# What is your pseudonym? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 15, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763 "2011-01-15T23:34:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/41 "2011-01-18T08:58:44Z")
Kaspar Hauser. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/42 "2011-01-18T13:41:16Z")
Underhill ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/43 "2011-01-18T13:51:57Z")
Charles Carmichael Si ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/44 "2011-01-18T14:01:59Z")
I’ve used the name Jimmy Reilly or James O’Reilly before. Was the protagonist of a book I read a million years ago. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/45 "2011-01-18T15:24:57Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Phil McCracken If I were a guy, I would totally use Heywood Jablome. Phil McCracken is a good second choice, though. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/46 "2011-01-18T15:27:52Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Underhill Awesome. Mr. Underhill from the Shire I presume? > [@lorene](#): > > If I were a guy, I would totally use Heywood Jablome. Phil McCracken is a good second choice, though. See also “Pat McGroin.” ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/47 "2011-01-18T15:31:03Z")
I want to change mine. I plan to use Ray P. DeKlaun from this point forward. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/48 "2011-01-18T15:33:12Z")
Mrs. Congeniality. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/49 "2011-01-18T15:38:25Z")
Clyde. First or last name, depending on where I am. I’ve also used “Donner” as a name to give the hostess at a restaurant. Only once did someone get it and play along. We were told our table was ready with the call “Donner, party of 8. Correction, party of 5.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/50 "2011-01-18T15:41:53Z")
Will DiCoca. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/51 "2011-01-18T18:26:59Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Awesome. Mr. Underhill from the Shire I presume? > > " At your service 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/52 "2011-01-19T19:27:21Z")
Dante Jacuzzi. If anyone questions it, I add that my grandfather invented the Jacuzzi. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/53 "2011-01-19T19:53:51Z")
Max Power. I got it from a hair dryer. 😃 Actually, no it’s never come u-- waitaminute, yes it has. I signed up for classmates dot com at my wife’s high school so I could look up some of her classmates for her, and I chose John Smith. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/54 "2011-01-19T19:56:09Z")
I usually use the name of the place I’m at. e.g. if I’m at Starbucks and someone asks my name to call my order, then my name would be either Star or Buck. If I’m at Maggianos, Maggie. If I’m at Wendy’s, then I’d be Wendy. etc… Of course most fast food places go by number nowadays when they call you. If I’m at a hotel, I always pay by credit card so I can’t make up a name. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/55 "2011-01-19T19:59:15Z")
I’ve used Richard Starky and Robert Zimmerman before. Kinda crappy pseudonyms since probably a non-trivial number of people would recognize the names, but then I’m not usually using a fake name for any reason other then to avoid a minor annoyance, like avoiding junk mail or pranks. When I become a international man of mystery, I’ll have to come up with some better ones. ---
**Author:** ![powerjacob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@powerjacob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/powerjacob)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763/56 "2011-01-19T21:33:16Z")
H. E. Pennypacker or Dr. Martin van Nostrand [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-pseudonym/567763.md?page=2)