What Is In A Name?

Post by **Adelaide Carson** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 7:49 pm

How I chose the name Adelaide Carson...I made a list of first names that I like and last names that went well with them. Then, I e-mailed the list to my friends who knew about HOL and my sister, who all voted for their favorite. And Adelaide Carson won (obviously). /happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />

Post by **Jupisan Matthews** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 12:39 am

I chose Jupisan because Ive had this nickname for 5 years and Matthews because I always liked that last name for some reason. /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Post by **Devander Darius** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:26 am

My name came from a character in one of the many books that i have written. I have always like the name Devander and a Devander st. or an town called Devander or a character named Devander will always end up in my story. Darius is the last name of the Main charcter of the story that i am writing. i like it (though i would change my last name in a second)

Post by **Danielle Mandeville** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:39 am

My name comes from one of the Characters in one of the sotries I'm writing. I have always like the name Danielle, as for the last name I made a bit of research and found it in a book of old Brittish names. I dont know if it is, but I liked it. Sounded like the last name of a villian. So there you have it! :-D

Post by **Jacquelyn Eden** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:45 am

I chose this name becasue... it's my real name, at least I think it is... Buahaha!

Post by **Amanda Dubois** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:17 pm

Okay well, Amanda is my real first name, and I love being amanda! NO manda or mandy though! My last name Dubois is a common French surname, kind of like "Smith" in america. I am mostly French, and I love that culture so I just picked it because I thought it was pretty. /laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

Post by **Hana R Weasley** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:07 pm

my name came the same way as most peoples i supose, Hannah rose is my real name (but i spell it hanarose) and ron weasly is my all time favorite charicter ever! so all that =
Hana R Weasley /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Post by **Charlie Starr** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:59 pm

Charlie comes from one of my idols, Charlie Chaplin, and Starr is taken, of course, from Ringo Starr.

Post by **Krysta Keeper** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:17 pm

My real name is Kristina and when I was little I always thought it was pretty unique until recently when I noticed more and more people had my name. So I thought it would be extra unique if I spelled it with a "y" and shortened it. Plus I always though Krysta from Ferngully was really cool and wished I had her name. hehe. And I chose Keeper because that was my favorite quidditch position. Plus I would have the same initials as my real name.

Post by **Ayreon Autumn** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:36 pm

There is a band called Ayreon and I like them especially their last cd 'The Human Equation'. Because I think it's a unique name, I use it as my first name. Autumn is my surename bacause it's my favourite season.

Post by **Alianne Rutherford** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:57 pm

The first name comes from Tamora Pierce's "Trickster's Choice", where Alianne is the main character and the daughter of Alanna, whom I admire, so I decided to adopt her name. Rutherford comes from an anime called Spiral, where there's a character called Eyes Rutherford. <3

Post by **Nikita Bedard** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:26 pm

I wish i put more thought into my name.Like i thought we had to have like YOUR name. and you like couldnt use... like paddfoot or lilly or potter.... hmmm...Nikita bedard... the worst name EVER

Post by **Nicoletta Chanel** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 9:05 pm

I have always thought that Nicoletta was a pretty name so I decided to choose it to use for my HOL first name. And Chanel is one of my favorite designer brands, so I used it as my last name!

Post by **Brittney Behr** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:17 pm

ok,brittney is my real name though everybody around here seems to have that name. /dry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="<_<" border="0" alt="dry.gif" /> i am part austrian and my surname "behr"is austrian so i thought why not use behr as my surname!

Post by **Lavendie Bregell** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 8:48 pm

Well...my first name,Lavendie,came from Lavender Brown and Bregell was made by myself. :D

Post by **Mishell Lefebvre** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:47 pm

i used my real first name [Mishell] 'cause i like it really much and Lefebvre comes from Seb Lefebvre a member of a canadian Band called Simple Plan. He's really nice and i've always loved that surname. so that's it /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Post by **Bethannie Eireal** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:21 pm

Well It was very simple... Beth is my mothers middle name..... Joann is my middle and my grandmothers first name and Eireal sounded really cool

Post by **Adrian Tribal** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:59 pm

Well, when I first started role playing (almost five years ago now) my brother had been using them for some time and had developed the character called 'Sy Desleme' (Dez-le-may) not wanting to be different I developed the character 'Leonardo Desleme' (Leonardo after da Vinci and Desleme after my brother's character) or Leon for short. About two years ago, the first RPG I used died from neglect by it's owners. I was sad of course, but a few of the remaining characters got back together. By that time I had distanced my self from the Desleme name and had started using the surname 'Treble' in relation to music (I play the French Horn). Over time, Treble changed to Tribal but was pronounced virtually the same way. The name Adrian is a recent change because I wanted a new one and happened to like Adrian best.

Elizabeth Hackett · Post by **Elizabeth Hackett** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:45 pm

Sherry Black wrote:We have a topic for this in the Gryff common room, and it's always a lot of fun and very interesting. Especially with all the ickle firsties arriving with such intriguing names! I love hearing all the stories on how people chose the name for their HOL persona. One of my personal favorites is Airemay Speare.... but she'll have to tell that story. /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

How did I come to be Sherry Black? Well, unfortunately my story is not nearly as interesting as Airemay's. My real life name is Sherry (I can't imagine people calling me something else- I'd be too confused!), and Sirius Black is one of my favorite characters in the HP series. I felt under pressure to choose a name when signing up for HOL, wasn't properly prepared to create a name, so that was the first thing that popped in my mind. And after a year of finding my niche here at HOL, I'm not about to change my name now! /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

So, where did YOUR HOL name come from??

*makes self comfy in large overstuffed chair*

Well how I chose mine was I went on to this website and just found cool names. The name Hackett just stood out to me. /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Post by **Thalia Muna** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:30 pm

I chose mine because I've liked the name Thalia for quite a while. I was struggling to think up a surname, and it just so happened that I had the World Championship Athletics on at the time, and there's a female 100m (USA) runner called Muna Lee. So I used it as my surname rather than as a first name!