# What does your username mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069 "2018-09-09T21:39:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mumberthax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/1 "2018-09-09T21:39:36Z")
Mine is an obscure reference to the Zork universe. Mumberthax was one of the Flathead rulers. I chose the name because it sounds cool, and it’s an obscure geek reference. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/2 "2018-09-09T21:43:59Z")
It’s my real name. S. N. Faulkner ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/3 "2018-09-09T21:49:38Z")
Mine also means S. N. Faulkner, I’m just a really bad speller. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/4 "2018-09-09T21:55:20Z")
I am also S N Faulkner and so is my wife ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/5 "2018-09-09T21:59:04Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > it’s my real name. S. N. Faulkner > [@darren garrison](#): > > mine also means s. N. Faulkner, i’m just a really bad speller. > [@drfidelius](#): > > i am also s n faulkner and so is my wife i am spartacus! ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/6 "2018-09-09T21:59:37Z")
I used to know what my name meant years ago, but I can’t seem to recall any more. And where are my pills? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/7 "2018-09-09T22:00:13Z")
Um… My name is Johnny, and I lived in L.A. when I registered? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/8 "2018-09-09T22:00:23Z")
Turkey breast. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/9 "2018-09-09T22:01:48Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > I used to know what my name meant years ago, but I can’t seem to recall any more. And where are my pills? My dad variously said he suffered from CRS or CRAFT. Can’t Remember Shit, or Cant Remember A F\*\*\*ing Thing. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/10 "2018-09-09T22:05:57Z")
I’m not sure what my name means. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/11 "2018-09-09T22:08:11Z")
I forget. I’ll have to check my logs. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/12 "2018-09-09T22:09:23Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I’m not sure what my name means. I’ve always liked your user name, it seems to be saying something but something cryptic, enigmatic or obscure. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/13 "2018-09-09T22:09:30Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I’m not sure what my name means. I assumed that it was asserting the trustworthiness of a brand of skin care products. ---
**Author:** ![Map\_Ylow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/map_ylow/32/85_2.png) [@Map\_Ylow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Map_Ylow)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/14 "2018-09-09T22:11:19Z")
It’s Welsh. “Son of Music”. Bard name! ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/15 "2018-09-09T22:14:50Z")
I’m not S.N.Faulkner, so I chose a name that is not snfaulkner to avoid confusion. In retrospect, I can see that this approach may not have worked as well as I had hoped. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/16 "2018-09-09T22:16:55Z")
When I met my current wife her mother had a cat named Dallas. When her mom’s health began to fail I was informed that we now had a cat. Hated men because she had been thrown out of a car window and into a Mini-Mart parking lot, by presumably a man. Once she figured out that the guy beside the fire was the same man who filled her food bowl, we were best friends for 20 years. Jones because I never knew her real last name. Could have been Smith. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/17 "2018-09-09T22:18:08Z")
This is the strangest episode of _ **To Tell The Truth** _, ever! ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/18 "2018-09-09T22:18:16Z")
I wanted a username which superficially sounds like it could be a real name but once you stop to think about it a moment, you realize that it’s made up. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/19 "2018-09-09T22:18:27Z")
I’m not telling. You’ll have to guess.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069/20 "2018-09-09T22:20:24Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > I wanted a username which superficially sounds like it could be a real name but once you stop to think about it a moment, you realize that it’s made up. I knew a guy called Ronald McDonald, so you can never be sure. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-username-mean/821069.md?page=2)