Do you have go-to names?

[Cu-Neo]

I always try to use the canon names but if there's not any I use the Doe names like John/Jane Doe or Taro/Hanako Yamada

 

[tht009]

If the character isn't visually customizable I use the default name. If they are, I make them look like me, then I either use my real name if it's appropriate or Eirikr, the most ancient form of my name, if it's a fantasy game where using my real name would clash with the lore. (Sometimes in Japanese games I use Erikku just to be a weeb.) I like to put myself in the game when possible so it feels more like I'm really there. I don't see the point in attaching my name to a preset character that clearly isn't me though, because that would break the immersion.

If I get to name my rival, I name him Gaylord.

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

If I get to name my rival, I name him Gaylord.

lol, pretty funny reading this after that lore moment

 

[Rez09]

I generally keep default names or use silly themed names, but when I DO use names for RPGs where you make your party from scratch, Rez and Esiahs are my go to for male names, while Palamedra and Hessia are my female go to names. They are old DnD characters I wont let go. :)