How did you choose your user name?

[Deleted]

My actual name is moonbeam, but right after I first registered, I realized there was another poster with a name very similar.   To avoid confusion I picked "moonshine" because it's close. Ironically I don't drink at all, so that's funny.

The significance of "moonbeam" to me is that my astrological sign is cancer, which is ruled by the moon. Also, years ago I played a game that had a character called Jade Moonbeam, and I thought that was pretty.

[speyedr]

When I was much younger I was a rock climber and when my dad went to set up my first email account he wanted to do something related and spider was taken...this is what he came up with and it stuck.

[bk1]

I wanted something I had never used before. It is based off of a friend's old username for things, but not the same. Plus, I wanted something short. So, random?

[HoneySpider]

Smashing Pumpkins is my favorite band and Honey Spider is one of their lesser known songs. I just like the name for some reason. I used to use it periodically for other things in the past.

[cactuscookie]

Cactus because I live in the desert, cookie because I like to bake.

[wanderingenough]

I love traveling. That's pretty much it!

[estrellita]

I picked this name in Spanish class in HS. It means "little star". I've used it with various things, especially gaming. My actual user name is freckles but apparently there is one on ML that spells it differently, so I wanted to avoid any confusion and/or drama, lol. That name comes from the millions of dots on my face

[awick14]

It's a mix of my name and a nickname plus my favorite number.

[travelbug]

Picked it because I love to travel!

[tacocat]

I like that it's spelled the same forward and backward, lol.

[melsamoony]

It is a nickname for a stuffed animal..... Yes even my stuffed animals have nicknames H and I can't use regular names for anything.

[tiptoetulips]

I changed it when I started ttc because my old name was the same as my blog. I had a lot of friends and family that just googled my blog and I realized that my user name also popped up sometimes, fortunately prior to ttc. I like tulips and needed a new name and wanted something catchy.

[pooh8402]

Pooh is my family nickname. 84 is the year I was born. 02 is the year I graduated HS. I was in HS when I picked this username and have kept it.

[lexxasaurus]

Jul 28, 2014 18:12:21 GMT -5 @moonbeam said:

My actual name is moonbeam, but right after I first registered, I realized there was another poster with a name very similar.   To avoid confusion I picked "moonshine" because it's close. Ironically I don't drink at all, so that's funny.

The significance of "moonbeam" to me is that my astrological sign is cancer, which is ruled by the moon. Also, years ago I played a game that had a character called Jade Moonbeam, and I thought that was pretty.

My dad tried to name me Moonbeam.. but my mom shut that shit down fast. He still sends packages addressed to me like that, lol.

Oh and my nickname + my reptile/scaly creature love got mine.

[katespade]

I may or may not have a Kate Spade addiction.

[anyastroud]

Jul 28, 2014 18:30:49 GMT -5 HoneySpider said:

Smashing Pumpkins is my favorite band and Honey Spider is one of their lesser known songs. I just like the name for some reason. I used to use it periodically for other things in the past.

I always thought that looked familiar. I never put it together until now. I like smashing pumpkins I just don't listen to them enough. 

[krystee]

Jul 28, 2014 20:15:06 GMT -5 katespade said:

I may or may not have a Kate Spade addiction.

Glad I am not the only one!

Krystee was created when the Nest girls were putting all these extra Ys and Es into their babies' names. My previous user name had Kristi plus part of my last name in it and I wanted to be more anonymous on google, and I thought it would be funny to bump-ify my name to show how silly it looks. Instead, people think that's how I spell my name. Fail on my part!

[ginkgoleaf]

There was a ginkgo tree in front of the apartment where we lived when we got married and I'd never really noticed them before and thought it was neat. For our first anniversary, DH bought a ginkgo tree and planted it at our first house. So now they're just special to me.

My old username was "myfirstnameandDH'sfirstname". I wanted something more anonymous when we moved to gbcn.

[katiek]

I am not very creative, lol. My name is Katie and one of my initials is K. I wanted something simple and not lame.

[penelope]

An old friend always called me Penelope, and people from that circle of friends still do when I bump into them. It's kind if like a flashback to another block of time (a more carefree time) when I hear it.

[megkat]

It's a combo of my first and middle names. Definitely not creative at all!

[katespade]

Jul 28, 2014 21:15:57 GMT -5 krystee said:

Jul 28, 2014 20:15:06 GMT -5 katespade said:

I may or may not have a Kate Spade addiction.

Glad I am not the only one!

Krystee was created when the Nest girls were putting all these extra Ys and Es into their babies' names. My previous user name had Kristi plus part of my last name in it and I wanted to be more anonymous on google, and I thought it would be funny to bump-ify my name to show how silly it looks. Instead, people think that's how I spell my name. Fail on my part!

I don't know what it is about them, but I can't resist Kate Spade purses. I have way too many.

[Deleted]

Our last name is a food that goes well with chicken (like nugget.) it's a longstanding nickname for dh.

[bluefish]

I work in education. No matter what age group I have, I always seem to be able to relate my lesson to Dr. Seuss. Little kids and big kids all get a big kick out of the symbolism that becomes apparent.

As for my actual name: one fish, two fish, red fish........

Oh the Places You'll Go!
*i am here*

[rockinrobyn]

It is the only song that has my name in it, so I went with that. And I like to think that I rock.

[cats]

Jul 28, 2014 22:19:37 GMT -5 @mrschicken said:

Our last name is a food that goes well with chicken (like nugget.) it's a longstanding nickname for dh.

I must be tired this morning because my first thought was "mashed potatoes."

Because, yes, that is a totally common last name.  lol

[luv2rn4fun]

It's part of my email address I created back in middle school/high school. The origin is because I love to run.

[estrellita]

Jul 29, 2014 8:11:13 GMT -5 cats said:

Jul 28, 2014 22:19:37 GMT -5 @mrschicken said:

Our last name is a food that goes well with chicken (like nugget.) it's a longstanding nickname for dh.

I must be tired this morning because my first thought was "mashed potatoes."

Because, yes, that is a totally common last name.  lol

It's ok, my mind went to "breast" or "strip" lol. I assume neither of those is correct?

[polarbearfans]

I like polar bears

eta: it's my old Knot name that was shared with my husband. It's one of the things we have in common

[MrsMB]

I'm unoriginal with mine as it is Mrs then my first initial and my last initial.

I DO have a funny story though. When I was first on The Nest, my username was FirstNameLastName . dumb. dumb. dumb. Not only did I get FLAMED to high heavens on Married Life. Then, I had to go back and DD all the posts and try to erase all online traces. Fortunately, it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be.