The Origin of Our Names

[Trefellin]

I took my last name and just reversed it.

My real name is Pieter Nillefert. It's a Dutch name as I am of Netherlandish heritage.

[fujyoshi]

I'm pretty sure EVERYONE knows where my name comes from, and how true it is now isn't it?

[Trefellin]

I'm pretty sure EVERYONE knows where my name comes from, and how true it is now isn't it?

No, I do not know.

[Rem+]

I love rem from death note and blood plus hense

Rem+

[Trigun360]

I was without any creativity so i put the name of my favorite anime.

[Meggles]

IDK if I posted here but I think I said either on this thread or another one like this that my real name is Meghan (obviously) and my friend calls me Meggles. It's usually not taken on forums and it's simple and easy to remember.

[Sora N]

Sora N came from Kaleido Star’s main character Sora Naegino (at the time of joining AN I was watching Kaleido Star and I really liked Sora’s personality and strengths.)

[Nano]

I got this name while walking the plains of Africa, it means "Ginger Man".
I wouldn't change it either

[Jayman]

It is my nickname. People have been calling me that for as long as I can remember.

[Caster13]

I'm trying to think of what to change my name to.

[KatayokuのTenshi]

It's the name of a song... I'm not even all that fond of the song to be honest. :lol:

Katayoku no Tenshi was too long for the name field at the time, hence the 'の'.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

If your computer doesn't have east asian language support his name is Katayoku?Tenshi

[fujyoshi]

No, I do not know.

ask my rep please :'D

[pepin]

Named after my favorite Blankey Jet City song.

[Kamiyama_Satoru]

Well, my name is from the J Dorama The Quiz Show which I totally adore and I recommend you all to watch! The main's character name is Kamiyama Satoru ^^ I just love it and I decided to use it. And even if it's a boy name, some of my friends form Japan actually call me Sato-chan now :lol:

[LISA HAYES]

My name is from old mecha anime Robotech .i am keen admirer of her personality and that is my favorite character .

[billgoku]

Well, my names Bill, and I've liked Dragonball since I was younger, and I've used this name for over 12 or so years throughout the internet. Funny though, this forum was the first forum I used it on though.

[AsukaxSohryux]

Was obsessed with Asuka from Evangelion.......but now its time for a change!

[Rahxephon91]

Liked Rahxephon and 91 just came out of nowhere.

[Pocahontas]

I think I owe an explanation for my name as I'm pretty sure no one gets it.

Basically my close friends call me 'faith' or 'faith man' (that's another story altogether but to put it bluntly it's because of me being more religious than my friends when we were younger). And I had an American friend years back who would always say the word 'kid' at the end of most of his sentences, ad-libbed it all the time. Now I've always been a fan of the east london rapper Kano and he sometimes says 'K.A!' (the first two words of his stage name) in his songs, so I would say 'F.A!' as a joke every now and then. My American friend liked me saying F.A. and when he saw me he would say something like 'Yo, F.A. kid!'. And that rolls off the tongue for me considering the context of it all (also I haven't seen American guy in years) and when I was thinking of a name for AN I was going to put faith or faithman but me being myself, I decided to make the name a little complicated and thought about f2akid as in - F.A. kid.

So, I'm sure that's not what anyone was expecting but it finally explains the name.

So why did you add the 2 ?? Fave number or something?

[willag]

Well, when I first started getting involved with teh interwebz, I took on the name of my "alter ego", Willow. I say "alter ego" because she was the Sailor Scout Mary Sue character I created for myself when I was much younger... Sailor Natura. Yeah, original, I know. Luckily for everyone else, I never wrote stories, only kept everything inside my head. Well, eventually, when I developed some really close friends, we created our own universe, and she ended up evolving and becoming a part of that world. And then she was used for other little things along the way. But her next biggest role was as my online persona.

Now, Willow isn't really an original name, obviously, so once I got to my 3rd? forum, I came across the issue of not being able to use that nickname. I considered adding numbers or other words at the end, dismissed it, and instead switched out the last three letters with the initials of my name. And it's been that way for a long time, since around 2002-03 or so.

I'm so paranoid about my real name... not because I don't like it (I love my name) but because of how unique it is. I know many people who could get away with using their names online (for e-mail or whatnot), not me. So I've always been Willow online (except for professional situations).

There is an anime character out there who has the same first name as me except for 2 letters. I'd been shocked the first time I heard it, but also greatly overjoyed. And funny enough, she was in the first fandom I was involved in.


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Edit: lol, it's funny reading through this thread how many times people change their story.

[lister]

Watch Red Dwarf
and you'll know

[f2akid]

So why did you add the 2 ?? Fave number or something?

Well, superplough asked me the same question after my post, to which I replied...

Just added that as a link between the F and the A, like saying F to the A but shortened to f2a to make it a whole lot simpler (while complicating it at the same time).

My favourite number would probably be 10 now that I think about it.

[Pocahontas]

Pocahontas is just a nickname my fam and school mates gave me bc I have long dark hair.

[Pocahontas]

Well, superplough asked me the same question after my post, to which I replied...



My favourite number would probably be 10 now that I think about it.

sorry I missed your response. F 2 tha A? lol cool enough!

[f2akid]

Pocahontas is just a nickname my fam and school mates gave me bc I have long dark hair.

Kind of a mouthful of a nickname isn't it.

