User:SnowyCinema/Etymologies of usernames
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See also: User:Daniel Carrero/Genders
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edit- user:AG202: ?
- User:Akaibu: romanization of アーカイブ(archive)
- user:Al-Muqanna: Arabic المقنع, which apparently means "the masked one", though we don't have an entry for it yet.
- user:AmazingJus: amazing + Jus (shortening of Justin, his real name)
- user:Anarhistička Maca: Serbo-Croatian Anarhistička (“anarchist”) + Maca (“kitty”) (diminutive, hypocoristic), from mačka (“cat”)
- user:Andreyyshore: Andrey (intended to be anglification of his real name Romanian Andrei) + Shore; containing erroneous -y- likely by doubling of the first name from his username
- user:Apisite: Beestone, a term which could be another name for a gemstone called bumblebee jasper
- user:Ardahan Karabağ: his real name and surname; Ardahan + Karabağ
- user:Arlo Barnes: Arlo + Barnes — wallet name, dating from a time before they starting including a middle name James (after Joyce) which itself was before the era of various fun arbitrary screen names.
- American Sign Language [Term?] name sign: A + @ + backhead with motion depending on length of hair at the time: circular for 'bald', or flowing for 'ponytail'.
- user:AryamanA: his real name; Aryaman + last initial
- user:Atitarev: his real name; Anatoli + Titarev
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edit- User:BD2412: first and middle initials + ? (hours in a day is probably involved somehow)
- User:Bequw: ?
- User:Bhagadatta: Sanskrit भगदत्त (bhagadatta, “given by God”)
- User:Biolongvistul: blend of biologul (“the biologist”) and lingvistul (“the linguist”). First interest has subsided, the latter remains.
- User:Bogdan: Bogdan, a male given name
- User:Bree Parker: their real name
- User:BrightSunMan: originated as an alternative form of the wanted name User:SunnyMoon (which is possibly a deprecated or missing account), from Sunny (nickname of my brother, from ?) + Moon (from মুন্নু ("munnu"), my nickname and our own family version of মুন্না ("munna"), cf. मुन्ना ("munna")).
- User:BurakD53: Burak + D + 53, his real name.
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edit- User:Camelista27: from Camel (cigarette) + 27
- User:Theluckystriker05: from Lucky Strike + 05, clipping of 2005 (year when user was born)
- User:AverageSampoernaAEnjoyer: from average + Sampoerna A (Indonesian cigarette brand) + enjoyer
- User:MLDGuaDimana: from MLD (another Indonesian cigarette brand, known by the name Djarum Super Mild) + gua + dimana (lit. Where's my (pack of) MLD?)
- User:Catonif: "jk it's just a distortion of my real name"
- User:ChemPro: from chem (“clipping of chemistry”) + pro (“clipping of professional”), my former major was chemistry
- User:Chuck Entz: Chuck + Entz, his real name.
- User:CitationsFreak: Citations (those quotes that Wiktionary has) + sense 7 of freak.
- User:Conrad.Irwin: Conrad + Irwin, his real name.
- User:Corypight: probably a rearrangement of copyright to make a reference to the name Cory.
- User:Crom daba: Blend of Crom Duabh + Hromi Daba
D
edit- User:Daniel Carrero: Daniel + Carrero, his real name
- User:Dan Polansky: Dan + Polansky, his real name
- User:DCDuring: his real name
- User:DDG9912: Danisht, a variant of Danish + Dzakwan (real names) + Greyhouse (formerly Goodnight) + 9912 (after the handle of my YouTube channel).
- User:JeromeWillettID: Jerome + Willett + ID.
- User:DanielWhernchend: Daniel + self-made Whernchend, from Proto-Germanic *Hwēranakindą and ultimately Proto-Indo-European *Kʷērono- + *ǵenh₁tóm ("child of the cause"). The first part was intended to be distantly related to the Indonesian borrowing karena.
- User:DanishtD: Danisht, a variant of Danish + D, initial of his last name, Dzakwan (cf. his current YouTube channel).
