My high school Spanish teacher once told a story about a friend of hers who was vacationing in America and saw a name that she liked on a mailbox and ended up giving it to her son. That name is Usmail.

When thinking of something that involves random objects, I ussually have objects that are near me pop into mind. It's subverted however, as I ussually dismiss these because I don't think they're creative enough. It ussually throws me off sometimes though.

While not quite a line of sight ''name,'' this troper was playing a forum-based roleplay, and needed something pointless and stupid for a character to say. Her eyes alighted on a tin of cashews. Thus, she made him say "cashew." Said character ended up becoming her EnsembleDarkhorse, and even though he only ever used the "cashew" line once, the phrase became inextrictably linked with him. To be fair, this troper has run with it somewhat.

This troper's family legend states that we had no last name until a census-taker walked into the family pub and asked for one - at which point great(x)-grandpa looked around and saw a jug.

This troper had a history teacher who claimed his last name was "Sample" because, when his ancestors immigrated, they did not want an ethnic-sounding name, and chose the first thing they saw on the citizenship application.

This troper and her friend had a lot of fun creating an imaginary guy with a line of sight name. his first name was Two-dogs, and his surname was Love (can you guess his middle name). Cue hysterical giggles.

Aversion: In order to avoid exactly this trope, this troper has invented a fistful of false names for use if it ever becomes necessary. Jason Grey, at your service.

This troper thought that he was the only person who did that. Mr. Grey, I'm very pleased to meet you. My name is Paul Farquahr.

Fred Farquhars. Are we related?

Samuel Mansed. The pleasure is mine.

Cynthia Dreyfus, at your service.

Pleased to meet you. I'm John Sharp.

Sartorius Kemp. (Okay, they probably won't believe that one.)

Gentlemen, ladies, I'd like to introduce myself as Ronald White.

Tater Salad?

I'm Richie Cunningham, and this is my wife... Oprah.

Hello, I'm Harmony Arkamen, it's a pleasure to meet all of you.

Eldon 'Wolf' Hughes. It's an absolute delight.

Maya Hunter, nice to meet you, sirs and madame's.

Alexander Grassthunder. Pleased to meet you.

{{Hello}}, MyNameIsInigoMontoya, YouKilledMyFather, PrepareToDie.

It's a pleasure meeting all of you. I'm Alan Mallagan.

I'm Michael Glaseno, and I'm all of a flutter.

Name's Tony Wheeler. Don't wear it out.

Hi, I'm Patience Wood. Or Franny Leeman, take your pick.

Stewart Dent. Don't call me Stu.

Pleased to meet you. Cassandra Taylor at your service. Don't call me Cassie.

My name is Michael J. Caboose, and I HATE BABIES.

I'm Gemma Tepz,but my friends call me Gem, it's been a pleasure.

Harrison Potter . . . but don't call me Harry.

The Québécois Julien Tremblay salutes you all, sti.

Nick Samuels, the cover name for Cornelius William Baker, which may or may not be a further cover name, sends his greetings.

Eric Mulligan. How may I be of service?

I'm Ruby Winter. It's a pleasure to meet you.

Brian William Black at your service. Or maybe I'm Micheal J. Long. Or Jett Jinn. Or Link Rond. Or Mugen Tsunami. Or even Suichi Minamino. I hope you didn't just control-click all of those, because they all lead to the same place. the last one.

Greetings, I am Vulpa Lupa. Or Lupa Vulpa. Or just plain Lupa. Take your pick.

Hey-lo, Arcturus Rakan Faraday is the name. But my friends call me Pintsize. (I'd have chosen Sirius as the first name, as I find it the best star system ever. However I find it is somewhat overused. Plus Arcturus sounds cooler.)

Pandora Lathbert. Hello to you all.

My name is Warren P. Sullivan, have you met my brother Walter Gamble/Robert Smith?

How do you do? Marisa Maribel is pleased to make your acquaintance.

Harry Toraz here, what can I do for you, sirs and madames? I may also be Abe Honor, Dottie Wright, Bunny Cabinette, Tod Tfing, Booker Post, Paz Potter, or Cal Pumpkinish.

Donovan McLellan, of Kirkcudbrightshire, here. With accent in full effect.

Mary Anne Langley reporting for duty. Ashleigh Hawke also sends her warmest greetings.

I'm Spartacus

No, I'm Spartacus.

Hola, I am Esteban De La Sexface.

Lazarus Quinn here.

Marissa Bean. Nice to meet you.

Rose Lash. Great to meet you all.

Tobias Smith. Call me Toby.

Lainey Nash, here! Though I also go by Oriana Van Der Kaiboetje, Io Alighieri, Penelope Crane, and Liopleurodon Smith-Rhodes.

Hello, I'm Klaus Chadman.

Grace Gardener and her Boyfriend Kyle Kiran say Hi

Elaine Walker, it's a pleasure. Or maybe I'm Annette Cygnus?

Patrick Smith, DON'T Call Me Pat!

This troper usually puts more thought into his characters' names, but he did once name a character *sees an empty Vault and a d20* "Can... dice. Candice."

A local band composed of four of my classmates named themselves "Deep Frozen" on their first performance. After being asked what their band was called, one of them looked around and spotted a crate of frozen food.

In an interesting variation, this dude has used whatever's nearby or on his mind as his password. Which has resulted in at least one of his high school classmates being one of his passwords.

