Where did you get your username from?

[One Above All]

I'll start with the three usernames I've had here:
Blaziken - my favorite Pokémon
Lucifer - my favorite character in the Bible (the fake one theists believe in; not the actual Bible that only mentions "Lucifer" as a title for a Babylonian[1] king, an angel[2] and Jesus)
One Above All - the Marvel supreme deity

And here's another one I've added to my list of "Also known as:" in my sig:
All In One - one of the Vortigauns'[3] deities[4].

1.	IIRC.
2.	Who didn't rebel.
3.	From Half-Life.
4.	I say "one of" because I'm not sure if they have others.

[magicmiles]

My sons name is Miles. The magic just seemed like a good prefix back when I first created an internet name in about 2007.

[Jag]

It's sort of a joke - it's short for "just a girl" and it was first introduced on a sports forum as a social experiment. I wondered if I would be treated differently with a neutral name versus a gender-obvious name. My other name on that board was Tiffany, and yes, it made a difference. Jag stuck when some of us migrated elsewhere and I've been Jag ever since.

[jaimehlers]

It's based on my real name.

[Dante]

I would hope mine's fairly obvious for use on an atheist forum.

[Astreja]

I got woo-ed into using this name. 

Back in 1999, I was asked about some sigils I had embroidered on some black velvet robes for a masquerade at a SF/fantasy convention.  The question was "Are those real runes?"

I didn't know, so I started researching runes.  That led Me to Odin and to the rest of the Norse pantheon.

I was also into crystals, er, shiny geologically-created piezoelectric thingamajigs, and for a while was carrying a nice round piece of quartz in My pocket.  One day, while having a coffee break at My IT job, I was holding this rock and meditating.  In My imagination, I heard Odin call Me 'Astreja.'  After a little more digging around I realized that the goddess variously known as Eostre, Ostara, Astarte, et al. was MIA... So I volunteered.

And I *so* wish I was making this up...

(BTW, I still have the black velvet robes that started  this whole thing.  I tend to put them on October 31 and grumble a lot in a sarcastic whisper, pausing occasionally to cough, wheeze or mutter the words of a Fireball spell.)

[Energized]

My user name when I was a christian (on other boards) was Monster Machine. But when I lost my faith and the blinders came off, I felt such a zest for life that I changed my name to Energized. I was no longer living to die... I was living to live and I feel so energized to live it and experience it to its fullest.

Energized also has the same first letter as my real name, Eldon. I always end my emails with E. so why not E. for Energized?

E.

[Energized]

(BTW, I still have the black velvet robes that started  this whole thing.  I tend to put them on October 31 and grumble a lot in a sarcastic whisper, pausing occasionally to cough, wheeze or mutter the words of a Fireball spell.)

*love*

E.

[HAL]

That's me - in the window. 

[Schizoid]

"Schizoid" is my personality which is considered a disorder, but not by me--it's simply who I am.  I am schizoid because I prefer my own company to that of others ("I vant to be alone, darling").  I am alone but not lonely.  Definitely not a people person so I don't have friends because they are people and other than for short periods I find people to be annoying.

Probably surprising to many I am NOT introverted.  I can talk to total strangers while waiting in a store line, even initiating an exchange by commenting on our wait.  But since it is only for a minute or two and I don't have to ever see them again it is easy for me to do.

Imagine how distressed I would be to find myself have to spend eternity after death with people I would want to have nothing to do with in life, worshiping a deity that I consider to be a psychopath.  Now that really would be hell for me.

So choosing "Schizoid" as my username is actually quite descriptive of me as a person.

[pianodwarf]

Mine is from an idea I've had for a short story (which I keep telling myself I'll write someday, but probably won't) about a man whose lifelong dream is to be able to play the piano, but he can't because he's a dwarf -- his legs are too short to reach the pedals, and his arms and fingers aren't long enough to play the keys properly.

[JeffPT]

I don't know. 

[sun_king]

Sun is the first three letters of my first name, King is one of the English translations of the last three letters of my first name.

It wasn't complicated!

[Traveler]

I traveled for several years in my RV.

[magicmiles]

Sun is the first three letters of my first name, King is one of the English translations of the last three letters of my first name.

It wasn't complicated!

Sun-Samraat? Is that you?

[magicmiles]

I traveled for several years in my RV.

And Traveler had a nicer ring to it than "itinerant slacker"?

 

[Traveler]

Yup. 

[sun_king]

Sun is the first three letters of my first name, King is one of the English translations of the last three letters of my first name.

It wasn't complicated!

Sun-Samraat? Is that you?

Not quite, the last three letters of my name translates to king, Samraat has seven letters! Can't blame you, we have quite a lot of synonyms for king in India. That is one of the nuances of having too many languages in one country. (We have 22 official languages!)

[magicmiles]

How many synonyms are there for "Retire, Tendulakr, Dammit!" ?

[Mrjason]

my mother

[relativetruth]

In my experience 'absolutism' leads to inconsistencies and paradoxes.

On an atheist site I thought it appropriately reflected my views.

I have loads of word documents on my PC where I expound my theories using (in no particular order) Einstein, Godel, Chomsky, Heisenberg, Hume etc.

After all these years I still have not had the bravery to start the 'ultimate' thread/post to show my 'wisdom'.

Maybe I am being too perfectionist!!!   

[Nam]

A really good friend of mine in 1997 gave me the nickname "Nam". He said when he first saw me he thought I was in the National Guard. (I was clean cut and muscular)

-Nam

[neopagan]

my wife always has referred to any non believer as a "pagan" so when I officially dumped xianity months ago it only made sense... I am a new pagan.

I know the name implies some form of religion and as an atheist that sounds odd.  I am still in the closet so it makes sense for me since I still go to church with my family.

[Irish]

I'm Irish.  I know, completely uninspirational but so it goes.

Technically my ancestry is Irish, French, and German but the username "IrishFrenchGerman" just doesn't read well.

[kin hell]

I come from a line of far kings.

[magicmiles]

^^ Wise men from the east spawned a wise guy from the south.

[kin hell]

^^ Wise men from the east spawned a wise guy from the south.

And thus in the east where, as it was written, I managed major outdoor events

I was known to all as the 

Great
Organisational
Demander

you may call me GOD,


...but I prefer Great Organ.

[Seppuku]

When I was about 14 I took big interest in Japanese history, particularly feudal Japan and at the same time I took an interest in game creation[1], went through a process of learning how to program and 3D model and also created my own website, I struggled to think of names and came across a few interesting Japanese words and eventually settled on 'seppuku', which is a form of ritual suicide which involves disembowelment followed by a person of your own choice beheading you. Seppuku is a ritual reserved for any samurai who have become dishonoured. So my website become Seppuku Arts, which I guess is a little grim, but I like grim. It's perhaps obvious my interest hasn't died consider my avatar is a depiction of Miyamoto Musashi (legendary samurai and author of the Book of 5 Rings) and my signature steals a quote from him.

1.	and to this day, I've never finished a single project, but I am working on one now.

[rev45]

This name is a shortened version of the name I use on just about every website that requires a username.  When I went to sign up here it said that the name I usually use was already taken, so I shortened it to what I have now.  But even if I could use the name I wanted, there is no special meaning behind it.  Just a word and a random number.