Where did your user name come from?

[stealth007s]

Thought this would be an interesting topic. If it's been discussed before please someone point me to the door and kick my butt out or 

Min came from a forum that I use to get into using a backdoor method. The username stealth had already been taken so I came up with stealth007s. The 007, of course, from my favorite tv character James Bond and the "s" from my last name, Saffron.

Any others?

[Taxi Dad]

mine says a lot about what I get upto in my 'spare' time !

[Reinier]

Ask my parents

[GNandGS]

Cars.  Sold.  kept the naming.

[gregozedobe]

1st name, country, favourite breed of dog

[Grant Lamontagne]

My mommy gave me mine. 

However, since you asked, I still sign all my posts "Def" which is short for "Defender" which is the name I used on a lot of forums and other sites for many, many years- since the mid/late 90's in fact.

I originally used that name on this forum as well when I started it so that online folks would know who I was.  Eventually as we started dealing with folks outside the forum and in the real world I changed it to my real name so that outsiders could see what we were doing on the forum and know who I am- this was primarily for manufacturer reps and the like rather than explain to them who I was and why I didn't just use my real name on the forum.

Def

[N_N_R]

Lol, an interesting topic

Mine's very simple - just the initials of my first name, middle name, surname :D

[Gareth]

Ask my parents

Same here.   My parents had their honeymoon in Wales and rather liked the name, forgot about it when they had my older brother but it came back to them when they had me.  I've also got some Welsh family so having a Welsh name is appropriate, despite being Scottish myself.

[AimlessWanderer]

Type of British canal boat. 50ft narrowboat with traditional stern

Originally they were built in an open format for carrying cargo - the stone for the UK Houses of Parliament would have originally shipped in something similar (albeit horse drawn) from North Anston (a few miles from me) via canal and river all the way down to London - but these days they're built with cabins, an engine room, and fitted out as leisure craft or liveaboards

[mvyrmnd]

I started my Internet career on a Saab owners forum.

My favourite Saab slogan was "Move Your Mind"

I assassinated the vowels.

[kd8fre]

I'm a ham, it's my callsign!

73
Russ

[nuphoria]

Original band name when we signed our first record contract about 12 years ago. It's a contraction of new and euphoria. Band then changed the name to Plutonik, but I couldn't let Nuphoria go to waste so I used it online and found that 99.9% of the time I could have it as my first choice for email/user names etc.

I have many friends who call me "Nuphy" or "Nuph" in real life!

[Steinar]

Ask my parents

Same here.

And here.

The explanation I got was they wanted something that was easy to spell correctly. Norwegians used to be practical people.

[powernoodle]

When my sons were young, they would go completely limp in order to escape my grasp.  Maybe you parents know what I'm talking about.  Even my cat does this.  I coined the term "gravitynoodle" to describe it, and used it as my name on the interwebs.

Later, it dawned on me that gravitynoodle sounded like erectile dysfunction.  So I changed it to powernoodle. 

And thus the legacy began.

[Tabasco]

A love of hot sauce and a working cayenne pepper farm. 

[jerseydevil]

The Jersey Devil is a legendary creature originally reported in the Pine Barrens of South Jersey.  It has the body and head of a horse, batlike wings, and has been seen all over the state and surrounding areas since the 1700's.  Napoleon Bonaparte's older brother Joseph reported seeing it when he lived in exile here in NJ, and in 1909 police in Camden and Philadelphia opened fire on it.  The 13th Leeds child certainly gets around!    It also happens to be the name of a hockey team which I casually follow..... 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil

[lister]

Red Dwarf character Dave Lister.

[N_N_R]

Original band name when we signed our first record contract about 12 years ago. It's a contraction of new and euphoria. Band then changed the name to Plutonik, but I couldn't let Nuphoria go to waste so I used it online and found that 99.9% of the time I could have it as my first choice for email/user names etc.

I have many friends who call me "Nuphy" or "Nuph" in real life!

Now THAT's a nick-name I'd always wondered about

[magentus]

Red Dwarf character Dave Lister.

Ha ha - do you identify with Lister at all?

Fried egg chilli cheese sandwich anyone?

Magentus

[Ashley]

Now THAT's a nick-name I'd always wondered about

You and me both.

Sent from Ash forum mobile

[lister]

Red Dwarf character Dave Lister.

Ha ha - do you identify with Lister at all?

Fried egg chilli cheese sandwich anyone?

Magentus

Not really. I just needed a nickname. 

[Grant Lamontagne]

   It also happens to be the name of a hockey team

Barely...

Def

[jerseydevil]

   It also happens to be the name of a hockey team

Barely...

Def

Oh, you want to go there?     

[Zed]

Mines a pretty easy one really, i rode a kawasaki Z1000 for many years so got the nickname Zed from my biker mates, it stuck and was on the back of my bmx race tops and racing plates, 

[AHB]

Lol, an interesting topic

Mine's very simple - just the initials of my first name, middle name, surname :D

Same here.. Not very original I know, but it worked so far..

[Grant Lamontagne]

   It also happens to be the name of a hockey team

Barely...

Def

Oh, you want to go there?     

Not particularly, but someone had to say it! 

Def

[Lynn LeFey]

I needed a yahoo e-mail name. 'Lynn' was taken, 'Lynn1' was taken, 'Lynn2' was taken, etc. etc. The first word that popped into my head to add to 'Lynn' was 'LeFey', like Morgan LeFey from Arthurian legend.

[Flying Dutchman]

Well....although American by birth, I am 100% Dutch by blood. Mine was my CB handle when I first got into the hobby, when I started driving truck full time my handle changed to West Coast Jr....but I've just kept the FD name since it's on a few forums.

[magentus]

Mines from a song by one of my favourite bands, 'Masters of Reality'

[dks]

Lol, an interesting topic

Mine's very simple - just the initials of my first name, middle name, surname :D

Same here.. Not very original I know, but it worked so far..

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