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SrAxl
SrAxl
Sir and my name
cocoalatte
Something I wish i had
in my empty cup
[ Pingu ]
Easy. Pingu was my favorite cartoon show when I was a toddler. I've been using it since I was 10 years old.
HikaKao9
Young me (Give or take 5 years ago) thought it would be cool to name my username after my at the time favourite pairing.
Never let young you do things like these.
It haunts me to this very day, and i'd change it if I could but....
I mean, I'm still as lame as the name implies so I suppose... :'D
Eidea
Often times my go-to username happens to be taken, and in the event it does, I start changing it up.

Came up with this while registering for MAL and it's essentially a slight reconfiguration of a FFVIII character, Edea.
_bird
name origin?

K I R I T O I S L E G I T

:^)
Blazepp
I got it from a random username generator. http://jimpix.co.uk/words/usernames-home.asp
kkk

no other context I swear
Ryuo
My username doesn't really originate from somewhere, but it sounded cool. I used to use the name DivideByZero before, but when that username was alreaxy taken, I slightly changed it. Over the time I just got used to my current name and use it everywhere i register. :)
Scrumbo BBingus
If anyone knows Vinesauce Vnny my username comes from him. He always makes silly names with an "o" sound or a "us" sound so i just made my own name out of that.
WingSilent
Mine came from multiples renames over years.

I started by,

Serah Farron
-Serah-
Lumina
- Lumi -
Nekomi-
Nekomi
NekoLumi
Lumy

I don't think i'll have more. I wanted to stop at some points.
So it basically came from Final Fantasy XIII.
xeroll17
Well if i remember correctly it was from World of Warcraft, back in 2007? 2008? I was trying to have just Xero (Because I found it funny it sounded kinda like Zero , was young and stupid dont judge ok?) but it was taken. After a few minutes of figuring out clever names like Xeron, which again was taken, i stuck with Xeroll. And 17 is my "lucky number" so thats that. :)
clover
i like milkshakes and most of my online names are food-related

and milkshakes are cold but i didnt want to do "coldmilkshake", that sounds stupid

so yea
Choke Master_old
'cause i choke a lot
2xExp
I just wanted an experience boost.
Tae
Shortened version of Taehyung... the Filipino translation wasn't intended.
Flimsy
Because I dig boys dressed as girls
Yocake
From a store,, i can't really remember..
Dargin
I used to be DragonX611 until someone called me Dargin.

My name DragonX611 came from the old style YouTube names, [Name (Capital letter) number between 1-9999]
I liked Dragons (i was 10), I thought X was a cool letter, and dr asgons breath fire and 611 used to be the fire emergency line, i think at least...
TheRandomMelon
One day I had to come up with a new username for some random account thing I can't remember now. I thought about one time I tried a watermelon, and my old username was "RandomStuff". So, I just randomly came up with "TheRandomMelon", and I've stuck with that name for the past 2 years.
Villager-A
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Deusieus
I played Stellaris and used the word Deus alot, then overtime when I found osu! and registered I decided to make it more creative by adding -ieus.
Kao
Miyazono Kaori </3
DeletedUser_6437591
I am not sure how long ago my name was made I think 4 years ago?
The first part (Ca) is from my name {Caleb)
I used to listen to electronic music a ton so I took wub and Ca and made Cawub :)
maple3142
my minecraft id
_Streamy_
From the word "Steamer" in a game
Nidoking
A name I made for my character
O w l
I used to be a Legend of Zelda fan. My favorite dungeons were the water dungeons, I loved the name 'Lake Lanayru'. When I was making my summoner name for LoL, I was thinking, what name should I pick? Then I used Lanayurian because Lanayruian sounded a bit weird to me.
Osten
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Soul Evans
While i was looking for a name change, i stumbled across Sou Eater, and it was a great show back then so i got the name Soul Evans from the show.
Dusk69
Dusk, my real name and 69, my favourite number.

