I name based on my sense of humour tbh no real thought but the more random less chance of it being taken I guess.

Healer is an argonian and called Swims like Phelps
Stam Sorc redguard is Blacc Jesuz
Stamblade redguard is *** Nightblade in a nod to South Park.
Magika Sorc is Dobby the High Elf
Magika DK is Dante the Dunmer
Magika Templar High Elf - Jesus Beam FTW although not happy with that.

I named my character after the Survivor of Hathsin and Lord of the Mists - Lord Kelsier


I was surprised it wasn't already taken

All of my toons are named after pizzas
a cheese pizza
a pepperoni pizza
a burnt pizza
a meat lovers pizza
Etc etc

Milvan wrote: »

Hello comrades,

I tried to create a new toon and decided to pray homage for Rosa Luxemburg. But the name was already taken! So I ended up putting another g at the end of it. And that made me wonder how many people actually name their toons after historical/authors/intelectual figures. Myself, I also have a healer named Hobs Bawn after Eric Hobsbawm and a dps named after Errico Malatesta.

What about you guys?

Great question!

For Imperials I do look at Wiki lists of common Roman names and structure. And with the Khajiit or Argonians I stick to the in-game structure. For Nords I use 'Viking' type names (and as I have a man crush on Alexander Skarsgård my Nord has his last name).

But sometimes I just want a D&Dish, fantasy name. Many of my characters in other games have been named 'Hellhound' and I do have that name on the NA server (not the EU one though, sadly).

I do take my time in all cases. Names are very important to me. One of the many aspects I love about ESO is that you can use spaces in a name - it makes creating a cool name much, much easier. I wish all games took this approach and believe it will become standard in the future.

Previously, in another game, I named all my characters either for favourite songs of mine or Norse/Celtic heros of myth and legend.

In ESO, I've gone a bit all over the place. Back in beta, I had this idea that every character should have the word "stone" in their name - but only Cornerstone and Livia Soapstone have made it through to this day. There was a Headstone and a Grindstone as well, but they both got canned early on.

So, in addition to Cornerstone (melancholic templar tank) and Livia Soapstone (slippery nightblade), I now have:

Maglaranna (sorceress who's seen it all) - taken from Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar saga.

Joanne E Smokes (punk dragonknight) - one of my now two toons named for a song these days: Butthole Surfers' "John E. Smoke".

Torolv Kveldulvsson (grizzled, yet merry dragonknight) - the name of a Viking chieftain who was torched to death in his home by the first king of Norway. His surname means "Son of Nightwolf".

Kavirr (portly Khajiit nightblade with inflated self-esteem) - thought it sounded feline.

Dervande (vampire sorceress with anger management issues) - wanted to name her Verdande for one of the Norse Norns, but that was already taken, so I just swapped a couple of letters.

Allergic-to-cats (devious dragonknight) - as she's an Argonian, I don't think an explanation is necessary.

Mr Croup (deranged werewolf dragonknight) & Marquis des Carabas (flamboyant nightblade) - Had to butcher the French a bit in the name of the marquis as the original with "de" was taken. Both are taken from the 1990s TV series "Neverwhere", written by Neil Gaiman. I tried to make them both look as much like their representations on the TV screen as possible. Later found out while camping Irontooth during the Halloween event with a French player that the marquis also figures in the tale of Puss in Boots ...

Sonic Teenage Guenevere (stoic Templar) - named for the song of the same name by Motorpsycho.

Murmandima (orc templar with abandonment issues) - another name from Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar saga, Murmandamus, gone feminine.

My source for names is usually the official Collins Scrabble Dictionary. So these are all valid Scrabble words if you ever find yourself with a what looks like an impossible rack and you're playing international Scrabble:

Marshall Langley
Exequial
Oeillade
Althaea Ashfalls