The Quest for finding good character names

[RazeBarb]

Did any of you try and find meaningful/special/fitting names for your characters?
With almost every game to date, I waited until the moment of character creation before thinking about a name. I always ended up with something I regret (just like my forum name lol).

So, to prevent that this time, I actually researched mythological and medieval names for every class.
What I did first, was choosing an origin for each class.
-Barbarian seems no doubt Nordic
-Monk seemed Russian to me (Ivgorod got that ring to it)
-Demon Hunter looks/feels like an Elf
-Wizard seems to be Asian (Xiansai)
-Witch Doctor is of course some tribal jungle-dweller

I hit up wikipedia and searched for fitting names from each region. Most of my characters are named after smaller deities/heros because many of the Gods are well known (Thor or Odin, for example).
After some searching, I choose the following names:

-Barbarian: Magnus
-Monk: Perun
-Demon Hunter: Thelandria
-Wizard: Suzume
-Witch Doctor: Abenaki

I am quite pleased with my selection!

[Raesene]

I randomly choose a letter and then try to come up with a name that starts with that. I try not to put an excessive amount of effort into my character names because I don't want to get too attached to them (hardcore).

My softcore characters I'm sure to constantly second-guess myself though.

[stonerdoom]

I had an extensive list of name for about six months now. However, since you only see your account name on the screen I dont care anymore. Plus they have the pc/kiddie filter on hardcore mode so that eliminates half of the good/funny names.

[Flux]

I had an extensive list of name for about six months now. However, since you only see your account name on the screen I dont care anymore.

This has been my experience with the beta, and I don't pay any attention to my char names since all you see is the battletag anyway. (Which is just one of the many things I dislike about battletags.)

However Bashy said they're implementing something for the final game where your char name will actually show up more prominently, so I'm probably going to give them a bit more thought before may 15th.

How about battletags? I just threw in a quick random one for the D3 beta requiring it, but I'll make up something more interesting and original and unique for the new b.net account I'm creating for D3 final. Are other people putting thought into a battletag? Or were you stuck with your old one from wow or sc2 use of it?

[Apocalypse]

How about battletags? I just threw in a quick random one for the D3 beta requiring it, but I'll make up something more interesting and original and unique for the new b.net account I'm creating for D3 final. Are other people putting thought into a battletag? Or were you stuck with your old one from wow or sc2 use of it?

i went with Apocalypse for my battle tag. shocking i know

[Stevinator]

This has been my experience with the beta, and I don't pay any attention to my char names since all you see is the battletag anyway. (Which is just one of the many things I dislike about battletags.)

However Bashy said they're implementing something for the final game where your char name will actually show up more prominently, so I'm probably going to give them a bit more thought before may 15th.

How about battletags? I just threw in a quick random one for the D3 beta requiring it, but I'll make up something more interesting and original and unique for the new b.net account I'm creating for D3 final. Are other people putting thought into a battletag? Or were you stuck with your old one from wow or sc2 use of it?

I don't totally know what that is--is that just my login name? because I'll just copy my XBOX live account name then...

[snowcatcher]

First world countries problems

[Kornkills]

People can see your character names on friend list. I will actually use some of my old names I think, since they will always be available. I am not very creative, I just always tried to make short words for my characters on WoW/Diablo2

Monk - Killed
DH- Unable
Wizard - Standby
Barb - Positive
WD - Negative

[Apocalypse]

i am by no means creative in my character naming. i take a favorite comic book character and name the class after them. this will continue in D3 except i have now added avatar (not the stupid blue people) names to the list. in mmo games all my names start with apoc. for example when i played everquest my name was apocaquest

[flamebeerd]

I consider myself to be pretty bad when it comes to finding names for my characters.
Usually, if I can't come up with a decent name (the RPer in me demands them to fit the lore), which happens A LOT, I resorted to name generators in the past.
I'll do something else for Diablo 3 though. I decided to name my characters after characters that I like.
So, here's the list of names I chose so far:

Barbarian: haven't decided yet, Conan is too simple.
Demon Hunter: Geralt
Monk: Zangief
Witch Doctor: Bones
Wizard: Tim