The following types of names are considered unacceptable:
-Vile, profane, rude, or racist names including common swear words, anatomical references, racial slurs, and homonyms of these words.
-Combinations of words that produce an offensive result (e.g. Hugeazz, Tug Mcgroin).
-Names of religious, occult, or significant historic origin (e.g. Jesus, Allah, Satan, Stalin).
-Copyrighted or trademarked names of products, characters, services, or concepts (e.g. Bigmac, Marlboro, Sony).
-Names from popular media. These names can be either fictional (e.g. Rambo, Darthvader) or non-fictional (e.g. Garth Brooks, Pierce Brosnan, George Washington, Michael Jordan).
-Fantasy-oriented names which are easily recognized from popular existing media (e.g. Merlin, Gandalf, Drizzt).
-Common >>>words and phrases that would not be found in the time, place and setting<<< of EverQuest (e.g. Switchblade, Phaser, Toaster, Cannabis).
-Proper names from EverQuest (e.g. Rathe, Karana). This also includes the first or last name of any significant EverQuest NPC (e.g. Dorn, Trumpy, Karn).
-The names of senior Customer Support Representatives or developers of Project 1999 (e.g. Nilbog, Rogean, Uthgaard). game officials.
-Names chosen with the intent or possessed with the effect of harming the reputation of a player or Customer Service Representative game official(s).
-Forenames containing titles within them, such as, but not limited to: The, Lord, Lady, Master, King, Knight, Sir, Father (e.g. Sirtallon, Lordeagle, Mothermaggy, Darksister).
-Names that contain sentences (Ikillorcs), phrases (Ontop), or two or more words that do not form descriptive compound words (Petcarbob, Diediedie and Tablechair).
-Names where the combination of the first and last name forms a phrase or violate a previous rule (e.g. Crymea River, Bran Muffin, Story Thyme).
-For all of the above, misspellings and alternative spellings (such as spelling it backwards) of the word or words are also unacceptable.
-For all of the above, any foreign non-English variations are also unacceptable. If a player petitions a name he or she feels is offensive in a foreign language, all rules set forth shall be applied.
+Descriptive compound words are allowed in first names and are encouraged in surnames (e.g. Treehugger, Giantslayer).
Descriptive compound words (each separate part of the word and the entire word) must otherwise adhere to all other naming rules.
-Above all else, you may not choose character or guild name which, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Project 1999 Customer Service Staff, deems to be offensive or improper.