# Open Forum: Explain what your names mean ,and what you think we think it means **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 25, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723 "2002-07-25T06:31:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nevermind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@Nevermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nevermind)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/1 "2002-07-25T06:31:17Z")
This is inspired by one of **wrings** posts. Everybody that would like to gloat aobut how they came up with their origingal name, or just explain what it means DO IT HERE! Wouldn’t it be cool to find out others impressions of you based on your name? (In a non pit environment) I’ll go first: **nevermind** Was generally fed up with deciding exactly what to do at the stage in my life that I was in when I signed up. Tried for days to think of a unique, unsappy name. Decided to go w/sarcastic somewhat impatient, "gimme the bottom line or nevermind " name. Yes I like the group, and Gilda Radner. ---
**Author:** ![baltotop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@baltotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baltotop)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/2 "2002-07-25T06:52:46Z")
Hi there **Nevermind** im also from maryland. 😉 My name is **BaltoTop** and it means Balto=where i am from, Baltimore,Md. And Top=my sexual position (Gay sex). 😃 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/3 "2002-07-25T06:57:58Z")
While I take a temporary break from [**ResIpsaLoquitor** ’s thread about my 1900 posts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2305544#post2305544), I’m game for this one. (yes, even though I just posted the link to the explanation last week sometime) [Flamsterette\_X](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=105572&highlight=brief+explanation+handle) (believe me, this is easier than typing out the whole explanation… besides, you get to see what other people have to say :D) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Nevermind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@Nevermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nevermind)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/4 "2002-07-25T07:37:37Z")
**Flamsterette X** I could swear somewhere in New York, I say your name on a racehorse!! Check it out! _Baltotop_ Tee heehee. Another silly local I can pal around a joke with…New Market, baby! So if I do it your way I’d be: New-Flatonmybackwithmyleg-zin 'dyar. Hmmm. 😕🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@blinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinx)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/5 "2002-07-25T08:03:40Z")
I’m blinx, I needed to come up with a nick for IRC way back and had just seen a movie called “blink” and that was what came to mind, however it was already taken and I changed it a bit. Quite boring and no special meaning, but I just had to share 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![QueenAl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/d26b3c/32.png) [@QueenAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QueenAl)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/6 "2002-07-25T10:23:34Z")
I guess most people would assume that ‘QueenAl’ might have something to do with my sexuality, since I am gay (a fact which I find myself mentioning here far more often than I expected). However, I’m a gay _female_, so if anything I’d have to be a King. Anyway, that’s not the reason for the name. A couple of years ago I went surfing for X-files spoilers. I found the message board on the XF official site, tried a few dozen names and eventually settled on alberthostin, one of my favourite characters (mis-spelt to fit in the character limit). On that message board, you have a screen-name and an optional nickname. I made mine ‘you can call me al,’ for obvious reasons. In the fanfic section, I became famous for being able to turn even the most innocent phrase into something sexual (this was before I came out - can we say ‘overcompensation’?) So when I was asking for suggestions for a new name, someone said I was the Queen of the Gutter, and it stuck. I am Al, Queen of the Gutter. I had minions and everything. Someone even started a fan-club, full of people I hardly knew, which was a bit freaky, to be honest. After I came out, I tried to dissassociate myself from my gutter reputation - never really could of course, but I did shorten my nickname to Queen Al. I no longer post at the XF MB, but I still post a lot at other fora on the same server (with the same username). Some of these people I’ve met in real life, one is one of my closest friends, and even she still calls me Al in real life. I vacationed with her in Florida, and was introduced to everyone as Al, so there are dozens of people in Florida who think that really is my name! QueenAl is my default username all over the web too. A few months ago, however, I registered at a lesbian website and chose a different name, because QueenAl just might have given the wrong impression there. ---
**Author:** ![Ssarl\_the\_happy\_Martian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Ssarl\_the\_happy\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ssarl_the_happy_Martian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/7 "2002-07-25T10:48:32Z")
Well… Ssarl was a Martian character I invented in the sixth grade when we were forced to keep diaries, but the teachers were not allowed to read them… I wrote a handful of stories based on Doctor Who (specifically, on my video of The Chase and a novelisation of The Monster of Peladon from the school library). Ssarl began life as an Ice Warrior, and was fairly soon promoted to an Ice Lord (if you actually UNDERSTAND THAT, kudos to you!). Incidentally, I later discovered that Ice Lord Saarl was A REAL CHARACTER who featured on a Weetabix packet in 1973!!! Ssarl is now what I use universally, for emails, chat rooms and forums as it has NEVER been taken! ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/8 "2002-07-25T10:51:58Z")
