Some of my characters' names:
Strider. A ranger, of course. FR.
Eldemar Anduin. An aasimar fighter/mage in Ravenloft. "Eldemar" was an NPC in Tolkein, and "Anduin" was the name of the river the FotR floated down after visiting Lorien.
Beren Ritter. A half-elf bard in a home-brew campaign. I took "Beren" from Prince Beren of Flash Gordon, and "Ritter" from the Gabriel Knight computer games. He later revealed a hidden ancestry and changed his name to Beren Amber. "Amber" comes from Castle Amber, of course.
Atavar Coramoor. A human cleric in a Greyhawk/Planescape campaign. As I posted in another thread, "Atavar" is a play on the word "avatar," and "Coramoor" comes from Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time.
Some of my other players' characters' names:
Tonk. Half-orc barbarian in a Greyhawk campaign.
Mungo. Halfling rogue in a Planescape campaign. Named by the same player who played Tonk.
Larkan Blackmoon. Elven cleric/wizard/loremaster/archmage in a long-running Planescape campaign. He started out at 1st level and just made 19th. Probably the most legendary character ever played in my group, thanks to the player's boasting.

He (with ample help from the party) killed Tenebrous/Orcus, destroyed the original Wand of Orcus, slayed Miska the Wolf-Spider while wielding the fully-assembled Rod of Seven Parts, rescued Waukeen from the clutches of Grazzt, destroyed Acererak in Return to the Tomb of Horrors, stabbed Vecna with the Sword of Kas wielded in the Hand of Vecna, and expelled Vecna from Sigil in Die Vecna Die.
Kristof Silverhand. Celestial aasimar paladin/cleric/comtemplative in the Planescape campaign. No relation to any FR Silverhands.
Mulagen. Dwarven cleric/fighter/planar champion of Moradin in the Planescape campaign.
Hizuka. Human monk in the Planescape campaign.
Blade. Halfling rogue/gatecrasher in the Planescape campaign.
Kaltis Goldhammer. Dwarven fighter in the Planescape.
Dekreon the Shadow. Elven fighter (archer) in the Planescape campaign.
Tika Maya. Tiefling fighter in the Planescape campaign.
Stephan Xavier VonBergenshire III. Fallen paladin in a home-brew. His stat rolls were so good, we dubbed him Stephan Von Broken-Stats.
Bael. Human fighter in another Planescape campaign. Molded after the Aiel of Jordan's Wheel of Time.
Lucius. Human fighter in the Planescape campaign.
Fitz. Human mage in the Planescape campaign. He picked a new name to add to his full name at every level. But we never called him anything other than Fitz. It gave him fits.
Thanks for reading through all this! It was fun reminiscing....
Atavar
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"And if it weren't for that horse, I would've graduated from college."