# What username would you choose if you were of the opposite gender? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 25, 2011, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906 "2011-01-25T11:05:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [January 26, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/41 "2011-01-26T00:39:04Z")
Dallas Smith ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/42 "2011-01-26T00:42:49Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Is this what we would choose now, or what we would have chosen at the time we chose our current-gendered username? Because there are several literary characters that I know and appreciate now but whom I hadn’t read, or in some cases hadn’t even been written, back then. No worries, **Bella Swan** it is then. Hi **Bella**! ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/43 "2011-01-26T01:09:21Z")
27recar ---
**Author:** ![Deflagration](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@Deflagration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deflagration)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/44 "2011-01-26T01:17:24Z")
It be too busy playing with my tits to even care about changing my name. Oh sorry… You meant if I were of the opposite sex… not if I changed to it… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/45 "2011-01-26T01:43:35Z")
The choice for me is rather obvious, just like **Kaylasdad99**. …or, maybe **Tongue Holster.** ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/46 "2011-01-26T01:53:11Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > …or, maybe **Tongue Holster.** If we’re going that route, put me down for **Bewhiskered Bivalve** ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/47 "2011-01-26T02:33:48Z")
Considering a lot of people already think I’m a girl, I’d stick with **Covered in Bees!** ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/48 "2011-01-26T02:35:45Z")
Brian\_Krakow ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/49 "2011-01-26T02:41:44Z")
I always overthink these things. My first response is, “Tin Man.” But then I think, “but if I were a boy, I probably wouldn’t have loved Wizard of Oz as much as I did. I probably would be into something else like Star Wars or video games. For all I know, if I were a boy, my name would be IAmCompletelyObsessedWithThePackers91” or “MyTruckIsSuperBigAndILikeItThatWay”. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/50 "2011-01-26T03:15:48Z")
J66 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/51 "2011-01-26T03:24:44Z")
Per a back-channel recommendation from \*\*lieu \*\*(who wins the thread with his entry) I would probably shift from WordMan to LastWord. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/52 "2011-01-26T03:29:24Z")
I suppose it depends on when I would have signed up. Some possibilities: Legomina Trepa R. Mayfield (my actual name–which I use on some sites anyway) Cackareil Esoteric Mystification Eso\_Mystria ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/53 "2011-01-26T03:44:31Z")
That’s easy… I would be “ahlianangmo” No questions asked ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/54 "2011-01-26T04:21:04Z")
**dogmaid** , or maybe **Imtouchingmytitsandyourenot:p** ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/55 "2011-01-26T05:41:52Z")
It would probably be the same. I’ve been mistaken for a man here and other places on the internet anyway, so I might as well leave well enough alone. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/56 "2011-01-26T07:54:59Z")
As I recall I picked my name by trying different male characters from works of fiction that I liked until I found one that wasn’t taken. So as a woman, assuming I had the same tastes in fiction I’d probably end up with **Honor**. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/57 "2011-01-26T08:48:45Z")
No, wait, I’ve got it: \*\* Venusian Caligula\*\* ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/58 "2011-01-26T23:04:16Z")
> [@thirdwarning](#): > > It would probably be the same. I’ve been mistaken for a man here and other places on the internet anyway, so I might as well leave well enough alone. Is your name based on the old joke about the couple on their honey-moon? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/59 "2011-01-27T01:59:34Z")
Persephone, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906/60 "2011-01-27T02:10:13Z")
“Typo Qeuen”? Maybe “Auntie Kythera” after my favorite object from the classical world. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-username-would-you-choose-if-you-were-of-the-opposite-gender/568906.md?page=4)