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geiboi77
I never thought I would play this game seriously, so I gave my account a dumb name.



I then realised it costed money to change your name- it's ok tho
Woey fanboy
The repeating word in my username, "para", is short for the word "paracosm". A couple of years ago I stumbled across that word and I thought it fit me pretty well because I have a personal habit of creating alternate reality fantasies in my mind as a coping mechanism.

Wiki definition for paracosm: "A paracosm is a detailed imaginary world"

I have done it for the majority of my life, and because of that it became my favourite word (if you can even have one lol).

As for the 21, my favourite meme comes from the 'What is 9 + 10?' vine. So yeah that explains that.
MadBov
I was in elemtry school playing Pokémon and I had to choose a name it was my first time having to choose a username. It could only be 6 digets. So i chose MadBob the reason I did was becuase I thought Bob was a funny name and I needed to add alittle jazz to it so I just added Mad infront and I kept it ever since but sometimes I make a type and write MadBov so Thats my seconds name if MadBob is already taken.
DashingNights
from my minecraft username that originated from Skyfall or you might call it shooting stars. Shooting- dashing, stars- night in a starry sky
mahsuh
Back on black ops 3, me and my friend were trying to come up with a clan tag. I wanted something short and easy to remember but not something I had heard before, so i was thinking maybe there's a cool spanish word I could use. Thought of colors: verde, which went to mesa verde, which went to mesa which went to masa, and now someone took that name here, so I had to make it phonetic LOL
Mifune24
Mifune from an obscure video game character. I don't remember where the 24 came from.
Jazzy Panda
I like pandas and jazz.








Also I spent a long time getting to the bottom of this
KumiDaiko
japanese drum arts

very badass
lukem232
Mine is literally just my name with a few numbers after it. Although another name that I use commonly in video games originated from my xbox 360 generated name in 2016.
Borson
My friends called me "Boro"/"Borson" in school because of some funny Polish video to this day i really don't know what i have in common with this video. My friends don't know too xD

Here is funnier version of this Polish video
Neigdoig
Most of my family is Western European, and the name Nëïgsëndöïg Cöcülës (pronounced Neeg-sen-doyg Koh-kyu-uhls) is something I made up back in 2015. I'm an amateur musician who goes by this name (for those wondering, I mainly play guitar, been doing it for about 3 years).
Double_Downz
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The WorstPlayer
My name is Vanya/Ivan. I just add "iels" to my name.
qwt
a "guest difficulty" on an osu! beatmap
ThiccSkipperAlt
Penguins of the Madagascar.
Lowola
My user name was lollita- originally, based of lolita fashion because that stuff is so CUTE! Added an extra L cause I thought it looked better. Everyone called me 'Lola' and I kinda hated my user so I made it Lowola. Very cute, I like this one.
Leigh Leigh
My name is why people say The Power of Imagination, yeah as you might've guessed. I'm not good at making myself names, my name on Discord is literally "no name ideas ;(", would be cool if someone could come up with a good one.
shaadowz
i don't really have a good reason, when i was younger i went by jobro, then i was like "that's dumb" and thought shadow sounded cool, then i tacked a "z" on and plain old shadowz is taken on just about everything so i have to put something like "its" or "uh" before it and here we are : )
Thevaka
Thev is my real name, and Aka means red which is my favorite color/ online name so Thev + Aka = Thevaka
NekoTowel
I first went by Half a Towel, a translation of my Chinese internet name 半条毛巾. However I changed it to NekoTowel as I felt it goes more smooth.

Didn't thought of this before I made the name but now I realize: Towel rhymes with owl, and owls are pretty cool.
Joneer
Mine come from my childhood
Erikillo
When I was young I was small and, since "-illo" is a diminutive in Spanish and lil'Erik sounded weird it ended up being Erikillo
Hky Sigh
Current username- Kaerukero

