# Considering a name change... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-name-change/279067 "2004-12-10T03:57:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-name-change/279067/1 "2004-12-10T03:57:33Z")
Sometime this winter, I changed my IRC nickname from **MsRobyn** to Petirosa. It seems that MsRobyn is also used by a woman with, shall we say, some interesting hobbies. So I’m thinking about changing my SDMB name to either **Pettirossa** , the full spelling, or to **Aubergine** because I like the way it sounds. What say y’all? Robin ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-name-change/279067/2 "2004-12-10T04:02:41Z")
Pettirosa is (apparently) Italian for “Robin.” I like there to be some kind of meaning to a username, so I’ll vote for that. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-name-change/279067/3 "2004-12-10T04:05:31Z")
Well, according to Google Translator, “Robin” in Italian is “Pettirossa”. I don’t speak Italian. I was just looking for something pretty. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-name-change/279067/4 "2004-12-10T04:07:15Z")
\*\*Aubergine \*\* is amusing. It \*does \* sound a lot nicer than **Eggplant**. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-name-change/279067/5 "2004-12-10T04:08:54Z")
**Pettirossa** , obviously, as I’m the one who thought up that name for you. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-name-change/279067/6 "2004-12-10T04:11:41Z")
How about **Something Pretty**? ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-name-change/279067/7 "2004-12-10T04:30:35Z")
**MsRobyn** , I’m going to go against the crowd here and say: Keep your username! I can’t recognize that many people by username on this board, but I do recognize you. I know I can’t be alone here. Forget what some other strange woman is doing to the name in other places – you’re the **MsRobyn** on SDMB and that’s just that! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-name-change/279067/8 "2004-12-10T04:36:10Z")
I hate it when people I know change their user names. There are some I’ve “lost” forever because I never learn to associate the new name with the old one. But, it’s YOUR name, so whatever. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-name-change/279067/9 "2004-12-10T04:43:22Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > **MsRobyn** , I’m going to go against the crowd here and say: Keep your username! > > I can’t recognize that many people by username on this board, but I do recognize you. I know I can’t be alone here. Forget what some other strange woman is doing to the name in other places – you’re the **MsRobyn** on SDMB and that’s just that! Grr…how did I lose half a sentence? Make that: I know I can’t be alone here _in “knowing” someone and then losing them after they change their username_. Or, what **John Carter of Mars** said in between these two posts. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-name-change/279067/10 "2004-12-10T05:14:58Z")
Add me to the “Keep your current name” list, but if you really want to change your name, I’d vote for **Aubergine**. Mainly because that would keep reminding me of the best song name ever, _The Aubergine That Ate Rangoon_. And how can you go wrong with that?