What's your name?, Young Hero?

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Depends on the game itself.
If the characters already had default names, I'll keep it that way.
But if it's something like an MMO or not a serious atmosphered game, I'll just name my character with my username.

Every single custom name I always put one of these 3....
Shinzumakami, Karili, or Yutsimaki

Most of the time I make up the name on the spot, one that I think matches the character's race, ideals, origins, basically how I imagine myself playing him or her in interaction with other people from his/her world, but I usually fall back on my game name, Lankta, which was my first true name in video gaming and the name of my main when I was playing WOW.

I typically go for the canon name, but I name my character(s) Shanghai if I'm not provided one. If there are multiple party members, chances are a female will be named Alice.

I mostly keep the default name, otherwise I use the names of favorite anime/game characters >.

Depends on what I'm playing. If I'm playing a RPG I usually stick with the default. If I'm playing a mmo I usually choose a name of a candy or something sweet.

If it's a canon name like Link or Serge I will leave as is.
If it's something like an mmo I give the character a name that sounds best for the chosen class.
For example I'll name a male paladin/knight type class Maximillian.

Default name if possible. Otherwise I use Vayne or Vert as the name. I tend to like names that start with a "V". In the case of Skyrim, I chose a Nord and then went to a wiki site that listed the names of all Nords in the game. I named my character Vidrald, after one of the names there.

I use names from Greek Mythology like Odysseus or Perseus.

-DarkdaemonPK2

Depends on the game. If there's already one provided I would use it. If not then I'll use my first name.

I always use my grandfather's name.

Usually ryuZaki or Little ryuZaki.

I always put and "!" after the name to make it seem like someone is yelling for the hero to arrive

Always use my signature fgd49, or my lesser known rang49

Lister the Sister Fister, if you can use spaces.

Chicken Dildo.
No seriously.

Always a variant of Shaggnificent. if there aren't enough spaces, Shaggnifico(male toon), Shaggnifica(female toon). if it's a game i've played through a few times, i try to make it something amusing when they npc's talk to me: "Hail! Perhaps you can do a job for me, Spunk Juggler?". even more fun when you can make a custom class like in elder scrolls. they will sometimes use the class in stead of your name: "I have a job that only a Goat Roper can do!"

In my elementary days I always use my first name in any game that you can name the MC. But when I went to high school I used the default name or if no default name is provided, I just name the MC the nearest appliance that I could see. But now I name my chara as my alias if no default name is provided. Thinking a name takes me really a long time, sometimes I just stare at the screen for an hour thinking a name.

Touma. The U is silent. I always used my initials D.J. Until last year when I got SMT devil survivor over clocked last year. I struggled finding a cool sounding name and it just hit me. I've used it ever since. If its the legend of Zelda I always pick link. In Pokemon I always named the rival something funny like dumbass. It me laugh everytime someone calls his name.