I like Suwako Moriya from Touhou and shes a frog so yeah :)
Vexxer232
I'd like to think I've always been good at making usernames, but that's not always been the case. I've had some severe fuck ups, where this alias being one of the first good ones, aside from the stupid numbers at the end. When I make usernames now, I just think of something random and build off of it like a thought web, or I make a name based on something I'm watching or something I've thought about earlier in the day.
ValkoinenSiili
I got my username by just trying to get a 3 digit name by spamming diffrent keys on my keyboard lol
30minutetesti
my username is 30minutetesti bc I used to play a game called Brawl Stars and I wanted my username to be 30minutetesting but it could only fit 15 letters so I could only make it 30minutetesti.
spiderhead
KeikiEnjoyer
I hate this guy
Qwatzm
I personally just hit random keys on my keyboard and came out with Qwat. But it needed something else, so I hit other random 2 letters and ended out with Qwatzm.
Charlotte Teo
i stole it from a youtube video
GenjiiLL
Genji from the character genji takiya, but some people thinks it's from overwatch, that works too
-AmaryllisPeko-
Amaryllis, which is what I mainly use (couldn't do it here cause it was taken) I just got from looking up "cool flowers". I was watching a lot of JuniperGD when I made this name. It's pretty cool to me though, I'll definitely stick with it.
MyAngelDocien1
in 2009's i am wanted to play with skin in minecraft, i ddoesnt not have licence at this game and i had 2 ways to play with skin : change char.png or use other's nickname to play in non-license servers. Im started search any nickname's and skins, and my choice is omgout_sta. In registration osu must not to use "_" or others symbolic, and im just deleted this symbol and use this nickname now. I dont have money for changing this nickname for just "omgout"
Kirisakura
I watched Angel Beats while hungry
Vetayl
a bottle of water called "Vittel" which was placed on my desk and an old top player "Vettel"
nature
Sometime around 6 years ago I started going by “nature” wherever I could online. Not sure where it came from exactly, but I do love forests.
skullyisthename
i just really love skulls, and i added the y because "skull" is already taken on basically every site that allows you to have a username. "skullyisthename" is used if "skully" was already taken.
otteruwu
I was looking through pictures of otters on Instagram and thought “look at dat otter!!” In a baby voice and just stuck with me.
HaRiTh311
Mine was from a mobile legends mage character named "Harith". I thought of using it as a username since I use that hero a lot.
mrfishboy
I swim too much, so when I got supporter, I changed it.
"cytenox" is one of my OC's
TryingOsuNow
I got on osu and I tried it
IMsuaic69
I typed some random letters in then added 69 at the end and it sounded cool so i stuck with it.
dumsiq_ofc
i just use this name in discord, and i lost my other account, so i put the name dumsiq"_ofc" only dumsiq before lose the other account
IryN
I have a friend and his name in valorant is Irene which he says is pronounced E-REN-EH. No matter what I tell him he doesn't listen so I named myself IryN pronounced EYE-REEN to spite him and his pepega brain.
JulyXC
An anime
Ashton
Birth.
Julian_Kaiser
I just made up my own username from already existent names.
Nothing unique.
cybergutz
thought it was edgy.
KeikiEnjoyer

nature wrote:

Sometime around 6 years ago I started going by “nature” wherever I could online. Not sure where it came from exactly, but I do love forests.
this is good
CEO_OF_FUN_
My name came from a cringe meme, it used to be "CEO_OF_SEX" but it got changed by support lol
TheKingHenry

CEO_OF_FUN_ wrote:

My name came from a cringe meme, it used to be "CEO_OF_SEX" but it got changed by support lol
man

I wonder how many staff answers there are that haven't been edited in by OP, considering last edit is 7 years ago lol
yahiro kira
I was learning japanese. Saw yashiro then thought. "is yahiro a word?" looked on random websites if it actually means something and it does? then I added kira because kira kira seems weird. and then turns out kira does mean something i think. and it kinda matches with how people describe me too so well it kind of checks out I guess. Thus the name yahiro kira was born
Rimeeny

drum drum wrote:

Inspired by the question from ztrot's interview on osu!talk: http://youtu.be/8COmLt0IBRs?t=54m38s
A bunch of times people will think of a username related to their childhood, whether they do it by intention or not. This is not always the case, however, some people chose theirs because they either liked the way it sounded or thought it was cool. Everyone is different, of course.


For me, I chose "drum drum" for a reason I don't entirely remember. But I believe it's based on my past fascination with drums of all sorts. When I was a child my grandmother bought me a cheap Indian drum which I loved a lot (and then it broke of course). Around middle school I had a Djembe drum that I loved to play a lot. And finally in High school my parents bought me an electric drum kit (which I never anymore use because it lacks a tom and doesn't sound that great). Now here I am playing Taiko on osu!, funny how life works.

Nathanael wrote:

I'd really like to see replies from the staff
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HeatKai
Maeglwn
Stefan
Krah
Desperate-kun
BeatofIke
IamKwaN
DakeDakaane
Fycho

Take The Word Raman: Now Make It An Adjective: "Ramany": Give It An "I":"Rimany": Replace The A With Two E's: "Rimeeny"
RewLord
idk
Thony Coffman
A name of a ginger (actual ginger) broker/buyer/trader from a show in History Channel

god do I wish I can switch my name to my current nickname used in other places now
crotchet
how I feel about myself
ythhero
my name and roblox and a very large ego
DeletedUser_21495318
my addiction to kano,


as for my old name (frameglitch)

Its a video editing reference

i used to be a full time editor
(before i fell into the osu rabbit hole) and frame glitches was one of the popular effects that ppl use
Here is an example of one of my edits that i used to do :P
-Andrei-
My name and a lot of people mispronounce my name somehow
Kafuu
Gochi usa
DarkLeopard
A Leopard who consumed a lot of Dark Energy.
Keiger
Surreal, oh boy....Well, I was looking for a solid username to sue after switching from Goldenjacket as a kid lol. The first thought it my head was goldenjacket56, before I ended up jsut randomly coming up with the word Surreal. I guess it could have rooted from the fact my favorite style of art is Surrealism. I took away the ism, and ended up with Surreal more than likely.

