Have you ever changed your name? (online and otherwise)

[buzerio]

I used to go by the name Majestic or Majestical on the internet but I wanted something that was more unique, I came up with Buzerio when making a name for a character on an MMO, the name stuck and I've been using it ever since.

I also sometimes use StarchyPotato or StarchPotato if I use a secondary account for anything (such as a smurf account or an alt on an MMO) which comes from the fact that I used to love the word potato and wanted a smurf account with a silly sounding name, when I googled potato the first link was to wikipedia and the first adjective on the wikipedia page was starchy.

IRL: I have thought about changing my first name since its really common but I don't think I would.

 

[Ieyke]

I am known by a LOT of names....and I respond to basically all of them.

-My first name
-Short form of my first name
-My middle name
-First-middle name combo
-Lord Zypher (one of my most ancient of names)
-Ieyke (pronounced "ike")
-Icarus (derive from "Ike")
-Icky (derived from Icarus)
-The Emperor's Champion
-TEC (acronym of the above, by which I am internet famous)
-a name I use to be incognito on the internet
-a name I use to be double-secret incognito on the internet
-Peter Parker (a girl at work started calling me that, and I immediately responded to it... *shrug*)
-Polar Bear (earned via my massive size and high tolerance for cold weather)
-Thor (earned via my massive size, high tolerance for cold weather, inexplicable strength, and viking heritage)
-Walmus (Walrus+Camel - the way I throw my weight around in a fight apparently reminded someone of a walrus, and I consume vast quantities of water(which is kind of the opposite of a camel... I didn't say all the names made sense...))
-THE BATMAN (my legal signature is all-caps print "THE BATMAN")
-Mr. Wayne (derived from my signature)

STEAM NAMES:
-Thunderous Clockwork WarMachine (current primary Steam name)
-Pride (my name as one of the Seven Deadly Sins)
-Hugh Manatee
-Clockwork Decoy
-Zombicide (a Steam name I use when I'm playing marathons of Left 4 Dead 2)
Ze Über Mensch
Ira Deum ("Wrath Of The Gods" - for when I'm in a bad mood)

 

[clippen05]

In highschool I had a lot of nicknames, some were cool, some were less than great. Also, now I prefer to go by Mike instead of Michael. Oh, and on some of my online accounts I go by Bergy24 and others I go by Clippen05.

 

[MasterMasamune]

On a forum I used to frequent, I went by 'Static', and later changed my username to 'Masamune'. Everyone still called me Static, though. Now, all of my usernames include 'Static' or 'Masamune', with variations if either is taken.

IRL, my first name is terrible and shouldn't even be considered a name, but my middle names (I have two) are way better. Unfortunately, when I moved to a different state, I never thought to go by either of them. Also, since I have boring friends, I've never had a nickname I could go by.

My Xbox Live gamertag originates from a time when I was young, stupid, and crammed the word 'zero' into everything I could. I plan on changing it in the future, but since I never play online, it doesn't really matter.

 

[Starik20X6]

I really like my real name, so no, wouldn't change it and have never thought about doing so.

Online, I'll pretty much just use this one, sometimes with different numbers.

 

[Aetera]

In real life, my name is Kristin, but at college I somehow picked up the nickname Lily, short for Lilith. It got to the point where a lot of people didn't know that my name WASN'T Lily.

I liked it. Badass nickname.

 

[COMaestro]

My first name is Chris, though when I was a kid and infatuated with the movie and cartoon of Ghostbusters I wanted to change my name to Peter (Venkman was awesome). Luckily I grew out of the idea of changing my name, so I go by Chris, or my last name as there are so many Chris' in the world.

Online handles started with Jcen Solo as I am a big Star Wars fan and liked the character Jacen Solo at the time. Dropped the 'a' to avoid duplicates. I then tried Rogue for abit, as that was my favorite class in RPG's. Finally settled on Maestro which was the callsign of a character in a series of books I liked. I would see other Maestro's now and then online. When I joined an X-Wing vs Tie Fighter league, I started my own squadron so I was the Commanding Officer, making it COMaestro and I've used that ever since. Never seen it copied or needed to put a number after it.

I have one other name I use for submitting stories that I have written to a website. But I don't feel like sharing that one