how did you choose your island name?

[sam :)]

:000 wwooooaaah you dddooo

yessirrrr

 

[Cosmic-chan]

yessirrrr

G o o d

 

[SmrtLilCookie]

My island name, Erinacea, comes from the scientific name for the hedgehog broom (a spiky plant with purple flowers). I picked this name because I a) am absolutely obsessed with hedgehogs , and b) love the colour purple.

 

[Imbri]

I wanted to name it Dolphin Island, but that was way too many letters, so I went looking for other languages. I'm part Irish, and Deilf Isle fits perfectly, so there we go.

 

[Dunquixote]

I named mine after the headquarters of the Inquisition in Dragon Age Inquisition; my town in NL was also named this.

 

[Pyoopi]

My acnl town was called HeeHee, so I wanted to play off that vibe for my island. TeeheeTiki sounds like a good name for a bunch of baddies to hangout on.

 

[IronDefender]

My island name comes from my Nationstates (online political, worldbuilding simulator game) nation, called Aves' which is the scientific species name for birds; my island is meant to be an all-bird forest island based off my own fanmade nation, even the flag I made in NS is incorporated in-game. I was originally going to base it off the town 'Morioh' where Jojo part 4 took place; Other ideas included 'Pandora' where the Borderlands series is set before I changed my mind and made it my own.

 

[toenuki]

Tanuki- tom nook runs the show in this game
Tomo- from 'tomodachi' meaning friend in Japanese, also relates to the speech about friends K.K. Slider gives you at the beginning of the game

Tanukitomo!

 

[Chris]

My islands are called Vylbrand and Kilika.

Both are Final Fantasy references.

 

[mirukushake]

I like chocolate mint ice cream. Deep, I know.

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

I wanted to name it after something from either Zelda or Avatar that would suit an island location. It was either going to be Lurelin Bay or Ember Island. I let my bf pick it for me between those two and he chose Ember Island. Well I believed some misinformation about naming the island (stupid of me) and I thought that the game will add a suffix after the name such as "Island" or "Bay" etc. So I put the name as Ember. Well, the info I had was wrong -_- so now my island name is just Ember. I almost reset.. but I didn't want to since I like having my first island ever be the only island I have. Now it actually grew on me and I see it as a more subtle reference to Avatar.

 

[jumpman]

i've been using the name Skull since the first animal crossing game on gamecube.. was just a random name i picked one day that i thought sounded cool

 

[pup]

i always go for names that are short and sweet! i was having a hard time deciding and honey just felt nice. in the past ive done mochi, cider, nutmeg. usually foods lol.

 

[Peach_Jam]

I picked Elfhame simply because my favorite fantasy book series takes place in the shifting isles of Elfhame :>

 

[PoptartPresident]

Minecarft was the 1st idea that came to my mind, and I decided there and then that it was perfect

 

[Alicia]

Acorn was the name of my second new leaf town. I always really loved the name because it fit a natural/forest theme but I knew I didn't want it to be my main towns name in new leaf.
So, a few months before new horizons was released I decided I was going to name my island Acorn. I love it. It's simple, but I think it's cute.

 

[Corrie]

I thought about something I love about my cottage and came up with Lunar based on the beautifully breathtaking starry night sky!

 

[Aliya]

I wanted to originally make a small seaport themed island and it was between Seabreeze and Seabrook. I'm not sure why I ended up choosing Seabrook out of the two since I really like both names.

Looking at things now, I wish I named it something else more forest-themed since the seaport theme hasn't really stuck lol

 

[psiJordan]

Lilacs are my favorite flowers and I love how the purple hyacinths look in this game (kinda like lilacs) so I went with that!

 

[Vextro]

I picked Kazakhstan because its a terrible place, just like my island.