I go by Keiger now, as I'm part-German, part Ukrainian, and Keiger just seemed like a p cool name that sort of sounded....German I guess? Idk I just thought it was kind of cool.
SniperBuddha
It was literally super random, i just tried to think of something cool inspired by Asian culture and religion.
Get_fly
Get fly
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"d" is the start of my first name, "peace" cuz my younger self thought it's unique and cool for some reason, also it kidda sounds like "defeat" so that's cool i guess
Crystal_Goddess
My middle name is crystal and I needed another word so since I'm a girl I guess I just chose goddess. It's my PS username also and I didn't feel like coming up with something new for my OSU account
upan
slang of my real name
flan_
i like flan
spl1tr
made this account litteralty three days after getting a pc
ythhero
roblos name
meowmeowmmeowme
b
nphong
my real name
ssrw
my name came from the quack meme sound
hyouenzi
random website username generator
Bive
Here's the origin for all of mine.

Trippolette is an unused Guitar Hero 1 song, Ringo Ando is objectively the best character from the Puyo Puyo games, and [adult swim] is self explanatory if you live in the US.
Sophie Twilight
Manishh
: Everyone with unique username

Me adding my last name too: umm
ClevelandsMyBro

- Mahiro - wrote:

good taste. good manga.
mypphurtz
basically, it hurts
Lliria
anime girl
Avanne
Did not have mic often and when did people told me to be quite or simple never listened to me in the first place.
Manishh
why being someone else when you can be yourself

why using someone else name when you can use your name
RVMathew

manishmathur wrote:

why being someone else when you can be yourself

why using someone else name when you can use your name
Own name best username :thumbsup:
Dreamer_420
I stole it from some shitty mcpvp player.
Chromathic_old
Mine means "Soul" and also means "mist" so im just a soul that passes by.
timeset
my friend on roblox username is timesetzero and i stole it
Manishh
Because of this guy users/161571 i have to use my last name
AccountWontWork
Read my name, it's that simple.
Coolambo
I just took colombo and added another o to make "coo" then change the next o to a to make "lambo" like the car
i made the name when i was like 8
kiwinonama
There is this anime movie that I really love called "Your Name" and in Japanese, it is called "Kimi no na wa". basically , I just inverted the letter m and w so it became "Kiwi no na ma" *tadaaaaa* (since kiminonawa is already taken by some lucky dude, tho i ain't complaining hehe)
AccountWontWork

kiwinonama wrote:

There is this anime movie that I really love called "Your Name" and in Japanese, it is called "Kimi no na wa". basically , I just inverted the letter m and w so it became "Kiwi no na ma" *tadaaaaa* (since kiminonawa is already taken by some lucky dude, tho i ain't complaining hehe)
It do be a great moive, and the song is a banger too.
Ymir
boblox
Blushing
Haha :blush:
Miguel Mella
My name lmao
Puck_
Random username generator
Moaning_old_2
i dont wanna tell u O-o
charolives
I got my username from a random name generator

:)
VOS Laika
VOS is an acronym for ''Voice of strangers'' it was a group I created with other people back then , Laika comes from the dog that was sent in space as Im born the 2nd of November
TheAngryNerd101
I was coming up with ideas for what I was going to name my YouTube channel in the future when I was in 5th grade. I was originally going to name it DrRBXYMS (Lord knows what the hell all of those letters stood for) but then I thought that maybe it'd be a better idea to name myself something that fit my personality instead.
Eventually I decided to name myself TheAngryNerd, because it describes me very accurately. I used to ragequit in video games a lot and I was a huge nerd, and I still am. But at the time, I loved DrRBXYMS so much that I combined them into a monstrosity: DrRBXYMSTheAngryNerd. Also, I started watching AVGN a little while before this (He's the entire reason I wanted to make a channel in the first place lol, huge inspiration), and TheAngryNerd was way too similar to TheAngryVideoGameNerd so I just rolled with that horrible username for a while.
Around two years later in 7th grade, I found out that my school deleted my channel because I made it using my school account. Since I turned 13 later in the schoolyear, I decided to make a gmail account and make a new channel. I decided to finally let go of the DrRBXYMS and just be TheAngryNerd. It's been my username everywhere ever since... except that in some sites, the username was already taken, so I had to use something else. The end result was TheAngryNerd101. Why 101? Well it sounds kinda cool and has a nice feel to it and is a pleasant number to look at.
Golden
Once I got a good play or game and friends & I said that that game or play was "golden". And that's how I got it.
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