How did you come up with your Pen Names?

Puppisama 2016-09-17 18:12:15 UTC #21

Puppi = one of my dogs (rip) + sama = boss in japanese. Easy as pie. My other Pen Name is Nelo, my cousing always called me that so I kept using it since.

Kayke 2016-09-17 19:08:43 UTC #22

Mine is a nickname I had in school! The friend who gave me the nickname was actually bragging at the the bar the other night about how he made it up however long ago and now I use it on all my social media stuff : )

El_Psy_Congroo 2016-09-17 19:38:49 UTC #23

Derp game is indeed strong.

DTSaranya 2016-09-17 19:42:03 UTC #24

Mine's an anagram for my real name, when the "DT" part is expanded into its full form.

Having an anagram alter-ego makes me feel like some kind of badass supervillain.

timinabox24 2016-09-17 19:55:09 UTC #25

well I have one general fake name that I use for everything
but my username for my comics related stuff came from some dumbass joke I once made

/I would post a picture of it here but I can't be bothered/

phen 2016-09-17 20:05:35 UTC #26

Phenylketonurics might not be my pen name but I've long since associated with my creative pursuits~

IT ALL STARTED... when I was14. My mom and I stopped at a Quick Trip for some sodas, we both had Diet Mountain Dew. I read the back, the ingredients bars (for the umpteenth time) but did so aloud this time. I ended it with, "What are Phenylketonurics?" And without even a pause, my mom summoned her deepest, spookiest voice, "Phenylketonurics are your sooooouuuuulll." And I realised at that moment, I AM PHENYLKETONURICS.

I later realised after doing real research, Phenylketonuric is the term given to people who have the semi-rare genetic disorder, Phenylketonuria (a problem with metabolising the amino acid phenylalanine).

Tiny_Waffle_of_Doom 2016-09-17 20:14:48 UTC #27

I like waffles. But I'm on a diet.

tsukiko 2016-09-17 20:19:16 UTC #28

I just like the name tsukiko, it's a gal's name though so some people thought i aint a guy but whatever. I like the sound of it so yeah.

nattbear 2016-09-17 21:58:56 UTC #29

Natalie bear... My name plus I love bears.. so... WOW.. so original.... meh

KSlinger 2016-09-17 22:04:32 UTC #30

I've always been Scampi Cub since my early days on the internet. Never felt the need to change and can't remember why I chose it in the first place. Just one of those things!

scullpanda 2016-09-17 22:06:08 UTC #31

A stuffed animal I really liked plus me going through my angsty teen years so thats where Scull came from (originally I spelled skull wrong but kept it cuz I felt it was more aesthetically pleasing) and panda cuz I love pandas ...alot

Momomori 2016-09-17 22:22:26 UTC #32

I feel you with da pandas. they da best.

maelstrom51210 2016-09-17 23:05:54 UTC #33

"Maelstrom" is the name of one of my earliest OCs. I tried to use that name for some other site, but it was already taken, so I slapped on the "51210".

BeetleMilk 2016-09-17 23:19:12 UTC #34

My original pen name was Catfiche (pronounced cat fish). But then that creepy catfish show came out about people online leading fake dating IDs? So then I changed it to milk because I really like milk. But that name was super popular too. So then I changed it to BeetleMilk because I also really like beetles (plus I needed an umbrella company name).

littleelliebot 2016-09-17 23:33:43 UTC #35

My high school BFF who I super love was putting 'bot' at the end of everything after we were playing around with the Cleverbot website, and she started calling me Elliebot, and I loved it so much it's been my online handle/pen name since then >w<
(i love robots so it works out : P )

It's also kinda been adapted into a family name?? My kid is (well was) called Babybot (she prefers Kidbot now (("I'M NOT A BABY" as she says)) ) n' same for lots of family members and friends :3c <3

NickRowler 2016-09-17 23:36:19 UTC #36

My name is actually a character I made up when I was about 9 or 10 but later gave him the name Nick Rowler when I was about 14-ish. I don't know why I gave him that name, I thought for the longest time it was based off of Rick Roll (Rick Roller Nick Rowler) but the name predates the meme.

The character was a hermit who wrote books about magical creatures, no one knew his real name so everyone just called him Nick Rowler. So the name is sort of like a "John Doe".

I use the name because I like it and 99% of the time it is available as a username.

Before I used the name Lilnanny (also my current DA). It is also based off of a character however a lot of other people use the username Lilnanny (including a daycare) so I am sort of moving away from it.

EdanraTilna 2016-09-17 23:40:57 UTC #37

Jane Apricity, which I use more often is made up of the name my mom always wished she had and a cool word that not many people know. Apricity is the "warmth of the sun on on a snowy day". A contradiction, but the good sort. Unless you dislike the idea of going snowblind.

Edanra Tilna is composed of the names of different characters I had in a fantasy world. Edith, Vivi ana, R azael, Tilverune, Aali na.

Those are my two most common, and I somehow have them both on Tapastic. awkward shrug

TACOBERTO 2016-09-18 00:22:30 UTC #38

"Taco" has been my nickname for years until it sort of kind of become my de facto name. My real name is only mentioned in official documents and stuff
"TACOBERTO" then is just the gamertag my brother made for me on our old Xbox 360. I've just stuck with it as my online handle ever since

Valalaraptor 2016-09-18 03:58:11 UTC #39

Mine comes from the distant year of 2010, when those "Silly Bandz" were en vogue. At my workplace, I got a pack of rainbow dinosaur bandz, because fuck yeah rainbow dinosaurs. One of my co-workers took an interest in them, and found one shaped like a velociraptor. She, however, called it a "valalaraptor", and my new internet web handle was born.

ratique 2016-09-18 04:27:20 UTC #40

I really like rats and kind of created something.