The Real Way to Spell the Main Characters Name

[chrono eric]

Hey, no-one said specifically how each name was pronounced. For all we know, "Crawno" might be how it's supposed to be pronounced.

They name is obviously a pun on "Chrono" which isn't pronounced "Craw-no". So, in short, no.

[Shadow D. Darkman]

Place the first two letters in her English real name (Nadia) after the remaining three and you get "Diana"

Something I recently noticed.

[MagilsugaM]

Chrono should be spelled as Kurono which is the way to pronunce it in japanese.

[Acacia Sgt]

Now this is why I like that spanish has nearly the same pronounciation rules of japanese. I have no trouble figuring it out.

[V_Translanka]

Chrono should be spelled as Kurono which is the way to pronunce it in japanese.

I'm pretty sure that Kurono is his name in Romanji, so it makes sense to use it as the guide to pronunciation...

One thing though is that the Japanese trailer for CTDS uses "Chrono" for his name...but it also uses Eira for Ayla, so that's like an incomplete translation for her, I guess...idk the transition from Ei to Ay...>_>

[utunnels]

Maybe it was 5-characters limit that made him Crono. Or perhaps they thought Chrono didn's sound like a name, but who knows.
But what does it matter?

[Onikage725]

I tend to use Nadia for Marle. Marl makes perfect sense in the Japanese version. Marle is just random in the US version. So I figure her just presenting a normal name without title (Nadia/Princess Nadia) is a close approximation of her giving her name without the family extension (Marl/Marldia).

Maou for Magus is a darn good idea. Especially since the new script calls him Fiendlord half the time. I hate using Janus because *everyone* uses it. Fiends who where calling him the great Magus before you all get sucked through a gate see him again and call him the great Janus. Ozzie, Slash and Flea as well (though I could picture those three knowing his personal name). People casually discussing the war in 600 AD and 1000 AD randomly begin to talk about the "war with Janus." It really irks me.

I have become accustomed to calling Frog Glenn, because he doesn't seem skittish in divulging his backstory.

[chrono eric]

Or perhaps they thought Chrono didn's sound like a name, but who knows.

And Crono does?  In RPG's it doesn't matter what whacky names the characters are given. Anything goes. 

[Shadow D. Darkman]

Here are the names I have/will designate(d) to the characters in my current NewGame+ run through CTDS.

Crono - Same name
Marle - Nadia
Lucca - Same name
Frog - Glenn
Robo - R-66-Y (I have placed the dash in both places where's it's used. "R-66Y" when welcomed by Mother Brain, and "R66-Y" when Robo first introduces himself.)
Ayla - Same name
Magus - Janus (Only thing between my runs through CTDS that never changed.)

In RPG's it doesn't matter what whacky names the characters are given. Anything goes. 

True enough. They renamed Tina "Terra" in FF6 for the sake of her name staying exotic.

[HyperNerd]

If I renamed myself Zuesiase, and Gave myself a cool description, I could pass as an RPG charecter. Hell, anyone of us could!

[chrono eric]

True enough. They renamed Tina "Terra" in FF6 for the sake of her name staying exotic.

I actually like the name Terra better than Tina and I think it was a good choice for the sole reason that she is exotic and very unique in the world. Typically names that match the characters in some way are fine with me no matter how exotic they sound. Like "Squall" for example. It fits his personality very well.

As for Chrono characters, I always keep them the same names. Frog has abandoned his past as Glenn and has taken on a new identity so I keep his name Frog. Magus I keep the same for exactly the same reason as Frog. Robo I keep the same because it was meant to be an endearing name, and symbolic of the closeness of the party. Marle is the only one I would change since she only made up that name as a temporary guise, but I never really saw the point in changing it.

[V_Translanka]

Unfortunately, "Terra" isn't her name, and now FFXIII has a character who's actual name is Terra...Another Woosley ace in the hole...! >_>

To me, Terra is just as generic as Tina (I've never even known a Tina)...it's just a stupid spelling of Tarah or Tara with a earthly connotation (that doesn't really fit Tina at all...)...Even if I thought Tina was plain, I'd still say it was a good choice because you don't need extra confirmation that Tina is special. She doesn't need a different name & she doesn't need green hair either.

[Acacia Sgt]

All I see about her name being Terra is that is another opposite to Celes, this case, the name.

[Shadow D. Darkman]

Like "Squall" for example. It fits his personality very well.

Speaking of Squall, where the hell did they get the idea to call him "Leon" in KH? (And the fact that it's in his surname, Leonhart, doesn't count.)

[HyperNerd]

cause Leon sounds cooler  . I always change the main charecter's names in CT, exept for the First playthrough. Crono=Crono, Lucca= Lucca,  Marle=Nadia, Frog=Glenn, Robo= R-66Y, Ayla=Ayla, Magus=Janus.