Where did your user name (or names, as the case may be) come from? What inspired you to use the name you did? Did you choose your real name or part of it, some fantasy creation, or something in between? Do you use a special name at R'osity that you use nowhere else?

I've got two (kind of). My registered user name, jevans69, comes mostly from my first initial and last name. The number came about as I was registering long ago at some other web site. The name "jevans" was taken, and the form suggested I add a number to the end. At that moment, on the TV in the background, the movie "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" was playing. As I was getting ready to re-enter the name, the characters on the screen uttered the phrase, "Sixty nine, dude!" when asked for a number. Assuming it was Kismet, I came up with "jevans69" and subsequently used it for several different web sites.

Had I thought ahead and realized I was going to actually be posting and not just lurking I would have used my preferred nickname, "Captain Jack". This nickname was given to me in high school by my drama coach. One Saturday morning, while helping to build sets for the school play, I was sawing wood in the prop room. Feeling like drawing attention to myself (a lifelong habit) I donned a Roman soldier's costume, complete with sword and shield, before I carried the wood out. Without missing a beat, my drama coach stood at attention, slapped a fist to his chest, and called out, "Ave Imperator! All hail Captain Jack!". From that point forward, the name stuck. I've since found it used as a nickname in other well known places, which is always fun. Just remember, I'm the original, not Johnny Depp. :lol:

So, where'd your name come from?

Captain Jack

Well, mine is just composed of my initials.

I've got another username "yeah42" on another site. That one is derived from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where the number 42 is revealed to be the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and everything. The "yeah" in front: "yeah right."  After all, I'm not the answer - I'm not even 42 (I'm 40).

my nick here is from a nickname at school....... my nick on rotica is "your_master" cos i thought it was funny :D

Mine has to do with my Northern European ancestry.

And how I was raised to be a lady.

lmao at 1 of those sentences vl :D:D

My name was derived as my idea of what bets represents myself as a person and mother of 4. I am always complimented by the younger gereration as a very "Cool" adult, so I thought hey SpunkyMaMa is me!

I choose my name several years ago when the Houston Rockets were on top.  I still love basketball and especially the Rockets no matter what their season is like!:thumbupboth:

fyr = Fire, element of passion and action.

I've had this identity for nearly a decade, and it is consistent throughout the net.

Everywhere I go....there I am.

8 )

Tom

mine was originally 'K'baH' (Klingon) then it mophed to Kai Bah then Kai Bach then finally Khai Bach. (I just use Khai here)

*** * * * * * *  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  ** *I got Bobby[pro bobby star] way back in the early '70's when I was burning and painting art on leather for vests and skirts for these two beautiful hippy leatherworker girls I knew back then. I had to sign my work and my ground ID was too long to write with a wood burner every time, so in the spirit of the art community at that time I designed a sygil[sp?] combining the B and the most common graphic element in my work[5 pointed stars] back then. Had a cloud been as easy to do each time accurately I might well have been Bobby Cloud as I did a lot of clouds as well...LOL...not so good for the music part of my life but arty for sure. Generally my sig is a word and a picture but for here I started spelling it with a pirate twist, to wit: st-argh would be an accurate audio translation.
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My nickname comes from being unable to sleep at night for many years so spent that time at the computer working on my art. This is the only nick I use.

oooh I'm so boring, LOL.  Not to original!!

This is cool to hear all the stories about how your username came to be.

waves to Tom up there

mine comes from my name and how many times it took me to get it right before i could become a member!!! There are many vinces here and most of them were probally me!!.....oops, sorry about that!!

Attached Link: http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/sentimnt/evanhp.html

1. Short (I'm dyslexic so long words can be problematic);
2. Sound like a "normal" name (yes I'm square, LOL);

The name "Acadia" comes from an important snippet of Canadian history involving French Candadiens and it sounds like a girl's name. So that's how I ended up with "Acadia".

The only problem is that people tend to stick an "R" in there to make it ARcadia.

