How Did You Name Your Pirate?
 

After going with the "pick a random name" on my first two pirates, I decided to do a little research on famous pirates for my third. Here's what I found on Anne Bonny:

Some call her a feminist who chose piracy as way of rebelling against a male-dominated world; others portray her as a tomboy who never grew up. Whatever her motives, in deed and daring Anne Bonny, history's most infamous woman pirate, was a plunderer, cutthroat, sailor, ransomer, raider, and general menace to maritime commerce in the Caribbean. In short, most pirates probably would have considered her an asset to their trade.


Anne Bonny (also, Ann Bonny, or Anne Bonney) was one of two famous female pirates of the Caribbean. She sailed on the crew of Calico Jack Rackham. Anne was Calico's lover but she could be counted as none the less fearless of any other pirate. She was born in County Cork, daughter of an attorney and his Maid. The lawyer split Ireland in disgrace but found fortune in the Carolinas. There, he amassed a fortune and bought a large plantation.

A ne'er-do-well pirate/sailor named James Bonny married Anne in an attempt to steal the plantation but Anne's father disowned her instead. James Bonny then took Anne to the Bahamas where he turned stool pigeon to Woodes Rogers, turning in any sailor he didn't like as a pirate for a handsome reward.

Anne quickly grew to dislike her spineless husband and quickly caught the eye of one Calico Jack, a pirate of some renown. Governor Rogers had recently passed an amnesty for all pirates which basically left Bonny out of work.

The admiration between Anne and Jack was mutual. Calico Jack was a handsome man who knew how to spend money as well as steal it. Anne was a well endowed lass with a fiery spirit and temper that matched that of any man.(It was rumored that in her youth, she even killed a servant woman with a carving knife because the servant made her mad)

In any event, Calico offered to buy Anne from James Bonny but Bonny instead took the matter up with Governor Rogers, who said that Anne was to be flogged and returned to her true husband. That night Calico Jack and Anne slipped into the harbor, stole a sloop and began a life of piracy together.

Anne fought in men's clothing, was an expert with pistol and cutlass and considered as dangerous as any male pirate. She was fearless in battle and often was a member of any boarding party.

In October of 1720 retribution was close at hand. The Governor of Jamaica, hearing of Calico's presence sent an armed sloop to intervene and capture the Captain and crew. Calico's ship Revenge, was caught by surprise and much to Anne's dismay, the pirates fought like cowards and were taking far too easily.

Anne and Mary Read, were also captured but upon capture confessed they were women and "pleaded their bellies" (meaning they played the pregnant card  )
After being examined and found with child, Anne and Mary were tired separately and sentenced to be hanged.

Mary Read escaped the hangman by dying from fever while in jail. Anne however, received several stays of execution before mysteriously vanishing from official records. This was actually a common occurrence for women in Anne's circumstance. After the birth of the child the courts would show mercy on the woman for the sake of the child. Rumors abound as to where Anne went after she disappeared from court records. The most popular story claims that her father, who had contacts in the island, forgave his daughter for her acts and ransomed her back to the Carolinas where she assumed a new name and a new life.
Had Mary Read not died in jail and had her child lived; it is likely she would have received a pardon as well.

On a side note just to show how tough she was, when Calico Jack was granted a special favor to see Anne on the day he was to hang, Anne's words to him were, "I'm sorry to see you here, but if you'd have fought like a man you needn't hang like a dog.” LOVE IT! LOL!!!


Wonder if there's a Calico Jack out there......hmmmmmmmmmm



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EDIT: Just saw a Calico Jack online here...well, Love, we must get together, that is if you're not hanging....LOL

Well done! I noticed you online the other day and was thrilled that someone used that name. She, along with Mary Reed were quite the duo. In one instance, Anne Bonney "showed herself" to a male that she had beaten in a duel, so his dying memory would be that he had lost to a woman.

