# How many names are you known by? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569 "2017-09-29T02:57:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/21 "2017-09-29T14:24:27Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > “I am known by _many_ names!”-- Rance Mohannitz in _Two Hundred Motels_ I first read that as _Two Hundred Mohels_. :eek: I forgot a couple: If you call me “Elizabeth,” you were my half-senile gym teacher from my freshman year of high school, who I gave up correcting after two weeks. And if you call me “Mom,” you are of course, the one and only. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/22 "2017-09-29T14:42:14Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > I think…six, counting screennames, and nicknames given my cousins or nieces just learning how to speak. Ah yes, I forgot to count the name I gave myself as a tiny kid, since as you can imagine I had trouble pronouncing Gwendolen. 😛 It’s in my hotmail address. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/23 "2017-09-29T15:16:35Z")
From the BBS era: War Pig, Klapaucius, Dr. Ruthless From LJ: Klaproth, which LJ friends morphed into Kaltrop Other internets: Book of Og, Flobey Tenderson rl: Eric ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/24 "2017-09-29T15:22:31Z")
Most people know me as **Chuck**. People online know me as **RealityChuck** My wife uses **Dragon** (we were reading a lot of Anne McCaffrey when we were first married). My daughter still uses **Daddy** Some of my close relatives use **Chuckie**. Not long ago I got into an Internet flamewar and people tried to call me that. They didn’t know the name had some very positive connotations to me. People who never met me and doctors call me **Charles**. It usually a sign they want to sell me something. ---
**Author:** ![laurieb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51bf81/32.png) [@laurieb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurieb)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/25 "2017-09-29T15:57:53Z")
**Laura** in professional and work settings. **Laurie** by family, friends, my boyfriend, and informal settings like here. **Laurita** by my Brazilian college roommate and BFF. **Looney Laurie** by a high school teacher who HATED me. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/26 "2017-09-29T17:32:40Z")
Pops by my kids, PopPop by their kids, Mike or Michael (interchangeably) by my wife and one or the other by anyone else who knows me. I don’t care. Obviously Hari Seldon here. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/27 "2017-09-29T17:55:48Z")
By my initials Goomba By strictly my first name which is a derivative name of another. Ex: Named Larry by my parents so I didn’t like to be called Lawrence By the name of a song which vaguely resembles my last name. Studster or Stutz in college: Not from attracting women but because I wore a pair of shoes that were hideous. Friends called them the Studsters and eventually it wore off on me. Martha: a joke Captain Midnite: my nickname as an engineer who got called frequently at night for power outages. Dogshit by my wife. I will not stand for this and insist that she calls me **Commander** Dogshit. Dad - my favorite for obvious reasons. Uncle Aweome ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/28 "2017-09-29T18:00:44Z")
Julie by most Julia by the bank and the government Julio by one of my brothers Tui (rhymes with hooey) by one of my sisters Joalie (rhymes with goalie) by my other sister when she’s being a punk ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/29 "2017-09-29T18:05:49Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > From the BBS era: War Pig, Klapaucius, Dr. Ruthless > From LJ: Klaproth, which LJ friends morphed into Kaltrop > Other internets: Book of Og, Flobey Tenderson > rl: Eric I just got what your username means. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/30 "2017-09-29T18:27:38Z")
\*\*Jessica \*\*by more and more people every day \*\*Jess \*\*to most of my family \*\*Jessi \*\*to people who mistakenly think that is my nickname \*\*JJ \*\*to anyone I met since second grade, and anyone they ever introduced me to (this is actually the highest percentage of people) **Auntie Jess** to my actual nieces **Auntie JJ** to my friends’ kids \*\*ZipperJJ \*\*online But, FTR, I love it when you call me Big Poppa. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/31 "2017-09-29T18:33:29Z")
You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me Johnny, or you can call me Sonny, or you can call me RayJay, or you can call me RJ… but ya doesn’t hafta call me Johnson ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/32 "2017-09-29T18:55:05Z")
