How and why did you choose your tulpa(e)'s name?

[MisterTelecaster]

My tulpa was originally a roleplaying character that I got so immersed in I started to make her into a tulpa on accident. The name has no meaning. I borrowed my friend's copy of the TES4 strategy guide for whatever reason, and I was looking through the suggested names at the front, and I picked a decent Khajiit name and twisted it around into something I liked.

 

It was something like J'Khaja or some shit, I ended up with Khoja from that.

 

Years later, after having turned her into a full tulpa, I googled Khoja to see what came up. I got this.

[Rythym Flow]

Rai's name is that of an OC pony I was working Rhythm Flow on at the time which was essentially a placeholder name until she could make her own decision...When I asked her about it she didn't mind the short hand Rhy so it kind of stuck, Rai just further distances her from the pony.

[Coco]

She chose it herself.

[Guest Anonymous]

Actually... Mika chose her name herself. I was originally going to stick with Pinkie Pie, but her first (and only for now) word was a name that i loved too... Mika :)

[Flexionsensor]

Her name is (should) be Katrina. Why? Because I hate New Orleans. (I actually don't. My mom wouldn't shut up about the hurricane one day...)

[Xantan]

Originally chose "alice" as a placeholder. It seemed appropriate as i was examining the tulpa phenomena and undertaking my own creation, much like seeing how deep the rabbit hole goes. I kept leaving it open to her to change as we went through creation untill one day when thinking about it i heard(mindvoice) a voice ask "why can't i be alice?"

 

The use of "I" was pretty shocking and i had no reason to speak against the name so i stopped trying to change her name and let her be Alice.

[PsychoticDoc]

Amy was always a name I liked, but my girlfriend suggested Amelia as a longer version.

[Chupi]

I have 3 of them currently:

1: Lyra, girl, 17 -- named for the heroine from Golden Compass, because at first glance tulpae reminded me of the daemons in those books; also sounded nice

2: Evan, boy, 14ish -- was originally an Eevee I gave Lyra to see if a tulpa could make another tulpa; he and I agreed to change his form to human after I noticed that we were treating him somewhat like a pet due to his size and form; name chosen because it's a reasonable name for a boy, and the sound of it reflects how he still has some Eevee characteristics

3: Anera, girl, 12 -- form made by Lyra as part of helping me work at switching, and not intended to be sentient, but she was moving and answering questions inside of 15 minutes (btw I don't typically get sentient-seeming NPCs); chose her own name later that night, and clarified the spelling by writing it on a whiteboard

 

At present, Lyra is almost 9 months old, Evan is 5 months, and Anera is 3.5. Three tulpae seems like a good number now that I have them. I don't want any more at this point, but if they show up, demonstrate sentience and stick around, I'm not going to deny them an existence.

[ZerothEnder]

I had two potential names for her, which were Syldra and Drakara.

 

Syldra is from Final Fantasy 5 and is the water dragon that moves Faris' pirate ship. I use this name for a lot of female game characters, such as in Elder Scrolls games.

 

Drakara was a more recent character name for my argonian chick in Skyrim.

 

She seemed to like Syldra more. Dunno if she'll change it or not.

[Couguhl]

I used to admire someone whose name I thought was Sierra for some reason, and I thought it was a beautiful name, so it stuck.