When naming your main character do you have a name that you always use?
Or do you have different names for different classes?

Myself if my character is a thief or bard they are named Shadow,
Warriors and all mainly combat orientated classes - Gromon,
Archer - Legolas.

I always try to come up with new names that sounds suitable for the race and class. An example would be (my IWDII party)

Deep Gnome / fighter: Haldur Crimsbottom
Human / Barbarian: Dalf Longbane
Asimar / priestess: Lie'l Dormbringer
Thiefling / Thief: Fikk'e Fundelbinder
Human / Sorcerer: Ka'eena Dullblossom
Human(german) / Wizard: Ardan Krielweizer

And sometimes I go for the more obvious:

Fighter: Aewill Smak'urskullin
Thief: Pikjuer Pokets

I now it's stupid. But it's kinda fun. At least for the few seconds it takes to come up with them [img]smile.gif[/img]

Dwarven Fighter/Barbarian: Stumpy Hilltrotter
Mage : Saureth
Ranger: Calerian Pathfinder
other than that i dont have set names!!

<font color="lightblue">I`ve been know to use:
Malinan
Iffnosi
Quitzin (current game)
Quenya
Killiop
And alot, lot, lot, lot, lot more. :D </font>

Currenty I'm playing a half-elf female mage/cleric called Panthera. And I've also played a half-elf male fighter thief called Psylan. (Yeah, I like half-elves.) I have a thing for interesting names, so I'm gonna try to come up with a new one every time I play.

I like it [img]smile.gif[/img]

You have the same problem as I do, I always choose half-elves :D

<- :D

I generally play different characters, most culled from past roleplays.

A few notables:

Salis -- your standard sorceror

Timothy -- failed attempt at a swashbuckler, got his ass handed to him by the ascension mod's final fight.

Nex -- Kensai, currently playing.

Anubis <--- Druid...
Playing him in NWN and BG2

Naming your character is one of the coolest parts of the game. You want a name you are proud of. You don't want to go halfway through and say "This name really sucks." Most of the time I use names from my favorite fiction and sometimes from history.

Right now I have -
Human Inquisiter - Thrasson - from a Planescape novel
Human dual classed Beserker/Cleric - Barahir - The Silmarillion, Tolkien
Human Necromancer - Sauron - Tolkien
Elf Sorcerer - Artus of the Planes - Blood Wars Trilogy - Planescape novel
Elf Archer - Beleg Strongbow - Silmarillion
Elf Swashbuckler - Jandau - Blood Wars Trilogy

Others - Durin the Deathless, dwarf - Galgamesh - Dain Ironfoot, dwarf - Ecthelion, usually Paladin - Elric - Alatar the Blue, mage - Celebrimbor - Corum Jhaelen - Turin Turambar - Idril Celebrindal, female - Celebrian, female - Calimehtar - and many more.

Kharn: Male human berserker -> druid.

Grix: Female half-orc barbarian (my first character).

Trix: Female half-orc swashbuckler.

Rob: Male human necromancer.

Amelia: Female human cavalier.

..................................

Custom all-orc party:

Arhgrach: Male barbarian.
Greshk: Female barbarian.
Gronina: Female berserker.
Irog: Male swashbuckler.
Shashg: Female priest of Talos.
Vrisk: Male fighter.

Carlo Sanciona, female Human Cavalier, "Pure Diamond of the Holy Light"

Odin Magnus, male Human Sorcerer, "Godlike Magi"

Robin Clym, male Human Archer, "Robin the English Ballad Archer"

Hardrock Hurlalot, male Dwarf Berserker, "Hurling axes, or hurling ale, your choice"

Azrael, male Human Necromancer, "Angel of Death"

etc... ...

Guys mine is by far the most original.......its a socerer named matt!

At first my character (male or female) was always Jinx,but I grew bored to it. now it is usually the characters class backwards or something from the character creation menu turned backwards.Sometimes something from LOTR.
Now my characters is called Recnamorcen,Nanya,Ajnin,Feiht and Elnacc. I play many different games at the same time as you can see,good reason:when I grow bored to one,I can switch it without having to start over.

I use Tikara for any of my female chars, scylin for males who arent warriors barbabians ect. and Chod for warriors and what not.

Half-orc bararian his name is Thorlando.

Kind of a mix from a charcter from the others series by tad williams.

ISENHART ( Im really proud of this guy ) a male human Cavalier

PRAEDII (derived from latin word for protection) A female human Abjurer

SHADWANNA ("shadow" with a twist) A human femme assassin

MORTIS (latin word for death) a male human necro

I have ataste for latin and noble-sounding names

Random letters ;)

Ah, my current Sorc is called Verun.
Kinda based off of Veruna, from TA:K

[ 11-11-2002, 12:04 AM: Message edited by: Grammar ]

My characters names depend on their race and class (and gender of course). In my main game (which is my first time through BTW) for example, I have a Swashbuckler named Starshadow. I created an assassin and I named him Deathshadow. So my thieves have names with 'shadow' in them. I like to use combo words for my elven characters (as the thieves were); for example, I have Windstar, a male Wizard Slayer. Everyone else, I make up names for, just random stuff I put together. There's a female Cavalier named Cyreina (pronounced: sigh-ray-nah), a female Fighter named Isha, a female Archer named Iliana, etc...

I really like making new characters, and once I finish the game with my first party, I'll finally get around to experimenting with them.

I have been known to pull names from European Hockey players. In BG1, I played a dwarf cleric by the name of Hakaan Loob.

In my current BG2 campaign, I am playing a ranger with the name Esa Tikkanen.

Maximus, Human Male Cavalier - "Humble, Just, Lawful and Good Willed". Inspired by the movie "Gladiator".

