I've never used my real name for... like any game haha. Any pokemon game, animal crossing game, harvest moon game, skyrim game, etc... Whenever you have the choice to choose your name, I don't choose my real name. Not for any particular reason other than I like using different names
I think it's more fun and I like to be that character, not have that character be me.
My name is Amy. Boring, not exciting. My name in ACNL is Lennox. I used a random renamer and got Lennox... I love it. Where I work, we see a lot of antiques and fine china and other nice stuff... And Lenox is the name of one of the popular fine china brands we find a lot. So I like that it kind of sounds masculine, but it has a delicacy to it like the fine china. It's just a fun clash to me.
My other character's name is Sage right now (on my cycle town) which I chose because of where I moved from, there was this plant called Sagebrush that smelled awesome whenever it rained (which was rare, I lived in a desert). And Sage is pretty common now, and reminds me of the sage from the new Assassins Creed game, which I've been playing a ton of xD
But I need to reset my second town, and I'm thinking of choosing some other brand of fine china that we get at my work. Like Belleek, Fenton, Lalique... haha, I just think it's kind of fun, because not many people my age know about random antique fine china xD And now I feel like I should continue the trend that I started with Lennox. Or I might go with Kona, where I lived in Hawaii for like half a year and also a brand of beer haha.