If you could change your name to a Bionicle name, what would it be?

[Art Vandelay]

So if you could change your name to any name of any Bionicle character, what would it be?

 

I would change my name to Tahu, of course.

[Kanakalackin]

Do made-up characters count? If so, then it would be Phantom Terror or Sandstorm.

 

If it's for canon characters: The Shadowed One, Teridax, or Tiribomba.

[Creep Of The Deep]

Kongu.

 

Because why not.

[<Reverb>]

Poison.

 

As in the Dark Hunter.

[Art Vandelay]

Do made-up characters count? If so, then it would be Phantom Terror or Sandstorm.

 

If it's for canon characters: The Shadowed One, Teridax, or Tiribomba.

It has to be canon characters. Tiribomba is the best name ever.

[Van Hohenheim]

airwatcher, definitely.

[FrozenFlash]

I would change my name into Silence (as in the Dark Hunter) because not only does it sound pretty cool, but also because I'm not much of a talker.

[The Legendary TNT]

Takua. I like Takua.

[Neelh]

Nokama, Mata Nui, Makuta Teridax.

 

Go big or go home.

[Kanakalackin]

Now all we need are exo-skeletons that allow us to look like the BIONICLE characters that we want...

[CeeCee]

Vakama

[Kanakalackin]

Vakama

I wouldn't expect anything less from you Sam.

[Dual Cee]

The Shadowed One...Haw cool is that, not?

[Art Vandelay]

Now all we need are exo-skeletons that allow us to look like the BIONICLE characters that we want...

If only.

[Aanchir]

Going by real-world meanings, one of the more interesting/poetic I know of is "Aiyetoro", which is Nigerian for "peace on earth". Onu-Matoran names generally include the word "earth" or "sand" in their definitions but not all actually deal with earth as a literal substance, so in BIONICLE the real-world name is more or less irrelevant to the character. As another example, Tehuti is an alternate transliteration of the Egyptian god Thoth, who governs the earth among about a billion other things. :P"Takua" is Swahili for hope or pride, though I have no confirmation that this is where his name in BIONICLE came from and no reason to think that it is the most likely derivation. It's just the only one I've found."Mata Nui" is of course Maori for "great face"."Boreas" is the Latin and Greek name for the north wind.Moving away from character names, "Hura Mafa" means something like "falling tears" in a Polynesian language called Rotuman. Poetic, but kind of depressing as names go.But let's take this a bit more seriously. If I just wanted a name that would be meaningful in an arbitrary real-world language, there's no reason I'd be limiting myself to one from BIONICLE. The character has to mean something as well.I can't think of any BIONICLE character I identify with enough that I'd want to carry their name. Artakha, at least, would be an ideal to strive for (a creator and designer of things equal parts artistic and practical). Of Matoran, there is Golyo who teaches strategy, Kantai who teaches willpower, Hafu who creates art, and Velika who speaks in parables and riddles. Of Turaga there is Vakama who has visions, Nuju who thinks ahead and keeps secrets, Nokama who teaches and shares secrets, and Whenua who keeps histories. But I can't see myself taking any of those names. It feels false and pretentious. BIONICLE is a story of larger-than-life characters, not of relatable role models.Lemme just go ahead and say Pohatu. Pohatu's a character everyone can look up to. He's lighthearted and friendly, but knows when to joke around and when to be serious. He takes others' welfare seriously. He is of the Po-Matoran, a culture of crafters, and is practically-minded about things. He is not pompous or overbearing. Furthermore, the name Pohatu has a nice ring to it. It's a name I could get used to. So yeah. Pohatu.

[Logan Tec]

Takanuva he's just so awsome with dat mask. But how cool would it be to be a living flash light? No power outege can stop you now

[Queen of Noise]

I'm not sure what the "could" is - all of you can legally change your names to any of these. You just have to go through the legal process. If you wanna be called Tahu or Makuta or Keetongu, nothing's stopping you other than the inherent absurdity.

 

So, I can change my name to a Bionicle name if I want, but naturally I choose not to because why would I want to? That said, to extrapolate the sentiment, if I had to change my name to a Bionicle one, I'd probably go with "Gali" because it's spelled really close to "Gail" and I could just tell people that's my name and nobody would notice the spelling difference.

[Sumiki]

Gadunka. Because then when people ask me my name, I can just go "Gadunkadunkadunkadunkadunkadunkadunka" and waddle backwards out the door.