Many of the popular names have been blocked from use on the system. I am happy you were able to get yours. I attempted to use the name Eustace the Monk, but was denied, which is when I opted for Eustace D'Monk. Much like Anne, Eustace was a real-world pirate. Much unlike Anne, Eustace was male and sailed in the 1200's in Europe. Many of his exploits were used in the creation of Robin Hood, as he was fond of disguises.

Eustace was betrayed by one Rennaud de Dammartin (Who is my alt that is being built for PvP). It is fun to use historical pirates names in the game, as well as historical figures.

Originally, I was going to use Chang Poa, but the guidelines stated that non-English words would not be allowed (though they allowed Rennaud de Dammartin). Chang Poa was a Lieutenant under Ching Li, one of the most powerful female pirates in history, controlling the entire coast of China, at one point. Chang Poa was her adopted son, whom she ended up marrying. In one writing, Ching Li was reported to rule a fleet of 1200 ships.

On another note, I was going to use Calico Jack or Jack Rackham as a name, but decided against it. In fact, the flag (jolly roger) used in the POTC movies on the Pearl and logos was actually the one that was used by Calico Jack. Glad you picked the name you chose and look forward to Anne becomming the terror of the high seas.

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LOL, um....I chose Angel cause I'm a bit mischievous. Hunter, thats my RL nickname cause I hunt the Hwys for races. The HWY Patrol loved my "HWY HNTR" Plate as he impounded my car too. ASH was just a merge of the 2 and I love huntin the Sea!

hmm my guys name is chris and my other is capn chris now they are not in the wiki yet however once i beat the game assemble a crew and become the most notorious pirate in the 7 seas and rise from the ashes then i shall have my own spot in the wiki and other pirates in the future will name there characters after me MUAHAHAH! :laughks2::laughks2::laughks2: lol

I had a cat named Dodger... so that's the lame reason for my cool name. I just picked something to do with that that wasn't made up, and ta da. I also picked a Miles Glorioso because the hilarious musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, had a character of almost exact name. He happened to have the funniest personality of almost any character I've ever seen.

I got mine from a tiki.

My pirate name? I have no idea. ;)

i named mine after my girlfriend.........but i had to make it a girl:buds:smiley13:

Twisted, because well... I'm a twisted individual hehe.:pirate6:

I chose Davy Deckswabber thinking that swab meant steal. I thought I was gonna walk into beta 1 and people were going to love my name and that it would sound cool. When Kate Bluefish refused to stop teasing me about cleaning her ship, I did a little research. It broke my heart when someone told me that swab meant clean...

Well, the name stuck, so I kept it!

LOL Davy, that's too funny!

Ever since I quit Runescape years ago, I now make it a point to name all my online characters after my Runescape character. Call me sentimental. :101:

Destiny started out because that is my favorite girl name, it then went to when I saw DMC and I loved the way Tia Dalma would say destiny lol. I then thought since "destiny" seems to be a dominant theme in the movies it would work well in Pirates so..tada!

Also I think it must be funny to see "Destiny has come online" and "Destiny is coming to visit you" lol.

i got mine bc i like daggers. lol

When I was first creating my pirate, I wanted something nautical that invoked the image of a drunken, crusty, filthy, unshaven, crude, rude, perverted, and disgusting pirate, like I am in real life.

The name "Bilgepump McGee" popped into my head, so that's what I typed in.

It got rejected.

So I figured that this being Disney, they probably wanted something bland and innocuous like "Tim Westwind", and typed that in.

That got approved. No big surprise.

But I screwed up Tim's skill points, which I realized after upgrading my account.

So I created a new pirate, and re-used the "Bilgepump McGee" name.

This time it was accepted.

And here I am.

I tried to use "Edward Teach"

But I guess they didnt like anyone useing Black Beards real name, and it didnt get approved.

Bummer

My pirate name is now based on my online gaming nickname of 16+ years.

