Topic: What do you name your games' character(s) after?

I'll normally give them the official name but if there isn't one like in Animal crossing for example, I'll name them after a character I like or just give them a name I like. When I get Animal crossing 3DS I think I'll give myself one of my favourite boys names, it will probably be either Seth or Caius.

I named my game's charcter, Digger Dan, after my son Daniel. Seemed the sensible thing to do since my wife wouldn't let me name my son Link, Mario or Yoshi when he was born.

I always name Link after myself the first time I play through a Zelda game (and I usually use "Link" every time after that), and I usually use my name for the MC in stuff like Pokemon and Dragon Quest, where the protagonist is supposed to represent you. Other than that, I use the default names.

I use Jarvan for everything.
I used to use the default names but I have decided to take a break from that

My own name (Emily) for everything- except when playing Zelda. Link deserves better than that LOL

Lame puns! For example, in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic I named my character Bone Appet. Sounds like Boba Fett and looks like Bon Appetit.

If they have official names I'll go with that, if they don't then usually 'zezzy' or something.

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mostly the names that are given to the game character like in WarioWare its Wario in zelda its Link pokemon its insert color name here sometimes except some I do put my own name down Dragon Quest its my own name and wii series games my own name

If there is a pre set name like in the Final Fantasy games I stick with the original names the only thing I will do is if the game has the name all caps than I will delete the name an respell it correctly. After my first play through I than tend to name them after my friends or old Dungeons and Dragons names I had for my characters.

For an MMO like WoW that doesnt have preset names than I just name my characters after my old D&D characters.

Presets when available. Otherwise I primarily name them after old D&D characters that had a similiar class.