# Dopers, explain you names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835 "2003-07-16T07:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chewbasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@chewbasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chewbasta)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/1 "2003-07-16T07:58:01Z")
Title says almost all of it. One post/ie. keep the comments to yourself. Rip on people you hate somewhere else. šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/2 "2003-07-16T08:00:52Z")
I like food. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/3 "2003-07-16T08:03:08Z")
I like tequila. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/4 "2003-07-16T08:07:48Z")
Last year I lost the use of my left eye. Odin, king of the Norse gods gave up one of his eyes for wisdom. I like to think that I gained some wisdom when I lost my eye. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/5 "2003-07-16T08:22:35Z")
I am not violent! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Shemem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Shemem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shemem)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/6 "2003-07-16T08:29:43Z")
Short for Shemembast. I got it in my church. It means ā€œBastā€™s Warmth.ā€ Well, when you include the ā€œBastā€ part. Otherwise itā€™s just ā€œWarmth.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/7 "2003-07-16T09:23:01Z")
Romanisation of my real name - first used it when i played Civilization II as the Romans all those years ago and it just stuck. ---
**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/8 "2003-07-16T09:24:50Z")
GSV Consolation of Dreams is a Ship name for Iain M. Banksā€™s Culture universe I came up with myself. Atarian was a reference to my old game console; an Atari Jaguar. Fnordprefect is a reference to the word ā€œfnordā€ and Ford Prefect from HHGttG. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/9 "2003-07-16T09:32:02Z")
I have a penchant for jumping out of perfectly great airplanes. 343 jumps. So far, SO goodā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/10 "2003-07-16T09:33:56Z")
Dunnoā€¦ Iā€™ve always been fascinated by the name. In my pretentious youth I seriously considered changing my middle name to Xerxes, just so I could have the initials ā€˜NXRā€™ (much cooler than my real middle name). How sad is thatā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/11 "2003-07-16T09:59:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Xerxes \* > \*\*Dunnoā€¦ Iā€™ve always been fascinated by the name. In my pretentious youth I seriously considered changing my middle name to Xerxes, just so I could have the initials ā€˜NXRā€™ (much cooler than my real middle name). > > How sad is thatā€¦ \*\* Thatsā€¦soā€¦cool _::runs down to registry office_ ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/12 "2003-07-16T10:15:45Z")
Now, how seriously can you take a username thread where the OP doesnā€™t even participate? ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/13 "2003-07-16T10:22:13Z")
Mine is another name for Alka-Seltzer, as coined by one Mr Bernard Black. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/14 "2003-07-16T10:23:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omniscient \* > \*\*Now, how seriously can you take a username thread where the OP doesnā€™t even participate? \*\* Donā€™t you know? Donā€™t you knowā€¦ _everything_? ---
**Author:** ![chewbasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@chewbasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chewbasta)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/15 "2003-07-16T10:26:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omniscient \* > \*\*Now, how seriously can you take a username thread where the OP doesnā€™t even participate? \*\* S\*\*t, guess I will break the one post rule. (thanks for asking.) Chewie is my dog I just adopted a month ago. I call him chewbasta short for chewbastard, in order not to corrupt the neighbor kids. ---
**Author:** ![annaplurabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@annaplurabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annaplurabelle)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/16 "2003-07-16T10:33:45Z")
Born on Candlemas, same as James Joyce. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/17 "2003-07-16T10:39:34Z")
There is no explanation - it just is. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/18 "2003-07-16T10:47:55Z")
I havenā€™t got straight hair Iā€™m not a man ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/19 "2003-07-16T10:49:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > **::runs down to registry office** Itā€™s been years since I dreamed of doing this, but I _just might_ yet do this (change my middle name by deed poll). My friend and I have rigged up a beer cooler in the garden shed whereby as you approach the shed part of the shed wall automatically opens revealing the cooler (youā€™ll see where Iā€™m going with this in a minute). When asked by a somewhat incredulous neighbour why weā€™d obviously taken considerable time and effort doing this (and not having prepared an answer beforehand) we both - somehow - answered in unison: **because we _can_** And so it is with my middle name. That said, I donā€™t know how Mrs Xerxes would take it. There are only so many juvenilities sheā€™ll wear, I suspectā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835/20 "2003-07-16T10:52:23Z")
The sophisticated answer: Dragon Phoenix (Long Feng) is an ancient Chinese symbol, representing both the male (Dragon) and female (Phoenix) part of life. The correct answer: the name of a Singapore restaurant we used to frequent. I liked the sound. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-explain-you-names/188835.md?page=2)