# What was your first name on here? (not real name; screename) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-first-name-on-here-not-real-name-screename/284655 "2005-01-14T02:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-first-name-on-here-not-real-name-screename/284655/21 "2005-01-15T03:55:25Z")
I used to be **trumpy303**. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-first-name-on-here-not-real-name-screename/284655/22 "2005-01-15T05:11:12Z")
I used to be Silver\_Fire. And now I’m not… ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-first-name-on-here-not-real-name-screename/284655/23 "2005-01-15T05:25:08Z")
Another twice-changed name here. Way back (okay not as long ago as some of you but it seems like an eternity) I was known as **aryk29** but got irritated when people kept misspelling it, so I had it changed. At the time, I was living in a relatively isolated town and wishing desperately to be in a more populated area, and wanted a username that reflected that. Should have thought to use this name at that time. :smack: So if you see any old threads quoting me as **cityboy916** , well, just think of it as the internet equivalent of boymode. 😃 _Waves to **Johanna** _ Now then, with all these name changes, the b-day list just got itself a much needed update. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-first-name-on-here-not-real-name-screename/284655/24 "2005-01-15T05:41:52Z")
Was **slythe**. Had contest to Rename The Moderator. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-first-name-on-here-not-real-name-screename/284655/25 "2005-01-15T18:00:25Z")
**Cajun Man** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-first-name-on-here-not-real-name-screename/284655/26 "2005-01-15T18:05:15Z")
Never changed my screenname, and I’ve never had any interest in changing it. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-first-name-on-here-not-real-name-screename/284655/27 "2005-01-15T18:11:54Z")
**lobley** I was an idiot back then. Still am. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-first-name-on-here-not-real-name-screename/284655/28 "2005-01-15T22:03:48Z")
I was Number Six up until about two weeks ago. It was a reference to _The Prisoner_. If I were still Number Six, I’d now be telling people it referred to _Battlestar Galactica_. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-first-name-on-here-not-real-name-screename/284655/29 "2005-01-15T22:25:27Z")
> [@Kaitlyn](#): > > I was Number Six up until about two weeks ago. > > It was a reference to _The Prisoner_. If I were still Number Six, I’d now be telling people it referred to _Battlestar Galactica_. Heh, guess what? You’re the reason this thread exists. I printed out a topic yesterday and saw someone reference this. See, cause I KNEW the name **Number Six** , but yours was a new one to me. By the way, the printing was a double header. I like to get the Original topics that Pit threads come off of and I printed out the one where you talk about your ner job and the pit thread that came out of it. Anyway, thanks for enlighening me everyone. By all means, keep them coming. I had no idea that **slythe** was you, **Czarcasm** ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-first-name-on-here-not-real-name-screename/284655/30 "2005-01-16T00:18:17Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > So you wish you had been **Elenia3**? > [@Aesiron](#): > > And Aanamika, why does your Join Date say Nov. 2001? Aren’t you an '04er? :smack: I knew someone would call me on it. To answer both your questions, I always have been Elenia25. My e-mail was Elenia25. When I joined here, I was Elenia25 - back in 2001. But I hardly posted and even more rarely visited because the boards were slow. Joined last year, and changed the name to Elenia28 to reflect my age. When I joined, it said “July 2004” which was the month I paid, but not the month I joined. I wondered, but didn’t care enough to correct it. So then I changed my name to Anaamika. I wish I had remained Elenia, though. So now it says 2001, eh? How strange. I guess I like the new name if for nothing else than it showing how long I’ve truly been here. ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-first-name-on-here-not-real-name-screename/284655/31 "2005-01-16T02:52:27Z")
Back in the AOL board days, I was WillowElf7. Someone read it wrong one day and started calling me the Big Bad Welf because they mooshed the w and e together instead of seeing willow and elf separately (I was into stupid RPG AOL chat rooms at the time; I was 15, what do you expect?). On this board though, I’ve always been Welfy. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-first-name-on-here-not-real-name-screename/284655/32 "2005-01-16T03:28:32Z")
I was **beatle** here, for ~2½ years. I think the change to the current name was really the result of an idle conversation with **Coldfire** in LA in late 2001 where I’d speculated that if I changed my name, I could use the sig, “The former **beatle**.” Which I did. For a very little while. I’ve never really been too fond of sigs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-first-name-on-here-not-real-name-screename/284655.md?page=1)