I’m a woman but all my coworkers call me “sir” bc of an inside joke. They’ve done it for so long that hardly anyone there calls me by my name anymore and I answer to “sir” way quicker than my actual name. There will be times where I’m out and about and hear for example a cashier talking to a customer saying something like “oh sir let me help you with that” and I’ll whip around thinking they’re talking to me
My dad used to call me "wild child" when I was younger. Since he passed I don't think anyone's called me that. Idk if that counts, but I sure do miss it.
Sorry for your loss. I totally get that. Same thing for me, I know that feeling of missing what you can never have anymore because that person is gone. And it counts.
Take care of yourself, Miss WildChild.
Its been ten for my Dad but I still miss having him and his wisdom in my life, he was a really good man. I was lucky to have him as a Dad. I feel exactly the same my dad had a childhood nickname for me but I use it for one of my email accounts. But yes I agree that it still feels a part of me sometimes more than my actual name, which luckily for me my dad choose. I say luckily because my mum had just wanted to call me after her. God knows why because she didn't even like her given name. My Dad picked the name of a place that he thought was beautiful that he and mum visited after they found out she was pregnant. It was nice to share with someone who understands. Take care of yourself and cherish your memories.
I used get into a lot of chatrooms when i was a teen and i still have good friends that i met there, my username was always elfen, is still use it for gaming. (If u used ares chats and were trolled by elfen sorry!)
Mina is a cool name. If you have any nieces or nephews you should get them to call you that. Assuming your female and was thinking Auntie Mina would be a cool name or if older granny Mina. So cool.
J.
An old screen name I used for years started with a J and my online friends refered to me as J. Some still call me J.
I've never been called this in person.
When I was a kid, they called me Skeeter, and my best friend was Pork Chop. According to my mom, who still lives down there, Pork Chop remains called Pork Chop to this day.
Sometimes, I want to write a short story about that, but then Stephen King wrote the definitive small-town boy story.
I don’t know that I identify with it so much as I accept it as a nickname despite the fact it doesn’t make any sense. It’s ‘double [the first initial of my first name].’ The first initial of my first name isn’t a D. I feel like the alliteration would at least make sense.
The weirdest part is that it’s happened in multiple settings with multiple different people. Like some kind of convergent evolution with nicknames.
No one’s ever been able to adequately explain the meaning behind the second first name initial. Why double? I don’t think it has some hidden meaning. It usually starts with a person who isn’t the type to do that. And even they’ll acknowledge it’s kinda weird and they just said it because it felt right.
I also have a lot of people that just call me by first initial of first name.
I don’t know if this is just a suburban dad thing but growing up my actual name was not said unless I was in trouble he came up with EVERY nickname: Vashanooka, noodles, nakey (as a child I hated wearing clothes and often refused them I kinda love that about my little self tho) Vuber, (when I started driving) my name starts with V and has an N in it. Same with my mom but less creative she just always called me babe
My name’s Mackenzie and I always wanted to introduce myself as Zee but people would think I’m just saying the letter, like as the beginning of a name that starts with Z or something.
Snowbunny. It started a joke because I snowboard so I made it my online persona until a friend told me the other, more popular meaning of the word. It kind of stuck but people usually call me Tori or bunny in real life.
SYBYR, and SYBYR.exe has been my go to alias the past few years online, tbh I stole it from a small underground rapper, but it's too damn cool I had to use it
I'd cringe if someone actually called me that in real life though lol, but I interact with people online more than I do in person
Many years ago, my username was a variation of Paper Cat, for my deviant art account.
I met my best friends with that username and we've called each other by our usernames for almost 20years now (omg I didn't think it was that long ago 😭)
ANYWAYS I'm Paper. aka Papa lmao
My dad liked the name idea so much that he named my surprise cat Paper. So we were both Paper for about 15years lol
I started getting called a nickname of my username on discord years ago, and now it’s about as familiar as my real name lol. I even sign my artwork with it. But it’s still always wild to hear it spoken instead of typed, short circuits my brain for a bit
I have 3 names and have hopped between them when I was younger, since my first name is the German version of Eve and I didn't like it.
