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it's been a while since we've had one of these i think, and since the site is growing daily this might be a fun way for people to get to know each other more! what is the meaning behind your username? is it a nickname? your favorite character? an in-joke with your buddies?

mine's simple - it's just my favorite animal! i'm sure a lot of you have much more interesting stories, so why not share with us?

Ultra-boring reality check: it's my real life first name.

It is a short Dutch form of Susanne though, which is from a Hebrew word meaning "lily".

I'm with Sanne on this one-my username is just a shortened variation of my real name,which is Briana.But since people always pronounce it wrong (they say it like Brianna with a short "a" instead of Briana which has the "ah" sound.),I just go by Bree. By the way,the name Briana is apparently of Irish origin and it means "strong."

Mine's actually quite simple, my user name is a mix of my favourite things and my preferred profession during my years but due to some personal problems I cannot be a doctor.

Well... like my father before me, that dons the username 'dunniteowl' -- a name that is a play on words that utlises our family name... I decided to play with my own name after growing bored of my character's name 'Shiay' (of which I determined in her language meant 'hope').

So... I went with a concept that really stuck out to me. Wings... wings and the representation of flying meaning freedom. Annnd... you know, my name, Jay, being commonly associated with a bird.

So... FreeJayFly. Fly, Jay, fly. Be free.

these are all great! i'm so happy to see this thread taking off! i was wondering about yours myself, jay. it always struck me as having an interesting story behind it.

When I was little my parents told my uncle they were getting a turtle......and he believed them. He was seventeen at the time and so they brought me home in a blanket and he thought I was a turtle... And my friend at school called me boss all the time.....

that is possibly the most adorable nickname origin i've ever heard.

Me? Oh, goodness. My name came from a lot of soul-searching. A LOT of soul-searching.

I used to be known as Yang in some circles, and to me... Yang meant light with a hint of darkness. That's why I try my best to show the light side of myself, despite dropping Yang to the wayside a long while ago. So LightSide.

Lotus is actually a symbolic thing to me that represents my growth as a person up to now: a lotus bud rising from the murkiness of a river bed and opening its petals for the world to see its beauty. It means spiritual enlightenment and creativity. So Lotus.

LightSide-Lotus. Ta-da~!

Edit: However, my current name of Lucree is based off of three things: my pen name A.M. Lucreé, the name Lucretia (one of my favorite fancy names), and the word "lucre" which means monetary gain usually earned in illicit ways. I'm an erotica writer who wants to be an erotica artist one day. 'Nuff said.

Sorry for the lengthy explaination, I love things like this.

It was actually a friend of mine from this very site who caused this name to happen! A long long time ago, in 2007/2008 I played my unicorn character Xiana in a dream on Furcadia that is now long gone called Gryffehold. This friend was there as well and we had eachother on MSN, along with some other friends from that dream.

Then one day my friend gave everyone in our little group of friends names relating to various chemicals and elements to prepare for an exam I believe and she called me Xinon (based on Xenon but with a Xi in front due to my character Xiana) and the name just sort of stuck.

As for the latter part, I like hyenas!

I actually used to go by 'Masha' on here, which is my first name. But Masha is actually a fairly personal name - it felt really gross and weird for people I didn't know to call me it, since they're not my friends. Especially disturbing to me when it was someone getting aggressive at me.

So I changed it to Tate, which is my last name. I go by it fairly often IRL actually, and it's the name I give to anyone I don't particularly know. It's just far more comfortable.

That but with snacks instead.

Mine comes from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. It describes me pretty well.

Alternately, 'slipcasting' also is a technique for making pottery.

Mine's a combination of two Gorillaz songs- 68 State and Dare. I was just thinking up usernames- I've always used songs of variants of them pretty much, and the number/name combination worked well. Plus my deviantArt account is thenameless69 (Slipknot song+69), so it's kind of paying homage to that with the number and fact that I use a song name.

Mine are from two of my rp characters. I mingled Meresankh with Ravena and came up with Merenrave

Mine is pretty simple.
Nelia = my first name
Nelly = nickname

So I just put the two together xD

Hi.
I'm a unicorn.
The end.

Mina is a nickname I use IRL. I got it when I was a shot girl at a club on goth nights. We were advised to use little aliases since it was a big city, etc. I wanted to be Raven, but it was taken! So I took the name from..you guessed it, Dracula. Which is perfect, considering my club wear involved prosthetic fangs. I just kind of liked hearing that name in reference to myself and it felt like it fit a little better than my legal name so I began, then continued to use it in a lot of aspects of my life. My name on here used to be Horrors, but there was already a user named Horror. Also, people were shortening it in a way that wasn't flattering, and kept asking for a 'real name' to call me. Since I'm private with details about myself, this worked wonderfully.

It's my nickname. Has been for two-three years now

SIN is both as in the actual 'sin', and also is a little nudge towards the S.I.N. Unit.

Dragon as in the mythical creature, named as such because my dear Mother loves them very much.