Dusk69

tadaaaaaaaaaaaa
CCsP
Random word come through my big MIND.
Please don't ask -3- (Old name is Firlstoner - totally originated by my Youtube Name)
Natahotra
the band Pendulum.

or maybe even the swinging thing.
Fubukicat

_Streamy_ wrote:

From the word "Steamer" in a game
Dofus ;^)

My previous nick was ''Lowlie'' Wordplay to say that Lying is low , and to say Fine lady
then I changed for some reason and I couldn't find a nick to use, so a friend come up with Eternal
and I just added the part of my previous nick that made it kinda easy to recognize (ie)
mindmaster107
I came up with it as a young kid and it has stuck as an alias.
PatremTaurus
Ninjaofchaos , that's not difficult to explain ? No ?? 'k , I'll explain.

Ninja came from my passion of Ninjas ( Yep , I like Ninja's stuff and Ninja's stories. )

And "ofchaos" came from a second passion : Sonic

" Why Sonic is coming here ?!"

Because of Shadow's power , Chaos Control. It's my dreamed power that's I would have ( but we know that's it's impossible. ;) )

But now , Chaos take the definition of real "Chaos" ( destruction , evil , etc. )


My username is originate from Ninjas and Shadow , WOW. That's wonderful , no ? xD
Keep
I had a creative friend who loved to write books and usually had to create names for the characters in her story. This one time she was discussing it with me and thought of "GalaxyStarburst"
Now, this was back in elementary.

When I found this game, I thought "Welp, I have to create an utterly new username" because the ones I've been using were pretty dry now.
Then, for some reason, that memory popped up and ever since then, I've been using this name for a lot of things. Presently, I am in high school and she's still been a dear friend of mine even if she's miles away now.
Guam
There was this youtube channel called "FUNKe" and his profile pic was Link from LoZ
Then I remembered an old meme from the LoZ CGI series or something like that
so i came up with LinkMaiBoy.
should of went for LinkMaiBoi xD
Edgar_Figaro
Mine came due to group of friends that first introduced me to Osu. I had played a final fantasy themed minecraft server and we all had characters from the franchise that we went by nickname of while on the server. Edgar_Figaro (From FFVI) was my character on that server. So since it was that group of people that initially introduced me I figured to make things simple to use the same alias. I guess I've just never had a reason to want to change it and it'd be weird to do so now.
jettsd
dont know if any of you remember webkinz but 12 ago i was signing up on it. i wanted my name to be jet it was already taken so i added a t to jett same result. so i added a s for jetts taken still out of my frustration i click d and it worked and ive stuck with it for 12 years
Luqanted
i dont have any originality lmao, but i found someone with a name "Luqanted" or something really similar. when I searched his/her name, there were no results

so I figured that I should make Luqanted my game name
Antiverse
That Feel When No GirlFriend.
Im Otaku_old_1
Well... This one is really old username, when i started watching anime and were one step closer to being an otaku :D
Antiverse

Im Otaku wrote:

Well... This one is really old username, when i started watching anime and were one step closer to being an otaku :D
I think it's not a thing to be proud of.
Worm_old_1
Lafayette is a character in the musical Hamilton. :V
sleepy head
When I played Tf2 competitively, it was always a running joke with my teammates that I played better when I was tired. ;)
Grassgrow
My username used to be Grassgrow, because im a gardener IRL, but then i decided that my current username fits well because i cant break my current skill barrier and have been in this position for like 1.5 years
Amethyst507
I like purple, and Amethyst is the first and only purple gem I'd admire, plus my friend likes emeralds and he had the first word of his username Emerald so I had my name to be just like his
jamie
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einna
- from the mmo i used to play
- based on nekomura iroha the vocaloid
- the mister is from bad 10 y/o humor
Totty
Though Todomatsu is my least favorite of the brothers, I found his nickname adorable.
Willbur_old_1
Was trying to think of a 'cool' gamertag when I first got an Xbox 360. Some American girl I met online said "How about Willgasmic?", and the name has stuck. Not sure how I feel about it now I'm 22, but hey!
Outreason
my username originated from a random word generator aha, using it originally for a xbox gamertag and stuck with it throughout :).
Trick Witch
I got my name form a gamed that i'm not really a fan of anymore called "Elsword"
Ankanogradiel
kinda woke up one day and remembered Ancano from skyrim
then put gradiel on it for litteraly no reason.
Mints
Practically from vocaloid, but alot of ppl thought its from touhou, and now I'm highlighted in game everytime someone gets first place in tamura Yukari songs
- Jade -
Mine's based off of the Virtua Fighter series. Granted, I've only played Virtua Fighter 5, but I loved playing the game whenever I had the chance. I don't have it (nor our PS3) anymore, but I still have fond memories associated with it.
Archangel-_old_1
im an impersonator
Supra2JZ
I'm a car...


