What references would you have in your character's names?

This could be based off of their race or just personal preferences.
I would have an Apex named Winston Smith, a Novakid named Billy (with a pet named So-crates), a Hylotl named Toranaga, a Glitch named Eddard-574RK, and a Floran named Jakesully.
What about you?

 

A human named Tiy.
Its so subtle.

 

Sapling is the name from a character of a book I'm reading, "Night Rise"
The 2nd half of this book is strikingly similar to what I've seen of the world of Starbound.

 

I usually use anime character's names like Ken Sugisaki... I love that name

 

I'll have a reference to my own, real name. Oh yeah...

 

Apex, gotta love them 1984 references....Can't help wanting to name one Goldstein

 

Well I'm naming my Glitch after a DnD character I had awhile ago.

 

i'll probably grab a book and pick a random name from said book,the last name shall be "Powers"(after Austin Powers) for single player(gotta keep my immersion). my multiplayer name will be forum name~

 

Glitch called Necron99

 

I wouldn't name my character after a harem-obsessed pervert unless it helped me get chizuru

But I would just make my own names for my characters anyway.. so no references.

 

A Floran named Blinkroot.

 

Apex: Dr. Epp Simian - Epp a monkey, chimp, ape sort of sound, and Simian is a type of primate, and Dr because he is a mad scientist.
Avian: The good one. Sora Aves - Sora sounds like soaring, and it is the name of a character in Digimon who Digimon is a bird, and Aves is a class of bird. | The bad one Raven Crow - well two black birds with a negative conitation to them.
Floran: Rosie “Venomous” McGardun - well Rose McGowan I was thinking of her role in Planet Terror. Venomous I was channeling the fan pic of a Floran.
Glitch: Maria Cybodain – I researched Female robot names and found in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_female_robots_and_cyborgs and got Maria from Maria (aka Futura, Hel, or the Robotrix), perhaps the original film gynoid in Metropolis (1927), and Cybodain from Cybodain Model 103 from Cyborg She (2008)
Human: Goury Ikari – Goury is the first name of a swordsman character from the Slayers Universe (anime) and Ikari is the last name of Shinji in the Neon Genesis Evangelion Universe (Anime)
Hylotl: Angel – was thinking of Angel, the cousin, from the Stitch TV series. I at first wanted asecond name, but just the name Angel I feel fits her best.
Novakid: Cosmo “ Celestro” Naut – Cosmo both for its space theme, as well as for Cosmo from Fairly Odd Parents, but name only. Naut goes with Cosmo, for Cosmo Naut, and Celestro is his nickname channeling name only Sinestro

 

Who knows. Maybe something generic, maybe something with some reference to an anime.

 

Well if I run into an Asuka Langley in game, I might run the other way jking cause I would know you were not the real (i know she is an anime character so not real) Asuka.

 

For names I usually translate words into other languages and mash them up to get a sound I like. Pretty much guarantees a unique name, but sometimes you come up with something unexpectedly common.

Examples:

Beiholzer - Mash up of german and italian for "pretty woods" (same meaning as one of my rl names : ).
Vikrus - Lithuanian word for agile

Japanese is a great language to work with as well. If you look at a Japanese alphabet, you can just construct a name you like the sound of. Use the built in keyboard in google translate to enter each letter, and pick a symbol (kanji) with a meaning you like.
Once you have the whole name spelled out, run a few translations and searches to make sure you didn't accidentally create a bad word ; )

Examples:

Keitoubi
Akama
Ren

 

I'm naming my Avian "Kazooie", that's for certain.

 

Aside from my Fan Fiction Characters...
I'll probably use some characters from D&D Games, Inside or Legend Zero references, and I will most definitely do Dayman.
My main character is going to be a Human named Roland Noble; my personal character who has managed to get involved in D&D Games, Web Comics, and even an actual Trading Card Game.

EDIT: I retract that last comment, Roland Noble will be my secondary character.
My MAIN will be Archie (From my Fan Fiction.) Wanted to set the record straight, Avians rule!

 

I'm gonna call my Floran Daisy, I always (if the game allows it) name my female characters Daisy after Princess Daisy who is obviously the best princess, and it seems to suit the Floran very well!

My male character will be called Sim...

After that, any other characters I tend to name after old RPGs from back in the day, with names like Purim, Rodi, Melody etc...

 

"What's in a name? that which we call a rose
by any other name would smell as sweet"