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Yurian

Feb 10 2007, 12:50 AM

I always find others' screennames to be interesting, as it really gives some insight into the person behind the online intarwebs browser. Perhaps it would be interesting to share some of the history or personality behind our screennames.

My screenname is Yurian (obviously), and it's pronounced "Eur-ee-en" with the "Eur" like in "Europe", "ee" like in "pee", and "en" like in "hen". On previous forums and other online pages requiring membership, I had always gone as Ninetales, the nine tailed fox from pokemon, because I found that particular character to be the most awesome pokemon character! However, after a while I just thought it was too unoriginal to choose that screenname so I created my own character - "Yurian".

The name "Yurian" evolved from the name "Urian" - just with a "y" added on for a more unique aspect while still retaining the pronunciation. "Urian" is Greek for "from heaven" (according to online name generators).

It sounds rather corny, but I created the character for purposes like everybody's online roleplaying characters - one that I can develop and give an original personality to. Yurian, in his animal form, is a four-tailed kitsune with the elemental affinity of snow, ice, and the rare and unique four petaled lily. In his human form, he is characterized with bluish-white hair and dark-red eyes.

>_>

Inferno187

Feb 10 2007, 02:09 AM

I'm was nicknamed inferno by my friends cuz I like to set things on fire...
Plain and simple xD
I've actually set a entire sportshall on fire (by accident of course -_-) and twas one of the biggest fires in the country. I was just skating over there and wanted to light my smoke. But there was this hole in the wall with emm you know foam for ehmm I can't find the word atm xD. You could see smoke rising for 30k away xD
Well its nothing to be proud of actually, thank god twas on a sunday and nobody was inside...

Exodus

Feb 10 2007, 06:23 AM

I'm known as Exodus elsewhere, and Exo is just short for that. I got Exodus from my Early Civ class. Saw it and thought it sounded cool, plain and simple.

I was Raiden on here a while back, which was obviously when I was going through my Metal Gear phase, but I finally found a username to settle down with permanently.

Neal

Feb 10 2007, 09:46 AM

Devil May Cry. :cunning:

Pulse

Feb 10 2007, 11:37 AM

Haha if you cant get actually guess where my name is from then why are you on this forum!? lol

Josh

Wind

Feb 10 2007, 12:18 PM

Winds are a powerful force. They can be gentle with a warm breeze or vicious with a searing gust. Generally a wind comes and goes while staying the same regardless of the season.

But why I chose it? Fate blew the idea to me :)

S-r-ex

Feb 10 2007, 03:12 PM

my name....back from the good old pokemon days. it is a short for "Shining Rayquaza EX". or in my vision back then, the ultimate pokemon. it has just stuck to me, and in recent time, I have discovered it is also a programming language.

Xelien_5.0

Feb 10 2007, 11:36 PM

Umm well, I once started writing a story for essay contest, it was about 4 pages and was called "Xelia" and after that i started writing more into it,with the help of my cousin, and is actually the size of a novel. Well anyway in the story the word "Xelien" is a type of person i there. I use it alot in other places so the 5.0 part is because this was the 5th time ive used it.:D

Sora

Mar 06 2007, 05:31 PM

Kingdom Hearts.. pretty simple

Momo

Mar 06 2007, 05:42 PM

Back in my H.S days some of my friends used Momo as a pet name for me. >.>
Either that or Mo which I hate, reminds me of the damn three stooges, no thanks. They called me momo becacuse my actual name has M and O. and then i've always had people having problems pronouncing my name wrong >.<
Anywas so there it is plain and simple.

Rekhyt

Mar 06 2007, 05:45 PM

Rekhyt was the name of a character from the Bartimaeous Trilogy. I think it means "the people of the pharoh" or "the people of the lower nile" in ancient Egyptian.

Anyway i had been looking for a good name for a while and then i found it.

Flint

Mar 06 2007, 05:51 PM

Flint is the name of one of the main characters in the Japanese GBA RPG Mother 3 (the sequel to Earthbound on the SNES).

