How Did You Name Your Pirate?

[Sarah]

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

[Eustace the Monk]

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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[Angel]

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!

[Chris]

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! lol

[League]

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.

[Ngendi]

I got mine from a tiki.

[Chernabog]

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My pirate name? I have no idea.

[l3lackPenguins]

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

[Twisted]

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

[Davy]

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!

[Sarah]

LOL Davy, that's too funny!

[RunellaSkullheart]

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.

[Destiny]

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.

[coolbuffalo]

i got mine bc i like daggers. lol

[Bilgepump]

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.