Reasons For Your Username

[Draken Benvolaid]

Just a curious question...

Why did you choose your username?

Does it mean something special to you, or is it because you thought it was cool?
Where does it derive from?

If you changed your name, then also why?


Only One Post Per Person, Please. Edit If You Want.


I guess I'll start...


"Draken Benvolaid" is a Swedish and German mixed name, I think.

My name means "Dragon's Benevolence" when properly translated. A dragon's kindness is a strong ally and it symbolizes my inner self.

Draken itself means "Drake" or "Wyvern", a type of dragon

It's pronounced "Dray-ken Ben-vole-lay-idd".

I got the first part from the Swedish Saab aircraft, J35A Draken.

I began using it about 7 years ago when I started to write long stories/novels. I decided to use it because I had only one other name and its part of my book. I didn't want it to sound self-centered if they ever got published.

[CLOUD]

* Cloudy *

First of all, i'm a huge FF VII fan & especially after AC. So, since Cloud's my fav & that nick is "somehow" taken, i had to use something else, without numbers & %$^&** stuff. So a -y at the end would be quite original.

Other than that, one of my dreams is to fly up in the sky in the clouds. I love the clouds. They're perfect & the sky looks amazing when filled with pink, orange or light blue clouds.

When in my biology class last year, i spent more time staring at the sky than paying attention at the teacher...LOL

Most times, i look sad, depressed and shut to myself, so why the "cloudy" look, some friends ask me. Anything wrong? Nope, just cloudy.

[Violet]

Well, this is a newer name I came up with for a screenname. Other name's I've used were RikkuKitty, alienguru, and TeoAmni. NuttyBunny doesn't have history behind it since I recently made it up, but I thought it would be cute. RikkuKitty started ages ago in a chatroom, and a friend told me that I reminded him of a kitty.. and that it would be even super cute to be a Rikku Kitty, but I hate Rikku now. Alienguru and TeoAmni are my most used ones. Alienguru is based off of an alter ego I made up a long time ago, but it's not really that anymore.. I'm just used to the name. TeoAmni was named after a story character I made, which isn't really my character anymore since someone stole it..long story.

[Setzertrancer]

Setzertrancer was derived from a few events in my past which are basically outdated now but all the same in the 10 years I've been actively involved on the internet I have only changed my username 3 times. This is because I hate the idea of changing it because as I see it you are basically abandoning your identity . Anyway It came from the fact that I think Setzer is a cool name from my favourite FF game and trancer came from the fact that I liked playing around with the trance genre of music when I had a game called Music 2000.

[ChloChloAriadne]

Eh.. All of my names... Let's see..

Rikku_555: I had this for what... 3 weeks at the beginning? Basically, I was sad and n00by and unoriginal. Best I could think of. <3 Rikku, and 555... Random number pulled from head, I guess.

Al Bhed Psycho: This is what I've been for most of my time here. It was also rather unoriginal, but I like it. Pretty much anyone that's played FFX knows it. It's basically a play on words from the "Al Bhed Psyches", the blitzball team.

Millenia: I was Millenia for about a month and a half, I think. This was basically for my favourite[ist] Grandia character, and [IMO] the sexiest ever incarnation of pure evil =P. Hawt. I love her.

Rumour.Delirium: This one's just.. Simple. It was originally going to be Delirium Revived, but I mucked around and came up with Rumour.Delirium. Rumour is the name of my other personality, and Delirium.. Is just a word I like.

[Furore]

lol. I was stoned a whiles back when I was joining another forum. I tried to think of a name and couldn't. Then I saw it on my finger. The ring my mate gave me. A silver ring with a celtic design. Celtic_silver was born.

[Angantyr]

I chose Winter because I am Grim and Frostbitten, colder than the coldest of cold times infinity.

Frostbitten I became, Forthwith to see, Crystalized dimensions, To where the unfaithful fly, You might say, I'm demonized, but yet not the only one, You must come to me, There are nocturnal paths to follow.

