Poll #42: Why Your Username?

[Andy]

For what reason did you choose your particular username?

[Rouge]

I was trying to learn Japanese at the time and I wanted a name that no one else would likely have.
It worked. (:

[Andy]

Are you still learning Japanese? Does your name stand for anything?

[Double A]

My sister and I, and our two friends have a club, and my nick-name of my username is Double A. :)

[Shaun]

I didn't have a choice. Andy made me use it because he's the right hand of the devil. It's a conspiracy to defame all people named Shaun everywhere.

[Rouge]

Are you still learning Japanese? Does your name stand for anything?


No, I'm not. It was too hard to learn by myself on the internet using dial-up. :P

Tsuki means moon, and Hikari means light.
^^

[Majyk]

Hmm. I'm not quite sure why I originally picked this. I used to use my real name, but got bored of that after a while.

[Carraka]

I used to use Ed, but I scouted out TW before joining, and I realized that there was already someone on the site named Ed. So when I posted on Andy's blog a while later, I knew I needed a new username (preferably gender-undefined), and Carraka popped into my head for no reason.

What an amazing story.

[Zombified]

Simple really.

I like zombies. Why not be named after something you like?
The act of being turned into a zombie is called zombification. Thought Zombified was a cool name.

I still do.
:P

[Starry]

"starryskyes" actually came from MapleStory, sadly enough. I was creating my...third character, I think (this was several years ago-- don't shoot me) and all of my characters were combinations of two words with "x" at the beginning and end of the name, and because I was and still am totally neurotic I wanted to continue the pattern. My first two or three choices were already taken, and then xStarrySkyx just popped into my head. I used that for a while, eventually got sick of MapleStory, and stopped playing. Like a year ago, when I finally got sick of the AIM screenname I created when I was like 7, I used starryskyes (yes, the misspelling has always been intentional, if anyone cares), with a few random numbers added on to the end (my birthday is 12/3, and it's always bothered me that I could never use it for screennames or passwords or anything). Now, I use starryskyes on any new online account I have.

...wow, that was an unnecessarily long response.

[Lizzie]

Lizzie = My Name
08 = Year I came

Easy enough to understand
On TW[used to because I quit]
Frozen=Last name is frost
electric= It sounded cool! :p

[Pibs]

Pibs is from pibble, which is a cutesied-up name for all doggies that go under the generalization of "pit bull" (American Staffordshire Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and American Pit Bull Terriers). Since I love pibbles, it just sorta fit. Plus it's catchy... at least I think so. ^^

[Nyx]

I wanted it to be original, and include letters from my real name. We were studying Greek/Rome and their Gods/Goddesses so I thought being named after a Goddess would be pretty cool [you know, cause I'm such a Goddess and all:rolleyes:]
And Goddess of Night fit great cause I like the night a hell of alot and her history is cool and all.
So yea ^^

[Phantom]

We all know where my name came from!

[Nyx]

Haha, yes we do.

[Lykaios]

I Found my username on a baby-name site when I was looking for character names, and I wrote a story about a wolf with it. But then I found out on another site what it meant and I liked it and stole it from my character. :)

. . . Yeah, I'm mean.

It means 'wolfish' in Greek, ironic for my character anyway, and I love wolves. :)

[Crocolyle]

Sounds cool are relates to my real name.

[Rouge]

I chose my name cause I've always liked penguins, the first book I ever read (voluntarily) was Mr. Poppins Penguins which was about a painter that a circus of penguins. I also thought it'd be a cool super hero one day.

I never did read that.
Now I feel as if I've missed out on childhood. :mellow:

[jordanisonfire]

It's my real name.

[Nyx]

It's my real name.

Haha, that'd be a cool name.

[jordanisonfire]

It's a good thing it is, then, isn't it?

[Andy]

It's my real name.
He lies.

[jordanisonfire]

Well, I bet Andy isn't YOUR real name.

[Midnight_Moon]

I really just choose whatever was in my mind at that moment. I like Shootin'_Star but that was kinda cliche so then Midnight_Moon popped into my head; it kinda stuck.

[Squint]

I'm Squint because I seem to squint all the time. I'm part Chinese.

[jordanisonfire]

Isn't that kinda racist to yourself...?

[The_First_Investigator]

Well, I chose my nick from a youth mystery book series called "The Three Investigators". It comes from the USA, but it was only successful in Germany. The first book was released in 1964 in the USA and translated into German in 1968. The "First investigator"'s name is Jupiter Jones. It is not explicitly said in any book, but Jupe's highly talented. I am too - it was detected when I was six years old (131). So I thought: either JupiterJones, JustusJonas(Jupe's name in the German books and audio plays) or . . . hey! Why not The_First_Invesigator? That's the history of my nick.


http://threeinvestigatorsbooks.com

TFI

P.S: I rejected Carraka's idea to call me "Tuffi" - who would not? :D

[Ichigo]

Tuffi? hehehe! :devil:

Ichigo = strawberry in Japanese.

But I think nearly everyone knows that by now.

I like it. And I guess it kind of stuck, except I'm called Ichy most of the time. My friends call me Snow White, or Peaches, or Giggles, or one of my other infamous nicknames. [NAPOLEON]

But I like Ichigo. It's...nice.

[Carraka]

Well, I chose my nick from a youth mystery book series called "The Three Investigators". It comes from the USA, but it was only successful in Germany. The first book was released in 1964 in the USA and translated into German in 1968. The "First investigator"'s name is Jupiter Jones. It is not explicitly said in any book, but Jupe's highly talented. I am too - it was detected when I was six years old (131). So I thought: either JupiterJones, JustusJonas(Jupe's name in the German books and audio plays) or . . . hey! Why not The_First_Invesigator? That's the history of my nick.


http://threeinvestigatorsbooks.com

TFI

P.S: I rejected Carraka's idea to call me "Tuffi" - who would not? :D

GAH!

I've read the Three Investigators books in the US! And I think I liked them quite a bit. There was some funny stuff in there. Good mysteries, good wordplay, good treasure hunting. I think I may still own one of the books; I saw it in my dining room (where we no longer dine) yesterday. And I never made that connection until you said Jupiter Jones ... well, of course. Why would I?

JJones is a Tuffi! I personally would not reject that nickname.

[The_First_Investigator]

GAH!

I've read the Three Investigators books in the US! And I think I liked them quite a bit. There was some funny stuff in there. Good mysteries, good wordplay, good treasure hunting. I think I may still own one of the books; I saw it in my dining room (where we no longer dine) yesterday. And I never made that connection until you said Jupiter Jones ... well, of course. Why would I?

JJones is a Tuffi! I personally would not reject that nickname.

That could be an idea for a new poll: would you let others call you what YOU would rather call a dog? :P:D
For me Tuffi is a dog name. Full stop. But if you rather call me a name pretty short, call me Jupe. :D:P:cool:;)

By the way: three years after discontinuance of the T3I series in 1990 it was continued in Germany - so in the USA there are 59 episodes, in Germany there are currently 144 episodes. :)

[Diocletian]

I chose this username because Diocletian was one of the greatest Roman emperors in the Empire's history (yeah, I'm really into ancient history) and he had many of the same cultural and religious views that I have.

[Carraka]

That could be an idea for a new poll: would you let others call you what YOU would rather call a dog? :P:D
For me Tuffi is a dog name. Full stop. But if you rather call me a name pretty short, call me Jupe. :D:P:cool:;)Yeah, let's make that the next poll. One of us will be very surprised by the results.



By the way: three years after discontinuance of the T3I series in 1990 it was continued in Germany - so in the USA there are 59 episodes, in Germany there are currently 144 episodes. :)Wait, am I supposed to be jealous? In the short period of time when I used to go to the library, I could only ever find the first seven or eight. I didn't even know there were fifty-nine! Anyway, the rest are in German. I would ask my cousin if he reads them, but ... he doesn't seem the reading type. He might get offended.

[Diocletian]

What does Carraka mean? It sounds like some cool evil villain's name.

[Carraka]

You didn't read the explanation in this thread?

Shame.

[seikoXchan]

Gaah. I named it after one of those Naruto role-playing characters I used to trace.
I DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE! TRUST ME!

Speaking of which... oh, Andyyyyyy? Could you change my username to Shaylyn for me? Pweaaase?
:P

[Majyk]

I wish my name didn't have the typo in it though, but at the same time it gives it character.

I always thought your user name was spelled like that on purpose. :p

[Andy]

Want me to change it?

[jordanisonfire]

Bahahaha, Andrew's getting besieged by username change requests. I would ask mine to be changed, but I find I have become THE Shadow (not an actual shadow, but that's how I'm now known to everyone). To change it now would only confusion, and it's fine the way it is.

[dj4ever]

Arg I hate my name! It was too characters from a story I wrote and liked at the time I joined. *hits self on head* I wish I could change it because it really is stupid!

[Zaphkiel]

Zaphkiel is a really catchy name, not to mention it says something about myself.

[Rafael Domination]

I love the ring of mine! :D

[jordanisonfire]

Again, my username is my real name.

[AgniR]

There is a set of names that I like to use on net. Eriko is just one of them. I hate using my real name. And Eriko has nothing to do with my personality. I just like maybe because I think it is decent.

[Silverwolf]

I chose it beacuse i like the color silver and my favorite animal ia a wolf.

[appleofmyeye]

Mine is because-

A) Apples are delicious.
B) The song Apple Of My Eye.
C) And, admittedly, Twilight. It's verrrrrrrry slight but I couldn't resist :).

[Nyx]

I chose this username because Diocletian was one of the greatest Roman emperors in the Empire's history (yeah, I'm really into ancient history) and he had many of the same cultural and religious views that I have.

Oh my. THAT'S why whenever I see your username I think of my socials studies teacher!

[Nanyoky]

Final Fantasy VII has been my favorite video game since second grade and RedXIII (Nanaki) was my favorite character when I first played it (hey, i liked cats...). But I couldn't read very well so I said it like Nan-eye-ah-key for some reason. Then when I got older I still liked the name and named a few characters in my stories that. Then I started using it online and here we are!

[Brackynn]

Brackynn has been my Internet alias for yonks. It all started with a fairy name generator that told me that my fairy name is Bracken Reedwand. I removed the Reedwand because, well, I didn't like it, and changed the spelling of "Bracken" because the first time I tried to sign up for something using that name, it had already been taken.

And thus, Brackynn was born and has stuck to me like glue ever since.

[nuttychooky]

Final Fantasy VII has been my favorite video game since second grade and RedXIII (Nanaki) was my favorite character when I first played it (hey, i liked cats...). But I couldn't read very well so I said it like Nan-eye-ah-key for some reason. Then when I got older I still liked the name and named a few characters in my stories that. Then I started using it online and here we are!

Me too! VII rules, and so does Red XIII.
I always thought he was a dog, though....
Mine is just one I use. 'chooky' was a childhood nickname, and the 'nutty' explains itself...

[Chie'N'Kadath]

It's just our real names. When we decided that we wanted to share an account here, we figured we'd need a way to indicate that there are two people here and we decided to do it by name. I was originally considering using the nickname I have adopted on many other sites "CroutonsOfDeath" which comes from a dark comedy short story I wrote several years ago about a family of homicidal maniacs who are constantly trying to kill each other. Eventually the father wants a way to "permanently" kill his family, and buys the mysterious croutons of death in order to poison them. When they get put in the salad however, no one eats them and eventually he just gets PO'd and eats them himself, not really thinking and kills himself. However, thanks to deus ex machina, and escaped voodoo shaman comes in as he dies and resurrects him as a zombie where he promptly eats their brains and he thinks hes victorious, but they come back as zombies and he just gets pissed again.

Uhh.. what he said. Also, someone please get him a straight jacket?

[MusicObsessed]

Well, my username's pretty self-explanatory, you know. I really hope I don't have to spell that out to you guys.

[Tamar]

Gotta love names, right? Given or acquired.

[Eilidh]

It's my name in real life :P

[MasterCarlton]

I chose my name because a very close friend of mine would call me Carlton, as my real name is Carl and she is a mighty boosh fan.....and you know what those mighty boosh fans are like (shuder)

[winniethepooh4102]

Because I really was Winnie the Pooh and I am still the same.

[JaceMT]

My penname, Jace favorite character from a story i wrote long ago, it stuck with me...my real name is mike...nowhere close, but "Jacen Arron Alston" is a possible penname for publishing...since some of my work is (cough) explicit in nature. I don't need my mother reading my smuttier peices. and the MT part is because i'm DESPERATE to find other writers in montana.

[jenny&edward:)]

because my names jenny and i will love edward cullen forever!

