Surprisingly enough, I don't bother naming my characters after myself (sometimes I'll use Kanno). I get pretty sick watching WoW or FFXI and seeing 8 billion variations of Wolf____ So I forgo it completely. I came up with the Tilos some time ago for a story I was writing and for some damn reason it sticks. I keep trying to remember where it came from.

For Suikoden, I always name the main character Hiro until I learn their true names later. For MegaTen games, I always try to give a Japanese name cause it looks weird when Junpei and Yukari are talking to "Bob". In Nocturne, where I have to come up with a nickname/demon name, I go with Kamui cause I'm a hopeless fanboy...

I have only once tried a game where I name my characters after people I know and must say I will never do that again...