Online gaming name: Ledzeplin
Pirate name: Zeppers (they would never approve led zeppelin) hehe

Peace

I love seeing Destiny coming to visit me! ****

I picked my 1st name because of Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, call me obsessed lol I already know! And my last name since it sounds irish and thats what I am.

ROFL......So you would know why my names are Angel and Spike right? :drool:

my main pirate's name is Matilda Rose. i picked it just because it seemed to fit the time frame of POTC and i thought it sounded nice... then about a month later Heath Ledger died and another player in POTC told me that was his daughter's name, so people think i named my pirate after her... it's kind of weird

You have a spike!?! I'm soo jealous! I made a William the bloody because they wouldn't let me pick spike! lol and I tried making an Angel but got DENIED. I'm serious I think Disney is just after me personally, there is nothing wrong with a guy named Angel!!

Mine came from my nom de plume on fanfiction.net. Since I've written POTC fanfiction, it seemed appropriate.

On another naming note, no matter your reasoning for picking the name you do:

For the love of all things scurvy, please, please, please stop naming pirates "Jack". We had 4 at one point in a guild of 21. So I try to imagine a guild of 210 might have 40 Jacks. Ugh! Please make it Jak or Jac or Jaq or Jax, whatever variation you choose, but no more Jacks.

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i raise dogs, and as well have a dog named dagger whos my snuggle partner, secret keeper and diet advisor (he eats half of my food therby helping me lose weight)

so i just enjoy my four footed friend, and thought id express it with my online avatar.

wow, i know someone who has a cat named Shadow! =O


My pirate's name is Smash Sab. i choose the Smash because that is normally my screen name for anything (it goes way back) but I wish I would have just made it Smash, and left out the Sab.. =/

I love rabbits...hence the name: Crimson Rabbit

My original choice was denied, though it was much cooler:
"Black Rabbit of Inle"....from my favorite book


....I went with Crimson Rabbit because my pirate wears crimson....and I've got a clover on my chest....get it? Crimson & Clover....lol, man, that's one way to point out my age.

Oh, great, now that song will be stuck in my brain for days! ahem...my aged brain....:laughks2:

I also chose a random name "dani hawkeye" :piratetongueor4:

Crimson Rabbit- Watership Down is my favorite book too!!! =O That would have been an awesome name to have! ;]


Dani Hawkeye.. for some reason I feel like i've seen that before on Pirates Online..

lol well pretty much it meant u cleaned decks lol are ye deck boy :laughks2:

I named my first pirate Bellatrix Blackbones after the Death Eater in Harry Potter. I added the bones thinking it sounded pirateish.....

My second Charlie Baltimore came the name i used when i worked in a "grown up" place LOL....Which my "work" name was Charlie. THAT name came from the character Charlie Baltimore in the movie A Long Kiss Goodnight.

When it came to pirate number two well I liked the name and the reasons so I used it. Charlis has became my primary pirate and Bella is only for admin duties for the guild.

So very ordinary
 

I don't have any exciting reason for my names. I love the name Grace (my mother's name, and my daughter's middle name), and Dreadfury just sounded fierce to me. She is as tall as I could make her, while I am rather on the short side of average in reality.

The other two pirates I use have rather plain names as well, both using the surname Dreadfury. Charles is my hubby's name (although in-game, he is Grace's brother in my mind), and I just like the name Kate (probably because I love Katharine Hepburn). Kate is as small and thin as I could make her, and it is great fun when she fights some of those really big naval officers....

Karay Redlam;
Karay is a character from my favorite book (a piratey book nonetheless), 'Redlam' i took from 'Bedlam' which is a mental institution in England from the 1800s (I had been reading about it prior to first playing pirates) just changed 'bed' to 'red' cause 1. Red is my favorite color and 2. comes from 'fortune red' a piratey term i always use for usernames, emails, etc.