My crystal eyes are so cold like Snow spiraling towards auroral clouds, spreading the curse of the Blizzard beasts throughout the lands, Blackwinged ravens cry for tragedies to come, Lurking with snowfall, By doom they drag the robe of ice, Frozen of heart you now reach far.

I am so cold that I am really a women, for I am Winter.

[Inagi]

I am so cold that I am really a women,

Your a woman? Wait, no, two women at the same time? Neat.


Anywho, I just liked the way my name sounds. It was originally Novacrash, but I liked it just "Nova" a bit better.

I also like explosions, which is pretty much what a Nova is so..yeah .

[Chez Daja]

I'll go through all my usernames.

Chez Daja (which I may at some point soon return to.)

Pronounced; Ch-eh-z, Day-jah.


Chez; derived from Chester Bennington (Linkin Park).

Also means "semen", to which I didn't know at the time (because I was like, 12 when I began using it. ).

Chez was a name two of my friends gave me. Those would be my ex boyfriend Chris (no long know him), and Nix (Nichole), and I still talk to her.

Daja; the name of a girl in a novel I wrote when I was eleven.

Daja also means "African Marijuana", whilst the spelling of the word is the same, the prounouncition is not.


Angela Orosco

Pronounced; Ann-gel-la, Or-ros-ko.

The name of one of Silent Hill's most tragic characters who was deeply depressive and suicidal because she suffered childhood abuse from her parents.


Walter Sullivan

Pronounced; Wul-tur, Sul-liv-van.

The name of Silent Hill 4: The Room's homocidal, suicidal ghost character. He was on a mission to restore his mother, which he believed to be an actual apartment room. Deeply disturbed and mentally sick, Walter Sullivan got kicks from killing victims to complete his mission, however he isn't completely heartless toward children, to whom he felt guilty of killing.


Severeth

Pronounced; Sever-ruf-th.

Derived from my Polish and Russian name "Sewerin"/"Severyn" (pronounced Sever-rin or Se-VE-rin), Severeth is usually taken in as a more masculine nickname for it's rough sounding edge.

Sewerin has no particular meaning, although it is sometimes associated with the Roman family name "Severus".

[Dimi]

I've only changed my username about four times I believe. I was planning to stick with one username for a long time, but after a while I feel like its time for a new change.

1. Fishie: Even though "Fishie" is actually spelled "fishy", it was the first thing that came to mind when I first joined the forums. A majority of people that know me on here still call me Fishie still to this day. I like Fishie a lot, but I felt that I needed a change.....

2. Doughboy: Which lead to the name change of Doughboy. A lot of people don't remember Doughboy at all for some reason, but the reason why I created this username was because I was thnking of the Pillsbury Doughboy, then I thought that'd make a great username. So Doughboy was born.

3. Knox: This username is probably my favorite one I ever thought of. The name sounded cool and it has an edge to it. I wanted a name that sounded the opposite of Fishie. Fishie sounded like a little child, and I wanted a name that sounded older and more mature.

4. Diddy: Diddy!!!!!!! I used to love playing Diddy Kong Racing and Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2 with Diddy in it. This monkey was so cool. He's one of my favorite characters out of all the videogames I ever played. Oh, I also thought of the rapper as well when creating this too.

[DragonHeart]

My username is the title of a '95 movie about a dragon. The story isn't the best but the CG effects are amazing - I've never seen a better movie dragon. Anyways, when I first joined this forum I was fourteen and obsessed with the movie, so I named myself after it. In hindsight, I should have considered the ambigious nature of the name; even now people still mistake me for a guy lol.

I've considered changing it but eh, I've been DH for a fair amount of time now and it just wouldn't sound right to be anything else. I use it for pretty much anything that requires a username with only a few exceptions.

~DragonHeart~

[Halie]

I chose 'Firefly' because at the time my favourite song was well...'Firefly' by Breaking Benjamin. I thought it sounded like a good username so I decided to use it.

