where does your username come from?

[YBtheOutlaw]

i've noticed numerous interesting usernames being used around this site, and more than once ive wondered why this person chose this name. so i thought it'd be interesting to share our stories behind the usernames with everyone in here. so people out there who have a username other than their real name, where does it come from? it's okay if there's no specific reason or if you're not comfortable with sharing the reason, share what you like!

mine is nothing much, YB stand for my first and middle names. i've even used it as a nickname with friends and most of my electronic-related usernames contain it. outlaw stands for the fact that i'm officially an outlaw, because our constitution states engaging in 'sexual indecencies' as  a crime, which the current authorities interprete including being genderqueer. i picked the word from robin hood and i liked the idea of being something similar to him, so i've longed to recognize myself as an outlaw long before knowing the trans stuff. there goes my story..

[FalseHybridPrincess]

nice thread

Mine is actually an angram of my name,,,but obviously also indicates how Im not exactly your normal everyday girl...

[dalebert]

I was once a big Dilbert fan and my real name is Dale so I combined them. Now I'm just fond of the sound of it. It's like my goofy nerdy nickname. I kind of wish more people would use it IRL but it doesn't happen. I'm just Dale in person.

[Ms Grace]

Well Grace is my name, I'm no stranger to using concocted user names on forums, often based on female superheroes. This time though I wanted to be me, especially so I could have others calling me by that name (and it feels great!)...

I added the Ms because I was so sick of being called a Mr or Sir I really wanted to get the feel for using Ms (feels great too!)

[JRD]

I'd think mine would be pretty obvious looking at the avatar.

[Jill F]

nice thread

Mine is actually an angram of my name,,,but obviously also indicates how Im not exactly your normal everyday girl...

Awesome!  I love anagramming.  My chosen name is from an anagram of my given name.

An anagram of my chosen name is "gorilla snifter"
An anagram of my given name is "Mr. Wet Orgy Organ"

Scrabble, anyone?

[Tossu-sama]

Tossu is actually Finnish and means a certain kind of slipper, as in footwear. I think it originally had something to do with my Dir en grey fandom craze in the early 2000s but then it kinda stuck since I use it pretty much everywhere. It even became my IRL nickname.

I also go by the name LordLauri in some places, like Tumblr. Lauri is my name and the lord prefix originates from my Polish friend nominating me as the lord of darkness of something like that. Then I became the Daedric Lord of Procrastination.

[Edge]

My dad's former best friend once described me as someone who "walks on the edge of the way the world is supposed to be."

[Anatta]

Kia Ora YB,

I'm under the impression you already know what "Anatta" means...

BTW Zen da is just a fetish for all [no]things Zen...

Metta Zenda

[Xhianil]

Xhianil is the name of my fursona (or rather, scalesona) and what I plan to change my name to, though since its hard to pronounce most might end up calling me Xhi.

[Emo]

The state of mind i was in when i joined.
Simple yet telling..

[DriftingCrow]

I didn't want to use a username that I am already connected to on this site, so while thinking up a new username I looked down at my open textbook and saw that the case I was reading was written by the great Honorable Learned Hand.

Learned Hand is an awesome judge, he's the creator of the "Hand Formula".

I like him, and there's nothing quite like his name, so I choose it as my username. He also had an awesome beard when he was young, and I'd love to be able to rock that look.

[ThePhoenix]

I saw your username, LearnedHand, and thought I might not be the only legal person here. .  It's always nice to find another one. 

I've felt burned to ashes more than once in my life.  But each time in the past, I have managed to rise from the ashes.  I'm trying to do that again now because coming out as trans* has cost me just about everything.  So that makes the image of a phoenix meaningful.  I actually collect them as well, and I often wear one of several phoenix pendants when I am out and about.  So I adopted it as an Internet username that I use quite often.

I find that Phoenix is frequently already taken when I sign up for usernames anywhere.  If I make it ThePhoenix, then it is still taken by other people a lot, but not quite as often.

[DriftingCrow]

I saw your username, LearnedHand, and thought I might not be the only legal person here. .  It's always nice to find another one. 

Nice to find another one too ThePhoenix, there's at least two members here that I know of who are attorneys in the USA and one who just finished law school in the UK. 

[Miss_Bungle1991]

Mine is a character from some Get Along Gang fanfics that I write. I don't use her as my avatar, though. I'm sticking with Portia Porcupine. Plus, the sig quote from another character from the fanfic just pulls it all together.

[Jamie D]

I was once a big Dilbert fan and my real name is Dale so I combined them. Now I'm just fond of the sound of it. It's like my goofy nerdy nickname. I kind of wish more people would use it IRL but it doesn't happen. I'm just Dale in person.

You will always be Dalebert (of the bad jokes) to me! 

[Jamie D]

I didn't want to use a username that I am already connected to on this site, so while thinking up a new username I looked down at my open textbook and saw that the case I was reading was written by the great Honorable Learned Hand.

Learned Hand is an awesome judge, he's the creator of the "Hand Formula".

I like him, and there's nothing quite like his name, so I choose it as my username. He also had an awesome beard when he was young, and I'd love to be able to rock that look.

If you are going to be a lawyer, or even a judge someday (how awesome would that be?!), you have to have a memorable name.

Kenesaw Mountain Landis comes to mind.

[LordKAT]

I think mine is self explanatory. I'm Lord of KATs.

[King Malachite]

I chose Malachite because I was watching the Sailor Moon Abridged series and Zoicite was saying "Oh Malachite, you're so dirty"  and I like the way she emphasized the "Malachite" so I figured, why not go with that when I made this account.  Plus, I like his hair and I couldn't think of a better nickname.  Nephrite was going to be my name but I have the hardest time spelling it right.

^ This

[muffinpants]

Mine is kind of a term of endearment I use for my dogs I just thinks it's cute to call them anything with 'pants' tacked on to the end. cutiepants.. sugarpants.. pumpkinpants. puppypants.. it could go on and on.

Also, how do you pronounce your name Xhianil? I'm reading it as zee-ah-nil.