Well... Blythe... I really couldn't think of a name at all, so I started searching through baby name sites. Yes, I am pathetic lol. Came across Blithe and switched the "i" to a "y..." Blithe basically means "happy." How piratey lol. Then Adalia. Adalia's just an awesome song by Madina Lake. I probably pronounce it totally wrong, since the song doesn't even have the word "Adalia" in it... But it's nice, cuz if I ever get sick of the name.. I might be able to get it changed by reporting myself! Haha.

Pirate name= Katie
My name=Katie

I think that pretty much explains everything :)

Yeah, I was quite disappointed when it was denied....along with El Ahrairah and Hazel Rah....not sure why, but oh well.

what is too long or something?
my favorite rabbits were Silver and Pigwig.. i would have choose those first. ;]

Well, I like navy ranks, and all my buddies call me Zeke. (No idea why) So I picked Commodore because Admiral Zeke's out on the test server. Not a really fancy stroy with mine.

custom names
 

How long does it take to get your name approved and how do they notify you? My first pirate I just picked a combo i thought was fun and now I am trying to do a second basec off the Roman Gods of the sea and moon that sailors would pray to in hopes of not sinking.

Getting a name approved seems totally random. Sometimes if you just log out, then back in, you'll be approved right on the spot. Sometimes it takes a couple of days.

Well, that wasn't really helpful, LOL....Just have to wait and see :)

If you get rejected how do you know?

You get a pop up when you log in telling you it has been rejected.

i used a translation off of yahoo...think i typed in pirate names or something. put in my full name danny or daniel, cant remmeber and then last name mcleod. out of that i got Macon The Black which sounded cool.

Greywolf has been my c.b. radio "handle" for over 20 years now, I use it in most of my online avatars as well:dancetl6:

Well, La Puette (or de la Puette) was the name of my family around the 1700's. These were french who eventually found their way to the Americas, and among the folks that fought in the american revolutionary war at the last half of the century. Eventually, it changed to Puette, and many other variants. Of course, through marriages, etc, you've got to dig back to the civil war era to find anyone in my family with the name of "Pitts" (that it eventually evolved into).

Dann-Jacques is a variant of my name.

SO, hence "Dann-Jacques La Puette"

I got my name from:

1. Black Beard
2. Albus Dumbledore's long silver beard from Harry Potter.
3. Because I added them together.

Sound good?

Well I think Dann-Jacques wins this thread :dancetl6:

Edit to my original post (the one WAYYY back on page one :) ) I decided to get he whole crew involved and made a Mary Read and Calico Jack. Wish I could play them all at once. Be funny to see them all lined up in a row :)

Of course you would need to have Jack between Anne and Mary and spam /cower. Poor guy was probably scared to death the whole time they were together.

::Runs and hides before objects start flying::

Since my reply, my pirates have also changed a bunch. Eustace still remains, and will until he Masters. I will probably keep him after that as well, since he was the first. Renaud de Dammartin has been retired (bad build). Chang Poa's name was accepted and has also been retired (mis-clicked a point on Thrust). Thomas Tew is now my PvPer and he is coming along nicely. Naming after real-world pirates is entertaining, but I get tired of reiterating the story of who he was, for those who ask.

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Look at my avatar and you will understand why my pirate
on the test server is named Dog Greenhound.

:cool:

I got mine, Etheak Darkmoon, from when I started playing star wars galaxies when it first cam out about 4 years ago or so. I picked it from a name generator, thought it sounded cool, and now, every mmo i play I name one of them Etheak DArkmoon

my pirate name is what i use at ren festival where i get to dress and act like one several time ayear lol.

I named mine Soul Patch The Fiesty, because lots of pirates were named after their facial hair. I thought it would be funny to be 'Soul Patch' and I added 'The Fiesty' because it seemed fun and adventurous. Plus having 'The Fiesty' sounds like a title, which awesome to add to the name.

And yes, my character does sport a bit of chin hair known as the 'soul patch'
or 'flavor saver'