Username Origins!

Bobbin

Bobbin

Tiller
Bobbin is my go-to when I'm naming myself in a game because it's a tool used in sewing and weaving that I think sounds nice as a gender neutral name too (if I get too nerdy about it I think of the character as a vessel and a tool for creation, so the name fits symbolically)
 
minervamaga

minervamaga

Farmhand
My pre-teen self actually put some thought into it and came up with the name I've used pretty much ever since. Minerva for both the awesome Prof McG and the goddess, and 'maga' as a feminization of the Latin 'magus'. I've used it for so long on the online community and have so many friends who know me by it that I respond to Min or Minerva just as easily as my IRL name :laugh:
 
quirmzi

quirmzi

Sodbuster
When I was younger, I had a phrase where I just typed in random words and google translated them to see if it sounded cool. Quirmzi came from "qirmizi" which is red in Azerbaijani, since red's my favorite color. I, being the responsible child I was, didn't think to write it down, so I messed it up when typing in the username for a game I use to play. I decided to just roll with it, so here I am! The sad thing is that no one can pronounce it though.
 
jellobean

jellobean

Sodbuster
I love reading through this thread!

My friends nicknamed me "Jello", so I was known as jello279 on a bunch of web games/online rpgs. Eventually, on social media as well!
I wanted a name change a few years later because the numbers felt unnecessary. Brainstormed a bunch of names and had some people vote. Now I usually go by jellobeanartist (or simply, jellobean if its not art related) :D

I also go by jolijello sometimes because it's both part of my name and french for lovely/nice. I love fun words things like puns and alliteration.
 
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BoneMcJones

BoneMcJones

Cowpoke
My current username comes from an enemy from a jrpg I liked. It's literally the one in my pfp. I had one other username that I used alot, it was Gageeker. It's a combination of gamer and geek as I wasn't very good at making up names.
 
Neverbell

Neverbell

Farmhand
I've had a lot of different usernames but "Neverbell" is probably one of the strangest yet simplest when it comes to its origin. I was loading up a Minecraft modpack and it had a custom home screen with a server hosting service accessable from the main menu. Out of random curiosity I clicked it and it gave a random server name: Neverbell. I thought it sounded cool so I started using it for some accounts.
 
abysmaii

abysmaii

Greenhorn
"abysmaii"/"abysmal" are references to one of my favorite songs. abysmaii is spelled like that because i could make the ii's look like l's on twitter because abysmal AND abysmall were taken haha
 
NickelPlateRoad

NickelPlateRoad

Farmhand
I am a railfan, meaning I'm a fan of locomotives and trains, and The Nickel Plate Road is a real life railroad in New England United States, The Nickel Plate 765 or the NKP765 is a specific steam locomotive that rides along The Nickel Plate Road, and she is the main reason I got back into railways after a long time suppressing the passion, and since I believe that locomotive is important to my history and my history online, online I am known as Nickel Plate Road.
 
Spectre7even

Spectre7even

Sodbuster
Spectre7even . . . a reference to the Star Wars animated series Rebels, where the characters are referred to as 'Spectres', along with a number that they've been assigned, as a codename. Spectre happens to be one of my favorite words, and 7 was never taken in the series, so I just tacked it on for fun.
 
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