Name that toon!

It was hard to resist calling this post 'Name that toon!', forgive my cheesiness. As someone who has been on a lot of roleplay realms in the last I am mostly used to seeing names that have some realism to them, names that a mother would name their child for example. Since moving to Draenor I have seen more and more random names which are not normal names that you'd be giving to a baby orc at birth, but rather silly nicknames with perhaps an in-joke behind them *grins at a certain female GM I know*. This led me to think about what people consider when they name their 'toons'. Personally I am still stuck in my old way of thinking; each character has to have their own deep and meaningful name which seems normal and at least slightly lore appropriate. Sharing two of my main's name origins with you will show you what I mean.

Nazriana- This warlock, believe it or not this named after a minion that my very first alliance lock had. The succubus was called Nazriana and I loved it, so I kinda used it on this lock and also on a DK on my old realm :).

Shiraha- This is a Japanese word meaning 'white feather'. It has other meanings too, but that is the most common meaning and that is what I wanted. This was originally just going to be a roleplay character. I wanted her to have an obsession with white birds etc and her hair was white too and she only wore white (she was originally a night elf). While I know that Japanese culture doesn't exist in the game, I thought the name particularly suited her character.

As you can see, I probably put a bit too much thought into my character names. If you read this and feel like it, leave a comment below or tell me in world how you pick your names, it would be very interesting to hear a few examples.