Where'd you get your name?

[Shaelyn]

Shaelyn:??well, back in HS I met a girl named Shayla and thought it was the most beautiful name in the world.??at the time where I considered using it at an alias, I very suddenly new a lot of Shaylas IRL, plus one from a book, and I thought maybe the name was overdone.??that, and it's too...delicate to really suit me.??...so I changed it up a bit, and Shaelyn's what I came out with.
I later found out that the name Shayla, when traced back to its roots, comes from Celia - the patron-saint of music.??I started singing right before I chose the name.??it was like...it all fit, y'know?
this name now serves as a reminder to follow my dreams, no matter what my dream is.

Kyoko:??Japanese for mirror.??I have a bit of a knack for giving advice.??to further explain and turn what I just said into a more poetic form...in a sense, I've been shattered by my own experiences.??this isn't a bad thing though - my own breaking down has given me an ability to put myself in other people's shoes really easily.??when I give advice, I kind of act like...a shattered mirror.??I reflect what the problem is back at them, but the shattered pieces provide a new angle of looking at it.
this name is a reminder for me to look for the good out of every bad experience.??I've been through a lot of horrible experiences...but they all helped me grow, and I appreciate every single one.??a phoenix can always rise out of the ashes, if you let it.
why name my smith this, of all classes???the smith was my b/f's first character...and one of my last characters.??I kind of saw it as, this character was a reflection of his.

both those names are very personal to me...I was extremely disappointed that they were both taken in-game.??ah well, such is life...I got close enough.

I have a ton more that I used on my last server and may use on this server...but most of the other names I use are taken from some movie or something (Yvaine, Leeloo, Dorothy, Zoot and Dingo, Kata, etc.) or are throw-away names that fit the characters somehow (kumquats, pickle, jailbait, Dinah, Smee, Starla, Tintil'Tal, etc.)