What did you name your characters?

[blacktrance]

On my first playthrough, I kept the official names. On my second playthrough...

Cloud-Cloud
Barret-Barret
Tifa-Tifa
Then I got the idea to change names.
Aeris-Dummy
Red XIII-Beast
Cid-Mean
Yuffie-Wimp
Vincent-Werewolf

[Sepho]

After my first playthrough:

I changed the following names:

Red XIII - Nanaki
Cait Sith - Reeve

Otherwise, I kept the default names.

[Dking'squeen]

i changed the names after i finished trhe game

cloud: Rhoak
cid: Rouen
vincent: Marc
RedXIII: Yaksa
Tifa: Roxie
Aerith: Ila
Yuffie: Yudas

[beyondthegrave]

what I did was Kinda dorkie I put
Cloud:My name
Aeris:My girlfreind
Barret:My grandpa
Cid:My Dad
Tifa:My Freind
Cait Sith:My Cat's name
Red Xll:My Dog's name
Yuffie:I forgot :rolleyes2

[UltimaLimit]

Cloud = Scythe
Barret = Gunman*
Tifa = Tifa (no change)
Aeris = Aeris (no change)
Red XIII = Fang
Cid = Flyboy*
Cait Sith = Sith Lord
Yuffie = Xena
Vincent = Slayer**

* (It was my first ever FF, I thought there was gonna be a http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gifhttp://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gifhttp://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gifhttp://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gifload of people so I wanted descriptive names to jog my memory)
** (Funny when you meet Cid's wife, he says, "I'm Slayer. My occupation is... forget it.")

[Weimar Pluto Knight VII]

First time

Cloud=Mario
Barret=Mallow
Tifa=Danielle (girl I liked)
Aeris=Peach
RedXIII (forgot)

Then I kept getting stuck at the Chocobo ranch

Then I came up with the idea of personalizing it, and it's a good thing I did.

Cloud=[myself](always since the second time I started a new game)
Barret=[dominant classmates, different names depending on if I was playing in grade school, high school, or college, but this last time I'm naming him after my lit teacher]
Tifa=[my only female acquaintance at the time, but I was mad when I found out she was the better romance, so since then I've named her after the girl I was in love with. Danielle, then later it was Mika, and now finally I am playing through with her as Alicia, which I think is the perfect name, heheheheheh)
Aeris=[first it was Danielle, but after my 2nd time when I knew she, um, wasn't going to be a romance anymore, I wasn't sure what to do with her. One time I called her Danielle2, then I named her Danielle when Tifa was Mika, but now she's Mika b/c Tifa is Alicia. I think I finally figured out the perfect names for Tifa and Aeris. Mika is my tragic romance, and Alicia is a romance and also a childhood friend.]
RedXIII=Mario[my dog, but this last time I decided to change it to a Japanese professor at my university (whose name amusingly sounds like Nanaki)]
Yuffie=[various classmates, again depending on my current saga in life.]
Cait Sith=[again, random classmates not so dominant. When I get there this time, I'm going to name him after Dave, who you can find on the list of officers on my web site]
Vincent=[again various classmates. This time I might name him after my math teacher.]
Cid=[again various classmates. This time I will name him after the president of the HCSA, which is what my website is about. Only fitting b/c they have similar personalities.]

Incorporating yourself into FFVII makes the story more enjoyable. I was freaking out in the Temple of the Ancients when 'I' started acting strange. And I like the game playing matchmaker with me, hooking me up with girls I like in real life :D

[krissy]

After my first playthrough:

I changed the following names:

Red XIII - Nanaki
Cait Sith - Reeve

Otherwise, I kept the default names.

same. i was depressed to see it didnt change the dialogue any.

[Sepho]

same. i was depressed to see it didnt change the dialogue any.

Yeah, I know. Reading "Nanaki is Nanaki" when you enter Cosmo Canyon for the first time is sort of funny, though.