Mephisto, Human Male Anti Paladin - "Cold Hearted, Calculated Power Freak". Inspired by Diablo 2. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Alson, Half Elven Ranger/Cleric - "The Religious Ranger". The first time i completed the game.

Pullus Cor, Human Blade - "Dark Heart".

Taurus, Human Monk - "Fists of Fury". :D

And many, many, many Test characters, required for testing spells for the Spell Reference. May they rest in peace.

Voimli (kindly nicknamed Vomit)
Elwyryll

and, my solo sorc

Thor of Tree-Wood (okay, shut up, it's not <u>that</u> Funny. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I name my characters...... SirTristram :D

My two dwarven fighters from the old paper and pencil days

Ark (Disgraced cleric-could not brew beer)

and

Saw (His brother-who happened to like the wine his brother could brew)

[ 11-11-2002, 06:07 PM: Message edited by: theking ]

I tend to play the fist time with a random name (I have a random name generator, heh! It dates back to the days when we had a butcher as a Game Master, and character creation was daily routine... -_- ), just to get the hang of things.
Then I have some default characters that I adapt to each game:

Sarah, my kick-ass character. She's my game alter-ego, usually a fighter with some kind of magic power (fighter-mage, in BG)

Amedyr, a red-head elven magic user.

Blaid, a brunette human pirate. The list goes on and on, but these are the most common. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Right now I'm starting a game with a male character named Alain. He's a character from a shonen-ai I'm writing (long story)... let's say I wanna see how the Sola mod is going to behave... [img]smile.gif[/img] )

<font color="cadetblue">Lord Lothar - Solo Cavalier (WarCraft 2)
Orgrim Doomhammer - Half Orc Beserker (WarCraft 2)
Krogthar the Insane - 2 Barbarians (random thought)
Salman - Almost every other person that I have made. (Hey, it works for me [img]smile.gif[/img] )</font>

I play a Human fighter class and he is named Holocausto because he brings holocaust to all of Amn... he he
Let's kill that over there... I wanna ki-i-ill!!!!!!!!

One of the easiest ways of finding names for characters is to use surnames from real life. At lot of pro writers use this method. I prefer to name mine after Polish rock bands circa 1974 - 1985

So what bands would that be???

I usually just make something out. Or I may alter names of book characters. Here's couple of what I have used (or are being used):

Reigan Twat (Fighter/Mage/Thief, half-elf)
Ermon Steelfist (Monk, human)
Elthas Athlin (Bard, elf (cheated to get elven bard [img]smile.gif[/img] , but hey, nobody's perfect :D ))
Jales Ahqinth (Sorcerer, elf)

Probably more but cant't think anything else right now..

I named my F/M character Eleina, I just took cue from iceguards from Warlords Battlecry 2 [img]smile.gif[/img] .

[ 11-12-2002, 05:14 PM: Message edited by: D*Ranged ]

Names I have used

(my name but a secret)
Maximus
Adren
Christova
Aairn Arrowfeather
Leson'ka
Lebegril Dana
Tama Kross

Jackel - Undead Hunter (lawful good human) BGI&II
Solomen Witenhill - Sorcerer (true neutral elf) BGII
Wendy Lothriell - Ranger (chaotic good elf) BGI
Grom - Fighter/Illusionist (chaotic evil Gnome) BGI

[ 11-13-2002, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

My names use so easy:
Dwarf barbarian male: Chane Cantorrodado
Half-elf ranger female: Shaide Onde'len
Human Mage:Raistlin (Lawful neutral)
Human Mage:Abder'Raman (Chaotic good)
Elf Archer:Legolas
Thief hafling: Tass
Others:
Half-orc (whatever) female:Kitiara
Half-orc (whatever) male: Urg
Hafling : Merriadoc Tuk (I know is Peregrin Tuk, but I mix both)

¬_¬ between two worlds

Bats With Nothing To Lose
Dortmund On A Shoestring
Vanilla Flavoured Charm
You know, all the classics

I see lots of ppl use LotR names...
Well good to hear im not the only one then =)

Thou ive only used it once and thats on my current kick as elvish archer Mithrandir(Legolas just doesnt sound that cool)

Other then that im good making totally errr unusual names like:

Tran
Traktorlykt
Stearinlys
Feber
Parafinlampe
Gardin
Askebeger
Bliwsåpe
etc...

or

Thoralf Turgulasson
Trøysgalv Geiriksen
Saugmann Alfride
Ormaugu Ørnulf
Vigdis Isblomo
Døyrunn Grangaldi

etc...

Umm....

Sanctimonia - Paladin
Fenris Melkior - Cleric/Mage
Sly MacDuff - Assassin->Fighter
Varlen Modai - Elven Thief/Mage
Gaile Elmarien - Cleric/Mage
Arlodan Wulfe - Berserker->Cleric
Shade Forrester - Totemic Druid->Fighter
Fletcher Arcane - Fighter->Mage
Grint - Half-Orc Barbarian
Caedmon Mount - I forget what he was

Hey, I like the sound of that "Recnamorcen," purre!

I usually recall a name from a book. Sometimes make them up however.

Thief - Silk or Tass
Halfling - Shea
Fihter - Barak, Caramon Majere
Ranger - Tanis, Balinor, Strider
Dwarf - Flint Fireforge
Paladin - Sturm BrighBlade
Mage - Allanon, Merlin, Bremen

The same as my IW handle. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

That's when I'm using fighter classes, when using a mage I almost always use a perumtation of Quarmall the Destroyer.

Currently a half-elf conjurer named Tintagel. I got that name from one of R.A Salvatore's books.

[ 11-15-2002, 09:26 AM: Message edited by: Zarr ]