Naming Conventions?

I was trying to think of some names for my new shamans and I came up with Shaylâ and Shâyla.

Is there an issue with Guild Invites since the names are so similiar? I cant get the 2nd toon to join my alt guild.

How do you guys come up with names for your 4/5 man teams?

Personally I just switch one letter in the same name. In my case its:

Dzonatan
Dzenatan
Dzunatan
Dzinatan
Dzinatan

Anyway im on Maghteridon EU so /w me on my main and say "hi" if you'll be passing by xD

My shaman are: cirrostratus nimbostratus altocumulus cumulonimbus
My warlocks are: Shouldhave Killedme Whenyouhad Thechance

If you plan to pvp I'd make them very similar and/or hard to say

I'm a D&D geek, in addition to being a WoW geek.
So I usually peruse Gary Gygax's - Book of Names.
Approximately 500,000 names from a variety of cultures.

If your focus is PvE, actual names is usually easier, on you.
If your focus is PvP/Arena, similar names can make it harder on the other team.

I play on a PvP server and have found that the similar names does help, especially with the hydra style play I am trying to use.

To that end

Sýchòóôõösÿs
Sýchòsÿs Sýchósÿs Sýchôsÿs Sýchõsÿs Sýchösÿs
Ashåàáãâwk
Ashåwk Ashàwk Asháwk Ashãwk Ashâwk
Shakmáâãäå
Shakmá Shakmâ Shakmã Shakmä Shakmå

These are names I have come with for different characters over the years.. I do not know if I will actually keep using Sychosys in WoW as it was just my 'Mutlibox Test' group before moving to a PvP server. I am likely to just keep using the names I have been for years so I dont get confused.. Shakma is always my Shaman, Ashawk a druid, etc. One name, neat little characters.

One thing to this though.. It also confuses people of your own Faction. Out of two fairly solid days of playing I have had to explain 3-4 times that I am not a bug on their system seeing me 5 times, the last character in the name is different for each one, hehe.

I like to have identical names except for an A,B,C,D,E variation in it, usually on the first letter. One of my teams is for instance : Aenelle, Benelle, Cenelle, Denelle, Eenelle.
This way it is very easy to know which character to change my PiP to when I need to do it.

I just started multiboxing and experimenting last night. I made 2 mages named Heizen and Frosten. Its German for Burn and Freeze. Can you guess what their specs are? :thumbup:

My recent 5 pally group is:

Mmbeer
Mmsushi
Mmfood
Mmcandy
Mmdonuts

My pve team is:

Itanklol (pally)
Ihealstuff (priest)
Iconjure (mage)
Idpslol (mage)
Idpstoo (mage)

Deathknight team:

Dewsh (shaman)
Lolknight
Roflknight
Nubknight
Tehknight

For my first few groups, I was doing identical names with the symbols to differentiate, but the symbols piss me off, so I've stopped with that.

I'd just swap out a letter at the beginning or end like someone else mentioned.

Atoon or Toona
Btoon or Toonb
etc...

This will cut down TREMENDOUSLY on confusion and trouble for you.

My shamans are: Azelia, Azelie, Azelii, Azelio, & Azeliu
My 4locks and priest are Habiki, Hebiki, Hibiki, hobiki, & Hubiki
My mixed groups are named differently.