What will you name your Witch Doctor/Why?

[sreda]

Name: Skulls
Reason: The song skulls by The Misfits, and the Witch Doctor has a lot of voodoo paraphernalia, most of them being shrunken heads and skulls. I love the aged-wilted physique, it makes the WD seem a lot more potent knowing an old man can summon the dead, and biblical-style plagues of locusts and toads.

[AtomicJ]

Ugonjwa, which means sickness (as in "plague") in Swahili. :)

[DOTshima]

Ugonjwa, which means sickness (as in "plague") in Swahili. :)

Heh. That's how I usually name my characters too. I use a word related to the character, but in a different language. Usually I use Old Norse, but an Old Norse word wouldn't fit a Witch Doctor. But Swahili is a very fitting language. I'll probably use a Swahili word too. Maybe Mzuka, (spirit), Mganga (doctor) or Mchawi (witch).

[Mad Mantis]

Probably Dr. Feel Food if I can get my hands on the name. That Mötley Crüe song fits the theme in both name and actual subject matter. I imagine a lot of people will be going for it. Either that or some other (in)famous doctor from history or literature.

[LaZeR]

Yeah, I agree with Mantis on the Docs idea.
Probably Dr. Frankenstein (unroginal me ^^).

[Semper]

House, just because the show on TV comes up when I think of the Witch Doctor.

[DemolitionSquid]

Witch Doctor: Neil Patrick Harris
Barbarian: Terry Tate
Wizard: Harry Houdini

[Keighvin]

Doctor Horrible

Just because that was hilarious, and Demo's WD name sparked the idea.

[AtomicJ]

Barbarian: Terry Tate


Awesome.:thumbup:

Naming your Barb after the Office Linebacker is a brilliant move. Kudos to you, sir.

May I ride your coattails and name my Barb Courtney Cate? I smell a collabo.

[Es Mors]

Krenksla

It is the lithuanian translation of the name of a character in the Black Company series - an old man from the deep jungles.

[Mad Mantis]

Krenksla

In Dutch this would mean hurtful or rude lettuce.

[commonhumans]

I know what im naming my guy, but i aint sharing it with you guys!... Might get stolen...

haha.

[Es Mors]

In Dutch this would mean hurtful or rude lettuce.

First, I thought "cool". Then, I looked up the word lettuce, found out it is a plant and now I don't know what to think! http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/style_emoticons/default/ahhh.gif

[Kingbob]

ItsOkayImADoctor

[Hyphy]

grimer

pokemon name

[Farmrush]

Uroboros or DoktorVoodoo

[Drytchnath]

Ooga Booga

[DemolitionSquid]

I'm throwing out Oogly Moogly for whoever wants it.

[BobCox2]

Lucifer Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Resnick#Popular_Work_and_Themes)

[loesr]

Obviously, Sideshow Bob!!!

I can't take the WD seriously anyway, so why not go with it? I can't help but chuckle at the thought of Kelsey Grammer singing "Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang..."

[Galabab]

Naming her KillerMother after the phenomemon of homicidal females we know from tribal socciaties.

[chezzmaster]

I will name him Queequeg, after the savage harpooner in Moby Dick. I just love the name.

[Death_of_Angels]

Dr_Phil

I win

[s4nder]

A bit off-topic but the funniest character name I've seen by far was when a friend named a mule JUSTIN_TIMBERLA (the whole name didn't fit, making it even funnier).

I'm gonna name my witch doctor Hiromant. It's an old word for someone who can predict your future by looking at your hands.

[Pyrohemia]

Pweepwee

I don't remember why.

[Hodl Pu]

Belly

no reason

or Maybe Dhalsim as the witch doctor reminds me of him.

[Beatrix]

Jan kloot van dammen

[Mad Mantis]

Wouldn't a Barb be better for that name?

[Beatrix]

Wouldn't a Barb be better for that name?

true.. but I thought it'd be a laugh to name my wich. doc Jan kloot van dammen ;)

[I poizin I]

Dreadful poizin
hehe .. idk i came up with it in a couple of seconds

[Arkardo]

Starvin' Marvin

OR

Rattlecage

[Doctor Salvador]

Doctor_Salvador

It's what I always name my fishymancer's, and doggone it, that's what I'll call my Witch Doctor!

[NioTumsSpik]

Mengele ;D

[Jaxxkelly]

I'll think I make a female and male Witch Doctor.
I'll focus on the plague skill tree. Names will be Cholerius_GoC (with _GoC being my clan tag) for the male Doctor and Choleria_GoC for the female one.
Cholerius_GoC
Choleria_GoC

[Echod16]

Dr. Gausswaffle

reason: Gausswaffle's my handle, and WD is a doctor

mine will be a Nobel laureate, of course

if periods aren't allowed in names, then GaussWaffle MD is an alternate

[mordred]

LittleTortillaBoy...

