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Hi all,

I was wondering -- how do people choose names for their characters? I usually name my RPG characters after people from books or movies, but I branched out for DA:O. My main Wardens are named:

• Elspeth, a human mage (named after a secondary character from a book; I thought it was a nice name with an old-fashioned sound)
• Urist, a dwarf noble DW rogue (a shout-out to Dwarf Fortress, and a pun -- Urist is the canonical generic dwarven name in DF, and it also means "dagger" in DF's dwarven language, which I thought appropriate for a dual-wield rogue)
• Serena, a city elf DW rogue (the name just came to me as the right one for the character)

How do other people pick names? Diyartifact (talk) 23:42, November 29, 2011 (UTC)

A random mixture of names borrowed from books and movies mostly. Also bird names, sometimes English, sometimes the Latin genus or species. My primary Warden is Kestrel, a female city elf. Other favorites are Alexa Cousland, Raven Mahariel, Selene Surana, and Kat Brosca. Most of those aren't chosen with any particular reason in mind, I make a character and then stare at their face for about 15 minutes until I come up with a name I feel suits them.

With Hawke I always pick names that start with an A because I think it's funny for the siblings to be A-B-C. Kestrella (talk) 00:48, November 30, 2011 (UTC)

My main Warden is called Aleyst Mahariel. Aleyst was the name of an other character that I played in a text-based online rpg years ago. I have no idea where I found it, or how I came up with it. My main Hawke is called Ryleigh which I chose because it means valiant.--SunyiNyufi (talk) 00:54, November 30, 2011 (UTC)

My male characters usually end up with the default names or Thomas, which is my name and it is an old enough name to fit in with old timey fantasy games as well as modern games. My female characters are usually named after some girl in a band or a video game or story, like Morganna/Morgan from the Arthurian Legend, which is what I named my F!Hawke. Tommyspa (talk) 01:01, November 30, 2011 (UTC)

I have 3 or so names for each gender I tend to use a lot: Dante (Cousland), Ralon (Amell), Vala (Aducan) and Kaitlyn (Tabris) being the formost with brackets noting the Origin they were used in. Other than that male characters tend to get their names from fantasy books/other games when I think it is fitting. Artur Hawke was just too good not to use for example. (Knight Templar (talk) 01:11, November 30, 2011 (UTC))

For my human characters I look up old-fashioned names on the internet and for elves and dwarfs I look up unusual or made-up names. They usually work pretty well for me. Right now I have a elven mage named Jayron and that name is made up. So...basically the internet is my best friend when it comes to naming my characters. Dragonage17101996 (talk) 01:18, November 30, 2011 (UTC)