[Xander]

I regretted what I called mine when I played FFVII for the first time. >_<

Cloud was "Amthermus", the online nick of a "kinda" ex-bf/thing of mine... Tifa was "Missy", his nickname for me. XD And I called Red XIII "KoRn", because I kinda liked the band at the time. Crazy. The next time I called them their proper names, much better. =)

[Crazy the Clown]

Cloud-Crazy. (After my nickname.)
Barrett-T-Dogg. (He does remind me of Mr. T, though.)
Tifa-Phat Tits. (Take a wild guess why.)
Aeris-Neden Ho. (Just another Juggalo reference.)
Red XIII-Wraith. (After a Joker's Card.)
Cait Sith-Milenko. (Another Joker's Card.)
Yuffie-CandySlut. (She does look sweet, though.)
Vincent-(I forget. It's been a couple weeks, and with Christmas coming,....)
Cid-(I remember not having gotten that far in my game, yet.)

[Cloud Strife fanatic]

Well i made my charecters the names of my friends so here goes:

Cloud: Ryan
Barret: Aaron
Tifa: Jamie
Aeris: Madison
Red XII: Red*
Yuffie: Yuffie**
Vincent: Austin
Cid: Addison
Cait Sith: Jeremy

*I named it red cuz i didn't want the XII and i didn't want to name an animal after my friend.

**I ran out of friends that were girls so i kept it the same. :cool:

[Hawkeye]

cloud- trey (my name, i always name the main character after me)
barret- kirk (friend, hes white)
tifa- queen b
aries- ****U** (the last two are numbers. she was going to die anyways)
red 13- john
cid- homer
vincent- hawkeye
yuffie- yuffie

[nik0tine]

I keep my characters names the same.

[AhmedTheGreat]

I usually keep them the same, but after finishing the game for the first time I tried something and was thinking that I was a genius (which wasn't true) and named Cloud as Sephiroth, even though I've already beaten the game, playing it like this gave me a headache and the scenario became really creepy!

[One winged angel of death]

cloud:Ryuu
Tifa:Naomi
Aeris:Yukina
Vincent:Vincent
Barret:Barret
Red13:Nanaki
Yuffie:Nikki
Cid:Syd (Cid)
cait sith:Hellcat

[battousai9439]

First time through, everything was normal. Second time...


Cloud=Cloudina
Barret=Mr. T
Tifa=Bi***
Aeris=Aerith (her REAL name...)
Red XIII=Big Red
Cid=*&%!#
Vincent=Slayer (Sorry, UltimaLimit. I HAD to do that)
Cait Sith=Dark Jedi (guess why...)
Yuffie=ninjagirl

[Weimar Pluto Knight VII]

Why is Aerith her real name? I can read Japanese, and in my music book it could be either. E-a-ri-su is her name in Japanese. The su could be either just an s or a th. Who cares? Let's just use the one that sounds better, unless we wanna call her Earisu Geinsuboro (I think it is).

[battousai9439]

I can read Japanese too, Weimar.

And yes, the Katakana clearly say Earisu. But, the original intention was for her NA name to be Aerith, someone screwed up and said Aeris...

So the NA name is Aerith

[Weimar Pluto Knight VII]

Can you cite me some more details of this? Like are there online articles from way back that explain exactly what happened?

Here's something else interesting. What is AC going to name Aeris in the NA version?

[battousai9439]

Aerith will be her name in AC

[Strawberry_Mew]

oo man I played that game soo many times that there names are all diff n_n but here is one of my ppl I named

Cloud: Gabe
Barret: Paul*
Tifa: Manda or Mandy* *I forgot*
Aeris: Vanessa*
Red: Nanaki
Yuffie: Kiera*
Cait Sith: John*
Cid: Nes+* ( one of my friends she was the person who was Aeris and I still wanted her in my party so after Aeris died I named Cid "Nes+")
Vincent: Vikki*

~Some of them are ppl are I know, It was fun n_n ~

The newest game that I am doing now has some InuYasha Characters names so Its fun n_n

Cloud: InuYasha
Barret: Kohaku ( Sango's Brother sorry for the bad spelling)
Tifa: Kagome
Aeris: Kikyo
( Thats all I have now I still need to play it n_n)

[Del Murder]

Cloud - Del
Barrett - Hermie
Tifa - Nicky
Aeris - Sarah
Red XIII - Yams
Cait Sith - Eest
Yuffie - Shlup
Vincent - Spuuky
Cid - Spiff

[Weimar Pluto Knight VII]

So Del, who are Sarah and Nicky? One your girlfriend?