I also changed it to ~Miss Murder~ before Firefly, because it used to be my favourite song, and I also had Lithium simply because it also use dot be my favourite song lmao.

And the name I singed up to TFF with was FFX_FFX-2Aholic, which I used beause I was obsessed both games. Makes sense really. lol.

.x.Firefly.x.

[Shadow Of Darkness]

Ultima_Luka: cause my favorite spell is Ultima , but the name Ultima was already used so I added my name too.
Shadow of Darkness:I like the word shadow and darkness its sounds cool, so i combined them and so...SoD was born!!!

[Victoria]

Piroblaze is the name I originally signed up to this forum with.
Then there was:

Shadow Stalker - I don't remember why.
Kana Mitsu - One of my RP characters.
Shadow Otenaki - Also one of my RP/B/Story characters
Raine Ikazuchi - Likewise.
Dizzy - Because Dizzy rules.
Deedlit - Because Deedlit is also awesome.
Eve - Likewise.
Captain Bravo - He's so Bravo.
Great Writer Fuji/Urumi/Yoko - Fuji was based off Fuji Syusuke from Prince of Tennis, Urumi was based off Urumi from Great Teacher Onizuka, Yoko was based off of Yoko from Tengen Toppa Gurren-Laggan. The Great Writer part was also derived from GTO.
Toph Bei Fong - Derived from Toph Bei Fong from Avatar: The Last Airbender. She's blind, she's an earth-bending master because she's the only one that can bend steel. And her personality is the most similar to mine.

I think that about sums up all of the names I've had. XD

[Ashley271490]

the reason i chose my username is because i just adore the Summon/Aeon bahamut. I like how he is one of the strongest summons in FFX and the other FF games and because i have a tattoo of him from X on my neck. ^______^

[Blue Carbon]

The first time I used the username Blue Carbon, It was not Blue Carbon. The first time I used it, It was Blue-Carbon_600. I picked Blue Carbon, because my favorite color is blue and I love the game NFS Carbon for the Wii.

[Musashiden]

Musashiden (Pronunciation: Moo-Sah-She-Den)

Musashiden is the main character of the oft overlooked but truely classic platforming series Brave Fencer Musashi/Samurai Legend Musashi (shuddap Piro XD) for the PS1/2. The first one is the better game, but both games are great.

The character itself is loosely based on the 15th/16th century samurai Miyamoto Musashi, who is credited with being one of the greatest swordsmen in history.

Anyway, the name itself means a lot to me since I've been given many nicknames here over the years. "Mush", "Musa", "Mushashi", and the ever popular "I can't pronounce that".

I've thought about changing it a few times, but never really went about it. One of the name changes I've been pondering lately is "Malahk Musashi" combining the two names I use most often... what do you guys think? Should I change it?

EDIT: I totally did change it.

Malahk Musashi (Pronunciation: Muh-lock Moo-Sah-She)

Malahk means "Angel" in Hebrew, and I already explained what Musashi is.

The name itself stems from "Malahk Angel", a name I use frequently, and also an enemy in Xenogears. The name itself is kind of redunant, but that's how it shows up in the game, a result of a mistranslation.

[Victoria]

GO FOR IT! =D
Malahk Musashi is pretty badass. and.. what game is Musashiden from? You don't mention the title. XD

[Hannya]

It's mostly because I am obssesed with Noh Masks and that I thought Hannya would make a cool avatar.

[Mike]

I swear this topic seems to pop up about every few months on this site. I chose my name because, well, my name is Mike. Thinking back on it now I should have made my name Steve, or something. On other sites I use S1ndr0m3/Syndrome/Sindrome or any other variation of the word because my last name is Downs and it was one of my nicknames while I was in the Army.

[Crazy Chocobo]

My original name on here from when I signed up was ~Crazy Chocobo~. I chose that because it was cute and different. I have changed my username quite a number of times since then, I can't even remember all of them. ~Fluffy Chocobo~ is just a small variation of my original user name.