[ill logic]

Marinette

Spirit in Haitian mythology. Cool bc it sounds kinda like marionette, and this WD will be a summoner, and also its a female which I'll probably play instead of a guy.

[AtomicJ]

Imagine my surprise when I discovered the villain for the new Disney movie, The Princess and the Frog, is a voodoo practitioner.

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/brewtv/princessandfrog.html

Dr. Facilier. :) Sounds about right.

[moustacheride]

Moustacheride

Who wants one?!!!

[Rashiminos]

Sardon (M) or Gliovala (F)

Various entities in Rash's expanded universe.

[TheDux]

Possible Name Inspirations:

Bilashi - Swahili "For No Reason"
Reason: I have no reason...or do I?

Buibui - Swahili "Spiders"
Reason: I like the "zombie vomiting spiders" idea

Hala - Swahili "Halo round the moon"
Reason: Makes me think about the "Unformed Land" and the WD's "Ghost Trance"

Kwasi - Swahili "Sunday born"
Reason: Made me think of the Poem Solomon Grundy. Then I thought about the DC comic villain. Which makes me think about zombies. Zombies make me think about...

I will probably take the above names, come up with a list of possibilities. I want something that sounds kinda silly but has a deeper meaning.

Right now I am trying to find something like Kwahalabui, Kwhalbui, Khalabui...work in progress.

I want to put together Hala and Buibui together. Together it makes me think of the song Spiders by System of a Down (the only song I actually like of theirs). I might drop the Kwasi aspect...hmm...thoughts.

[Flux]

In Dutch this would mean hurtful or rude lettuce.

I don't understand languages where the same word can mean "hurtful" or "rude lettuce." I can kind of understand hanzi languages like Chinese/Japanese, where they're stuck with inefficient ideograms and therefore each of them has to mean like 15 things in different contexts. But a language comprised of Latin characters?

*troubled*

*inexplicably hungry for a salad*Latin

[Mad Mantis]

I don't understand languages where the same word can mean "hurtful" or "rude lettuce." I can kind of understand hanzi languages like Chinese/Japanese, where they're stuck with inefficient ideograms and therefore each of them has to mean like 15 things in different contexts. But a language comprised of Latin characters?

*troubled*

*inexplicably hungry for a salad*Latin

Hurtful = causing injury, detriment, or suffering.
Rude = offensive in manner or action.

Krenken = hurting someones feelings intent on causing them psychological discomfort.

Could be that my understanding of these two words is incorrect.

[Kaloyan]

Mbopa.
He's one of the main characters in "King Solomon's Mines" and most of all the name sounds cool.

[raevynn]

I will make a female WD and call her "Doctor Donna"

[theeliminator]

Uggy Boogy =P

[LoneDQ]

Name:~ Dr. Vannacutt
Reason:~ After Dr. Richard Benjamin Vannacutt from House on huanted hill.

Name:~ Mengele
Reason:~ After Josef Mengele, a famous Nazi doctor.

Name:~ Hohenheim
Reason:~ Van Hohenheim was the farther of Ed Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist.

Name:~ Mumbo Jumbo, or just Mumbo.
Reason:~ Thought it would be a lighter note to name him after the Banjo-Kazooie Witch doctor.

[pcguy]

Schadenfreude - pleasure derived from the pain and misfortune of others.

[traderbro]

Rutten.
It's the name of my D2 necro. (rotten was taken of course)

[abdulturner]

Dibalo Tree - it sounds like Diablo 3 but sounds very mystical as well.

[Draconaught]

Jiraiya. My reasoning? Crazy wild man that can summon a giant toad XD

[greedgmoney]

Army of One

[Melech]

The name strongly depends on what kind of WD hes gonna be. For my Zombie Doctor Im going to name him Noituus, which means Necromany or witch craft in Finnish (Witch is where I was born, I like to put a little of myself in the character :3). For my all out offensive WD, I think Ill name him Melech, which was the name of my 1st d2 character, which was a bonemancer.

[FletVictus]

Soleo Atrocitas - Accustomed to cruelty
Abeo semper - Eternally dieing

two nice little possiblities, i'll probably make several WD's, lovin the latin names tho

[Arbedark]

Soleo Atrocitas - Accustomed to cruelty
Abeo semper - Eternally dieing

two nice little possiblities, i'll probably make several WD's, lovin the latin names tho

The second one would be more along the lines of "Leaving Always"...

[Lichschool]

Yeye Ambabisha

He Who Defies

[Kalev]

Leo Spaceman

[TheWhiteTower]

..........Dr. Jones ?

[Sammie]

Tyrone seems to be a pretty strong name, but I hate planning names.

[woelrat]

Woelrat, because the witch doctor reminds me of myself

[nurman]

Boogieman / James_Brown /Darkstorm (HOMM3 anyone?)