[Del Murder]

Sarah is my best offline friend and Nicky is my best online friend. They aren't my girlfriend! Well, they are girls, and are my friends, but, but STOP LOOKING AT ME :blush:

[BARRET]

During my first gameplay i named the characters like this.

Cloud = The Rock
Barret = Mr. Blonde
Tifa = Lara
Aeris = Joanna
Red XIII = Spawn
Cait Sith = Pikachu
Cid = Dredd
Vincent = Wolverine
Yuffie = I didn't know how to get Yuffie

[golden_queen_mercury]

I'm a japanese freak!

Cloud - Kentaro
Barret - Barret (I could'nt think of a name)
Tifa - Sakura
Red XIII - Nanaki
Yuffie - Yoko
Cid - Nakamura
Aeris - Yume
Vincent - Oyamada
Cait Sith - Kitty (I would like to thank Boo from Monsters Inc. for helping me pick out this name)

[JunotDe]

Im cloud and rest of the people are my friends names

[FourShiningOrbs]

Cloud = Nicky-dah (nickname for my blonde-haired brother)
Tifa = Ellie (my dog's name)
Barret = Marcellus (of Pulp Fiction fame)
Aeris = DeadChick (I certainly hope that's not a spoiler...)
Red XIII = Big Dogs (it's an inside joke, I know he's not a dog)
Cid = Bad-ass (pretty self-explanitory)
Yuffie = DumbBi*ch (again, self-explanitory)
Cait Sith = CatAndFat (I never used him anyway)
Vincent = Darkness (no, not Charlie Murphy)

[Halenite]

Cloud- Halenite
Barret- Shurri
Tifa- Katrina
Aeris- Dead Lady
RedXIII- PrettyKity (Kitty didn't fit)
Yuffie- Thief (I think)
Cait Sith- Not that far yet
Cid- N/A
Vincent- N/A

This is in the game I'm currently playing.

[Megami]

Cloud-Michael
Barret-George
Tifa-Tiffany
Aeris-Anna (by the way my name is Ana...so...lol)
Red XIII- can't remember
Cid- can't remember
Yuffie- Elizabeth

(1st I have played FF7)

[Sepho]

The Aeris/Aerith debate.

I personally do not care what her "correct" name is supposed to be. Regardless, I will probably continue to call her "Aeris" until the end of time. "Aerith", to me, sounds like "Aeris" is attempting to be said by someone with a lisp.

I've always considered it to be subjective - each individual can say it however they please. I say "Aeris" because it's prettier; it flows easier and is more pleasant to my individual set of ears.

[Weimar Pluto Knight VII]

Funny how we don't feel like we are lisping with Sephiroth. Anyone realise they sometimes pronounce it "Sephiroph"? I realised I do that sometimes.

[Gregoriev]

Cloud- GHT (My initials)
Barett-Hobngr (Ho-Banger)
Tifa- HentaiGirl
Aeris- HentaiNeko
Cat sith- Catman
Red XIII- Tiger
Yuffie- Hot Ninja
Vincent- Cloakdude
Cid- Spaceman

[Sepho]

Funny how we don't feel like we are lisping with Sephiroth. Anyone realise they sometimes pronounce it "Sephiroph"? I realised I do that sometimes.

I think it has something to do with the vowel preceding the 'th' sound (an 'o' in this case, versus an 'i') or the overall structure of the word.

And my "Sephiroth"s a lot of times have more of an 'f' sound mixed in at the end as well.

[Cloud Strife fanatic]

I pronounce Sephiroth, "Setharoth"

[I Don't Need A Name]

Cloud-Andy
Barret-Bin Laden
Aeris-Pandora
Tifa-Angelica
Cait Sith-Bill+Ben
Vincent-Van-Gough
Cid-Cid
Yuffie-Jo