Do you have go-to names?

[Lod 10]

The name I use for all the games I play is lod.

 

[Ikagura]

I always felt like trying to follow the canon of a character that isn't supposed to have one being a hassle.

Like, Link is the default avatar name but it wasn't until Breath of the Wild that the character is actually named as such in the game (it has always been "Hero of Time" or any title he was given which felt better to me than just a name).

Link is, as his name implied, the link between the player and the game world, he doesn't exist until you make a save file and deleting one kills him (thus the "kill mode" for the name of the delete option in Japan).

Even the Dragon Quest protagonist doesn't have a canonical game per se (even if they have a default name such as Abel or Eight/Eito) since they're an avatar.

Red from Pokémon is just for convenience (and the first default name proposed if you don't want to give him one) yet people also call Ethan "Gold" despite that he's not named as such.

 

[shaggi shaggi]

I usually use "shaggi" like in my profile here, but when it comes to games like Final Fantasy, when you create whole team, it gives me hard time.

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

Im incredible simple:

I just use my common nickname: KenaiPhoenix

the same as forums, online games, social platforms, etc.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

"Luna", "Savannah" and "Samantha" for female characters.

"Jack", "JJ" and "Rodney" for males.

 

[Anoobis]

I remembered I do have some names I use specifically for FF1. I use the Duane & BrandO names, but they didn't name Thief or White Mage, so I came up with my own that felt like they sort of matched.
Fighter = Dune
B. Belt = Spud
R. Mage = Jojo
B. Mage = Leo
Thief = Lore
W. Mage = Fen

 

[Egg (McMuffin) Man]

I just use my real name.

 

[Jdan-S]

I mostly play offline, single-player games. If the protag has a default name, I'll use it. If not, I'll use my own name.

For the Legend of Zelda series, I put in "Lenk" as a joke once, but it's become a tradition now.

 

[Princess Viola]

I use my own name for female characters if they are genuinely a blank slate/meant to serve as the player insert character and not just a 'they have their own personality you can just choose their name' type (in that case I use the canon name).

I don't have any default names I use for male characters because I'm bad at coming up with male names so I usually just make something up that fits the game setting or sounds funny.

 

[Ikagura]

I'll be honest, I don't really like "canon names" for blank slate characters that much.

Sure, Link and Mario are also pretty blank yet are iconic enough to be more than just the player's avatar.

 

[Deleted member 466]

Alastor
Raven
(My real name)
Samantha

 

[Ikagura]

The typical westerner name in any unlocalised JRPG: ああああ

 

[Tilo]

I usually go for Aki. Don't know why, just always went for it. I tried using Tilo on some occasions where it's a literal self-insert. But if there's a canonical name, I usually go for that instead.

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

If a canon name doesn't exists, i would go for Archie.

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

Archie

 

[extermist]

AJJ, Anon, Anonymous, Eman Ruoy, nobadi, stormarisen

I don't think I can say the other names without getting banned.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Thanks to ScottFalco i default to Stink while calling Link in any Zelda game

In general i tend to use either names of another characters or made up for my RPG casts

 

[lestagio]

Either my name, or I'll just use the canon name if there is one. I like using my name when possible, because then I have this moment.

 

[Far_Firmer_Peaches]

I've taken a liking to neutral names
Angel
Sam
Jamie
AH-64
Steve
and so on

 

[DMatryos]

Zeffi or Zefi for limited character names or in cozy games...

Kriv & Kridel for sibling type characters (like in Summon Night Twin Age)

Ecleide, Aloise (males) or Ecleise, Alice (females) in most rpgs I've played~

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

For me? Sammy, Sam.

For my characters? I love names like Sky, Lark and Wren — I follow those themes quite thoroughly.

 

[_Lorenzo_]

Lory
Taleggio
Ratmuské
Piobove
Bertoldo
Gorgonzola and so on...

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Lark.

Wren.

Skylar.

Storch.

Owly.

 

[Amphineura]

I've used two names over the years. "Mag..." used to be a name of an MMO character I got attached to, so it was either that or just "Mag" when the space permitted.

Then I made another character that I poured even more time into, "Oxo...", so I often use "Oxo" in my save files nowadays.

 

[BanchoQueen]

I always took forever thinking up a name, now I just either go with my handle Bancho, or Isabeau. The later from a character in SMTIV