#then hello

The bit where everyone picked their names was mostly by using a baby book/websites for baby names. There are some exceptions.

Cao Cao - Alexander (originally picked Ambition, but was told that it was not a real name in the West by Xun Yu) 

Cao Pi - Leon (liked that it sounded similar to “lion”, I thought his hair is kinda similar to Resident Evil Leon when it was short) 

Xiahou Dun - Johnathan (he wasn’t very creative at the time he picked the name nor trying to be) 

Xiahou Yuan - Jason (Like Dun, he wasn’t trying to be that picky and thought of the first common name he had heard of)

Dian Wei - David (he flipped through the baby book and placed his finger on a random spot and went with the name that he think sounded good to him)

Xu Chu -  Max (the simplest name of them all) 

Cao Ren - Austin (he used Cao Cao’s chosen name as a starting point, so he just searched around in the A’s) 

Zhang He - Sebastian (sounds pretty, was also leaning to Maximillian)

Xu Huang - Robert (Originally chose John because he wasn’t too picky, but was discouraged from getting similar names, just then settled for a plain professional-sounding name) 

Zhang Liao - Eric (don’t think i made a reason, he probably just picked what was the most popular baby name) 

Pang De- Kevin (don’t think i made a reason, possibly just went on a website to pick the first name on there)

Zhen Ji - Monica (she just liked how pretty it sounded)

Cai Wenji - Daisy (she just liked how it sounded)

Wang Yi - Michelle (she did not want to go with a flower-based name, but still wanted something nice)

Jia Xu - He actually did not have one during when the fic was going to take place since he had recently retired, so it was never revealed nor ever thought of. 

Guo Jia - Jack (It sounded similar to “Jia”, his original name. Another idea was that he picked that name after watching Titanic, so that people will be confused about why would he name himself after the guy who drowns in the end. I also wanted to make a Metal Gear/Raiden reference) 

Yue Jin - Justin  (I don’t think I made a reason for him during development) not all of them have some special reasons behind their names lol

Li Dian - Jake (I think I just wanted to make him Jake because of Brooklyn 99)

Yu Jin - Edward/Eugene (He wanted Edward, but many people suggested Eugene because... you know. He still goes by Edward and prefers it, but is called Eugene by people trying to pronounce his Chinese name/his friends jokingly as a nickname) 

Xun Yu - Charles (he was born in a British Chinatown must make him british til the end , so he already had a Western name on top of his Chinese name. I also just wanted to make an X-men reference because Charles X. if written that way. No, you may not call him Mr. X or Charlie ) 

(Xun You, Cao Xiu, and Man Chong did not debut during the time I was developing this, but I can give them names too for the hell of it)

Xun You - William (he would be born in the same place Xun Yu was and given a super British name) 

Man Chong - Mike (He would like the sound and simplicity of Mike)

Cao Xiu - Alan (he wanted Alex because Cao Cao, but was discouraged to get similar names)

I also had Sima Yi and Zhang Chunhua’s names because it was going to be from their POV. 

Sima Yi - Henry (He chose John because he didn’t care and thought that sounded decent enough, but was discouraged from taking it Xiahou Dun sure screwed everyone over)

Zhang Chunhua - Rose (well, her name meant “flower” already, she had an easy job there)