[Art Vandelay]

Going by real-world meanings, one of the more interesting/poetic I know of is "Aiyetoro", which is Nigerian for "peace on earth". Onu-Matoran names generally include the word "earth" or "sand" in their definitions but not all actually deal with earth as a literal substance, so in BIONICLE the real-world name is more or less irrelevant to the character. As another example, Tehuti is an alternate transliteration of the Egyptian god Thoth, who governs the earth among about a billion other things. :P"Takua" is Swahili for hope or pride, though I have no confirmation that this is where his name in BIONICLE came from and no reason to think that it is the most likely derivation. It's just the only one I've found."Mata Nui" is of course Maori for "great face"."Boreas" is the Latin and Greek name for the north wind.Moving away from character names, "Hura Mafa" means something like "falling tears" in a Polynesian language called Rotuman. Poetic, but kind of depressing as names go.But let's take this a bit more seriously. If I just wanted a name that would be meaningful in an arbitrary real-world language, there's no reason I'd be limiting myself to one from BIONICLE. The character has to mean something as well.I can't think of any BIONICLE character I identify with enough that I'd want to carry their name. Artakha, at least, would be an ideal to strive for (a creator and designer of things equal parts artistic and practical). Of Matoran, there is Golyo who teaches strategy, Kantai who teaches willpower, Hafu who creates art, and Velika who speaks in parables and riddles. Of Turaga there is Vakama who has visions, Nuju who thinks ahead and keeps secrets, Nokama who teaches and shares secrets, and Whenua who keeps histories. But I can't see myself taking any of those names. It feels false and pretentious. BIONICLE is a story of larger-than-life characters, not of relatable role models.Lemme just go ahead and say Pohatu. Pohatu's a character everyone can look up to. He's lighthearted and friendly, but knows when to joke around and when to be serious. He takes others' welfare seriously. He is of the Po-Matoran, a culture of crafters, and is practically-minded about things. He is not pompous or overbearing. Furthermore, the name Pohatu has a nice ring to it. It's a name I could get used to. So yeah. Pohatu.

Well Aanchir, you sure have given this topic a deeper meaning than I originally intended, but that's not a bad thing.

 

I'm not sure what the "could" is - all of you can legally change your names to any of these. You just have to go through the legal process. If you wanna be called Tahu or Makuta or Keetongu, nothing's stopping you other than the inherent absurdity.

 

So, I can change my name to a Bionicle name if I want, but naturally I choose not to because why would I want to? That said, to extrapolate the sentiment, if I had to change my name to a Bionicle one, I'd probably go with "Gali" because it's spelled really close to "Gail" and I could just tell people that's my name and nobody would notice the spelling difference.

True, you could if you wanted to, but it would be absolutely preposterous, like you said. I guess a better title for this topic would be, "if you had to change your name to that of a Bionicle character, what would it be?" Oh well, I just couldn't think of a better way to put it at the time I created the topic.

[Toa Smoke Monster]

Axonn. Because it is an awesome name.

[fishers64]

Hahli.

 

Of course, I would never do it because my real name is too awesome, but whatever.

[25K Now!]

Sentrakh.

 

Then I can be taken seriously for once! Aha!

[Art Vandelay]

Sentrakh.

 

Then I can be taken seriously for once! Aha!

You could say, "YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE SENTRAKH!", and people would take you very seriously indeed.

[25K Now!]

Nah, that'd be a bit too out-there.

[Art Vandelay]

Yes, it would. I was just joking though.

[Rakun Riley]

Nuju.

 

Just simply Nuju.

[Queen of Noise]

Gadunka. Because then when people ask me my name, I can just go "Gadunkadunkadunkadunkadunkadunkadunka" and waddle backwards out the door.

 

I wish BZPower had a "like" feature because boy howdy I'd click it for this post

[Hexann]

Artakha, 'nuff said.

[Hahli Husky]

Moved to LD

[Unauthorized Autobiography]

Guurahk No doubt. Pretty obvious as well.

[Aurora the cat]

Ally -- because mnolg II never gets old for me.

[Sinclair]

Thok, so I can get evil glares every time I introduce myself.

[Mr. Cup of Fail]

I be Vezon because i have a crazy said or Berix.

[Vakama-san]

Teridax or Vakama.

[Makuta of Time]

I have no idea what name I want, but I'm going to go with Mata Nui, Ackar, Nekktan, Lewa, Antroz, Icarax, Vamprah, or Chirox.

[The Tokytot]

I would totally change my name to Takua!

 

 

[Mr. Cup of Fail]

 

Gadunka. Because then when people ask me my name, I can just go "Gadunkadunkadunkadunkadunkadunkadunka" and waddle backwards out the door.

 

I wish BZPower had a "like" feature because boy howdy I'd click it for this post

 

Your not the only one, i wish there one as well.

[Underscore]

Lewa

 

It sounds cool and not to tough (like, for example, Radiak or Zaktan)

[Erebus Toa of Darkness]

Icarax. Because he was BA. And better then all the other Makuta in my book.

[Spicy Salmon Samurai]

Kapura. I just like the sound of it, and Kapura is such a likeable character. Other than that, I really like the name Taipu.