ohmikeghod the Venerable wrote:
There are no "cool DK names". Period. Since Death knights are fallen heroes, figure out what the character's name was BEFORE the lich king resurrected him. Did his parents name him "Darthmuffins" before the change? If they didn't, then it's not a "cool" name.
The story behind my characters has my death knight's name as her given middle name. She was known by her first name before and started using her middle name, Azmaria, after death. That said, I had already introduced the living character into my story and that name was taken, so I was forced to find something else.
That said, some people might take a different name in death. Some may choose to only be called by a title(Robert the Blood Thane might become Bloodthane). Or lost in despair, some may take a word that means something relevant to them as their new name(Despair would be a good one). So some non-given names might fit well.