[jordanisonfire]

Jenny, well done on copying every single other Cullen fangirl out there. Congratulations on just being another nobody in a massive statistic. ;)

[Quietus]

Jenny, well done on copying every single other Cullen fangirl out there. Congratulations on just being another nobody in a massive statistic. ;)

Harsh... Yet so true, sadly.

Anyways, my username stems from being an über Star Wars nerd. It's actually a shortening of my Sith name: Lord/Darth Quietus. I've dropped the first part to make it a more regular name. Also, it's my stage name...O_o

[littledreamer!]

I like Twilight, but jenny takes it too far. You should know better not to be a Twilighter on this site. I mean, there's a social group dedicated to Twilight bashing. Sorry, but it is the truth.
anyway, my user name is both who i am and what i do. i am small, and i have lots of dreams in life!

[Fiction]

People call me wise, and I love fiction. The word is somewhat like otherwise. Definition:
Fictionwise: (fik/shun/wize) adj. Considering fiction, in the case of fiction. Ex: His book was fictionwise. YWO is fictionwise.

[Bowie20049]

My name is Achilles Bowie Chan. And to all ye people, yes I'm a guy despite my uber cool avatar xD

20049 is a random number, easy to remember and nobody ever takes it

[Catharsis]

Maybe im a bit more original then.

Catharsis comes from greek and mean 'purification' or 'cleansing', but most commonly associated with 'purging' such as purging one's feelings or emotions by performing a catharsis of the soul etc.

It comes from a friend's band , who have now broken up.... anyways Catharsis for Sierra is the song and its names started me writing an epic poem, 'Catharsis', heheh

ehh anyone got more meaning?

[pebhorses]

i ride horses, and its also my e-mail

[Elvenscholar]

Well, I'm a total fantasy geek, hence the 'Elven'.
And out of my friends, I'm the smart/scholarly one. I like it, and use it for a lot of things.

[TenshiYoukai]

I have uber mad Wapanese skillz, so I honestly don't know if this is right, but in Japanese:

Tenshi = angel

Youkai = demon of the shinto religion.

It fits my personality extremely well, and even inspired the story I'm still configuring in my mind~ ;P It's about a corrupt angel who falls in love with a demon girl. There's a lot more to it, but I'm bored and really don't feel like typing up the rough idea for a plotline I just fiigured out a few minutes ago. XD

[Melo]

It was just something I accidently typed in and... I didn't really have any more ideas for usernames, so I used what popped onto the screen when my fingers slammed into the keyboard.

[Perry]

I will write a book, my name is related. See my sig! Try to find ''Quantum Research''

[johnroyal]

It's my name :D. I think that's the best way to claim every bit of work I'll end up posting.

[Inkweaver]

Mine is from Inkspell my Cornilia Funke. They nicknamed Fenoglio - the author - Inkweaver!

So simple, so true...

[trinity]

Honestly,I couldn't think of anything else.It just popped into my mind ,plus I thought it was kind of cute.:)

[peepingthesmurf]

At the moment, I was thinking about the Smurfs, and I kind of wanted Peeps (http://tinyurl.com/ydkbuuw)...
And so peepingthesmurf came to be.

[Iridescence]

Is this an old thread? Looks like it...anyway, I chose this username because I love the word "iridescence", both for its sound and its meaning, and at the moment, it seemed appropriate. :)

[tech.no.logic]

No idea. But I think it came to me because of something I wrote, something about naming technology... And then I just found my made-up morphology so fun I decided to use it.

tech-no-logic!

Or maybe it's a bad reference to Daft Punk? Seriously, I have no idea...

[miss_smiley]

Yeah. It's mega-old.
And I chose it because it's very me. :D

[Banana]

My childhood nickname was Leanna Three Banana (for reasons that are beyond me). I considered using that at first, but in the end I went with just Banana.

[An Angry Panda]

Because it sounded cool.

Got a problem with that? /angry panda-ish

[Lionel]

Lionel is the protagonist and title character of "The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man," my favorite story and the basis for my first play. I ended up playing him, because he is very much me, and I've been using his name online (and even sometimes in person) ever since.

[Rowenny]

I choose my username because this is my username and nickname in almost every place I am at in the net.

[Demetri]

It's my last name.

