Where do your names come from?

[Roland Of Gilead]

I was just wondering if anyone had any cool storys behind their user names. Mine is of course from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. So, let's hear your guys name stories.

[josh]

Re: Where do your names come from?

mine is josh because my old name used to be Mujoshi. Mujoshi is Musashi from Brave Fencer Musashi's name and my own combined. Brave Fencer Musashi is my favorite video game. there you go.

[John Mora]

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My name comes from a FANTASY novel.

[Vonwert]

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Von added to "wert" which is found on the keyboard.

[Nixon]

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[Chrome Homura]

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As you all know, I used to be Jkilla. That name came from a time where I started a VS.CPU game on perfect dark and Put all their faces as Jay leno. When my brother called me a Jaykiller I thought it sounded good, considering my ORIGINAL name was mrDOOM.That was just a spur of the moment one, as is my current name.
EDIT: nixon, perfect. How self-explanitory.

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

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*sigh* Again? I should really save a copy of this explanation for when this question comes up.

I was playing Final Fantasy 9, when the chance to name Zidane came up. I was (and still am) very fascinated with dragons, so of course I used 6 of the 7 letters available and named him "Dragon". Of course, that sounded stupid, so I quickly started pronouncing it with sorta an accent: Dray-gone. I liked the name so much that I used it for a character name in a game I've yet to release, and also took it for myself at the old Enix message boards (where I was either currently known as "Great Dragon" or "FireNinja"). Or maybe it was the other way around, taking the name for myself and then giving it to a character. I forget.

Well, in order for everyone to know how I was pronouncing it (as well as it was likely someone already registered the name "Dragon", espeically being the Enix Dragon Warrior boards), I added the "Y" and the "E" to the name. "Draygone". Well apparently I should have replaced the "O" with "AW" instead of adding an "E", because nobody I know can pronounce it right! It's Dray-gone, as in gone as in not here, not Drayg-own, as in own as in belonging to! But I digress. "Draygawn" looks stupid, anyway.

Eventually, I came across someone who's name actually was DrayGone. He told me it was his middle name or something, and it meant "heart of a dragon" in some language I forget. Which is way cool, considering how I came up with the name, how I'm using it, and my interest in dragons. Which reminds me. Sometime I'm going to have to create my dragon avatar for these boards. My posts look so plain.

As you all know, I used to be Jkilla.

I didn't. You totally forgot to state your old name in that name change post of yours. I can't keep track of these things. There's way too many members here.

[Loki]

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[ErikaFuzzbottom]

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Well, that is silly.

[AbstractOrigin]

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I used to be known by "Cloud the HUmar".
I found the japanese meaning for "Cloud" to be "Kumo".
It also means spider if you intend it to be.
I added "Shinagi" just cause.
And BAM!
"Kumo Shinagi".

[Goufunaki]

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Taken from a couple of names...
Gouki (Akuma from street fighter), and Funaki (Wrestler from the WWF, not sure if he's in the WWE anymore).


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[Magus]

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Sir + first initial +

[Hedrum]

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Hedrum is a character I've created for my dream game called Chaos Legends (which is a project I have yet to put my hands on). The name "Hedrum" is a more sophisticated version of the name "Hedgy". I changed the name "Hedgy" to "Hedrum" when I matured since 3rd grade (which was about 2 years ago). The name "Hedgy" came from the animal hedgehog since that's what Hedrum is (as seen in my current avatar):

[Chrome Homura]

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hehe. Strange names. This topic is interesting.
I like the ideas. Originality points for goufunaki!

[Manji]

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..comes from a very cool graphic novel/manga that i unfortunately don't read anymore.
<-- manji