# Usernames close to yours **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018 "2012-04-26T14:34:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/1 "2012-04-26T14:34:36Z")
When I do an “Advanced Search” on my own username, to see the currently active threads where I have posted, as I’m keying in my name I see a popup of these names after the first three characters: zelandblogg zelanot zelbo Zelda Zelda Spellman Zeldar zeldarae Zelda\_K zeldi zelena987 zelenuxas Zelestron zelie zelerton zeliefinny ZelishQQRs I can’t remember seeing over two or three of these names in threads I’ve visited, but this did make me curious how others’ lists might go. Getting this list of mine accessible to a copy/paste for this post involved doing a “Select All” and “Copy” to a text file and then stripping away all the excess verbiage that came with the “Select All/Copy” move. What’s your list look like? ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/2 "2012-04-26T14:56:19Z")
I’m kind of surprised to note that I appear to be the only Sarabellum. Guess there seems to been no need to add the 1976 part. sara Sara Alexis sara altaf sara g Sara Waterson Sara.ajlyakin sara145 sara65 Sara757 sara999 saraajennings saraam Sarabellum1976 sarabr saracarrickson ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/3 "2012-04-26T15:28:06Z")
Heh. There’s a kayakgirl. Who posted once, 11-17-2011 10:40 AM. Then probably went back to the water, I guess. Kay Kay Lastima Kay No Hollywood Kay Time Kay Tucker Kay420 Kaya Kaya.B Kaya177 kayak guy kayaker kayakgirl kayakinchris kayakjack kayakyRassy ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/4 "2012-04-26T15:29:36Z")
Some guy named Tripler. I’d be pissed, but he got it first. So he should be pissed at me. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/5 "2012-04-26T15:36:39Z")
I just went for the shortest list. Fair and Fai really aren’t close enough to my name for me to care. My spousal unit posted maybe 2 or 3 times then decided he didn’t want to play here. I think I recall Fairy Princess Kitty, but none of the rest. [INDENT] Fairy Ana Fairy Penguins Fairy Princess Kitty Fairychatdad FairyDreamer FairyDust fairyfart Fairygdmther fairygirl FairyManilow[/INDENT] ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/6 "2012-04-26T15:51:05Z")
I’ve got a few to weed through… Hal Gold Hal Newcome Hal Ogen hal11 Hal9 HAL9000 hal9grand HALAENECT HALAKnessmonster Halarwab HalberMensch242 halberstadt halbrown ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/7 "2012-04-26T15:59:08Z")
MoodIndigo1 moodite Moodrfrf moodswinger moodtobestewed Moody Moody Pete moodyboots MoodyLoner moodyman moodymozart MoodyOneLivingInOz mood\_media Oddly enough, the only name that makes me do a double take whenever I see it is Blue Mood. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/8 "2012-04-26T16:49:35Z")
My only companion was someone named **QadrosLevel** who appears to have never posted. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/9 "2012-04-26T17:08:37Z")
According to Ellis Peters (the author of the Brother Cadfael mysteries), she selected Cadfael as being such an obscure Welsh name that she could only find one example of it. The historical Saint Cad was born Cadfael, but was known as Cad. Curiously, on this board there is a **Saint Cad** and, of course, **BrotherCadfael.** ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/10 "2012-04-26T17:13:22Z")
There is a **Silenoz** that shows up on the pop-up, but doesn’t show on any search. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/11 "2012-04-26T17:18:06Z")
There’s a **snickerdoodle** , and amusingly a **snickerduudle** , but the poster I remember being most often confused with was **Kn\*ckers**. Not sure why; maybe it’s the “kers” ending. Or that there’s only two letters of difference between our names. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/12 "2012-04-26T17:32:33Z")
Among the amusing trivia explored in [Another look at “active users” at SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=632686) which had 121 posts from 11-26-2011 through 12-28-2011 there is [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14521542&postcount=113) where I mentioned: ```auto As of Nov/28/2011 including BANNED users Posted at least 30,000 times 20 " " " 20,000 " 62 " " " 10,000 " 259 " " " 5,000 " 685 " " " 1,000 " 2683 " " " 500 " 4008 " " " 200 " 6154 " " " 100 " 8115 " " " 50 " 10473 " " " 20 " 14457 " " " 10 " 18334 " " " 5 " 23787 " " " 1 " 55024 ``` As mentioned in that thread **ntucker** extracted a large file of ALL users’ details and that file was bigger than my version of Excel would accept. So he trimmed off the non-posting users to give me a version I could examine. It would seem to me that a useful endeavor by TPTB would be to purge all those never-posted usernames. Anybody know why that wouldn’t be advisable? ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/13 "2012-04-26T23:40:43Z")
If I leave it at “fre,” I get a list that includes a boatload of people whose names start with “freak.” But when I go to “frec,” I only get: Freca frecklebeach Frecklefoot freckles I don’t think I’ve ever seen a post by any of them. The one name that used to make me do a double-take was **freekalette** , but s/he doesn’t seem to be around any more. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/14 "2012-04-26T23:53:25Z")
Other names like mine: Rhiannon Rhiannon1031 Rhiannon196 Rhiannon2 rhiannon777 Rhianon I have never seen a post by any of them. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/15 "2012-04-27T00:01:30Z")
Here come the Toes! ToeJ leaves only me, and TO is too big a list. The double ToeCutters is weird though. Socks? User Name: toecutter ToeCutterX toeivy **ToeJam** toeknee toells toemcopper ToeRash ToeTruck ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/16 "2012-04-27T00:40:30Z")
coloin ColonelDave ColonelDax ColonelDJ ColonelMoose ColonelPate ColonelSandersLite colonial colonicirrigator Colophon Color coloradoguy69 coloradorockies colorany ColorFlip There’s a lot of Colonels, but my nearest neighbour is someone who sticks hosepipes up people’s backsides. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/17 "2012-04-27T00:46:11Z")
StrangeloveMD Strangelove strangelove66 strangelove6 strangelove77 strangelove22 strangelove2010 Dr. Strangelove DrStrangelove The numbered ones are all banned, the first has been inactive since 2003, and the rest are active. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/18 "2012-04-27T01:11:10Z")
This place inspires a lot of fear: Fearless Junie No Fear of Contradiction The Fear of Id No Fear Fear not fearless Fearless Freap Fear the Turtle fear\_memories fearless345 Fearless Leader Fearless Reader Fear Rocks 13 Fearfulcoma Fearless Dingo Fear Note fearnot fearless merc ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/19 "2012-04-27T01:33:39Z")
Well, it won’t let me do a search on my new 2 character user name…you have to have at least 3 characters to search, so that will probably be a problem in the future if I ever want to search out my own threads. 😛 However, doing a 3 character search on my old user name I get: xtina333 xtinarulezd00d xtinejonick79 xTinkLiNk420x I can’t say I recognize any of them, but then they probably don’t recognize me either. I don’t think any of us has ever been mistaken for another poster of similar name, however. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018/20 "2012-04-27T01:37:31Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > When I do an “Advanced Search” on my own username, **to see the currently active threads where I have posted** , Uh huh . . . 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usernames-close-to-yours/620018.md?page=2)