# What's the deal with all of the -reion Doper screen names? (Aesirion, Asterion, etc.) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 28, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-of-the-reion-doper-screen-names-aesirion-asterion-etc/323806 "2005-09-28T04:39:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-of-the-reion-doper-screen-names-aesirion-asterion-etc/323806/1 "2005-09-28T04:39:27Z")
I’ve noticed four or five dopers - **Aesirion** , **Aesterion** , and **Anastaseon** spring to mine - with these type of names. What are these based on - is it Klingon or something? Is it from Buffy? Is it a Dungeons and Dragons thing? What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-of-the-reion-doper-screen-names-aesirion-asterion-etc/323806/2 "2005-09-28T07:34:36Z")
**Aesiron** ’s nick is Aesiron, not Aesirion. **Anastasaeon** ’s nick is a nickname given to her by her husband. (She’s explained this before, somewhere… she’ll probably show up to help out!) I don’t know where Asterion’s nick comes from, but personally, I just think -ion is a cool suffix, any way you slice it. It sounds so futuristic. Or videogame-esque. Which is always great! (Look! I pay attention! Please, please give me lollipops!) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-of-the-reion-doper-screen-names-aesirion-asterion-etc/323806/3 "2005-09-28T07:36:16Z")
A-whoops, forgot to bold one. Not that I’m a stickler for the bolding of usernames in general, but I am a stickler for consistency and not leaving people out. So in that spirit: **Asterion**! 😃 Thank you and have a good day. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-of-the-reion-doper-screen-names-aesirion-asterion-etc/323806/4 "2005-09-28T07:53:15Z")
**rinni** is correct. (On both counts, where my name came from, and the fact that I showed up 😉 ) My real name is Anastasia. My husband was waxing romantic one day, and, knowing I love the stars, and I love flowers, too - he told me I was his star, his Anastasaeon. Also, that I was his flower, his Anastasalilly. Anastasaeon had a nicer ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-of-the-reion-doper-screen-names-aesirion-asterion-etc/323806/5 "2005-09-28T07:56:15Z")
Oh! I almost forgot! _hands_\* rinni \*\* a big lollipop\* I honestly didn’t think _anyone_ was paying attention. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-of-the-reion-doper-screen-names-aesirion-asterion-etc/323806/6 "2005-09-28T14:18:10Z")
I’m just glad to know that it’s not some new nerd thing that I’m not in on! Cute story, Anastaseon. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-of-the-reion-doper-screen-names-aesirion-asterion-etc/323806/7 "2005-09-29T21:06:18Z")
My user names online are almost invariably mythological in origin with -an, -on, or some similar suffix attached because, without fail, the root word is already taken but I still want the name. The suffix, in my mind, means “like or of” So in the beginning of my internet career, I was **Deimosan** – like Deimos, the personification of dread and terror to the ancient Greeks. People dread my presence – and when I tired of that name, I rechristened myself **Aesiron** – of the Aesir, the ruling class of the Norse gods. I’m also very occasionally **Dioscurion** (the Dioscuri or Gemini even though I am an Aquarius; I like the way it looks.) when I sign up somewhere that I don’t want anyone accidentally discovering me. I like mythology, am pretentious, and a geek. Thanks for the correction, **rinni**. Wouldn’t’ve found this thread without it since I’ve not been on the board in days. Here’s a cherry blowpop… they’re my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-of-the-reion-doper-screen-names-aesirion-asterion-etc/323806/8 "2005-09-29T21:29:40Z")
If you really must know, one of the ways I come up with usernames is to open a dictionary of mythology at random until I come to something I can easily spell and remember. This one just happened to come up.