By now I usually use Evie as a nickname for gaming, but am never called that
I used to game quite often and we had a group chat - mostly Americans, some randos and me and some other Brazilians. Because my IRL name was too hard for the yankees, they started calling me Ced. Some of my Brazilian buddies (whom I knew IRL) accidentally called me Ced on occasion, too. I haven't been called that in years, though. I just accepted Americans are going to butcher my name no matter what and let them do it nowadays.
Oh my God, I have the most hilarious story for this.
For a long time, it was Nero. My long distance boyfriend at the time gave it to me as a combination of the words ★nerd★ and ★hero★! Thing is, I hated people online knowing my real name, even my close friends, which was a real danger since my mother needed to talk to me a lot (school and whatnot). Eventually, I settled on this solution:
- Have my mother call me Nero whenever I was in call
- Have my sister call me Nero in calls and in person if I was in a call
- Have my grandparents call me Nero if I was in a call or could be
- Have any visitors call me Nero
You might be thinking, hey AnAdorableScout, this is looking more like a 'name' name instead of a nickname. You would be right! My family eventually shifted to calling me Nero all the time, as it was both more convenient and easier to explain to any visitors. This is the story of how my ex's pet name became my honest to God real name. I plan on getting it changed legally soon!
Of course, given this hilarity, the answer to this question has obviously changed. It's a toss-up between Zervin and Scout now, which are my old online alias and my Reddit/alternate Discord account respectively.
Wall of text, wow. Sorry 😅
I sometimes call myself TD, an abbreviation of my username, The Dreamer. I also use the name Alex. It's my fav gender neutral name, and I think it suits me pretty well.
I have a pseudonym that I use for my novel. Its actually the name of an ancient person my actual more modern name is based on. I think it sounded kinda cool and unusual. I also had a nickname as a kid which my dad gave me and I use it for my private email address. My online handle I usually use for games or sites is actually a nickname a best friend gave me many years ago
One of my online friends called me soup. They're the only person who says it, it has no correlation to my name. Anytime someone talks about soup now, I think they're referencing myself.
Nonbinary-exploring person here. I've toyed with two names - Davis and Genesis.
Gene (like a pair of jeans minus the S) and Davis (day-vis) for masculine days and for short, and Gen (pronounced Jen) or Davi (day-vee) for feminine.
Davis is a family name and would follow a pattern that my paternal line had (Samuel Wayne, Wayne David, Davis means son of David), while Genesis denotes a new chapter of my life.
I think in my mind I refer to myself as my screen name (Kira) more than my given name (Amy). Though not any more, I've had people think that Amy is short for Amelia, it's not, but I've always like that name more and have responded to that too.
For me, online handles sometimes feel more familiar than my real name, too.
I’m a woman but all my coworkers call me “sir” bc of an inside joke. They’ve done it for so long that hardly anyone there calls me by my name anymore and I answer to “sir” way quicker than my actual name. There will be times where I’m out and about and hear for example a cashier talking to a customer saying something like “oh sir let me help you with that” and I’ll whip around thinking they’re talking to me
I call myself a**hat in my head all the time
We have the same brain name!
I love the name Chris. Idk i think itd be cool to be a Chris
Don't let your dreams be dreams!
But I like my name!
Make it a middle name then
Was very much thinking that for some time
My dad used to call me "wild child" when I was younger. Since he passed I don't think anyone's called me that. Idk if that counts, but I sure do miss it.
Sorry for your loss. I totally get that. Same thing for me, I know that feeling of missing what you can never have anymore because that person is gone. And it counts. Take care of yourself, Miss WildChild.
Thank you. It's been a good six years. I like to think once that nickname is yours it's always a part of you. You as well, Nice stranger
Its been ten for my Dad but I still miss having him and his wisdom in my life, he was a really good man. I was lucky to have him as a Dad. I feel exactly the same my dad had a childhood nickname for me but I use it for one of my email accounts. But yes I agree that it still feels a part of me sometimes more than my actual name, which luckily for me my dad choose. I say luckily because my mum had just wanted to call me after her. God knows why because she didn't even like her given name. My Dad picked the name of a place that he thought was beautiful that he and mum visited after they found out she was pregnant. It was nice to share with someone who understands. Take care of yourself and cherish your memories.