All of her life, ThisTroper has been mistakenly called "Rachel". This was understandable in junior school when her best friend was named Rachel and people regularly mixed them up, but she fails to understand how people nowadays who have ''never met or heard of'' that Racel STILL call her by this name. ThisTroper supposes that she just looks like a Rachel, so in any situation where a false name may be needed (don't ask), what's the first one that pops into her head? Rachel.

I'm Molly for the exact same reason. It's gotten to the point where half my acquaintances think I'm named Molly, and get very confused when people ask for me by my real name.

Similarly, I'm Michelle. It was a bit of a BerserkButton for me in middle school when I didn't even know any similar-looking Michelles, but now I'm used to it.

Nice to meet you guys. I'm apparently Sarah. I've been told that I look like a younger and less cracked-out Sarah Silverman... but not really.

This troper needed two names for a story he was writing for a high school class and went with those of the first two classmates he saw.

For no real purpose, this troper has made a game out of trying to make up a line of sight name or two anytime he goes out for a walk by himself, some vaguely plausible ("hmm... Dunkin Donuts... Cumberland Farms... Duncan Farmer!"), some intentionally ridiculous. He now sort of wants to write a story that features a character who is terrible at coming up with aliases as a running gag, if only so he can do something with such gems as Brick Treehouse, Steve Laundry, and Jehovah Repairs.

This troper's current D&D character has the surname "Gale" because it was really windy while I was walking to the first session.

This Troper was writing a story and she couldn't think of a good last name for a character. For some reason the Monty Python "defense against people armed with fresh fruit" sketch was playing in her head, specifically the part where the instructor calls one of the students "Mr. Tinned Peach", needless to say, my character's last name became "Peach".

This troper named one of her characters Eddie because Van Halen was the first artist she heard after pressing shuffle on her iPod.

Whenever this troper plays ''ZooTycoon'' or something similar, a lot of her animals end up named this way.

This troper was joining a RP-based wrestling league and needed a name for his edit. While wracking his brain, his eyes drifted to a receipt from a recent bookstore visit. He had purchased two books - Foley Is Good and The Firm. That night, Mick Grisham was born.

This troper's grandmother didn't have a name for the first few days of her life; her parents just didn't know what to call her. That is, until her dad saw "Eloise" on a cigar box a few days later.

Somewhat of an inversion...I named one of my characters Abigail because it was the title of a song by my favorite band, but not because I was listening to that song at that precise moment...In a slightly straighter example, I was listening to a song by tool and thew in references to "46 & 2" and "Lateralus" into the poem I was writing.

The name Staleknight came from two familiar chess terms (I was a chess enthusiast back then). The first name later came when I needed something euphonious to match the surname.

My stepdaughter, playing a DS game in the bathroom, named a character "Toilet."

This troper heard a joke similar to this. #QUOTE#"Why are so many Italians named Tony?" #QUOTE#"Because, when they were shipped to Ellis Island, they all got To:NY (to New York) stamped on their forehead."

When this troper switched deviantART accounts, she had to think of a new username right off the bat. Then she looked to her very messy floor... Her name is now Socks-and-Notebooks.

This troper plays games in his very book-cluttered room; stuck for a name for TheHero in SwordOfMana, he happened to notice Joseph Conrad's ''The Red Badge of Courage''. Hence, Konrad, which turned out to make perfect sense in the Germanic-themed Granz Realm.

This troper is notorious for Line of Sight Names. She has a story with a character who tells the bus driver his name is "Esteban David Enrique the Third" to avoid being in trouble. Why is he named that? This troper was watching TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody There is another previously named Stephen from a classmate, another named Estelle because the song American Boy by Estelle was playing, and another girl named Roxas. Hell, her screenname is because her aunt was MAKING THE DRINK Tequila Sunrise. There's also apparently a movie by the same title.

At school, many moons ago, we were recording some kind of roleplay interview thing, and one girls' mind went blank when asked to give a name on the tape. Looking around, she caught sight of a display of the class's recent work, and gave her name as 'Tesselation'.

This troper named his old cat Penny because he was sorting some coins at the time. In an alternate universe, her name is Lame Pun}} Nicole. I'm sure of it.

This Troper was once trying to think up a name for a male character in a story she was writing, when she saw a book called (something along the lines of) "The Leon Valley". Thus the character was named "Leon".

This troper had more of a case of "Line of Sight Conversation Topic" with a friend. #QUOTE#Friend: Hey, troper! What's up? #QUOTE#Troper: Uh....*looks at hand* Ice cream?

One could argue this and Chromatic Theme Naming with This Troper's recent set of books he's been working on. All of the dragon characters are named after the color of their scales. Characters I've got: Indigo, Stizza (a dark red), Ceil (a light blue), Cerise (a pink), Sinopia (orange, I think?), etc.

This tropette's mother almost married a man named Nosmo King.

How I created my universal username, I saw a book of greco/roman myths while trying to decide. I flipped through the book for ideas and it opened to the split between Minerva/Athena and Diana/Artemis. My little mind gears blurred them and I grabbed part of each Athena and Diana (the Athe and dia) and got my name Athedia.

As mentioned in the Real Life section, many last names are based on the geography of the land the family lived in. My surname comes from Norway, but doesn't end in "-son," so I wondered what it meant. After a bit of research, I discovered that Moen means "meadow."