Naming Your Characters

[Sasquatch]

What do you name your characters, as you go through the game? Do you keep their original names, or name them after friends and yourself, or famous people, or what? Do you use different names every time you play through, or keep the same ones?

I've done a lot of things, from keeping their original names, to naming them after friends, family, or famous people. I've even played through a couple times with everybody having the same name, or all the guys having the same name and the three ladies having the same name. Although, that does get confusing every once in a while.

[nik0tine]

I always keep the names the same.

[DJZen]

They don't allow me enough spaces to use the names I want...

[Sasquatch]

I'd have to admit, it's a little weird with 14 people named Adam. Especially when somebody learns a spell or levels up, and you don't know which one it is. Or when you want a specific Esper or piece of equipment, and all it says is that Adam has it equipped.

[TheAbominatrix]

I change it up rather often. Sometimes I give them their Japanese names, or leave their names alone. Other times I name them after friends, or give them a theme of something I like. Like everyone gets a name from FarScape, or a particular anime or whatever.

[Captain Maxx Power]

They don't allow me enough spaces to use the names I want...

Same here. Obviously they didn't consider players may want to name their characters Taggart McCool.

[Devourment]

I only custom name my characters if I can think of a appropriate name.
On the game that I'm playing now I've named some acharacters as follows:

Edgar - Aldao
Terra - Yulis
Shadow - Xios
Sabin - Veras.

All the others I just leave the same, unless I can think of a decent enough name to give them. I mostly correct the names because they're all in capitals in default, & it really annoys me. I accidentally forgot to write Cyan correct & left it CYAN, & it looks so stupid now as the other normally written & this is all in capitals so it looks like this:

Aldao
Yulis
CYAN
Xios

:rolleyes2

[Armisael]

I always keep the names the same.

Yeah me too..I just don't like change them..
And plus i have to admit that Square have done a good job with the names!^_^

[Devourment]

I could hardly see them naming some of the characters Tracy & Gail, or perhaps Rodney or Bill... So the names have been chosen are what would fit in a fantasy style game.

[omnitarian]

I keep the names, but change them to lower case. "Terra" and "Locke" looks so much better than "TERRA" and "LOCKE".

[Flying Mullet]

I keep the names, but change them to lower case. "Terra" and "Locke" looks so much better than "TERRA" and "LOCKE".

[Strider]

Exactly.

[JaytodaP]

I name everyone swears. Its so funny
"ASS leveled up"

[Takara]

I keep the names, but change them to lower case. "Terra" and "Locke" looks so much better than "TERRA" and "LOCKE".

Yeah, stupid automatic upper case names... Makes me twitch.

[Sasquatch]

When I leave their names the same, I always change the all-caps, too. It's annoying.