So it’s not just your name then, eh? Now I’m really curious. Andy’s Anagram Solver gives “ad vert zeniths” as one possible anagram. Are you in advertising? Perhaps “attn zed shiver” is a better clue. Why do you need Zed’s attention?
Well, this is what googlism says about my namesake. However, I am not gay, although googlism is correct in that my namesake is. I simply always like Vanyel, since he was the last Herald-Mage of Valdemar (until Elspeth, daughter of Selany). HeraldGwena is also from this world; wanna add any details, Gwen?
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It’s the name of an obscure-ish song I liked (it’s by The Strands, if that means anything to anyone). And I like the name Luna. And it’s pretty much never taken.
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Species name of the American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos. Pronounced brack-ee-rink-os. Spelled brachy.
I’m a Doctor of Birdology.
yn beayf == the toad, in Manx (Gaelg).
I’ve gone by various variations of ‘Toad’ for years, in one language or another.
This reminds me of when I requested a change in my username from FNRFR. I still don’t know how I got that name, as I must have been out of it when I first registered with the SDMB. One of the reasons that I cited in my request for a username change was that I wanted to be able to participate in “What does your username mean?” threads 
Anyway, my username is based on my last name. Sorry to disappoint those who thought I was a sausage or something.
Sláinte:
(roughly pronounced as if you quickly slurred: “It’s a lawn chair!”)
“To Your Health!”
I used to be FireUnderpantsBoobs. I’ve explained that one many a time, and I’m quite tired of it, actually.
“Aw, Snappity!” is a phrase that you’re supposed to say when you do something bad, but not really bad. Like when you run a red light or something. You say it in a goofy voice and it makes you feel better.
You know, I never really looked at your name before, and for as long as I’ve been seeing it, I’ve been reading it as “brachyrhinoceros”.
I just always figured you named yourself after your three favorite things.
D.(David)E.(Emily)S.(Sarah)K.(Kristy)-Me,my youngest daughter,my oldest daughter, and my wife. Top because D.E.S.K. by itself looked kind of boring. The 668 is because 667 people at the first place I used it had the same idea before me. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll go back to lurking now
Comes from the Phule series by Robert Asprin, which I was reading when I picked a name. Unfortunately, at that point I had read the first two, which are humourous and entertaining, but not the last two, which are tedious and unfunny. I don’t know why I picked it. I’m not even short. I’ll probably change it eventually.
Mine is the complete name of the computer called Mike in Heinlein’s ‘The Moon is a Harsh Mistress’
which is, I believe, named after Sherlock Holmes’s (allegedly smarter) brother.
grim - me (conraction of my name, as used by the in-laws)
pixie - the wife (she looks like one)
grimpixie = my default username for just about everything!!
Well, it’s understandable that you’d be unclear on the spelling of Queen Selenay’s name, since she was born centuries after you blew yourself up.
Fizgig, is your ID a B.C. reference?
Me? I’m named after a sword of Elf Slaying from a D&D campaign I ran. (ethel = elf, -rist = cleaver, therefore “elf cleaver”). Chosen because this name never conflicts with anybody else, wherever I go.
Mine is from one of the admittedly poorer Simpsons episodes, Poochie the Dog. Krusty is looking for a way to jazz up Itchy & Scratchy by adding a character and asks Russ Myers, creator of I&S, whathe has come up with:
Krusty: Whaddya got in mind? Sexy broad? Gangster octopus?
My username is my first initial and my last name.
I have no middle name
thus, B(rian) Malion
I am the kind of guy who would have to invent a new username every week to keep up with my creative impulses and wacky sense of humor. That would be inconvenient and probubly not allowed. as I got older I realized quite simply that honesty is truly the best policy. It’s also a protest against my disdain of short, fat, bald, comic-book geeks who live in their mom’s basements and have usernames like “DeathTalon!” or “BloodStrike!”. I have never been comfortable with the goofy anonymous anarchy I see on chat groups and BBS’s. I am not comfortable with nameless hoards flaming all over the place with impunity.
Actually I just picked it because Zev Steinhardt was already taken.
I got it!! “Earth vend zits” anagrams into Zev Steinhardt. You’re an alien who picked up acne from earthlings!!
A locally produced children’s show in the early seventies had a sweet character named Nurse Carmen. Carmen was loving and kind, and loved by every child in my generation.
Fast Forward twenty years. I’m wracking my brain for a good on-line name for my Quake character. Testosterone laden names filled the boards, so I wanted to zag while the others zigged. Since ping rates determined that I would be playing locally, I aimed for something with a Twin Cities tie-in.
Beyond that, who would frag their beloved Nurse Carmen? Also, how demeaning would it be to be fragged by this sweet old lady? Internet identities tend to stick.
An aglet is the plastic (or other material) tube that binds the end of a shoelace or cord to prevent fraying. It also makes it easier for the lace to be passed through an eyelet or other opening. I liked it because it was short and sweet, it holds things together, and generally makes life easier.
I recently found out that it also has a computer-related meaning: agile applet.
I am beginning to think that Aglet really means thread-killer, if I am understanding the latter term correctly.