- User:BengkelBerkah05: bengkel + berkah + 05, in reference to his former YouTube channel name (in turn from a defunct workshop in Kepahiang Regency, Indonesia).
- User:Dejongstebroer: from Dutch de jongste broer, literally “the youngest brother”
- User:DerekWinters: a made-up name
- User:Dixtosa: weirdly from Bridgestone after several phonetic iterations... he used to watch F1 as a kid.
- User:Djkcel: from DJ (used to be a DJ) + k (first initial) + shortening of Turkish Çelebi, an Ottoman title
- User:Donnanz: blend of Donald + NZ (“New Zealand”) ?
- User:DPUH: initials of full name
- User:DTLHS: intentionally mysterious
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edit- User:Eiliv: from Norwegian Eiliv, the name of the contributor.
- User:Einstein2: from Einstein + 2
- User:Eirikr: from Old Norse Eiríkr. Útlendi is a conjugation of an Old Norse word meaning 'foreigner'.
- User:Equinox: from equinox: "chosen when I was a student and had horrible sleeping patterns (as much day as night): still true."
- User:Erutuon: a crappy Quenya translation of my real name, Gabriel
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edit- User:Əkrəm Cəfər: his first and last names.
- User:Erayreperit: from Eray (his online pseudonym) + Latin reperit (“(he) finds, discovers”).
- User:Wiki6421: from wiki + the discriminator of his former Discord account.
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edit- User:Fay Freak: ?
- User:Fehufanga: from Proto-Germanic *fehufangą
- User:Fenakhay: from فين (fīn, “hey”) (slangy) + أ (ʔa, vocative particle) + خاي (ḵāy, “bro”, literally “my brother”), literally “Hey bro!”
- User:Flame, not lame: this meme inspired me.
- User:Frigoris: a place on the moon.
- User:Fytcha: intentionally mysterious
G
edit- User:Gamren: ?
- User: GKØN440: Gravity concept with a k; ø represents a Lagrange point or null; + 440
- User:Gnosandes: a metaplasm from the term Gnossiennes by French composer Éric Alfred Leslie Satie
- User:Guldrelokk: ?
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edit- User:Hekaheka: Possibly a childish or comedic reduplication of Heka, a nickname for the male name Heikki.
- User:Houflings: Back-formation of Houfon, probably stemmed for 方 (ほう) or 法 (ほう). Compare Housing, Houfel, Houfob, this user's other usernames on other platforms. Not related to Hoeflings.
- User:Human-potato hybrid: inspired by couch potato (a slang term for a lazy person). The name implies that, more than just jest, they're actually part potato.
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edit- User:Imetsia: from иметься (imetʹsja, “to be, to be present, (to) there is”), but with poor transliteration. From a period in his life when he was interested in the Russian language. Also meant to connote availability, presence, or dependability.
- User:Imranqazi90: his real name, Imran + Qazi + 90
- User:Inqilābī: Classical Persian اِنْقِلَابِی (inqilābī, “a revolutionary”)
- User:Ioaxxere: /aɪəwəksɛɹ/ "a random cool-looking name" from 2016
- User:Isomorphyc: from isomorphic? possibly relevant: Isomorphyc has a bot named OrphicBot
- User:Itidal: from Turkish itidal (“equilibrium, temperance”)
- User:ItMarki: it (corruption of it's, as in "it's Marki") + Mark (his real name) + -i (meaningless suffix)
- User:IvanScrooge98: Ivan (his real name) + Scrooge (after Scrooge McDuck, a fictional character he is fond of) + 98 (short for 1998, the year when he was born)
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edit- User:JacobSanchez295: from Jacob + Sanchez + 295
- user:ArdiPras95: Ardhi + Prasmono + 95, his real name, except the first two elements were shortened
- User:Jagwar: alteration of jaguar
- User:Jberkel: his real name; blend of Jan + Berkel
- User:Justinrleung: Justin + R. + Leung, his real name
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edit- User:kc kennylau: Kenny + Lau / 劉/刘 (liú) + 健聰/健聪 (jiàn cōng) (Lau Kin Chung), his real name
- User:Kephir: from kephir; alternative form of kefir (a type of bacterially-fermented milk)
- User:Kiwima: Kiwi + ?; Kiwima is a New Zealander
- User:Koavf: "chosen as an acronym for "king of all Vext fans", a reference to a contest [Koavf] entered for the comic book Vext in the 1990s."
