# Similar usernames to your own **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763 "2002-05-02T01:00:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/1 "2002-05-02T01:00:33Z")
Which ones are similar to your own? There are a couple out there which make me do a doubletake while visually scanning a page of threads: easy\_e’s (I think I’ve got that right) and there’s a new doper (or maybe a quiet one) out there with “clay” in his or her name. It’s kinda funny… I’ll come back from vacation and after a quick 30 second scan of a page of thread titles I’ll think I posted in the last day or so… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/2 "2002-05-02T01:14:56Z")
**quasimodem** is sometimes mistaken for me, and vice-versa. ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/3 "2002-05-02T01:16:33Z")
I thought I saw the word “dream” in someone’s name once, but I can’t remember. Otherwise I think I’m the only one who’s dreamin’ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/4 "2002-05-02T01:18:03Z")
There’s a Big Kahuna somewhere because I originally wanted that but it was Already in Use There are lots of other Bigs, Biggirl is one that comes into mind ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/5 "2002-05-02T01:42:06Z")
Easy one here. One of the classiest and most literate people on this board is **TVeblen**. When I first became a member, she and I would end up on a number of the same threads often on the same sides of arguments. I just know some people thought I was her thinly disguised sock puppet. Then they read my posts and I’m sure they realized that **Veb** couldn’t write that badly even as a sock puppet. TV ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/6 "2002-05-02T01:54:03Z")
**Mnementh** It’s more an issure (although rarely, since I almost never go) in chat than it is on the boards (unless we’re lazy and only type **mnem** in a vanity search 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/7 "2002-05-02T02:26:25Z")
**demise** for me. ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/8 "2002-05-02T02:31:34Z")
There’s a few variations on robin or robyn about. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/9 "2002-05-02T03:00:43Z")
There is no General Question here. I’ll move this to MPSIMS for you. **DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/10 "2002-05-02T03:05:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DrMatrix \* > \*\*I’ll move this to MPSIMS for you. > > **DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator \*\* I thought **DoctorJ** was going to come in and do that. Or maybe **Doctor Paprika** … ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/11 "2002-05-02T03:10:55Z")
At a dopefest recently, when I introduced myself as porcupine, the person thought I was **Fretful Porpentine**. And **Spiny Norman** is of course a hedgehog, so there may be some confusion there as well. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/12 "2002-05-02T03:13:39Z")
There’s GreatKat, but the one that throws me most often is Kal… ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/13 "2002-05-02T03:15:43Z")
My sort-of-_doppelgänger_ **Mojo** is a closer match than your examples. I have even been advised to change my name here just because somebody else calls himself **Mojo**. Hey, I have used this name since 1980. I have every right to it. Just call me **Jomo** (as in [Kenyatta](http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~emaiersh/wncjomo.htm#jomo)). ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/14 "2002-05-02T03:29:27Z")
I’ve got loads. Well, relatively… **hayduke\_lives!** **the\_duke\_69** **dukie** **gduke** I think there were more, but I can’t remember them off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Serendipity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/15 "2002-05-02T03:41:11Z")
I think there’s a **PrincessSerendipity** around here. When I first saw the name, I thought maybe I had been promoted. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/16 "2002-05-02T03:44:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan \* > \*\ ***quasimodem** is sometimes mistaken for me, and vice-versa. \*\* And he considers it a compliment, if you don’t mind him saying so, sir! 😃 Q ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/17 "2002-05-02T03:59:10Z")
There’s a **galen** out there - recently he’s been posting more often. Personally, I like to respond to his threads to see if anyone gets confused. I haven’t seen him post anything that would make confusion uncomfortable for me - I’m not entirely sure he’d say the same… ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/18 "2002-05-02T04:00:35Z")
There’s some guy who goes by **UncleBeer**. Doesn’t hang around much. ---
**Author:** ![acconav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@acconav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acconav)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/19 "2002-05-02T04:05:49Z")
i was surprised when i saw **Acco40** here, so much so that i emailed him to ask how he came up with that username. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763/20 "2002-05-02T04:20:07Z")
Nothing similar to mine, but after viewing a couple of threads, I hereby nominate: **hillbilly queen** **hillbillyboy** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-usernames-to-your-own/106763.md?page=2)