Worst RPG Character Names

[solnK!]

Edge from Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG/Panzer Dragoon Saga, it's even worse because everybody pronounces it as "Edgy" on the cutscenes.

 

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Oh also Joran in Xenoblade 3. It sounds like people are always yelling "URINE!"

Oh, man. More Final Fantasy Tactics names come to mind.

Prince Orinas (another unfortunate name in Spanish, literally the verb urinating)

On top of that he's a toddler most of the game, so his name is doubly unfortunate. A literal baby pissing its pants, lmao.

Orinus Atkascha

Prince Orinus Atkascha,[1][2] also known Prince Orinas,[3] is a character mentioned in Final Fantasy Tactics. The infant son of King Ondoria III and Queen Louveria, Prince Orinus is an heir to the throne of Ivalice, having a claim to the throne alongside Princess Ovelia. His infancy means that...

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Strategy RPG example, but who can forget ol' Dorcas from Fire Emblem 7

Between his silly name (haha Dork Ass) and the fact that the NA commercial for FE7 was centered around Dorcas dying, he's become a mild memetic loser in the FE fanbase.

 

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Dogi from from the YS series. (Dougie or Doggie?)

Dogi

Dogi's the name, and wall-crushing's my game. Pleased to meet ya'! ~ Dogi Dogi (ドギ?) (pronounced as "Dohggy") is Adol Christin's long-time companion and best friend, the blue-haired kindly giant with a knack for crushing walls (or boulders) with his bare hands. Introduced as a thief who breaks...

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[Evaccaneer Doom]

Krile from Final Fantast 5. I looked it up and in Japanese it was Kururu, like the fairy puppet sidekick in Rhapsody. I can see how it got mangled. But it does not look right. Why not go with Kira or Kiri, Kalli or something like that instead? I don't even know how I'm supposed to pronounce it. Poor kid.

I always read it as Krill

Poor girl is named after whale food
Apparently it’s officially pronounced Cry-uhl according to FFXIV

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Dogi from from the YS series. (Dougie or Doggie?)

Dogi

Dogi's the name, and wall-crushing's my game. Pleased to meet ya'! ~ Dogi Dogi (ドギ?) (pronounced as "Dohggy") is Adol Christin's long-time companion and best friend, the blue-haired kindly giant with a knack for crushing walls (or boulders) with his bare hands. Introduced as a thief who breaks...

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It’s Doh-gee I’m pretty sure

 

[SpcDaicon]

Valkyrie Profile had some....unsusal names in the japanese original to say the least

The original name for Princess Jelanda is... Geraldo

Like, WTF Tri-Ace was on?

 

[What's His Face]

Darkdeath Evilman

 

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dragons dogma 2 generates some weird ones, I am almost certain I got one named "cletus" or something similar that didn't fit the theme of the game

 

[Mordovah]

Always thought Shulk was a pretty wacky name for a JRPG protagonist, but I don't know that anything will ever beat one of my favorite Atelier Rorona characters, Esty Dee.

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Was it a tongue-in-cheek joke or Japanese devs being oblivious to English, who can say? But for a character named STD she (fittingly?) sure packs a punch.

Esty Dee is entirely the fault of the localizers making her name sound like S.T.D.
Her Japanese name is Esty Erhard... which itself is goofy.

I assume they were going for "Earhart" as in, "Amelia Earhart", but the Japanese person didn't properly understand English letters.
I say that because the kana uses ト (toe) instead of ド (doe).

 

[solnK!]

Void Dark, the main antagonist of Disgaea 5

Darkdeath Evilman

I think that was made on purpose

 

[Pepelu]

As a french speaker, almost all of the characters from La Pucelle have ridiculous names When I first saw that the brother's name was Culotte I laughed so hard

 

[Leon]

Chaz Ashley/Rudy Ashleigh from phantasy star 4, honestly half the cast have wierd names (the furry birdman alien is named gryz).

 

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As a french speaker, almost all of the characters from La Pucelle have ridiculous names When I first saw that the brother's name was Culotte I laughed so hard

Ese culotte!

Works in Spanish too.

 

[Leon]

Dogi from from the YS series. (Dougie or Doggie?)

Dogi is a term used in 2 ways, for lords of italy (kinda like duke) and more likely in his case, for a type of karate gi, it's also a legitimate name, a south korean competitive e-sports gamer has the name Do Gi-chen, so yeah.

It’s Doh-gee I’m pretty sure

Dough-gi, yeah

 

[solnK!]

Ashley Riot from Vagrant Story, mostly because it sounds like a woman's name.

 

[Don Patch]

Nothing will ever beat out Butz

I second this motion.

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

dragons dogma 2 generates some weird ones, I am almost certain I got one named "cletus" or something similar that didn't fit the theme of the game

Cletus is the type of name you'd give to a hillbilly wearing a racoon pelt with a deep southern drawl, a banjo, a tractor trailer, and probably a missing tooth/buck teeth. Oh and they'd be from Texas, Missouri, Mississippi, or Kentucky.

Definitely not an image I'd get from fucking Dragon's Dogma