I chose it simply because I liked the game and thought the name sounded good!

Kätharina

Mar 06 2007, 06:13 PM

my real name. >_<
Im so uncreative lol.

Momo

Mar 06 2007, 06:20 PM

::comfort::

It's okay I have problems coming up with Names to.

Ringlets

Mar 06 2007, 09:05 PM

Im Ringlets because thats what my hair is. Plus my original idea for Tigersura didnt sound too good. Now Tigersura is the name of my hat.

Misschoco

Mar 06 2007, 09:54 PM

miss 1st bit choco short for chocolate cause i like it and 17 cause i was born on the 17th july and 17 is my lucky number

Passion

Mar 07 2007, 10:39 AM

Sidderz comes from the fact that my real name is Sidney.

Yes I didn't fall out of the creativity tree. Paha!

Askyria

Mar 16 2007, 03:55 AM

Mine really doesn't have any meaning to it, I made it up when I was on vacation in Washington DC, thought it sounded good, so that's what I use now xD
As far as I know, no one else uses Askyria other than me.
Okay wait nevermind, I just searched Google and I found a couple other people using it. Although some of the ones that came up were mine, too xD

HotLaMon

Mar 16 2007, 01:55 PM

Lol there are only 3 HotLaMons anywhere on the NET and I am one of them. My Uncle was the first, then me... The 3rd guy was from somewhere in California, but he died out (He stopped using the name).

I'm sure everyone has heard or seen Dragon Ball/Z/GT, but did you know that it was based on a Chinese/Japanese/Indian/Thai/Vietnamese/Cambodian/and possibly more--legend? Most know the legend from the Japanese version as "Saiyuki". But from my experiences I think the story originated in China (only because they have more influence in Asia). Okay you will notice in each legend there is a Monkey that becomes a god. The name of the monkey is Son Goku in Japanese, Tong Ngo Khong in Vietnamese, Sun Wu Khong in Chinese, Hanumon in India, HotLaMon in Cambodian/Thai. I'm Cambodian if anyone didn't notice--lol--so I picked that name to show a slight pride in my culture and in honor of my uncle.

Go on Google and search up "HotLaMon", "HotLaMon38" or "HotLaMon14"... Every search result is me ^_^.... Seriously... >.>

38 is for Three 8's in my birthday 08/14/1988
14 is for the day I was born.

Try looking up your name on Google. Lol.

Lifrasthir

Mar 16 2007, 02:11 PM

My screenname is pretty self explanitory. Or rather, it was explained in my introduction.

Tempus Fugit is 'Time Flies' in Latin. Ever since I heard Somnus Nemoris(FFVersusXIII's trailer music) I did more research(Wikipedia) on Latin words, Latin sayings, ect. One day I was looking around at different web layouts(Myspace, Xanga, ect.) and I saw this saying on one of the layouts. It stuck with me cause the quote really says truth. (At least not at school.)

Yeah that's it.

Rikku

Mar 17 2007, 05:01 AM

My name is pretty obvious.

It's Rikku. Geez. Originally, it was going to be Destati with my Roxas obsession and whatnot, but Cheryl made me stick with Rikku. :glareglareglare:

manzana

Mar 17 2007, 05:10 AM

Umm... I was desperate and asked a friend of mine to give me a name. He said Apple and I decided to go Spanish with it! =D Spanish words got that zest in them. >>

<<;

MEOW!

Rikku

Mar 17 2007, 05:27 AM

Oh. I was wondering about that. Your name reminded me of 'bonanza', so I naturally thought 'banana' and then 'Riku'.

...

MEOW. I'm the kitty 'round here. D:

FactorXero

Mar 17 2007, 05:34 AM

Well, I saw "Factor" in..In something..Then I was thinking of Charlie's Angels (the movie)..And there was this bit where "Zero" was spelled, "Xero." Put it all together and what do you get?! Another cheesy screen name!

manzana

Mar 17 2007, 05:41 AM

Oh. I was wondering about that. Your name reminded me of 'bonanza', so I naturally thought 'banana' and then 'Riku'.