- User:Kutchkutch: reduplication of Kutch, a region in South Asia
- User:Kwamikagami: Kwame + 鏡 (“mirror”), a pun on the last name Miller
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edit- User:Lambiam: ? (When asked whether the name was from Latin lambo (“I lick”), Lambiam responded that it was from lamb + I + am)
- User:Leasnam: "It's a coinage of mine taken from Old English roots meaning "false name" (lēas + nama)."
- User:ɶLerman: symbol ɶ + surname Lerman (Belarusian Ле́рман (Ljérman))
- User:Lingo Bingo Dingo: ?
- User:Linshee: ?
- User:LunaEatsTuna: chosen for the rhyme. Luna (“a female given name from Latin”) originates from a prior pseudonym, Z. Luna Skye.
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edit- User:Mahagaja: from Sanskrit महागज (mahāgaja, “big elephant”)
- User:Malku H₂n̥rés: his etymological real name, compound of *malku (nominative singular of Proto-Semitic *malk-) + *h₂n̥rés (genitive singular of Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr).
- User:Mellohi!: derived from the name of a song in Minecraft
- User:Hillcrest98: randomly concocted to look like a surname + number combo. Current signature derived from the name of a song in Minecraft
- User:Metaknowledge: “Metaknowledge or Μετά knowledge? Or maybe knowledge is my meta...”
- User:Mglovesfun: his initials M.G. + loves fun
- User:Renard Migrant: anagram of Martin + Gardner, his real name
- User:Mnemosientje: blend of Mnemosyne + appelsientje
- User:Moonpulsar: blend of Moon + Pulsar
- User:Myrelia: ?
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edit- User:Nicodene: "from Nico, short for Nicholas, with random extra material added for the sake of a unique username"
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edit- User:Panda10: from panda + 10
- User:Pingku: an obsolete transliteration of Kaurna bingu (“bilby”).
- User:Prahlad balaji - from my first own name + the first name of my father.
- User:SnowyCinema: snowy + cinema
- User:LalalalaSta: English, random combination, but resembles la#Etymology 2 repeated 4 times + sta (from star)
- User:NativeCat: English, random combination of words, native + cat
- User:Philmonte101: from Villa Philmonte, Philmonte allegedly being a Spanishesque form of Philmont that's not currently attested on its own, + the number 101
- User:PseudoSkull: pseudo- + skull
- User:Ready Steady Yeti: from an episode of Mona the Vampire of the same name, blend of ready, steady, go + yeti
- User:PUC: pas un chat, from il n’y a pas un chat; alternatively, from pète un coup
- User:Purplebackpack89: from purple + backpack + 89
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edit- User:Qehath: from Hebrew קְהָת
- User:Dick Laurent: pseudonym; Dick + Laurent
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edit- User:Rex Aurorum: rex + aurōrum, the last part is a genitive plural form of either aurōra (short of aurōrārum) or aurum (normally singular only).
- User:Ilham151096: His real name
- User:Rishabhbhat: pseudonym; from Rishabh + Bhat
- User:Robbie SWE: from Robbie (nickname for Robert, the user's name) + SWE (abbreviation for Sweden)
- User:Robert Ullmann: his real name
- User:Rodrigo5260: From Rodrigo, his real name + 5260, a random number
- User:Romanophile: from Romanophile.
- User:Rua: from Irish rua (“red”)
- User:CodeCat: from code + cat
- User:Ruakh: from Hebrew רוח (rúakh, “spirit”)
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edit- User:-sche: from the suffix -sche (Although in the "-sche for admin" page, it's a different meaning.)