Vroom! Vroom!
- Ly0572 -
Ly = My nick name
05 = birthday
72 = 7-2 = 5 still my birthday :u
Uristocrat
Dwarf fortress is a game I frequently play, so I got the name from "Urist", the generic dwarf name in the game, and Aristrocrat.
DLEnta258
Originally from a game called Disgaea with character named Etna who is a demon lord. (Yeah, I've misspelled her name. Sniff~) The DL part of my name stands for Demon Lord. Dunno where the 258 part comes from tho.... (made this account a year ago)
Scared
an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.




:P
Axel
Its my real name! :P

(Everytime somebody talks to me here i wonder how they know my real name.. I've been wondering that for the 8 years i was here...)
MyMolliqaPro
the main protagonist of the anime sao

08 = means nothing
Cepet
Cep = Initials
et = Ends the name off nicely

The annoying thing with my username is that hardly anyone pronounces it right... The pronounce it See - pet instead of Ke - pet.
_Hatsumi
What
well ..... i don't know
Pouring Rain
From a planet named Arcturus and then i changed it to Arctara xD
Reunilu
Reuniclus.

Took out some of the consonants to make the name sound cute. Worked pretty well and hey! I got myself a unique name.
CSLM
The first letters of my full name
No, I won't tell you which is lel
Rwyta
My name said it all really
Caput Mortuum
I tried to use "Cookiezi", but it's already taken and i'm forced to use this name instead. Oh, I wish I had some kind of time travelling device to take it first...
Meah
Mafieah
Alfa Q
Say my username out loud.
Blanc Kisaragi
It's a combination of two game characters...
UmbrellaChair
Used to play League of Legends (season 2/3 time period) and wanted to play with friends but they were all way lower ranked than me so the mmr was all over the place. Made a second account to play with them and actually have fun, one of them was a girl named Umbrella Table, told me to be Umbrella Chair. Wish we were still in touch :(
Rurree
Fellow
Just a random word, that came into my head xD
sparxo
I had a friend called Sparxie on YouTube (He deleted his channel I think) and I had a channel called ExoPlays and I was thinking of our names combined and Sparxo came to mind and I just thought it was cool. Later I was signing up for osu! because Sparxie told me about it and I just used SparxoOSU as my username.

Nitrous
Real Name + Year of Birth + Hobby = n20gaming
Since people tend to call me n20 or nitrous, I switched to LeNitrous.
After years have passed I simply called myself Nitrous.

Damn thats some evolution right there.
n0stamina
FFXV
Achromalia
Hmm, I don't really remember, but I remember making this name up on some game from like 5 years ago... I was strangely fascinated with names starting wI th the letter X. Now I think of it as a mix of "Xeno-", which is a prefix for saying "Unknown", and "Equinox" for... I dunno, equality between things, idek. Kinda like UnknownHorizons or some name like that, but uhhh, figured that the name would be too long.

