What’s the story behind your town name?

[Pintuition]

I named one of my islands Coral Key because of my coral switch lite. I thought I'd be able to make a coral-themed island but had to settle for pink as my theme instead. I think it's still an okay name because it's beachy and sort of aligns with my theme. I didn't really put a lot of thought into it and the character limit stressed me out so I settled for that lol.

My other island is called Lórien as in Lothlórien. I'm a huge Tolkien fan and I was hoping to make a loosly Tolkien-esque island with a little hobbit-ish neighborhood. It's sort of a fusion of cottagecore and Tolkien. In the end I love both of my town names and wouldn't ever consider changing them if I could.

 

[SakuraSylveon]

My current new leaf town Cheskitt is a combination of Chester and Kitt, two villagers I really liked before I reset. Too bad I haven't gotten them back.

 

[Insanidee]

I bought a used ds along with wild world and they didn’t delete their data so I liked the name and it’s been my island name ever since

 

[oranje]

Honestly, it's really simple in my case. In NF, my island was Oranje because I love oranges. And I named my island in NH San Goiaba (Saint Guava) to run with the fruit theme (I also love guavas) and as a homage to the cities in California I used to call home.

 

[corvus516]

My first town was called Strawby because when I was naming it I was drinking strawberry milk and ran out of ideas. My current town is called Byrde because I love birds and thought it would be boring to spell it normally.

 

[Romaki]

My first town I just named Paris iirc because I was just a kid. My second town was named Różowy because it means pink in polish and I thought that was a nice idea. For New Horizons I researched island names and decided on Lehua. I wanted a hawaiian name because I love them and this one has a lot of interesting facts and folklore surrounding it. I'd be fun to make a thread for it and rewriting it for AC.

 

[Pondo]

ik this says town and not island, but... y'know.
First time around, my island was named Le Cœur, because it means "the heart" in French. There were a lot of reasons for it. 1) My sister bought me my Switch Lite & the game, and she loves to speak French (and brag to me about her taking 7 years of it). 2) The map I started with had a natural heart pond, and it was fitting. And 3), I love wordplay and for me to say, "home is where Le Cœur is" would make me laugh.
Though... I didn't have any ideas for the island itself and put no effort into making it look nice. I refused to terraform, because I thought I could pull off the "au naturale" look by just putting furniture around my island haphazardly, and it just looked like a hot mess.

But I recently restarted, and I went with my gut and my love for bears... And ta-da! Bearadise was born. Paradise, but with bears!

 

[Jam86]

my island is called croissant because i love croissants

 

[saphiraaeragon]

I named mine Pondskip, after an area called Pondskip Vale in an MMORPG called Blade and Soul, or BnS for short! It was super fun and I got really far until the servers stopped working and I got a new computer that's too small to handle it.
Anyway, I have no plans for my town yet, but I'd like to see where I end up!

 

[JemAC]

I have always taken forever coming up with island names in Animal Crossing but settled on Flolagio for my NH one. It is a mix of Florida, where some of my favourite holidays have been, and Bellagio for the hotel in Vegas, for the nicest hotel I’ve stayed in, and the lake in Italy, for a country that I’ve always loved visiting.

 

[TheRevienne]

My island is called Tarasaigh. Before NH came out I was looking up abandoned islands, and made a list. Whittled it down on a AC FB group I'm in to two, and got my bunny to pick the winner from a cup, and he chose Tarasaigh. Tarasaigh is the Gaelic for Taransay, an island off the coast of Scotland, in the Outer Hebrides, which has been abandoned since 1974. It's the largest uninhabited island in Scotland and is privately owned. However in the 1990's it was used in a British TV show called Castaway, which had Ben Fogle on it, he was interested in buying it to turn it into a nature reserve but didn't get it.

 

[Pendragon1980]

Since I usually go by Pendragon online from the King Arthur family name most of my online game towns are named either Avalon or Camelot.

 

[Toska]

"Smith o": this was the name of my very first town. I was very young, so I just put a random last name and the letter o. I have no idea why.

Auroura: this was my second town I had, in NL. I thought the name sounded pretty cool! Honestly, looking bad I just had no idea how to spell Aurora, but I'm glad I spelt it wrong.

Meraki: This is the name I wanted to name my NH town, but ended up naming my ACGC town this. It means "The soul, creativity or love put into something." I really liked it, so I just went with it.

Poca: My most recent CF town name. It's a music term, and I like music. Simple enough I guess.

Laverre: This is the name of my NH island. I originally wanted to name my town Haimish, Meraki, or Poca, but last minute I decided on Laverre. It's the name of my favorite town in Pokemon X/Y. I really like this name, but if I went back/got another switch I'd name it something different

 

[JellyBeans]

my island is called Cambry, and I honestly think it was just what came up on a random name generator I found online? but i thought it sounded nice and I needed to just dive into the game so I went with it. part of me wishes I'd called it Eroda though.
throughout NL I don't remember a lot of my names, but I do know that my resetting habits brought me to a point where I kept calling my towns various translations of 'forever' or 'permanent' just to convince myself to keep with it. it rarely worked though haha. the only one I remember is défi, which I think actually translates to challenge but that's pretty fitting too.

 

[Fraxxo]

In New Leaf, my town doesn't really have a specific story behind the name.
Magnolia just sound cool and it reminds me of a countryside city.

As for New Horizons, I named the island Goto (but they always call it Goto Island, so I usually call it like that anyway), because one week before my copy of New Horizons arrived I finished watching an anime, Barakamon, wich was settled on a island based on the Goto Islands in Japan.
So there you haveit.

 

[SlEEPYTEARRS]

i havent got my 3ds charger in yet so i havent started up my new leaf game, but it will definitely be called raindrop

as for islands, sleeptime is based off of my username i use, and my second island is raindrop, which is a name i used for my first stardew farm

both are just meant to be comfy/soft sounding because with these games i like to relax

 

[Cowplant]

I named my New Horizons island Solitude. I don't have Nintendo Online, so I knew my island was always going to be a lonely one, thus Solitude was born! I also took inspiration from Skyrim and the towering cliff tops, green grass, and ocean view that my island's namesake had. Solitude was one of my favorite places in that game and I just knew I had to pay homage to it eventually, so...Solitude it was!

 

[bleached]

Generation 4 is my favourite Pokémon generation and Eterna city is my favourite city in Sinnoh, I also think it's a pretty name for a town, so I called my New Horizons island after it :]

 

[Slothicans]

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[EerieCreatures]

My New Horizons island is named Dunwall, from the game Dishonored. I named it that because the month before I got acnh my best friend got me into the series (and then later I partially got her into animal crossing cx) and I fell really in love with it, especially the first game, and I adore the location of it, so I decided to use that name for my island. ^^ I'm really happy I did, because it never fails to make me happy.

In New Leaf, my first town was named Raccoon, based off of Raccoon City from the Resident Evil series. Tbh I don't remember exactly why I named it that, but I think I just liked it and, resi was my biggest game I was into at the time I think. Eventually I didn't really, like my town, and ended up resetting it (though I... never really played much again after that xc) and then that town I think I named The Glade. And that one was because I was really into The Maze Runner series, and thought it'd be perfect for a little town like that.
I don't remember my earlier town names though, unfortunately. :c I've had two wild world towns and at least one in city folk, that I can't recall the names of. Maybe one day I'll start them up again and at least check what the last ones were.