- User:Sameerhameedy: from Sameer + Hameedy (from Arabic حَمِيد (ḥamīd, “praiseworthy”) + Persian ـی (-ī, “surname forming suffix”)
- User:Samubert96: probably from English names Sam + Ubert + 96
- User:SemperBlotto: from Latin semper (“always”) + blotto (“drunk”)
- User:Ser be etre shi: from ser + be + être + 是 (shì), a string of four copulas
- User:Sgconlaw: short for Singapore constitutional law
- User:Sinonquoi: French sinon + quoi
- User:Sokkjo: unconfirmed, but presumably from West-Germanic *sokk (“sock”) + the agent noun suffix *-jō; this being an alt account (sockpuppet) of User:Victar used to edit Germanic languages
- User:Stephen G. Brown: Stephen + G. + Brown, his real name
- User:Stelio: Stelio, his real name.
- User: Stríðsdrengur: Faroese stríð (“war”) + Icelandic drengur (“boy”). Literally, “war boy”, an adapted translation for the fictional character Soldier Boy.
- User:Stujul: Blend of Stuart + Julian, his brother's and his real name, respectively.
- User:Svartava: Sanskrit svārtava, coined from सु- (su-, “good, well, excellent, perfect”) + आर्तव (ārtava, “(adjective) seasonable; seasonal; (noun) a section of a year; a flower”)
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edit- User:Tashi: from the corruption and clipping of Tachibana from Capitan Tsubasa, a nickname given to me and my twin brother when we were kids
- User:Thadh: ad hoc transliteration of Icelandic það
- User:TheDaveRoss: ?
- User:The dog2: ?
- User:Theknightwho: from the Knights Who Say "Ni!"
- User:TheSilverWolf98: from the + Silver + Wolf + 98
- User:This, that and the other: from this, that and the other
- User:Tibidibi: ?
- User:Tollef Salemann: the name of a legendary farmer from medieval Norway, nonchurchly canonized as a Christian saint by mountain shepherds of south-eastern Hardangervidda and western Setesdalsheiene.
- User:Tooironic: from too ironic
- User:Tropylium: tropylium
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edit- User:Ungoliant MMDCCLXIV: Ungoliant (LotR character) + the year his account was created in AUC
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edit- User:Vahagn Petrosyan: Վահագն + Պետրոսյան, his real name
- User:Victar: ?
- User:Vininn126: "It's a corruption of Vinny, cause I was making an account for some flash game website, and I wanted a cool gangster name"
- User:Vorziblix: from an old childhood paracosm, in which "Vorziblix" was considered a common name; further ultimate origin, if any, long since forgotten
- User:Vriullop: initial of Catalan Vicenç (“Vincent”) and riu (“river”) + llop (“wolf”), reversed spelling of poll (“chicken”), folk etymology of my ancestor's home Ripoll. Compare with John Wayne's Rio Lobo and Spanish Guadalupe
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edit- User:Widsith: from widsiþ (“long journey, far-traveller”) because he has lived abroad quite a lot
- User:Wikitiki89: from wiki + tiki (which for [Wikitiki89] is merely an eye rhyme) + childhood favorite number
- User:Whoop whoop pull up: from the ground proximity warning system alert you would hear if you were about to fly into the ground.
- User:Wonderfool: named after a song on Wonderfool (album), from the pronunciation spelling wonderfool (User:Thewayforward: "My name stems back from [sic] a song by Everclear that I really liked, called Wonderful. Wonderfool, I thought, sounded really cool in the whole so I adopted it as an online moniker")
- Wonderfool's other usernames: various reasons
- User:Wyang: ablauted version of the phonologically peculiar toponym Wyong
- User:Hbrug: from Tibetan འབྲུག ('brug, “Tibetan dragon”)
- User:Wjcd: from Chinese 維基詞典/维基词典 (Wéijīcídiǎn, “Wiktionary”)