...

MEOW. I'm the kitty 'round here. D:

But you do not have zeh kitteh avatar! >> And besides, I sing songs with just meows! o.o Like that song "Smells Like Teen Spirit".... =D Fun song to meow to.

lol... Banana Riku XD

Rikku

Mar 17 2007, 08:07 PM

Oh dear... that reminds me, we should drag Chuckie onto here one day.

Jay, your screenname is pretty nice. :] Better than my infamous other one.. "Staple Dolphin"... >_>

Devious

Mar 20 2007, 03:24 AM

Interesting names.

My originated when our totally awesome social studies teacher was going on about this thing called the Chaos Theory. Basically, it states that no matter how small something is, it has the potential to set a very large event in motion, leading up to something big... Say the apocalypse, for example? Like if a kitten fell in a garbage truck, it would clog up some machine in the garbage dump. Then, the garbage would fester, creating a new strand of virus, wiping out the city, then wiping out the country, all the while evolving, until it brings about the end of all life on the planet. o.O

Sort of like dominoes, isn't it? One kitten=death of 6 billion people.

Rikku

Mar 20 2007, 12:41 PM

Devious

Mar 21 2007, 01:27 AM

Jason, I believed the analogy he used involved a butterfly and a hurricane...

Y'know, the somewhat saner analogy.

But nice name. Reminds me of when Matt put some nonexistant word on during scrabble when he could've put "dominos" and caught up to Tim and I. =p
Yes. Well. I don't like kittens. Got a problem with that?

Oh yeah, something about a butterfly flapping it's wings, and how that somehow became a hurricane.

I REMEMBER THAT, I REMEMBER THE THING WITH THE SCRABBLE!!! XD

Kitmitsu

Mar 21 2007, 01:36 AM

Yes. Well. I don't like kittens. Got a problem with that?

Oh yeah, something about a butterfly flapping it's wings, and how that somehow became a hurricane.

The butterfly effect? :blink: and whats wrong with kittens!? I wouldn't ever want to own one but they must be fun to...y'know poke and stuff.

Hitoshura

Mar 21 2007, 01:43 AM

I chose Ragnarok cause its my favorite(and coolest) sword from all of FF.

Devious

Mar 21 2007, 01:46 AM

I chose Ragnarok cause its my favorite(and coolest) sword from all of FF.
Yeah. Too bad it's not in FFXII! T_T The best weapon is Zodiac, a pretty normal spear. Bring the old weapons back, dammit!!! All the good ones are gone! *Sob*

And, no, not the Butterfly Effect. It's a description our Social Studies teacher used to describe the Chaos Theory.

Whoops! It is in FFXII! It's still really weak, though. =(

Enedok

Mar 21 2007, 05:22 PM

I now have Enedok. Its "codes" backwords in my language.

Does it sound wierd?

Obliviaram

Mar 21 2007, 06:14 PM

Obliviaram was a name I created! It reminds me Gothic art! And middle-age darkness!

Askyria

Mar 21 2007, 09:04 PM

Yeah. Too bad it's not in FFXII! T_T The best weapon is Zodiac, a pretty normal spear. Bring the old weapons back, dammit!!! All the good ones are gone! *Sob*

And, no, not the Butterfly Effect. It's a description our Social Studies teacher used to describe the Chaos Theory.

Actually, Ragnarok IS in FFXII. I think it's a greatsword, if I remember correctly.

Devious

Mar 21 2007, 10:39 PM

Actually, Ragnarok IS in FFXII. I think it's a greatsword, if I remember correctly.
Oh yeah! It was. But it's really weak, what with less that 110 attack.

Rikku

Mar 22 2007, 12:51 AM

Hey, don't abuse Kittens. =( Nya-nya-nya. *meows*

Jason, I believe that it was the butterfly effect he was using in order to demonstrate the chaos theory. or perhaps I'm confusing my concepts.

Kitmitsu

Mar 22 2007, 01:08 AM

Yeah, thats what I meant ^_^ Damn butteflies and their hurricane causing powers!

Hitoshura

Mar 22 2007, 02:26 AM

Oh yeah! It was. But it's really weak, what with less that 110 attack.

I'm sort of glad the Ragnarok in FF12 sucked because it matches perfectly with the game. *cough*sucks*cough*

Slim__Cognito

Mar 31 2007, 01:07 AM

comes from the black market dealer in ratchet and clank games..

.also to ragnarok it also means the apocalypse and death of alll gods just to let you know.

Hitoshura

Mar 31 2007, 01:08 AM

.... I knew that >.>

Slim__Cognito

Mar 31 2007, 01:22 AM

oh sorry

Pixel

Mar 31 2007, 02:08 AM

The screen name now makes sense.........

Pixel

Mar 31 2007, 02:32 AM

The assassin is the coolest job in any videogame, of course, so I picked that part and plus I just think that the name lucifer sounds cool........:D

XwingsofaresX

Mar 31 2007, 03:32 AM

i dont know why but i chose my name because i like the word "tsubasa" and it basically means wings and my friends call me ares so you get XwingsofaresX.

Devious

Mar 31 2007, 05:31 AM

The assassin is the coolest job in any videogame, of course, so I picked that part and plus I just think that the name lucifer sounds cool........:D
Hey, not true! In Fire Emblem, the Swordmaster is waaaaay better than the Assassin.

And Lucifer is a fallen cherub. Y'know, one of those little babies?^_^

Pixel

Mar 31 2007, 04:51 PM

Hey, in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Volke was my second best soilder, only second because of Ike's master skill. And Lucifer is usually associated with an ARCHANGEL.

Nero Seraph

Apr 03 2007, 01:15 PM

FFVII i love sephiroth character in the story and how evil he was but i add Jr or Junior coz that wat my cousin calls me so i combined them.

Devious

Apr 03 2007, 10:38 PM

Hey, in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Volke was my second best soilder, only second because of Ike's master skill. And Lucifer is usually associated with an ARCHANGEL.
Yeah, he was Satan's cherub buddy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer

Ok, I'll stop this before it starts becoming a flame war.

Pixel

Apr 05 2007, 12:33 AM

You can interpret Lucifer the way you want, i could care less.

soul

Apr 05 2007, 12:39 AM

I have used soul as my nickname for over 8 years now, basically in everything internet-related. The origin of the nick came from the PC game 'Soul Reaver'. I just thought that taking 'soul' can be nice, and used it ever since...

_Versus_

Apr 09 2007, 09:02 AM

:D _Versus_ This simple. Final Fantasy XIII :D

Tantrumellow

Apr 18 2007, 02:25 AM

tantrum + mellow= mellowtantrum
switched around over recently.

I dont associate myself with childish tantrums but people do rather think of me as too mellow at first
oh and last year i fell in love with the band MELLOWDRONE
and I also loved the anime show, Paranoia Agent, one of the characters name was Mellow Maromi.
shatup i like the word mellow
:nod:
i am aka iseethem and MTTs but thats a long stowyyyy:P

niinag

Apr 24 2007, 01:47 AM

My name is an Ojibwe word. It's quite sugoi. :hug:

aldo

Apr 24 2007, 01:48 AM

dfgsdfg
My name is my first real name. Suck my dick. It SCREAMS dirty mexican!

YUNAFRESCA

Apr 24 2007, 04:16 PM

YUNAFRESCA ias a baos oan FFXX

Lucrecia

May 01 2007, 09:26 PM

Mine's pretty obvious. it's from Dirge of Cerberus. Lucrecia may be annoying, but I like the name.

UltimaMasamune

May 25 2007, 08:09 PM

Ultima Weapon: Kickass weapon in most FFs
+
Masamune: Auron's celestial weapon

I know it's long but so is my real name(Abdulaziz)

Hitoshura

May 31 2007, 01:23 AM

The Masamune was Sephiroth's weapon. >.>

Devious

May 31 2007, 01:43 AM

The Masamune was Sephiroth's weapon. >.>
He's right. Seph came first.

UltimaMasamune

May 31 2007, 10:50 AM

He's right. Seph came first.

actually it was the ultimate weapon for all characters in FF1nes/ps1, the 2nd most powerful dark sword in FF3nes, Edge's ultimate weapon in FF4snes/ps1, the ultimate katana in FF5snes/ps1, a very powerful katana for Cyan in FF6 and Frog's ultimate weapon(when powered up) and a very important story element in Chrono Trigger

all of these thing came first before moma's boy

and if you want to be really technical check this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masamune

the one in my name is based on Auron's Masamune since it looks the coolest and Auron owns everybody's soul

Hitoshura

May 31 2007, 12:43 PM

xD

Its funny because Aurons Masamune looks nothing like an actual one.

All right my username has been changed.

It should be obvious on what it means.

MaoraTezuka

Jun 04 2007, 12:11 PM

eeeh~ my name isn't that special... Maora came from my real name, and Tezuka because... wait, anyone knows where it came from!?:lol:

Devious

Jun 13 2007, 03:42 AM

eeeh~ my name isn't that special... Maora came from my real name, and Tezuka because... wait, anyone knows where it came from!?:lol:
Just hazarding a guess, but perhaps Tezuka Kunimitsu from PoT? :rolleyes:

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p236/YouMiazeTube/creepyryoma.jpg

lol Gintama

And yeah, I saw the page on Masamune and Muramasa while browsing Wiki for FF stuff.

Ultima Star

Jun 15 2007, 03:47 AM

Well..mine is kinda strange..I dunno why I chose that username...all i know is that I always have used it..but ok..let's think about it..

-Ultima: powerful dark magic spell the MOST powerful you could say..and also 'ultima' has a meaning in my real language..ultima means something like 'the last' so there..Ultima Star= the last star
there^^

Yurian

Jun 15 2007, 04:15 AM

Ultima Star

Jun 15 2007, 04:20 AM

Yes indeed..I speak spanish^^ tu hablas español?:ohmy:

Pixel

Jun 15 2007, 04:22 AM

I speak latin, ohhhh, burn.....The extremus vita is propinquus.;)

Yurian

Jun 15 2007, 04:56 AM

Hablo un poco - pienso que mi espanol sea muy inexperto. Eres de Espana? O de un pais centro americano? Ehe.

My friends are all taking Latin. I think it's a really awesome language - but I'd never use it! I still don't know how to make a sentence even though they're always studying and talking about it. Apparently pene and vagina mean sword and sheath respectively. Jajajajaja!

Pixel

Jun 15 2007, 05:35 AM

Damn, I love Latin, its awesome.^_^

Neal

Jun 15 2007, 12:24 PM

I wanted to learn it but our shitty school canceled it. ;(

Ultima Star

Jun 15 2007, 03:26 PM

Hablo un poco - pienso que mi espanol sea muy inexperto. Eres de Espana? O de un pais centro americano? Ehe.

You can improve with practice :nod:
Well no..I don't live in Spain...I live in South america..^_^

Alphonse

Jun 15 2007, 04:10 PM

Well in another forum website I had SORA RULEZ!!!! as my username and I decided why not Cloud Rulez. I put that as my username because to me Cloud is awesome and I added the rules part because he rules in my opinion and I added the Z to rules insted of an S because I had nothing better to do at the time. Nada especial del nombre que escoji. Que opinan ustedes?

DIONYZA

Feb 21 2008, 04:33 AM

Why did you pick your username or change it to what it is now? Was it based on a character you like or did you just pick it because it was the first thing that came to mind? Lets see how this forum goes.

I enjoy writing stories and the name Dionyza is the name of the main character's sister in the story I am usually working on.

Nagase

Feb 21 2008, 04:38 AM

Nagase is a pilot from Ace Combat <3. Wasn't there already a thread on this though? :cathryn:

Pixel

Feb 21 2008, 04:46 AM

Nagase is a pilot from Ace Combat <3. Wasn't there already a thread on this though? :cathryn:

Yes, there is. :aldo:

I got mine from a Latin Book.

DIONYZA

Feb 21 2008, 04:50 AM

THIS FORUM EXISTS!!! OMG...MY BAD

Cloud Strife

Feb 21 2008, 04:58 AM

I got my name from FF VII. The main dude Cloud Strife. I used his name because... he is the bomb.

Sadistic

Feb 21 2008, 05:08 AM

Well, it's kinda obvious, but...
August '05. After beating KH1, I was working on taking Sephiroth down. When I beat him, I went and joined a website called Kingdom Hearts Insider. I didn't have much of a username (I was gonna call myself 'Seph's_minion') and decided that IBeatSephiroth was brief, to the point and kinda cool.

AT23

Feb 21 2008, 06:00 AM

First Initial, Last Initial, random number. Voila, AT23.

Naunen

Feb 21 2008, 06:32 AM

A name of my original character. I know it exists out there but I don't look for names. I just make them up without researching.

Whiplash

Feb 21 2008, 07:20 AM

SEARCH AND MERGE

Anyways, many moons ago, in a forum far, far away, I needed a username and picked a random word. Co-incidentally 'whiplash' can be described as a giant pain in the neck.

Funny how things work out like that, isn't it?

Amleya

Feb 21 2008, 08:34 AM

I got my name from the name combo of Amarant and Freya and a third person in FF9 but I forgot who it was. :|

SirBaron

Feb 21 2008, 10:20 AM

A friend of mine makes fun of me by calling me Sir Baron because i chose a similiar name while playing Warcraft 3 over LAN, and even though i hated it in the beginning it has since become an integral part of my personality, and it's kinda my 1st choice whenever i create characters/accounts. I have no idea what i would do without this screen-name.

Thimien

Feb 21 2008, 11:23 AM

somehow... this name just poped in my head while playing FF11, had to come up with a name for my character, and this one poped up.. not an interesting story i know... ; ;

steeld

Feb 21 2008, 03:34 PM

people used to think i was made out of steel.... because i never got hurt and stuff, i fall of my bike, didnt hurt, i got a cut, didnt hurt. etc. etc.
and well S is the first letter of my japanese name, and D is the first letter of my english name.

Vidya

Feb 21 2008, 04:57 PM

Aha Vidya~.

Vidya originally comes from an original character I had awhile back that would have played a major part in my novel. After I did a major revision of the plot and characters, Vidya's major part had to be taken out and was then shortly afterwards was replaced by another character. Vidya is making an appearance in the novel, but not a very major one.

That's it, basically. I've always liked the name and when I had to take out Vidya's part from my novel I decided I'd start using her name as a username.

Super Love Machine

Feb 22 2008, 06:04 AM

Oh, I just had this friend on a forum who started calling me Shuyu. Then it just stuck. Then she decided she wanted to be different again and started calling me Shaka Zulu. Did not stick.

So, I am Shuyu Homosex, for obvious comedic reasons.

OHH~EMM~GEE

Feb 22 2008, 06:16 AM

Wow you guys have interesting names..... Mines pretty unoriginal..... It came from OMG to OHH~EMM~GEE :P

Patsie

Feb 22 2008, 08:35 AM

Dont fecking know. I got it 3 years ago. It's better than dark_angel_kiss1404 :|

The Chocobo Sage

Feb 22 2008, 01:21 PM

The Chocobo Sage - little bearded man with a sweet purple cape in FF7. Random username for FF based forums.

HighburyHero - Dennis Bergkamp - Tony Adams - Thierry Henry - All Highbury Heros. Legends who graced the turf of Arsenal stadium in Highbury, North London.