# What does your name mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2000, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730 "2000-04-29T22:43:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Glenoled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Glenoled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glenoled)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2000, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/41 "2000-05-02T15:07:21Z")
Mine’s pretty simple… back before I got into the internet, I was a little into AD&D, and I had been looking for a character name that sounded like it would fit in the world I was trying to build… well, Glenoled was that name… Then, I got into MUD’s, and dug the name out again… and from there, it became my main nick, even though I haven’t MUDded in a couple years… ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/42 "2000-05-03T19:59:16Z")
Pandora is a nickname I’ve had for years… Basically because all hell tends to break lose where ever I am (It’s not my fault really…) ---
**Author:** ![JuanDeCuba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JuanDeCuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuanDeCuba)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/43 "2000-05-04T00:11:31Z")
My friends call me Juan because I’m always talking spanish and thats the closest they can come to a translation of Jonathan. The DeCuba part comes from an incident that happened back in high school. I was talking spanish with one of my friends and a few random girls decided to ask if I was spanish and I had heard that question a few too many times lately and was getting tired of answering it so I said “No, actually I’m Cuban” very saracastically but they didn’t notice the sarcasm and continued asking me all kinds of questions about life in Cuba even though I’ve never actually been there. I have no idea why they believed a word I said except that they obviously didn’t know anything about Cuba, Cubans, or Cuban-americans. About a week later I made up the name for AOL and have been using it since. ---
**Author:** ![Koffing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Koffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koffing)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/44 "2000-05-04T02:34:50Z")
Koffing is the name of one of my favorite Pokemon. Bulbasaur was my first choice, but it was already taken. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/45 "2000-05-04T03:01:56Z")
When I got AOL like, hmmm, six years ago I think, I had a friend named Barry. His names was Taco4Barry, which I loved, and so we decided to have similiar names. My name is SARAH, but back then, AOL limited it to ten letters. So henceforth Nacho4Sara has been my name. Of course, my AOL is now canceled =( But everyone online still calls me “NACH” or “THE NACH” I like nachos too. ---
**Author:** ![DVous\_Means](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DVous\_Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVous_Means)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/46 "2000-05-04T06:09:46Z")
My initials are DV… My father’s initials are LV, he runs a business servicing hih-fi and professional sound equipment - naturally he calls himself ELVEE SOUND. It took me some time to come up with my own label, which I use a lot - all of my software is registered to The House of DVous Means. If I ever leave the medical field and start my own business, the words DVous Means are going to be in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![spartacist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@spartacist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spartacist)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/47 "2000-05-04T06:28:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > “…because I am amused by the idea of being a bully.” > > \*\* May I quote you on this, and use it as my signature here? ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/48 "2000-05-04T13:26:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > May I quote you on this, and use it as my signature here? > \*\* Feel free. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/49 "2000-05-04T13:53:38Z")
You can check for some more here:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=14389](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=14389) I think the OP in this one is long gone ---
**Author:** ![single\_files](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@single\_files](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/single_files)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/50 "2000-05-04T16:16:23Z")
The single part is self explanatory, and while I don’t actually keep files on dates, if I did, the last year would go something like this: Mr. Personality…great guy but no chemistry. I’m trying to turn him into a friend Mr. Slut…I truly loved this guy, but he has some really big issues Mr. Whiney…seems the entire universe got together to shit on this guy Mr. Desperate…No explanation needed Mr. Just divorced and still crying about it Mr. “I’m in love even though we just met an hour ago” Wow. Now I’m going to be depressed. ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/51 "2000-05-04T18:59:53Z")
I already explained my nick here [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=21439](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=21439) ---
**Author:** ![pipefitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@pipefitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipefitter)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/52 "2000-05-04T23:26:02Z")
Mine I took because I know where to fit my pipe. 🙂 Honestly, that is what I do for a living, biding my time until I get my journeymans card. ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/53 "2000-05-05T00:44:26Z")
because of very old karma, my soul is still healing, and perhaps always will be, and so it is in a perpetual sling. came to me while meditating some years ago, have been using it all over the web. especially in video games. if not that i use a name from the Robert Jordan series, 'cause i love the Jordan series 😃 ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/54 "2000-05-05T03:40:19Z")
Okay, for all you newbies, I’ll tell it again. My favorite color is purple (always has been, since I was a little kid). I love teddy bears; also almost any other stuffed critter you can think of, especially bunnies, cats and giraffes. I also really, really like hugs, both giving and receiving them, especially bear hugs! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/55 "2000-05-05T03:45:43Z")
well, to start with, the word SKUGGI is the icelandic word for “shadow”. I like both the sound and the look of the word, and just added on to it to make it more aesthetically pleasing to me. enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2000, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/56 "2000-05-12T19:01:48Z")
Katt, spelled that way, has been my nickname since summer camp when I was twelve. To this day, I have no idea why that particular name was chosen, except that a big thing in camp was to give each other nicknames, and the K was for my name IRL. I think I need a new nickname. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730/57 "2000-05-12T20:45:06Z")
Well, it’s my initials spelled out. Or it was my initials, until I got married. Now it should be Ceejayess, but I can’t get used to that. I like the “yess” part of it though. I could call myself CeejaYESS!!! Or not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-name-mean/16730.md?page=2)