[Frantic]

Probably Dr. Feel Food if I can get my hands on the name. That Mötley Crüe song fits the theme in both name and actual subject matter. I imagine a lot of people will be going for it. Either that or some other (in)famous doctor from history or literature.I'm assuming that 'F' is a typo and you mean Dr. Feel Good.

Heh, must put lots of poison and disease in that build :P

I'm not sure what I'll give my toon. I usually like realistic names that a character like that would have. I usually just invent them on the fly though. But I do like the idea of coming up with something in swahili.

[JustAnotherOldGeezer]

I'm still on the fence for the witchdoctor as far as names are concerned. Depends on if i favor his pets over his abilities.

PikachuGO
TrippingBalls
MagicalAfricanTitays

I'll probably come up with others.

[Hakkon]

dj maliboomboom

if you dont know why you should search for it on youtube

[WhiteGiant]

Shadenfreude - pleasure derived from the pain and misfortune of others.

you might consider to add a C as in Schadenfreude if you want to get it right :p

[Ritsum]

Dr. Ned , Just cause I am a Borderlands Fanboy :D

[thebluemonk]

N!xau from "the gods must be crazy!"

[Wulqt]

DaStickyMon

because sticky voodoo

[Crusherxy]

Witchdoctor i will name him^^

[OldDirtyNapkin]

DrinkDaKoolaid

[Walshy]

Michaeljfox

or Mjfox


... /trollface.

[JuniorHigh]

The Subjugglator

[Queen Mebd]

Dr. Ned , Just cause I am a Borderlands Fanboy :D

I really like that one (being a borderlands fan myself), Dr. Zed could also be amusing, especially for a zombie-oriented witch doctor.

After a livestream of the witchdoctor in a beta playthrough and liking the look of plague of toads, Frogger could be fitting.

[Dreadbringer]

Mokh will be his name.

[Sulle]

I will name him Queequeg, after the savage harpooner in Moby Dick. I just love the name.

nice :-)

Maybe i´ll call mine: Priest of Cthulhu or something. I have always been a big fan of Lovecraft.

[diagamer]

Aaalvin - as in alvin and the chipmunks - witchdoctor song

[Bubacxo]

CourtesyFlush -- Per the amount of skills involving massive amounts of puke.

[Phillter]

I'll try to do something along the lines of Nyoka (Snakes in Swahilli), but I'd like to come up with something more original that just a 10 second Google translate search :p

[Jedouard]

Christopher Walken

I'm going to Spirit Walk.

[HuggaBear]

Lakwesha Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH8d6jGfR6s (NSFW, loud and sweary. Reference @ 1:08)

I kinda like the idea of a completely annoying and mentally damaged Witch Doctor, crazy powerful but messed in the head. I was watching the above and it seemed a suitably messed up name.

[Luckymofo]

Witchdoctor i will name him^^

man, i was gonna do that. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
i shall name her witch_doctor then :P

[Shaft.ed]

Ipecac

He will be built around Kiss of Death
Ipecac is a drug that induces vomiting

[corax]

i will name him

'who'

[Sulle]

Michaeljfox

or Mjfox


... /trollface.

i laughed at this, but seriously mate it´s a bit evil to name him that :d

[artudetu]

Witchy-Poo for my mother-in-law...

[Haywire]

I fear the Inteweb lost my reply, but I do favor variants on the Vodou term. Many of my Fishymancers have proudly worn that name.

[Frenzied Muffin]

Lesbomancy

Thank you Witcher 2 dwarf.

[jamesL]

OohEehOohAhAah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYgOlqinH7A

[jepremjan]

Davooddoo :D

Its soo catchy

[icejuice]

Voljin

Vol'Jin is a risk-taker. Anyone who has ever crossed paths with him can tell you that. As a voodoo priest, you need a certain degree of it. It's too bad he never learned the value of discretion. Vol'Jin's experiments in jungle magic yielded brilliant results- the ability to mend wounds, casks filled with paralyzing combinations of herbs that could scatter for miles, and even a curse capable of stripping the life force from a living being. Of course, no amount of power gained goes without notice. As Vol'Jin's experiments became more and more unstable and destructive, the Lich King made his move.

[Scorch Hellfire]

Thanatos after the Greek god of death. I first saw it used in a Piers Anthony novel when I was a high school sophomore and have used it for many of my game characters/profiles ever since... And it makes the most since for the WD since he's the one that deals with zombies and spirits and such...

[HotelSoap]

Probably something like "Old Soap". Just because Hotel Soap is my usual name in games, and the witch doctor looks like he's kind of old and some what crippled, just in the way he's hunched over and shaking.

[Zokar]

I shall call him Bob. It is the only name such a character can truly have.

[SirAdis]

Bernie Kopell or Adam Bricker.

[GuardianHadriel]

Not sure if it'll be taken but oogahboogah sounds good to me.

[Zoltar]

If i'm in the mood for a pun, i'll go with thatdoctor

[Bowzer]

I'm naming mine Snizzmonger.

Because..... I don't know