_ **More aliases than the County Jail!** _ On the SDMB, I’m **DLuxn8r-13** , sometimes informally just “Lux”. My street name, the way I sign my poetry and introduce myself to folks, is **Sparrow 13**. Been using it for many years now. The 13 is important as it distinguishes me from another poet named [just] Sparrow, who’s been around a lot longer than me and has much more stuff published. But since Sparrow’s been my monicker since God was a tadpole, I figure I have a right to use it too. Online other than here, I use various variants of The DeLux One and Sparrow 13, including \*\*Dirtybird DeLux \*\*and **His Extreme DeLuxitude.** Occasionally **Richie Petronia** , or just **Petronia** , Petronia being the taxonym for a certain kind of sparrow. Sometimes my boyfriend calls me **_Mister_ Vinnie “ThunderChoad” Sparrone**. My rels who don’t indulge me by calling me Sparrow, call me **Richard, Richie** , or **Rich.** Officialdumb knows me as **Mr. Richard Surname**. I sign my mail art with any number of variations and plays on **Velcrow**. That’s Velcrow with a W. So I guess my answer is “rather a lot of them”. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/33 "2017-09-29T19:41:25Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Everyone who knows me calls me Kurt. Just Kurt. I have no nicknames, aliases, handles, or former names. Kurt doesn’t really lend itself to diminutives. Sometimes my brother calls me Kurtis to annoy me. My name is not Kurtis (A former coworker joked that Kurt wasn’t just my name; it was my attitude. The joke would’ve worked better if I spelled my name Curt, but that’s an abomination.) > > Here, obviously, I go by Bayard. And my kids call me Daddy. My son is starting to grow out of Daddy and call me just Dad. > > That’s it. > > God, I’m boring. I also have a four-letter first name and there’s no way to shorten it (or lengthen it to anything recognizable). I don’t have a middle name, either. I’m always just “[FIRSTNAME].” Fortunately, it is unusual and I have never had a problem with getting confused with a co-worker or other family member. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/34 "2017-09-29T19:51:31Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > “I am known by _many_ names!”-- Rance Mohannitz in _Two Hundred Motels_ > [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I first read that as _Two Hundred Mohels_. :eek: That quote would be “I am know by _many_ nicks!”. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/35 "2017-09-30T00:15:35Z")
When I was five, the -y was dropped from my name, and has been gone ever since. I have a formal first name, used for business with middle initial only, but otherwise known by the familiar name. When studying Spanish, as is the custom, I was known in class by the Spahish equivalent, and my ex-wife (whom I met them) used it endearingly, but otherwise, only by my informal first name, and a few people, by my last name. There has never been any kind of a nickname, and I strongly dislike nicknames, and never call anyone by one unless their real name is not widely known. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/36 "2017-09-30T01:15:52Z")
I have lots of names that I go by around town and other places. My “real” name is my middle name and several variants of it including a pseudo-hispanic version. My technical first name is a family name but a very common one that no one in my family actually goes by. It is amazing how many strangers refer to me by variants of my first name. It is useful to show who doesn’t know me at all and I just hang up on phone calls when someone uses my first name or a variant of it. It doesn’t stop there though, I have many nicknames that I will answer to given to me by other people. Shagnasty is just one of many and I would turn my head if someone shouted any of them in a crowd. My real name is so distinctive that I don’t always like to use it around people I don’t know in places where it isn’t important. My daughters think it is funny that I just make up new names on a whim when talking to salespeople or doing mundane things like getting a haircut. I love it when they repeat it back over and over to try to be friendly. I have been everything from Pedro to Stalinoff in the past year plus many more. In everyday life, there are about 15 names and variants that I will answer to without even thing about it. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/37 "2017-09-30T01:40:41Z")
I never can tell whether the conversation is about me or Navin R. Johnson’s dog. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/38 "2017-09-30T01:51:38Z")
If you know me online, I am **Janis** to most and **Pearl** to da MMPers If you know me in meatspace I am probably\*\* Beth\*\*, unless: You know me at work, where I am **Elizabeth**. ( **Liz** to a few) I teach you in Sabbath school, where I am **Ms. Beth** (I don’t insist upon it and the kids switch back and forth) You are my nevvies, then I am **Aunt Sissy** ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/39 "2017-09-30T18:26:24Z")
A few names online, T by some “fool” family members. A nickname fromy uncle, and my real name from everyone else. Old names included an intentionally was long name from a neighbor as a joke, and Mr. Last Name by some teachers in school. But it doesn’t come up in real life as much, oddly. Everyone wants to move to first names now, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569/40 "2017-09-30T21:41:33Z")
That is “cool” family members. I just mean the type of person who would name people by letters. It’s what my username is based on, since I wanted a name I’d associate with myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-names-are-you-known-by/797569.md?page=3)