My archer is named rufio you know that kid from hook.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um8mMa5w41A

and my first ever argonian I call him Goronth of earth and fire. a black and red argonian with a talent for magic espesially destruction.

All from the top of my head.

It took me two complete A4 pages - two hours and a cup of coffee to find the perfect name for my High Elf.

I try to come up with my own names as much as possible. Gives me a better connection to the character.

Main character (male Nord 2H warrior) is Vortniir. Inspired by the Solamnic names of Dragonlance, felt it would work for Skyrim.

Secondary character is Reyelsa (male Khajit 2W thief). Sounded good at the time, lol.

LOL

I've been using the same handful of character names for all of my RPG characters for about eight years now. I honestly can't remember where they came from. I'm pretty sure I just picked names I liked the sound of in my head; there's no special meaning behind them.

Named my Bosmer after the most savage Comanche chief in American History, Qua'nah, after Quanah Parker.

No it is not a Khajit related name, as Bosmeri dislike Khajit.

All of my characters are from "A Song of Fire and Ice," for you unfortunate clowns that don't read, it's "A Game of Thrones" on Eich Bee Oh. My four characters:

Davos Seaworth
Thoros of Myr
Qyburn
Barristan the Bold

my Khajiit K'helt, I was trying to think of a cool Khajiit name while i was also thinking of the word Celtic since his class name was Druid, also wanting it to start with a K i came up with K'helt.

My Khajiit S'drells, I just wanted a similar name to S'drassa, the Khajiit in the Leyawiin Mage's guild.

My name is Unia Vreadna, Unia i got from the name generator in NWN (Never Winters Night) and Vreadna was a name for a premade character, in a game im sorry to say i can never remember the name of, but in game style its much like Baldurs gate.
Ever since then ive been in love with this name and have therefore used it for all my games since.
I have later (in wow) been contacted by varius ppl from finland who claims that Unia means something like Dream or Dreams in Finnish, not being from Finland my self, i dont know the truth to that claim, but i tend to think its right.

i like to read lore info, consult with my daughter, and brainstorm.

My mages name is one that I've used in a number of games over the years but my I picked my Wood Elf's name from an Elven name generator using 2 pieces that together mean Dragon Master.

"Where do your character's names come from?"

Norse Mythology Gods

http://thenorsegods.com/

From books. Mostly from A Song Of Ice And Fire, LOTR, The Emperor series, Arthurian books, etc. Or from movies like Gladiator, Kingdom of Heavens etc.
My nords name is Issa which is from Excalibur by Bernard Cornwell.

Freyja Luseph.

Freyja is a Norse Goddess. She has to do with, as far as I remember, beauty and battles as well as quite a few other things. I don't remember enough about her really. I need to re-read the myths and such. D: Still, it is a gorgeous name.

Luseph is the surname of the Breton court mage in... Bruma, I think. He would say he was better at 'blowing the meat off you than stitching it back on'. I used this as a surname for my Nord because her father is a Breton. I figured it might be nice to have the possibility of being a descendant.

My current character is a Breton named Theirn Andronicius. The name comes from a thread I made before I made it where I asked for name suggestions.

I use my original character names that I import from my own works of fiction.
They fit perfectly, since my writing and lore is heavily inspired by the Elder Scrolls world.

I name all my characters after Frodo, regardless of six and race. If i dont name them that, i cant play them seriously.

Truls Rohk, a character from a novel by Terry Brooks.

Kraven Desselius. I just got the name from a hunter in the Marvel series.

His apperance is a good mix between http://i52.tinypic.com/2nvb3ms.jpgand http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k0FeJ10cCqM/TWFTNTcWP9I/AAAAAAAAAaw/bDmchaHPfLI/s1600/crixus1.jpg

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u476/arconacor/TESV2012-02-1217-45-46-85.jpg- The name of my favorite, and first character (which I shall officially reboot when I decide to get off my lazy seat and memorize her character creation sliders)... because... I love roses. No, that's basically it. I love roses.

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u476/arconacor/TESV2012-02-1621-21-03-68.jpg- Given to my Argonian, because I was in desperate need of a "descriptive name", and I guess I got one. She has the color of ivory, and her war paint is *cough*obviously "the blood of her enemies!!!11oneone" Or... she would want you to think so.

Raina. My High Elf, whose name signifies her graciousness. Also, I searched for her name for days, and yet I'm lazy enough not to upload a single photo of her. Oh the irony.

I'll most likely have more characters in the near future, so might as well dump some ideas for names here.
Vanya- *elf*
Annette- Breton
Ma'Shani or N'Tasha- Khajiit

One of my characters, Kiva, has a pretty strange name root.
The name first came about when I played Evony one time (I wouldn't recommend it, honestly) and decided to rename my main town or something. I called it Kiva, just on a whim basically.
Then, later on, I came across some dude from Finland who asked me if I was Finnish. I told him no, and asked him why he thought so. Turns out that Kiva means "nice" in Finnish.
So, I started using Kiva as a name for my female characters in games. Never looked back since.

Definetly a good name for a Nord warrior woman

I often play khajiits, so i use their naming conventions; M'eiko-Jo (M = apprentice Jo = sorcerer) and Dar'viera (Dar = thief).

Eddard Stark: The book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.

I pick em out of thin air, some are funny, some are normal-ish, some are just silly

I used the name generator from http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/?p=modding_data/ngen, then altered the name a bit to suit my preferences. When it was all said and done, I came up with http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/9030/screenshot21ly.jpg