I don't have nearly as powerful or meaningful a story behind Kaida. Actually, it's pretty much just silly and geeky. Imagine if you will a character creation screen. The race, class and look have all been chosen. All that's left is the name.
The process went something like this:
Input character name: ____________
Kaelle
That name is unavailable.
Kaede
"Wait, no, that's Kikyo's sister on InuYasha."
"I do like it though. Let's play with some variations."
Kaeden
"Hmm. I like it, but it's a bit too masculine for this character."
Kaeda
"Ehn."
Kayda
"UGH no."
Kaida
"...."
"...."
"...I like this version!"
Congratulations! Your character has been created.
"Yay!"
Proceed to play game, make connections with people, start using name as common handle in forum/chats/TeamSpeak. Use name in other games. Become known as 'Kaida' to many people; have them use that name more naturally than my real one when we meet in real life, because that's what they've been calling me online for months or years. Begin answering to that name just as readily as my real name.
Discover later that baby name sites like to claim that 'Kaida' is a Japanese girl's name meaning 'little dragon.' Facepalm a lot, especially when research turns up absolutely zero evidence to support this claim.
Keep the name anyway, because I like it. So there, nyah nyah.
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