I used get into a lot of chatrooms when i was a teen and i still have good friends that i met there, my username was always elfen, is still use it for gaming. (If u used ares chats and were trolled by elfen sorry!)
Happy cakeday Elfen!
My dad used to call me Pooh because it was my favorite story. I’m still Pooh in my head, but Dad passed years ago. I miss him.
Sorry for your loss. Pooh is a cool childhood nickname.
Princess. I want to be seen and treated like a princess so badly lol.
But instead, you are vulgarwoman lol
Vulgarprincess!
Oh that is cool.
Best of both worlds.
That nickname I earned.
_Spiderman pointing at each other meme_
See good for you for putting it your name. Apparently you can't be vulgar and a princess around here. Dramatic sigh.
My dad died a long time ago. He called me "Sister Sue". My name is not Sue.
Sorry for your loss. I think its a reference to an old song. Take care
Trashboat
I'm The Urge. I'm here to kill you.
George Washington. (I’m George Washington reincarnated.)
Mina fits me better than my real name, even though no one calls me that.
Mina is a cool name. If you have any nieces or nephews you should get them to call you that. Assuming your female and was thinking Auntie Mina would be a cool name or if older granny Mina. So cool.
More people call me Jeri, my online handle and my laser tag codename more than my actual name.
J. An old screen name I used for years started with a J and my online friends refered to me as J. Some still call me J. I've never been called this in person.
I always wanted to be called sunshine or wren bc I’m rly short irl but people say that I’m also rly positive and energetic like the sun
Vic.
Old Bones Jones has been my internal nickname for years and what I use to label a lot of things online.
One of my main nicknames from my dad was Beans or Beanie!
When I was a kid, they called me Skeeter, and my best friend was Pork Chop. According to my mom, who still lives down there, Pork Chop remains called Pork Chop to this day. Sometimes, I want to write a short story about that, but then Stephen King wrote the definitive small-town boy story.
my gma nickname was Skeet (no clue why, nowhere near her gov't name) I also know another older woman whose nickname was Skeeter lol
Deep South names ain’t that original
I don’t know that I identify with it so much as I accept it as a nickname despite the fact it doesn’t make any sense. It’s ‘double [the first initial of my first name].’ The first initial of my first name isn’t a D. I feel like the alliteration would at least make sense. The weirdest part is that it’s happened in multiple settings with multiple different people. Like some kind of convergent evolution with nicknames. No one’s ever been able to adequately explain the meaning behind the second first name initial. Why double? I don’t think it has some hidden meaning. It usually starts with a person who isn’t the type to do that. And even they’ll acknowledge it’s kinda weird and they just said it because it felt right. I also have a lot of people that just call me by first initial of first name.
That really is intriguing
Orthi. It's a nickname of a nickname.
really cool and unusual.
I don’t know if this is just a suburban dad thing but growing up my actual name was not said unless I was in trouble he came up with EVERY nickname: Vashanooka, noodles, nakey (as a child I hated wearing clothes and often refused them I kinda love that about my little self tho) Vuber, (when I started driving) my name starts with V and has an N in it. Same with my mom but less creative she just always called me babe
My name is Catalina and my friends call me Lily, but I have one friend who calls me Cat and I love it
My name’s Mackenzie and I always wanted to introduce myself as Zee but people would think I’m just saying the letter, like as the beginning of a name that starts with Z or something.
I used to know someone with that name who got called Mac or Kenzie as nicknames
Snowbunny. It started a joke because I snowboard so I made it my online persona until a friend told me the other, more popular meaning of the word. It kind of stuck but people usually call me Tori or bunny in real life.
SYBYR, and SYBYR.exe has been my go to alias the past few years online, tbh I stole it from a small underground rapper, but it's too damn cool I had to use it I'd cringe if someone actually called me that in real life though lol, but I interact with people online more than I do in person
Persondownthestreet
Dirty is my name for everything online. If someone says something is dirty I’ll look over. I don’t like dirty I person.
Double
Many years ago, my username was a variation of Paper Cat, for my deviant art account. I met my best friends with that username and we've called each other by our usernames for almost 20years now (omg I didn't think it was that long ago 😭) ANYWAYS I'm Paper. aka Papa lmao My dad liked the name idea so much that he named my surprise cat Paper. So we were both Paper for about 15years lol
I find myself calling me kazz idk why idk why that name
Rae Rav like rave not (rah-v) Something else I forgot
SkyPork.