[Clarissa]

It's a name I'm obsessed with at the moment... Currently it is going to be the name of my first girl (in 20ish years). It's a pretty name, and it was in a BOOK! How much better can it get? :)

[Life_In_Technicolor]

I picked it because i didn't want to use my real name, and it was the coolest song name on my playlist at the moment. :D

[Crazy Shyness]

For a while I thought I was just crazy. 'Shyness' came from how I was the socially awkward kid throughout my seventh grade year. Fortunately, this no longer applies because I have a lot more friends now.

[shadowsmith]

My user name is from shadow a anime character and smith is my last name so shadowsmith

[abra~cadaver]

Mine tis a song. And it rolls off the tongue.

[angel]

My nickname & it's what people think I am. :P

[Spacepirate]

Because I'm a pirate ... in space.

Jeez! What other information do you need!

[SapphireSeaBird]

I got Seabird from a band, who I was obsessed with for a while... And I like both the word and the gemstone sapphire, and I thought the two put together were kinda catchy :) Or maybe that's just me, and it's actually a really stupid name...

[Rage]

I'm rage a lot in real life.

[Anira]

Mine is actually an elvish name (it is the Elvish equivalent of Desiree). Just ask Majyk, it took me about a week to come up with a name that I wanted to be called that wasn't really lame. ((And we thought Sumi (my name) was too similar to Tsuki)). I really like the name Desiree and Anira, so it just fit. Plus, I didn't think anyone else would have an elvish name.

[Valencian]

I just thought mine up and I thought it suited my personality and it sounded nice so i kept it as my pen name and I use it everywhere I go now

[Weirdside]

It started b/c my blog was originally Musings from the Weirdside and I was only going to look at old and New Weird. Then it changed to just Weirdside b/c it was easier to search for.

[NAT says RAWR.]

I just wanted something unique ^_^

[FayGee]

I got Seabird from a band, who I was obsessed with for a while... And I like both the word and the gemstone sapphire, and I thought the two put together were kinda catchy :) Or maybe that's just me, and it's actually a really stupid name...

No, it is kinda catchy. Anyway, mine is pretty obvious. My name is Fay G.

[dragonheart]

I love dragons and it goes well with my pic.

[Clawfire]

We-ell it's mostly from a book I like or at least one of the names they might use but I really have no idea whatsoever why I chose it...

[Alexz]

The tale behind my name is a looooong story.

My name is Alex.

[lalodragon]

"lalo" is from a character in the book Baby (by Patricia Maclachlan)-- a big part of that book (the main idea?) is wondrous words. "dragon" is because I like dragons. ;)

[OrionRising]

It's my real name -- Its kinda close to my real name.
It's catchy -- Say it outloud. "OrionRising" Don't know about you but sounds good to me. :D
It says something about who I am --- Um well Orion is my favorite constellation and I love the stars.
I just chose whatever was in my head at the moment -- Yah. I guess its true.

[Kalculator]

Because I'll good at maths. And I like calculators. And solar panels.

[Syn]

-- Its kinda close to my real name.
-- Say it outloud. "OrionRising" Don't know about you but sounds good to me. :D
--- Um well Orion is my favorite constellation and I love the stars.
-- Yah. I guess its true.
I like your username! It's almost silly how much Orion is referenced in ancient civilisations!! Hahah!
I bet it feels quite empowering to have such a username!
Awesome! I wish I had thought of it before you, dammit!

[Kyaerin]

For what reason did you choose your particular username?

its my name in japanese :D. i think. thats what i was told anywayss

[Kalculator]

I choose it because it's my nickname.

'Cause I'm good at maths.

Well, that's what my friends say.

[Tristyn-of-Arenstar]

Personal joke... XD

And no, you don't get to know that joke.

My joke.

*Growls* xD

[GinaNeko]

I chose GinaNeko because I have a character i use for most things and she is a cat named Gina and neko is Japanese for cat so GinaNeko.

[KashtienJames]

My username, Kashtien James, was actually really, really random. I was sitting in a movie theatre, watching "Salt", I believe, and Kashtien (pronounced Kash-chin) popped into my head with no warning. I intended to use Kashtien Mackenzie James as a character name, but figured it was too out there for a character. (Though now, I do have Eshton xD)

Anyway, coolish story, I guess.

[Jack]

It's my name. /coolstorybro

[Quindora]

I chose my username because I love the letter Q. I use this username a LOT because I absolutely LOVE it. I came up with it myself because I wanted to think up a Q name that wasn't in the name dictionaries.

[wutheringheights]

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is my favorite book ever.