I try to keep it as "canon" as possible. Sounds pathetic seeing as these games have multiple universes, but I feel like Generations cleared up which genders are canon(except for Lucas/Dawn and Nate/Rosa, they didn't appear at all; Hilbert came in when N was supposed to leaving N to replace Nate, and who knows where the fuck Lucas/Dawn were, so it doesn't matter who I chose in those games). So I pick the genders shown to be "canon" and name them after their real names. I don't wanna be a part of this "we want to immerse the player as much as possible so we make the protags lifeless shells so it feels like the player is in the game" bullshit.