# If you had to, what would you change your username to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816 "2006-01-13T14:50:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/21 "2006-01-13T19:03:48Z")
Rhiannon2358 or Rhiannon4037 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/22 "2006-01-13T19:13:31Z")
I could become my drunken alter-ego, my “bizarro” version, if you will… Shameless Seamus O’Hooligan! ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/23 "2006-01-13T19:13:38Z")
**Ignorance** Then I could ask why everybody was trying to pick a fight with me. Alternatively, I might tidy up my name by going to **Kid\_Chameleon**. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/24 "2006-01-13T19:25:45Z")
I forgot to mention user names that I particulary like. :smack: They include, but are not limited to: **Inigo Montoya, Mr. Blue Sky, Idle Thoughts, DooWahDiddy, Uncommon Sense, Go You Big Red Fire Engine** , and **Fear Itself**. > [@Anaamika](#): > > Yeah, I love **Misnomer**. Don’t change! Thanks! I think that our user names are sort of similar: doesn’t “anaamika” mean “anonymous?” 🙂 > [@kidchameleon](#): > > Alternatively, I might tidy up my name by going to **Kid\_Chameleon**. Why not just **Kid Chameleon** , without the underscore? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/25 "2006-01-13T19:26:35Z")
I’ve tried in the past to get my username changed to “Lemur”. Turns out “Lemur” is already taken. By some loser who apparently has never posted, when I search the name I get no results. So I’m stuck with the name+number combo. I could change it to some more euphonius Lemur+something-else name, but why bother? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/26 "2006-01-13T19:28:27Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > 'Cause everything stops for tea? 🙂 Can this be? Someone knows this reference? It’s from a book by Noel Langley–long out of print, but much loved by my family. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/27 "2006-01-13T19:40:23Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > I’ve tried in the past to get my username changed to “Lemur”. Turns out “Lemur” is already taken. By some loser who apparently has never posted, when I search the name I get no results. So I’m stuck with the name+number combo. I could change it to some more euphonius Lemur+something-else name, but why bother? There should be some kind of statute of limitations, like if the user never used it once and never paid, then after 2 years it becomes free again. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/28 "2006-01-13T19:50:38Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Why not just **Kid Chameleon** , without the underscore? Now that just makes too much sense. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/29 "2006-01-13T20:02:28Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > Now that just makes too much sense. 😉 I wondered if that might be the case… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/30 "2006-01-13T20:04:45Z")
Well, I’m a little envious of the “goddess” names ( **Kythereiea** , **Athena** - I wanna be a sista too!) but I’m not sure which one I’d pick. Maybe [Peitho](http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/peitho.html) - that would be cool with me. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/31 "2006-01-13T20:09:17Z")
I guess I could _handle_ being **Sam Francisco**. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/32 "2006-01-13T20:25:36Z")
I fancy **KhoiBoy** , **Bushman** , **HottentotsGod** or **Heitsi-eibib**. They all have cultural significance. I’ve always like Dr Cathode’s name. mmmm, maybe “ **ProfessorAnode** ”? ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/33 "2006-01-13T20:46:09Z")
**Elisabeth Vogler** , so maybe somebody would realize I was trying to be clever. Barring that, I’d go with **Lois Sandborne**. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/34 "2006-01-13T20:51:35Z")
**Roger Roundley**. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/35 "2006-01-13T20:59:16Z")
I’ve thought about changing mine to Sarah King. Why? Well, if my dad’s wishes had been honored, my name would have been Sarah, and if my husband’s dad hadn’t been adopted, my last name would be King. (Yeah, I’m not real witty.) Kind of an ode to what might have been. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/36 "2006-01-13T21:40:17Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Thanks! I think that our user names are sort of similar: doesn’t “anaamika” mean “anonymous?” 🙂 Literally it means “The Girl With No Name”…so the girl with no name and the misnamed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/37 "2006-01-13T22:09:08Z")
I have toyed with **ARTHUR FOXACHE** or, more logically, **JFK** (my real initials). ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/38 "2006-01-13T22:27:04Z")
**Deimosan** , **Dioscurion** , or **Kalandian**. They’re all names I’ve used in the past or continue to use when I don’t want to be readily identifiable under my otherwise universal username. My favorite username is probably **Czarcasm**. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/39 "2006-01-13T22:29:36Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Can this be? Someone knows this reference? It’s from a book by Noel Langley–long out of print, but much loved by my family. Sorry, no…all I know is a British pop song from 1935. _Oh the fact’ries may be roaring With a boomalakka zoomalakka wee But there isn’t any roar when the clock strikes four Everything stops for tea_ [Rest of lyric here, about halfway down the page](http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/britishwork.php) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816/40 "2006-01-13T23:31:55Z")
I hate my handle; I have no idea why I chose it. So I’d love to change to… **Hey Blue Ar-Pharazon the Golden Double Down Barak Khazad Third Normal Form Roll On** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-what-would-you-change-your-username-to/339816.md?page=3)