Name History.Follow

When I was installing FFXI for the first time, I had troubles deciding what to name my character. I was listening to a Death Cab for Cutie album pretty incessantly. I figured Guenivere was a good of a name as any, and took the spelling from the CD booklet. Most people ingame called me Guen or Guenny so there's the Alla handle.

As far as my real name, my parents both claim it was solely their own idea to name me Jade, and with completely differently inspirations. My mom says she named me after Brooke Shields' character in Endless Love (which I believe somewhat because she named my littlest sister Amaya after a Real World character), and my dad claims that he got to pick my name because throughout the pregnancy they thought I was a boy. My maiden name was purely Danish, and now it's Norwegian.... yay.

And as far as my catholic confirmation name, I chose Alice, which is my grandma's first name, but she hates that name and goes by her middle name, which is Joyce. Hopefully now that I'm married the USPS will stop getting us confused (though I'm sure I'll continue getting "try this prototype hearing aid for free!" and other AARPish mail forever).

Oh, real names? My real name is a German family name.

My father hated his first name of Francis. He didn't like being called Fran or Franny.(As an adult he was known as Frank) As first born son I escaped being a Jr due to that dislike. My mom did like my first name, and it turned out my dad had a deceased brother with that name.

For my 3rd brother my mon was able to slip in Francis as his middle name.

It doesn't bother him now. He has been dead 25 years.

My screen name is from Eq 1.0 when I ran around as a mage and found the name of a guy who was scared a lot and dropped bombs seems appropriate.

My real name was a compromise between my Mom who wanted me named Steve and my Dad who wanted Jesse. They named me after an actor. It was a common boy's name. I'd have one or two other boys in my classes with the same name.

Real name: My mother already had two Js and a C, so I became another C to match. A CC in fact. My middle name is Colleen after our 200+ years ago Irish ancestors.

My older sister Carol had the easiest name for my mother - she was born on Dec 23rd.

My screen name came from a David and Leigh Eddings series. The character is actually a guy, but I thought the name sounded feminine so I used it anyway.

My real name is Gaelic for "Noble." At least, that's what I've read on the rare occasions I can find it in a name book.

My mother wanted to name me Krysta Kay. That was my name until the day I was born, actually. She said that when she looked at me, though, she thought Krysta Kay sounded like a blonde and, alas, I am not a blonde. So she changed it to a name she found in a book. She doesn't remember which book, though.

Damn those combat medics acting mortal. WHY DO THEY HIDE THEIR POWERS WHEN NEEDED MOST!!!!!

My forum name comes from Silmarillon dictionary. It means "Cold wolf". Back in high school I thought it was kind of cool and it stuck. It shortens up pretty good, hence I am known in many circles as "Him" even though I am not a particular fan of the band. It made for many funny misunderstandings in games and various forums. Lack of capital letter at beginning is not deliberate, I was just drunk/tired when I made my account and missed it.

My RL name is greek for "Horse Lover" as funny as it sounds nowadays. It's entirely possible that Greeks were more into Equestrianism than giving nicknames for private parts. I am however yet to hear someone referring to meaning of my name. I have never ridden a horse, seen Equus or even had weird fantasies for that matter, so it's pretty far off.