There was Lady Luck which I had for quite a while, that came from one of the dresspheres in Final Fantasy X-2. I thought it sounded pretty neat as well so that's why I used it.

Rei Ayanami was another choice of mine, I chose that because I love the Anime 'Neon Genesis Evangelion'. She is my favourite character from that series.

Moon Mage: Just a random name I came up with one day, I thought it sounded alright so hence why I used it.

Snoopy: Because I love that cute dog! I used to love watching Peanuts when I was younger and I adore Snoopy.

Last but not least there is the user name I have now. I had to have it as that because I really love dragons. They're awesome!

Well, I think that's about it.

[Mugetsu]

Howdy.

I chose Mugetsu because Mike already had my name. I liked Mugetsu because he was a total nut from, The Bouncer. I remember a few of us used to have names from this game.

Dauragon/Kou/Dominique were those I remember!

[LostUtopian]

Ah, yes, why I have LostUtopian. Well, I use it on many different sites. It was even my AIM name @ one time or another {but it got hacked}. LostUtopian {or TheLostUtopian...depending where you find me} was something I put together one day.

I think of it as one who, like myself, is trying to find his/her slice of heaven...hence there Utopia. And until he/she finds that "perfectness", they are lost.

[L]

Because L pwns your souls. I also like his character even though I've only seen him once on TV during the English dub on Adultswim here in America. There's also quite a few pictures of him that look really nice and people with the ability to make Manga scans look like something extremely smexy. So all in all, it was for pwnage, awesome, and graphics.

[Zardoch]

Besides being the name of a good band, I choose the name because of the mythical beast rather than the band. It's simple, screams "me", and always sounded cool. Behemoth is what I am.

[Sinister]

OmniTense was in reference to an old poem I wrote, or rather to a harsh review of that poem. (poem called "Ode to the Dreaming Solipsist") In which I shifted tense in every line. A critic of mine noted that it was written in "Omni-Tense"

Sinister is a reference to a long tail of my history. Involving one of my spelling words from homeschooling as a child that I became infatuated with at the age of six. I had trouble spelling it, the story goes, so my father worked and worked and eventually got me to spell it out with green/bluish finger-paint on my door.

It became a tradition to have the word on my door. Which I eventually carved it in the wood.

S like a Snake
I like Ice
N like Nice
I like Ice
S like Snake
T like Tail
E like Eel
R like Rain

Was how I worked it out.

When I would get angry, my dad would actually address me as "Sinister," calling it my "Animus". When I first joined a forum I stuck a picture of Sephiroth and combined it with the name Sinister.


I guess when you think about it, I'm both Sinister and OmniTense.

-Sin

[Priscilla]

Well.. I chose my name because.. it's my name.
I couldn't really think of anything else and my name is usually always avaliable

[ToroMor]

"Toro Mor" means "Evil Spirit" in some forgotten language.

[Dragoon_Nick]

My names...

Dragoon_Nick: What i'm known best for, although not very much know me outside of TFF as this user. Basically Kain Highwind is my favourite character, and the thing about him is that, obviously, he's a dragoon. Dragoons tend to train non-stop until they surpass themsleves and their enemy, and create a sense of pride to their ancestors. My name is Nick, so Dragoon_Nick

Dimentio: From Super Paper Mario, Dimentio was the badass character, and his name sounds italian.

Totz: Basically my personal nickname which my friends know me by.

Dr.Nick: Derivative of Dragoon_Nick and shows my will to become a doctor.

[Crazy Chocobo]

Oh noes.. I changed my name again.

Why? Because I like Sailor Pluto and her name in Japanese is Setsuna apparently so that's why I decided on that. I think it's a nice name as well, Pluto is a great character in the series. She's not in it that much but oh well, she looks cool. I got tired of ~CC~ but that doesn't mean I won't change back to it again sometime, it was my original user name after all. I'll just stick with Setsuna for now, it's a nice change.

I think that's it!