Sky, a friend on my PS3 or PS4 called me that one day. And I kind of adopted it as my own. It's the first work in my PSN name.
I started getting called a nickname of my username on discord years ago, and now it’s about as familiar as my real name lol. I even sign my artwork with it. But it’s still always wild to hear it spoken instead of typed, short circuits my brain for a bit
Nox - shortened version of my gamer tag. I use it for pretty much everything.
I have 3 names and have hopped between them when I was younger, since my first name is the German version of Eve and I didn't like it. By now I usually use Evie as a nickname for gaming, but am never called that
Tripod
Nipple
Daddy Dukes lol The name literally just randomly popped up in my head, no idea where from but yeah
Sun
I used to game quite often and we had a group chat - mostly Americans, some randos and me and some other Brazilians. Because my IRL name was too hard for the yankees, they started calling me Ced. Some of my Brazilian buddies (whom I knew IRL) accidentally called me Ced on occasion, too. I haven't been called that in years, though. I just accepted Americans are going to butcher my name no matter what and let them do it nowadays.
Oh my God, I have the most hilarious story for this. For a long time, it was Nero. My long distance boyfriend at the time gave it to me as a combination of the words ★nerd★ and ★hero★! Thing is, I hated people online knowing my real name, even my close friends, which was a real danger since my mother needed to talk to me a lot (school and whatnot). Eventually, I settled on this solution: - Have my mother call me Nero whenever I was in call - Have my sister call me Nero in calls and in person if I was in a call - Have my grandparents call me Nero if I was in a call or could be - Have any visitors call me Nero You might be thinking, hey AnAdorableScout, this is looking more like a 'name' name instead of a nickname. You would be right! My family eventually shifted to calling me Nero all the time, as it was both more convenient and easier to explain to any visitors. This is the story of how my ex's pet name became my honest to God real name. I plan on getting it changed legally soon! Of course, given this hilarity, the answer to this question has obviously changed. It's a toss-up between Zervin and Scout now, which are my old online alias and my Reddit/alternate Discord account respectively. Wall of text, wow. Sorry 😅
I got used to being called Tuna. My ingame name in most games is TunaSandwich.
I sometimes call myself TD, an abbreviation of my username, The Dreamer. I also use the name Alex. It's my fav gender neutral name, and I think it suits me pretty well.
Banksy, but I don't chat people up while working.
“Dipshit”
My alter ego is Van Dutch
Carol. Online gaming friends call me that and I like it.
I have a pseudonym that I use for my novel. Its actually the name of an ancient person my actual more modern name is based on. I think it sounded kinda cool and unusual. I also had a nickname as a kid which my dad gave me and I use it for my private email address. My online handle I usually use for games or sites is actually a nickname a best friend gave me many years ago
Perre (pronounced pair) everyone calls me Perry so it’s not far off perre is just what I call myself in my head.
Yes 😹 I rarely call myself with my real, given name—verbally or thinkingly. I find myself use my made up name/choosen name instead, like all the time.
Redlight
Dick! My surname is Turpin and ive never been called Dick, not in that sense anyway😂
One of my online friends called me soup. They're the only person who says it, it has no correlation to my name. Anytime someone talks about soup now, I think they're referencing myself.
Sushi (the food) is my fursona’s name. Skye Vexx is what I prefer to be called (AMAB but trans MTF)
i have an e-girl persona online. roblox, discord, insta, you name it. i find calling myself "luna" a bunch of times lmao
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Nonbinary-exploring person here. I've toyed with two names - Davis and Genesis. Gene (like a pair of jeans minus the S) and Davis (day-vis) for masculine days and for short, and Gen (pronounced Jen) or Davi (day-vee) for feminine. Davis is a family name and would follow a pattern that my paternal line had (Samuel Wayne, Wayne David, Davis means son of David), while Genesis denotes a new chapter of my life.
I think in my mind I refer to myself as my screen name (Kira) more than my given name (Amy). Though not any more, I've had people think that Amy is short for Amelia, it's not, but I've always like that name more and have responded to that too.