When a friend and I attended a baseball game the peanut vendor was walking through the stands shouting **“Hey, Peanuts Here!”** We joked that it sounded like he was saying **“Hey Peanuthead!”** We got to calling each other **Peanuthead** and it has become our standard greeting. I’m thinking most of you would belive it came from an insult. ---
**Author:** ![majinborg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@majinborg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/majinborg)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/9 "2002-07-25T13:06:53Z")
A caveat: This explanation will make absolutely NO sense unless you are a Star Trek fan and a DBZ fan. Imagine if you will the sheer power Bobbity would have if he took control of the Borg. Trillions upon trillions of damn near unstoppable machine men in their uber-massive cubical and spherical ships. What would they be called? That’s right . . . . you guessed it . . . **majinborg**. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/10 "2002-07-25T13:46:46Z")
Okay, I’ll be outed (although _I_ wanted to start this thread! Ah well. 🙂 ). **zweisamkeit** is from… a Rammstein song. It’s a pun (and a nifty one at that, which is why I chose it. From [http://www.herzeleid.com](http://www.herzeleid.com/en/lyrics/herzeleid/translation#9) , it gives a clearer and more concise answer than I’d be able to: _" \* “Zweisamkeit” is not really a word, but is a pun. “Einsamkeit” means “loneliness”, or being together in ones. “Zweisamkeit” basically replaces the “one” with “two”. Thus, it gives the line a totally different meaning."_ I’m a sucker for puns (in any language, as long as they’re explained to me), and I adore Rammstein. Going through some posts, it seems like **jarbabyj** and I have something in common, eh? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/11 "2002-07-25T13:50:00Z")
I think most people think my name means that my name is Ike and that I know how to play the ukulele. Both of these suppositions would be incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![SUPERKARLENE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@SUPERKARLENE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SUPERKARLENE)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/12 "2002-07-25T14:38:42Z")
My name comes from a psycho patient. No, really. Karlene is my real name. I was feeling hero-ish that day, so I just put a super- in front of it. When my mom was 6 months pregnant, she was still commissioned as a nurse in the US Navy. She was doing rounds in the psych ward that day, and was giving medication to a patient who noticed she was pregnant. He asked if I’d be a girl or a boy. Mom said boy. (EVIL MOM!) The guy looked at her again. He said, “Nah. I don’t think so. It’ll be a girl. Whatcha gonna name her?” “I dunno.” “What are her grandmothers’ names going to be?” “Arlene and Kathryn.” “That’s easy! Name her Karlene!” Mom liked it. Dad knew better than to argue with a pregnant lady. And here I am. (But grandma Kathryn thinks that Grandma Arlene got all the glory in my name. Grandma Kathryn is neurotic.) ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/13 "2002-07-25T14:42:04Z")
Well, I think most people think mine means “porcupine” until they read it very carefully; then they do a double take. In fact, they’re right the first time: it’s Elizabethan for “porcupine.” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/14 "2002-07-25T15:16:36Z")
I’m a girl and I’m big. Every now and again I’ll get a response along the lines of "why would anyone call themselves “Biggirl” or "Shyea, right-- coming from someone going by the handle of “Biggirl”. So I guess Biggrl comes off as a name that should not be taken serioiusly. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/15 "2002-07-25T15:19:51Z")
Well, mine’s kind of a southernized pun of _No Doubt_, but I wasn’t thinking of the band when I came up with it. I just figured all the people here were smart, so I’d have to come up with something that sounded smart. Somebody in another thread said my handle made me sound like a kid in a Gary Larson cartoon who had knowledge spilling out his oversized brain, while another person said he just now got the pun after seeing it for several months. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/16 "2002-07-25T16:54:45Z")
Mine is a Lokota phrase meaning “Hey, aren’t your knees cold?” What did _you_ think it meant? We need a Scottish smiley. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/17 "2002-07-25T17:25:31Z")
Michael **drayton** was an English poet, a comtemporary of Shakespeare. I have read only one of his poems (Sonnet 61: “Since there’s no help, come let us kiss and part”) so after a little bit I felt a bit weird using the name. For a short time I was **SLEEP!** , a Mystery Science Theather 3000 reference, but after the crash I became **drayton** again. Hopefully I’ll be something new soon. ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/18 "2002-07-25T17:36:25Z")
Mine is significant of nothing more than a crushing lack of imagination. When I tried to think of a nick for the first mb I ever partipated in, all I wanted was something vaguely feminine, not clever or descriptive or meaningful, and all I could think of were song titles. “Queen of the Slipstream” was a contender. I don’t even really like “Sugaree.” I do like the Dead. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/19 "2002-07-26T03:14:03Z")
**What my name means:** It’s a nickname for Clarissa. **What others think it means:** That I look old and have bad joints. Depending on the extent of the hangover, that is sometimes true. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723/20 "2002-07-26T03:29:56Z")
I think my name is pretty obvious. Although, maybe not as bad as some people may think. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-forum-explain-what-your-names-mean-and-what-you-think-we-think-it-means/120723.md?page=2)