Just my guess xD

I plan to change my online alias to Xethrynn or something like that, maybe starting with youtube, but idk, it could change. :3
Arnold0
Simple : Something like more than 10 years ago I was at school and wanted to register on some website. I had no internet at home and my computer was probably still the 486 DX2 66MHz so no luck getting internet on that anyways. So I wasn't realy knowing the internet "rules" and just entered my name in the "Username" field. It said me "Nope, Arnold is already used, you can chose in between these 3 choices" and Arnold0 was one of them. I had no imagination back then, and I still don't. It would be very wierd for me to be called by something else than my name nowadays (The only exeption being Arnlol, because Arnold0 was already used on Youtube and Twitch...). Whitin these years I've had people calling me ArnoldZero, but also some calling Arnoldo. Most of the times, people just call me Arnold now which is better.
Luxanna
Obviously My Username Came From the Name Lux From League of Legends Lux's Full name Btw :o But my Past Username was simply_meh But yeah I miss my old username :o Well whatever 8^)
loli66
In the past i liked lolis A LOT so yeah could not become with a better idea than this one
Blitzfrog
Famous dota1 1v5 player called Jackfrog, one of the original makers of Dota, icefrog. Decided to join the frog family, added blitz at the front
Zigzagoober
Came up with this after I started wanting a username that catchy and mature.
It's a mixture of life (luminous), death (noose) and a pun (Luminoose). It's supposed to symbolize a struggle with depression, and how humour can help make the best of a good situation.
Sometimes the "noose" gets changed to "noot" is Luminoose is already taken on a game or site, because my partner and I often cry out "noot noot!" to each other (from Pingu).
My username used to be PizzaPandaNinja, a combination of my favourite animal and real life nickname, favourite food and something random. I really wanted to be a Let's Player, you see, and fantasized about fanart of a ninja panda eating a pizza. Sadly for me I'm too nervous and have speech difficulties so that'll never happen.
Antlia-
star wars the clone wars
hirsute
Pituophis
I like snakes
Tuttelli
I think i don't have to explain...
johnmedina999
I have no fucking clue. It's not even close to my real name, and I hate it now. I made this a long time ago when I used to play League of Legends, and it's the one I use for forums and such. If I would have known that this was an online game, I would have used the username I use for PSN and Steam ("TheMegoLego888"), and I'm considering getting supporter to change it.
Tsred
My first e-mail I had was "tsredsfan5"

I started using it as my username.

It later got shortened to "Tsredsfan", with me adding the capital T just because it felt comfortable.

I shortened it again to "Tsred" because "Tsredsfan" didn't fit vertically on my avatar.
johnmedina999

Tsred wrote:

My first e-mail I had was "tsredsfan5"

I started using it as my username.

It later got shortened to "Tsredsfan", with me adding the capital T just because it felt comfortable.

I shortened it again to "Tsred" because "Tsredsfan" didn't fit vertically on my avatar.
Does the ts stand for anything in particular?
AngryDove
During the time I made this username, I was trying to find an online alias to use across everything. So where did my username originate from? If you look carefully you'll realise that my name looks a lot like Kirigaya which is in reference to the main protagonist SAO. Yes I was young and naive at the time and came up with this name...

P.S "AngryDove" is my new online alias so yeah I'd change my name if I could.
Banbeucmas
Randomly got it when i was 6
Basicly this name is strange and unique at the same time, there is no inspriation for me to get this name so I use it
Pozy
My username originates from school. Im currentry studying to become an electrician, my teacher previous year at school were gonna teach us about the right and wrong screwdrivers to use on different screws and its differences. One of those were the Pozydrive screwdriver, I though it sounded funny and wierd so I used it as a username on steam. The people I played with called me Pozy so I changed my username to Pozy.
reflexbeast
i was 10 and was creating a username for minecraft and my gamertag included the word reflex in it and for some reason I also used the word beast a lot at the time.
Lonzy_old
i was thinking to create an cool and simple nickname / username
then i was thinking about lonely

and suddenly 1 word pop up in my head


LONZY IZ A NC NAME FAKAA
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