Why do you have your name?

Samaris · 04-07-2015 01:09PM #1

I'm actually thinking in terms of your Boards username, but if anyone wants to say why they were given one of their real names, feel free!

Mine is a name I like from a series of books many years ago. It was only a once-off character, but I found it pretty. Two Sams at the Chalet School, if anyone's wondering!

My actual first name is a family name, I think I was named after a granny.

NachoBusiness · 04-07-2015 01:11PM

Samaris wrote: »

Why do you have your name?

It's.. not your business.

failinis · 04-07-2015 01:13PM

I was named after the nick name of a saint.

Brego888 · 04-07-2015 01:15PM

LOTR

Pighead · 04-07-2015 01:20PM

This guy.
http://41.media.tumblr.com/b60f3a42b86d25820898ab9e6e61662e/tumblr_mimrqaJf2N1qc2g1mo1_1280.jpg

Sheep Lover · 04-07-2015 01:22PM

I live in Wicklow.

It's either this or Hill Walking Lover.

Free Hat · 04-07-2015 01:22PM

Who doesn't like a free hat?

Mr_Muffin · 04-07-2015 01:23PM

My real name is Jeremy. I never asked my parents why they gave it to me but i sometimes think it was because of Jeremy Beadle.

Mr_Muffin is because i like muffins and eat at least 2 every day.

donegaLroad · 04-07-2015 01:25PM

its my address

Mr.Goodman · 04-07-2015 01:27PM

I am a male and in my opinion I am good.

Xaracatz · 04-07-2015 01:30PM

I was stuck for inspiration and looked around and saw a Zara bag. But I didn't like Zara, so I changed it to Xara instead. Then I had to add a cat because, ya know, it's the Internet. And I had a spare z lying around, so I stuck it in at the end.

SimonTemplar · 04-07-2015 01:31PM

O
:rolleyes:

TheOtherBloke · 04-07-2015 01:31PM

I'm just that other bloke..

Brian? · 04-07-2015 01:33PM

I have no imagination.

mad muffin · 04-07-2015 01:42PM

It's my porn name.

CINCLANTFLT · 04-07-2015 01:45PM

I'm in charge of the US Atlantic Fleet so it kinda made sense...

NOS3 · 04-07-2015 01:45PM

Its a combination of my initials and my lucky number.

I'm normally more creative I swear. :P

OneOfThem · 04-07-2015 01:49PM

It was inspired by this passage from Jingo by Terry Pratchett.

"It was much better to imagine men in some smokey room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over brandy. You had to cling to this sort of image, because if you didn't then you might have to face the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told the children bed time stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was Us, then what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things."

degsie · 04-07-2015 01:51PM

eisged backwards

Just a little Samba · 04-07-2015 01:52PM

I like the hip hop group Ugly Duckling.

RayM · 04-07-2015 01:55PM

Boards username: my name.

My name: I was named after the lead singer of The Kinks. My dad was also a big fan of Blondie, so I reckon I got off quite lightly.

Mesrine65 · 04-07-2015 01:55PM

My nom de plume is a tip of the hat to a French relative's mother who was the girlfriend of France's one time 'ennemi public #1'

One eyed Jack · 04-07-2015 01:55PM

I'm blind in one eye due to uveitis, and One eyed Jacks are a term in poker ('Jack' was a pseudonym I used a long time ago too), so I figured I'd go with that -

The phrase one-eyed royals is jargon referring to the three face cards showing only one eye: the Jack of Spades (J♠), Jack of Hearts (J♥) and King of Diamonds (K♦). The terminology results from the depiction of the face on the card as being shown in profile, so only one eye is visible (all other face cards show two eyes). The jacks are also referred to, separately, as one-eyed jacks: Jack of Spades (J♠), Jack of Hearts (J♥).

My real name, I was named after my old man, which caused the nurses fierce confusion when I was going in for a hip operation and the nurse thought I looked very young for my age...

Turned out she was looking at my old man's medical records, the only difference being our date of birth

Cold War Kid · 04-07-2015 06:53PM

Was a child in the '80s (fear of Cold War related nuclear strikes was quite prevalent, even in the schoolyard) and was fascinated when the Berlin Wall came down - my first time paying attention to the news. Have had an interest since then in the political/cultural mish-mash that was the Cold War era.

Mr Rhode Island Red · 04-07-2015 07:15PM

The first internet forum I joined was a chicken and poultry enthusiast forum. I keep Rhode Island Reds and I am male, so I decided on Mr Rhode Island Red. Decided to keep it going here.

Not that I'm married to a Rhode Island Red hen, or that I'd want to be or anything, I just chose the name because...well...it sounded kinda...at the time...it seemed...

<.< >.>

It was nearly 10 years ago. Things were different back then. :mad:

Menas · 04-07-2015 07:15PM

Mine is just a random word. Could not think of anything better. Had some previous user names on here buy grew out of them.

Links234 · 04-07-2015 07:29PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q_GjTKqILA

Wang King · 04-07-2015 07:34PM

I've reregged a half dozen time now, I just like thinking up funny names is all. I've been umop episdn, Howard Juneau, Mollester Stallone and a few more, I'm probably overdue a change now

recyclops · 04-07-2015 07:37PM

Short segment in us office. Quite lame

The Dogs Bollix · 04-07-2015 07:40PM

I was eating a sweet called camel balls at the time. Camel balls sounded weird but the dogs bollix is better. There is a saying that if you call something the dog's bollocks, its the best and that's what I am, lol.

MistyCheese · 04-07-2015 07:50PM

I honestly put very little thought into my username. I wanted a two word name, an adjective and a noun. Misty Cheese was the first thing that popped into my head so I went with it. There is absolutely no meaning behind it at all. The two words are not really supposed to 'go' with each other necessarily. I could just as easily been StormyApple or OrangeSoup or GiantElbow.

My real name is actually a nickname that I kinda gave myself when I was a teenager but I really liked it and so I stuck with it. It's officially my name and is on my passport and driving licence (well, learners permit).

Why do you have your name?

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