Are you tall and slim like her as well?

[Aragami]

The demons on the show Blue Seed were called Aragami, which translates to "fierce diety".

[Old Ape Face]

The demons on the show Blue Seed were called Aragami, which translates to "fierce diety".

You ever notice if you change just a few vowels in a Japanese word, that word is completely different even if they sound alike?

Aragami sounds like Origami to me.

[Arnold]

Because it's my first name.

I suck at coming up with net handles. Though I came up with Hawkflame for another forum (think Fullmetal Alchemist) not too long ago, I kinda like that.

[SapperSix]

Because Sapper sounded way cooler than Combat Engineer.

[Black Cat]

take a wild guess

[earsofdoom]

Back when diablo 2 first came out i tried for like an hour to make a name but they were all taken, eventually i just said screw it and typed something batshit random in. since then i've used this name purely because no-one else has already taken it anywhere.

[Pocahontas]

Kind of a mouthful of a nickname isn't it.

Are you tall and slim like her as well?

Sometimes they called me "Poca".
Yeah pretty slim. I'm 5'6" 106 lbs.

[Old Ape Face]

Sometimes they called me "Poca".
Yeah pretty slim. I'm 5'6" 106 lbs.

hmmm do you like the Sitar?

[Pocahontas]

I'm not sure what that is. And I haven't even seen the little Pocahontas Disney movie yet.

[Old Ape Face]

The Sitar is a twangy Guitar like instrument, they play it a lot in Indian music, but it's awesome.

Wait that's Indonesia, not Native American <_< wooops

[lister]

My favourite number would probably be 10 now that I think about it.

Just like Monk

[Purple Madness]

I heard the words 'Purple Madness' in the Pick of Destiny film. (when Jack Black & Kyle Gas are looking for the pick in the rock museum and Jack is going through the lasers, this funky song plays and it said 'Purple Madness').

And though the 'Purple' gimmick also came from Mr.Hedrix's 'Purple Haze'

[Icer]

I created this name Icer when Iwas thirteen. I needed a name for a ghost hunet in a short story I was writing for a school homework assignment. I like Hockey and Iwas always icing the puck. Hence I'm an Icer.

[Melion]

My name came from a book called Sword Of Shannara. There was a character called Menion in the book and I liked it.

To give it my personal touch on it I changed the "N" to a "L". the results: Melion.

Which gave me the nickname in my World Of Warcraft guild, "Melon the Squishy Tank"

Meh.

[Pocahontas]

interesting in deed...
I'm just going to take a minute to read all the previous pages in detail.
So if you see my status is still here 15 minutes later...

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Surprisingly few people mention the fact my name sounds suspiciously familiar to "Pornography."

[Trefellin]

Surprisingly few people mention the fact my name sounds suspiciously familiar to "Pornography."

All this time I've been under the impression that your name was actually derived from the word pornography...

Don't tell me I'm wrong. :huh:

[The Million Dollar Prons]

All this time I've been under the impression that your name was actually derived from the word pornography...

Don't tell me I'm wrong. :huh:


Prons is my name.

Although I've considered changing my name to Danny Glover.

Then you all would have to call me Danny Glover

[Old Ape Face]

Prons is my name.

Although I've considered changing my name to Danny Glover.

Then you all would have to call me Danny Glover

how about you change your name to something totally unexpected, and then we'll try to guess what name you picked, or if you've left AN forever without us knowing you even changed your name.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

how about you change your name to something totally unexpected, and then we'll try to guess what name you picked, or if you've left AN forever without us knowing you even changed your name.

From this day forward I will be known as Larry David.

[Old Ape Face]

From this day forward I will be known as Larry David.

You're doing it Wrong.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

You're doing it Wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-xygjjjTgI

Larry david does no wrong

[Old Ape Face]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-xygjjjTgI

Larry david does no wrong

if that's the way you want it then fine, we can discuss this at the dinner party.

[Pocahontas]

eaux my God! It is taking forever to read all this (plus breaks to check messages)

[lister]

if that's the way you want it then fine, we can discuss this at the dinner party.

:lol: Larry David hates dinner parties

[Haro!]

Pocahontas is just a nickname my fam and school mates gave me bc I have long dark hair.

Please, do go on.

[Pocahontas]

What else do you want to know?

[ToyMachinist_86]

I was riding Toy Machine skateboard decks at the time, combined it with the year i was born and an underscore...

[CrossboneGundam]

Please, do go on.

Next month, Haro will make a thread about how he met a girl over the internet and found a man waiting for him in that seedy motel room.

[Len]

Did I mention my name was from Melty Blood? Or maybe Im that Vocaloid..

[Clayton]

Mine's Anglo-saxxon for "Town Dweller"

[KatayokuのTenshi]

Mine's Anglo-saxxon

Anglo-saxxon?
Anglo-saxxxon?

What's that? Old English Porn? :P

for "Town Dweller"

Pretty sure it just means "Clay Town"

...Clægtūn.

Now you could have said you named yourself after the BRIAN BLESSED character from the Disney version of Tarzan...

[Maka Albarn]

I'm a rather huge fan of the anime series Soul Eater, hence my name "Maka Albarn".
I find myself able to relate to her about most issues etc.

[Nerv]

The organization from Neon Genesis Evangelion in charge of destroyin the ANGELS