuahueño]

I do, but always with a dumb twist. For instance, I named my Dark Souls 3 character Lord SlimButtocks or something like that. Still kinda fits the universe, KINDA.

 

[Duck Sauce]

Tasha Salad always works.

 

[Mexen]

Feel like my full name Arcarius Mexen fits any universe. So I just go with that or one or the other depending on character limitations.
Once in a while, I'll just give a random name.
In Outer Worlds, I created a female character and named her Felicia.

 

[Tarkus]

Tarkus is universal

 

[MrConbon210]

I usually use my real name Connor but if I'm playing some fantasy game like Elder Scrolls or FFXIV I name my charecter Conneth.

 

[Neoxon]

I usually roll with the default/canon name (Byleth, Corrin, Robin, Ren Amamiya, Yu Narukami, Makoto Yuki, etc.) whenever possible.

 

[Cyclonesweep]

I'll go with the default canon names. If not I use deceased pets names, kind of as a tribute. I'll usually pick the one that's most...in world appropriate

 

[Dash Kappei]

:raiseshand:

If the game has canon names (like TLoZ or even Earthbound) I'll stick to those.

If there's a character creator I'll name with something that is usually my brother's (or mine) name re-fit so that it sounds in line with the game's

 

[Coricus]

I use the canon names if they exist and I'm aware of them. If they don't or I'm not, I don't. . .uuuuuusually bother with naming conventions. Funny enough, if I don't use either my username or my real name it tends to tank my immersion more than getting cute (although funny enough my username is fitting for fantasy games but kinda strange in modern settings).

But I played Skyrim enough times binging it on the Switch to make it an exception. In that case I am Runs-Toward-Danger, renowned Argonian train wreck. If I pick up TES 6 whatever decade that comes out, I'll probably carry over the moniker for that, but it's a very TES name by personal design.

*EDIT* I'd probably come up with original names more if I wasn't completely terrible at it, thinking on it. TES at least has the excuse of descriptive names being a thing for Argonians that have spent a long time living with other races, so I can make a kinda jokey name like that if I want and have it be a perfect fit.

 

[CaviarMeths]

I play Final Fantasy XIV.

Spent $10 to change my character from Viera to Xaela Au Ra. Spent another $10 on top of that to change my surname to something that sounded slightly more lore-friendly (read: transliterated it to Cyrillic script, then back to Latin script to make it sound more Mongolian).

I also have an alt named Vivica Vica, which is just the first two syllables of 'Caviar' arranged into a lore-friendly Dunesfolk Lalafell name.