Mine is simply taken from a poem I wrote in memory of my late husband... Blue Echo (the first verse) Silently, sadly, I call, call out the whole nightlong, Calling, repeating, over, and over, the same sad refrain; Listen--it’s so blue--this sound, the echo of this song, A singsong chant, a plea, as I call your name, all in vain; (the closing verses) For one heartbreaking night, Death came suddenly, to take you away, Had he hoped to silence the words, words that used to thrill me so; Those beautiful, beautiful words you whispered in my ear every day, Deep, deep in my heart, I hear them still, and always will, I know; And yet, somehow, even as they give me such joy, such gladness, Those wonderful, beautiful words, Darling, I love you, love you; Also rend, yes, they tear at my heart, causing an aching sadness, As they replay, repeat, like an echo, a blue echo, an echo in blue:

My name is Harry but my dad called me hewee when I was a baby and kid because he give all kids nick names.
So when I had to come up with a user name the first time I got online I wanted one that was easy to remember but no one else had so I picked hewee.

i chose billy as a nick cos i don't like my real name which is hubert throgmorton the fourth. the numbers were randomly chosen from the numbers 4, 2 and 3....i was going to use 342 but if i did they wouldn't have been random.  apart from another nick i once had....(suckemdry)...when i was a baby, it's the only nick i've ever used....some people will also know me as flatulentlyyors and   gangbangbitchfromrikersiland along with idontwearstoreboughtshoescosmommahassomecardboard and whoismichealmoore but i don't count them unless it's the police asking the questions.

billy

I've had mine since about '96, and have used it consistently.  Probably more people know me by Mahray than my real name :/

Edit - if you want to know my name, you'll have to visit me in RenderGods :)

its the name of what used to be my favourite bar in my "wild" days, but i havent been there for quite a while - just kids hanging around there by now...;)

Mine's easy.  My nickname has always been Cindy... but it was already taken here at Renderosity when I signed up.  So I tried adding an x... and it worked.

My Online name was BloodLuna, I thought that CrimsonMoon was a kinder, gentler version! LOL! I am a bit of an oddball....take a look at my homepage for those who dare see the real me! I think my nic in real life is a bit mundane for the Fantasy World of the internet, it's Rusti, yeah not so exciting. But when you be a redhead, you hear it all!
HuggerZ!
Ariana 

Mine comes from the name I was using to record under. Since I was making Dance/Trance/ Chillout music and artists like Altern8 were around at the time (seems everyone was using 8 in their name, think Alien8 was another.) I thought I need something Spacey so Star4mation was born. After all they say less is more and there were far too many 8's around. Now I use Star4mation on everything everywhere I go :)

The CD I produced. (No Aliens?) was a smash hit and highly acclaimed by all who heard it! (thanks Rob, Theo, and Hester) LOL

Steve:)

All us here at Rendo are BORING!  We are not original at all.  Sorry we don't have exciting stories to tell about our usernames.  Our excitement comes from working here!!!!

Quote - All us here at Rendo are BORING!  We are not original at all.  Sorry we don't have exciting stories to tell about our usernames.  Our excitement comes from working here!!!!

Well now... perhaps the origins of your user names are easy to deduce, but I don't think that makes you boring. I bet you've got some interesting tales to tell, hmm?

Not that I'm prying, I certainly don't want to reveal all of my "interesting" stories. :lol:

Captain Jack

I could tell you.....but then I'd have to kill you!!  Haha!  If you only knew some of the stories we have.  I think Stacey may have the best!  She likes to live life on the edge....Renderosity speaking.

*Hey Mendy! You are every bit as sweet looking as you are on the phone! (pssst, don't tell my stories to anyone!)
HuggerZ!
Ariana

Thank you!  You made my day. 

I just threw a bunch of letters in an empty can which used to contain Campbell's Alphabet Soup - ironically - and picked a few of them out at random.
That came out as "Hijwsiod", which didn't really do it for me, so I tried again, and came up with what I have now.
Astoshiningly, it was pretty similar to my real name, so I figured it was fate or destiny or something, so I went with it.

LOL @ Mike. that is too funny

Mine comes from the name of the first character I ever made for an MMORPG.  It was for The Realm by Sierra waaaaay back in the day of '98.  Wherever I go, I use it b/c I'm too lazy to make up new names.  This one took me hours back then.  No need to go through it all again when I've already got one!  =D

Well mine comes from my name Sandy Castle  like a sandcastle but with out the a and a i for the L as SndCastle was taken go figure LOL

Trés droll Mike,.... y' really had me going till that last line....LOL

Elvira is my black persian and I have used her as my avatar an on line name in various forums where I do have to use my actual nickname.
Edie

it was sposeta be "lady nancy", but the queen ain't sent me promotion yet :crying: just one or two little porno toons posted somewhere, and her equerry move me wayyyyyyy down the list :lol:

Quote - it was sposeta be "lady nancy", but the queen ain't sent me promotion yet :crying:

That woman, who does she think she is? She acts like she's royalty or something, I-- Oh, right. Forgot myself for a moment... :lol: