GTKY: screen name stories

tisunge602

I'm sure I'm not the only one who gets curious about how people come up with their screen names or the stories behind them. Without sharing personal details, of course, what does your screen name mean and how did you come up with it?

beenabee

I'm a brunette and my birthday is 7/22  

tisunge602

Four summers in a row in high school & college I went on mission trips to Malawi. We did construction projects, AIDS home visits, and worked with rural children and youth through the organization World Relief. Sometimes one of the kids would just really stick with you. Tisunge (tis-OON-gay) is a little girl I got close to in June 2002 (602). It's been my SN for most things ever since.

Curls919

Curls is my husband's nn for me. And DS was due on 9/19  

LadyBear10

DH was called Big Bear in college by a few (Big Bear was actually an off shoot of another nickname). My name means princess, but DH refused to acknowledge it meant princess. He went with the second definition of Lady. Eventually one day it came to his mind that if he was Big Bear then I was Lady Bear. Lady Bear stuck with him... occasionally when we are around people he just calls me LB. We graduated in '10. 

JournoGrl23

Mine is pretty boring. I work in the journalism industry and my favorite number is 23.

karaszoo1

Mine is my first name plus I have a zoo lol. ok not an actual zoo,but as a vet tech I've always got a vast assortment of pets (currently 3 dogs, 2 cats , a rabbit, a guinea pig and 4 fish tanks....)

emmeline714

My name i had in french class in highschool which is close to my real name and 714 was my childhood area code i am from Cali living in Iowa 

Duffgurl

DH and I have many nicknames one of them is he is Duffman and I am his Duffgurl. Yes from The Simpsons. 

bearsandbeets7

Duffgurl said:

DH and I have many nicknames one of them is he is Duffman and I am his Duffgurl. Yes from The Simpsons. 

I always wondered if your sn was based on the movie Duff, the Simpsons never occurred to me! Lol

lotsofsunshine

This is fun. I'm always curious about the names I see on here.
 Sunshine has always been a term of endearment in my family. Plus, we live in northern ND where we only get to enjoy the sunshine for a small portion of the year. 

kiwico14

DH and I met at a summer camp. The other staff members thought it would be cute to combine our names (like Bennifer or Brangelina), and it stuck. 70 was DH's football number. 

Sekerambo

Mine is an odd combination of both my maiden name and married name. 

No more Miss!

Mine is my knot.com name from 2008 when I was teaching. 
Kinda like a play off of the expression-soon to be Mrs...

ballofmeat

I am not that creative. I live in the midwest. I am having a baby. 

Duffgurl

Lynnlove28 said:

Duffgurl said:

DH and I have many nicknames one of them is he is Duffman and I am his Duffgurl. Yes from The Simpsons. 

I always wondered if your sn was based on the movie Duff, the Simpsons never occurred to me! Lol

Hahaha the designated ugly fat friend....nope  

nanner26

Mine is my name and wedding anniversary. After being here a couple weeks I wished I had been a little more creative. 

rvamom90

I'm lame. Mine is the first letter of my first name with my last name and I was born in 1990. 

bearsandbeets7

Mine is just my last name the word love and the day DH and I married, the number. 

pelorunningmama

I wish I would have been more creative too! Mine is just initials of me and the hubs and anniversary.

Mine is my name and wedding anniversary. After being here a couple weeks I wished I had been a little more creative. 

jamiesc58

Mine is so not creative either. It is my first name with my maiden name initials and my lucky number.

charmedlifex3

My name is Allison, and I am 30. Also, I tend to be solar powered, so Allisun

Car0liiine

Well, my name is Caroline (shocker!!!) And I started using this sn in middle school. My mom has a super strong southern accent and my friends all got a kick out of her calling my name to come to the phone. "Kayyyyroliiiiiiiine!"

jaceru

mine is boring too.. initials and birthdate. Clearly, I was being really creative when I made it. 

Fremdschamen

Mine is a German word that means embarrassment felt on behalf of someone else (think watching Michael Scott on The Office or watching someone screw up on stage).  My husband and I love the word because there isn't an English equivalent, yet it is a very common feeling.  We shout it at the TV whenever there are those unbearably awkward moments where characters are making asses of themselves.

kristynmac

Car0liiine said:

Well, my name is Caroline (shocker!!!) And I started using this sn in middle school. My mom has a super strong southern accent and my friends all got a kick out of her calling my name to come to the phone. "Kayyyyroliiiiiiiine!"

dang. I was really hoping yours was because of the Outcast song--at least that how I pictured it!

kristynmac

My name is Kristyn, and Mac is DH's nickname. 

jamiesc58

@kristynmac I sing that song every time I see @Car0liiine also haha!

mksfav

Mine is because I had a minor obsession with Mike Rowe when I was younger.....ok maybe still

Bookhousegirl

@Fremdschamen I always wondered what yours meant!! 

Mine is a reference to my favorite tv show (twin peaks - also where my profile pic is from). I'm also pretty book-obsessed so it worked for both. 

ThisisNumber3

Mines pretty obvious!

telicious2

Mine is from when I was younger. My mom made a macaroni and tomato sauce (puréed diced tomatoes) dinner. I said it was delicious but my d sounded like a t. It stuck ever since. And the number 2 is just because. 

Car0liiine

@kristynmac @jamiesc58
Hahaha omg when that song came out in high school people sang it at me all the time! But I didn't really like it because if you listen to the lyrics, it's not a very nice song about this particular Caroline . . . He says he hopes she crashes into a ditch . . .
But the flip side is people sing Sweet Caroline to me more often and that's quite nice 

JournoGrl23

@Bookhousegirl I just discovered that show! I love it too.

Samm116

Not very creative either. My initials are (before being married) SAM and birthday is 11/6. The name was taken so I had to add an extra "m"

kristynmac

@Car0liiine @jamiesc58 love that song too! 

Mrsrundell

I'm married to Mr Rundell 

tmk0325

Jcr727 said:

mine is boring too.. initials and birthdate. Clearly, I was being really creative when I made it. 

Ditto

Katienu

tmk0325 said:

Jcr727 said:

mine is boring too.. initials and birthdate. Clearly, I was being really creative when I made it. 

Ditto

Same and I use it for everything. I'm from Boston and I wish I thought of something like massholemommy. Ha!

ballofmeat

tmk0325 said:

Jcr727 said:

mine is boring too.. initials and birthdate. Clearly, I was being really creative when I made it. 

Ditto

Ah yes, but they are awesome initials  

tinkerbell11210

The nurses called DD1 Tinkerbell after she was born. (They said she looked like she had pixie dust all over her when they were bathing her . And the numbers are her birthday.