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why did you choose THAT nickname?

115 replies

girlnextdoor · 09/06/2008 13:04

I am really curious at the originality of some names- just HOW did you choose your name?

I'll go first- I thought it might make me appear approachable and friendly- and it is also very anonymous- rather than including my initials or anything like that.

OP posts:
fawkeoff · 09/06/2008 17:13

MAMAG chose mine...we were on the harry potter thread last year....i am dumbledores phoenix fawke ....i just loved it so much that i kept it

iMum · 09/06/2008 17:09

I am a mum, I also have many mac tendencies.

My prior nick was just my name, and as I began to recommend mn to folk in rl thought it best to become a little more annon.

GentleOtter · 09/06/2008 17:07

I chose this name because we raised a baby otter. She has gone back to the wild now but was the most gentle little creature.

MargaretMountford · 09/06/2008 17:06

my name is that of the blessed Margaret from The Apprentice but I shall return to MaryAnnSingleton after Wednesday - MAS is character from Armistead Maupin's wonderful Tales of the City series of books

MrsTittleMouse · 09/06/2008 17:01

I always liked Beatrix Potter as a very girly girl. I'm much less girly now. Although people tend to assume that I'm as house proud as the original Mrs Tittle Mouse, which is a bit considering how useless I am!

fryalot · 09/06/2008 17:01

I am a small, ugly creature, prone to attacks of crying

largeginandtonic · 09/06/2008 16:58

I have one in my hand an awful lot of the time

Well except when i am pregant which is an awful ,ot of the time too

I wanted MaLarkin or MothersRuin, both taken but i never see them posting.

TheFallenMadonna · 09/06/2008 16:56

I have ze big boobies..

Tidgypuds · 09/06/2008 16:55

My Ex-h once saw an advert on TV for those small yorkshire puddings called Tidgypuds. He then started to refer to my breasts with the same name after I had BF DS but I did find it amusing, hence using the name.

Ecmo · 09/06/2008 16:55

here
will prob bore you to tears but its the machine my ds was on when he was born.

SpookyMadMummy · 09/06/2008 16:50

Mine evolved through a renaming brainstorm to find a hallowe'en name and it stuck!

LuckySalem · 09/06/2008 16:43

have 2 cats those are their names

NoNickname · 09/06/2008 16:41

erm...because I couldn't think of one.

meridian · 09/06/2008 16:32

when I first started on mumsnet I was Daemara.. it was the name of a character I created.. and vaguely wrote about but kept the name...

Meridian is a very old handle I had from back in the olden days of chatting on WBS (were talking 1996) in the x-files room ... the full name of my handle was Meridian Ariel.. I kept the e-mail and then when I started my blog it was Meridian Ariel so I changed my nickname to Meridian... Meri for short.. which I love becuse my real name is short and cant be shortened... not well anyway...

tiredemma · 09/06/2008 16:29

sleepless baby etc.

WigWamBam · 09/06/2008 16:27

Because my initials are TP, I was going to call myself Wigwam. But once I'd decided on that, I couldn't get the old Sweet song out of my head. So that was what I used.

sakurarose39 · 09/06/2008 16:26

sakura is cherry blossom - national flower of Japan
rose is the national flower of England
and I am an English rose in Japan
oh and rose is actually my middle name
oh and the number is the age I was when I joined MN

Kindersurprise · 09/06/2008 16:25

Kinder because I have 2 children and live in Germany and Surprise because they were erm... a bit of a surprise

When I joined I registered as Macmama73 and soon realised that mama + numbers in a name is a sign of a newbie. Califrau helped me chose a new name, cause I am useless at it.

I love Nappiesgalore too, but did not realise that BoyzinthShire is she. I cannot keep up with the namechanging

DANCESwithLordPottingtonSmythe · 09/06/2008 16:24

I was originally DanceswithMonkeys - chosen because just before logging in for the first time I had been dancing around the kitchen with the dc and it seemed like a good idea. I've been dancing with Lord P-S for a while now because it's my favourite version of my name so far.

WelliesAndPyjamas · 09/06/2008 16:20

because I wear them a lot

fiodyl · 09/06/2008 16:18

I just made mine up using the first 3 letters from my kids names as I didnt really know what to put as a nickname. Id be quite happy to use my rl name but just assummed that it would already be taken.

Am thinking about chnging it soon now

QueenMeabhOfConnaught · 09/06/2008 16:17

I'd been reading a book of Irish stories to the children and this particular lady stuck in my mind!!!!

Queen Meabh

EffiePerine · 09/06/2008 16:11

my toddler is quite loud, if that helps?

Umlellala · 09/06/2008 15:59

Ah, Effie I always wondered about yours (espesh because I know you live about ten mins from me, but don't think I know you!).

I love Nappiesgalore - think it's my fave mumsnet name ever. Mine is how dd used to say umbrella - so another bleuuurgh (sorry) but I have noticed that there seems to be another poster with a really similar nickname.

RustyBear · 09/06/2008 15:58

The original RustyBear was a little teddy about 3" tall that my mum knitted for me to take to school in my pocket on my first day.
He was originally a deep rust colour, but he's been washed in my pocket so many times he's now much lighter & has darker patches to cover the holes where he was eaten by moths.
He's now nearly 47 years old & enjoying his retirement.