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I was going to make this a thread in the General Discussion, but then I thought naaah, it would be way better to make it here. So I hope I get some responses! ^.^ I'm really interested to know where people get their usernames from. Is it something that describes you, the name of a character (that one's popular among writers and rpers, in my experience), or just something you thought sounded catchy and unique? Did you find that your original username was taken and have to edit it in some way, with underscores or dots, or just change it altogether?

Another interesting trend that I've noticed on Gaia is that the people who have the more interesting usernames are usually the literate ones. I very rarely find that literate users have usernames like 'shippo1181' or even have numbers at all. Does anyone else think that's the case, and if so, why?

In response to my own question, my username comes from my story character and alter ego, The Enchanted Sleeper. Gaia was the first place I used it, and since then, I've used it on most forums and other websites that I've joined where there isn't a character limit.

I'm trying to remember...how I came up with this one...

I had a variety of other AIM names and junk that were similar to "SleepingShrew," and when I was applying for Gaia, I thought, "What would be a badass name?" See, this whole thing started with a local band my friend dragged me to see. I can't remember their name, or what they looked like, or anything. They just bullied me into buying their CD, which my other friend promptly took because I thought it was complete bullcrap.

But anyway.

Their "featured" song on that CD was "Narcoleptic Turtle." And I thought, "ZOMG THAT'S AN AWESOME NAME!" So I got "HibernatingGecko" for some other accounts, and when I got to Gaia, I just...wanted...something...different? So I picked "Shrew" because shrews are totally awesome and I'm like one in a sense, and then I came up with "Sleeping" because I like sleeping all the time and it's funny because real shrews don't sleep much.

So voila, that's how I came up with SleepingShrew. Kind of boring, but...I like this name...MOOHAAHAAHAA

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Can feel the purest of love <<

Meilin came from a favorite TV show that used to play. Cardcaptors for anyone who remembers it. Man I wish they'd play it again.... Well, Nokomis was just a name I found looking through a baby name book. It had an oriental quality to it, so I liked it. It is actually a Native American name that means "grandmother" I beleive. It sounded really cool with Meilin, so that's why I chose it.

Sen.i.Sok. (Old Korhesion, meaning literally "The Wise.")

Sen - Old Korhesion, also translated as Sey and Sin, means literally "The." The term is translated exactly to the English Language, with no difference or variation in meaning.

i - Korhesion, A connecting letter, translated into English. This is used to connect an Article Adjective and a normal Adjective being used as a Noun, or to connect an Article Adjective to a Noun.

Sok - Old Korhesion, Adjective, translated only as Sok. Pronounced "Soke," this word can mean either "Wise" or "Intelligent," but is more often used sarcastically than literally.

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My name's in Old Korhesion, a language I came up with for one of the Races in a novel I never finished. I rewrote it again as Korhesion, then again as New Korhesion. So there are different language variations for the entire race, based primarily on what region of the world they lived in.

It means "The Wise," though it's not extremely descriptive of my actual personality. It's the name of a Korhesion Seer in the story, and it sounded cool.

Wow, seems like someinteresting places to get online names. It shows what influences people and gives a hint of their personality.

For me, the username came from an online search of what my real name is in Japanese. I'm not sure if it's right, but I've used it in a lot of roleplays I've done with friends and it stuck as an alias. I think it's rather boring, and I have another account called 'hostamaki' or 'lonelyprince' from Ouran Host Club. I love that show. biggrin

By the way, this is my first post on here so, hello! 4laugh

This was originally a mule.

I wanted something poetic, something that linked warrior with human.

Thus, Wounded Glory.

/lame 8D

mine was on a whim and is grammatically incorrect XD i intend to swtich it sometime eventually when i can think of something better, which who knows when that'll happen... it'll probably have something to do with TsuSoka cuz, y'know, theyre my OTP heart heart
~Rin