???? How Did You Get Your Real Name and/or How Did You Pick Your Name On Here ????

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  • Rague
    Rague Member Posts: 3,653 Member
    #22
    debsweb18 said:

    Didn't everybody
    Didn't everybody name their daughters Debbie in the 50s? Probably because of Debbie Reynolds. There were 7 Debbie's in my 2nd grade class. Always hated it! When I started using the internet and had to pick a name for the web page I set up, I came up with debsweb. I started using it for a lot of my user names and when I found it taken I added the 18 for the day of my birth.

    Susan- My best friend in 8th grade is named Susan and hated Sue or any version. She said her name is SuSAN. So I started calling her Zan.

    OOPS!
    Double post!
  • sdukowitz
    sdukowitz Member Posts: 250
    #23
    I, too, am a Susan, popular
    I, too, am a Susan, popular name back in the day! Luckily my twin sister did not get named a rhyming name like some twins did! My mom almost named me Gretchen Gertrude, as her name was Gertrude... I will stick with Susan any day! As far as a screen name I was never told to use one so not creative there! Oh my twin sister is named Jennifer .... we both have the middle name Jo... after my Dad, who was a Joseph..... Sue D
  • mommaellen
    mommaellen Member Posts: 195
    #24
    Names
    My mom's name was Ellen and my dad's name was Eugene so I am Ellen Gene. I picked Mommaellen as my site name because that's what all my kid's friend's call me.
  • mommaellen
    mommaellen Member Posts: 195
    #25
    Names
    My mom's name was Ellen and my dad's name was Eugene so I am Ellen Gene. I picked Mommaellen as my site name because that's what all my kid's friend's call me.
  • desertgirl947
    desertgirl947 Member Posts: 653 Member
    #26
    Rague said:

    Did you happen to be at NWC
    Did you happen to be at NWC China Lake? We were there for 3 years in the 80's.

    Not NWC
    We were in Palmdale, after moving there from a short time in Beaumont.
  • desertgirl947
    desertgirl947 Member Posts: 653 Member
    #27
    debsweb18 said:

    Didn't everybody
    Didn't everybody name their daughters Debbie in the 50s? Probably because of Debbie Reynolds. There were 7 Debbie's in my 2nd grade class. Always hated it! When I started using the internet and had to pick a name for the web page I set up, I came up with debsweb. I started using it for a lot of my user names and when I found it taken I added the 18 for the day of my birth.

    Susan- My best friend in 8th grade is named Susan and hated Sue or any version. She said her name is SuSAN. So I started calling her Zan.

    That Debbie thing
    Debbie was popular even into the 60s.

    I have many friends named Debbie (and its many variation of spelling).
    I have two sisters-in-law named Debbie -- born in the early 1960.
    I have a cousin named Debbie -- born in 1965.

    That said, when someone calling me on the phone says that it's Debbie, I have to hear the voice a little longer to be sure which one it is.
  • laughs_a_lot
    laughs_a_lot Member Posts: 1,368 Member
    #28
    Names
    Real first name is after one grandmother and my middle name is after my paternal grandmother.

    When I chose my name for here I wanted to remain very anonymous. I tend to laugh a lot about things that others do not. I loved the way Woody Woodpecker signed off on his cartoon show when I was a kid. It was quite the laugh, soooooooo! There you go.

    The reason I wanted to be very anonymous was because sometimes employers have come here to find out about their employees health. I know this has happened to at least one person who came to this site. Given that we are living in hard times I do not want it to be easy for an employer to find me here and be able to find out whether I am a liability to them as far as continuing to provide me health insurance. It sounds cruel but it does happen. So you also will never see a real picture of me on this site either.
  • LoveBabyJesus
    LoveBabyJesus Member Posts: 1,679 Member
    #29
    :0) fun
    I was named Rebecca but I have no idea why. I heard rumors they named me after Rebecca from the Bible, but weren't there two of them? Never asked really.

    I picked my name here because I love Jesus! And my faith is through him.
  • Mittensandmedwick
    Mittensandmedwick Member Posts: 85
    #30
    LoveBabyJesus said:

    :0) fun
    I was named Rebecca but I have no idea why. I heard rumors they named me after Rebecca from the Bible, but weren't there two of them? Never asked really.

    I picked my name here because I love Jesus! And my faith is through him.

    Mittens and medwick were my
    Mittens and medwick were my first 2 cats that I had when I was a teenager.
  • DebbyM
    DebbyM Member Posts: 3,289 Member
    #31
    BlownAway60 said:

    For my real name, Donna I
    For my real name, Donna I was actually named after one of my older brothers girl friends. Not very imaginative, sorry No drama here. The name I use here is just how I felt and my age when I joined CSN.

    Hugs
    Donna

    I just used my real name for
    I just used my real name for my name on here. No drama here either. LOL
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #32
    Rague said:

    Did you happen to be at NWC
    Did you happen to be at NWC China Lake? We were there for 3 years in the 80's.

    Another great post Susie!
    Another great post Susie! Mine is pretty obvious. I am a survivor of bc now and will continue to be! I know some don't like that term, but, I think it is perfect for all of us.


    Hugs, Jan
  • GreeneyedGirl
    GreeneyedGirl Member Posts: 1,077
    #33
    Mittensandmedwick said:

    Mittens and medwick were my
    Mittens and medwick were my first 2 cats that I had when I was a teenager.

    Obvious~
    Melanie after "Gone with the Wind" (thank heaven my southern mama wasn't feeling Scarlet)..and GreenEyedGirl after my own green eyes~
    ~M
  • Mittensandmedwick
    Mittensandmedwick Member Posts: 85
    #34
    GreeneyedGirl said:

    Obvious~
    Melanie after "Gone with the Wind" (thank heaven my southern mama wasn't feeling Scarlet)..and GreenEyedGirl after my own green eyes~
    ~M

    My name is Patricia Marie. I
    My name is Patricia Marie. I am the 4th of 5 kids. My mom told my dad to name me since I was the first girl in the family. She told him to name me anything but Patricia Marie.. Way to go dad. Unfortunately he died when I was 13 so I did not get to laugh about it with him.
  • susie09
    susie09 Member Posts: 2,930
    #35
    mommaellen said:

    Names
    My mom's name was Ellen and my dad's name was Eugene so I am Ellen Gene. I picked Mommaellen as my site name because that's what all my kid's friend's call me.

    I am loving reading these
    I am loving reading these posts! Thanks my wonderful pink sisters for sharing this!


    Love you!
  • SIROD
    SIROD Member Posts: 2,194 Member
    #36
    GreeneyedGirl said:

    Obvious~
    Melanie after "Gone with the Wind" (thank heaven my southern mama wasn't feeling Scarlet)..and GreenEyedGirl after my own green eyes~
    ~M

    For Mel
    Melanie,

    Good thing your mom didn't realize right away that your eyes were going to be green. Didn't Scarlet have green eyes in the novel?

    I have known several women with the name Scarlet's in my life time. One knows immediately what book was being read at the time of their births. One woman used her middle name for years, then after her divorced went with her first name.

    Best,

    Doris
  • sea60
    sea60 Member Posts: 2,613
    #37
    SIROD said:

    For Mel
    Melanie,

    Good thing your mom didn't realize right away that your eyes were going to be green. Didn't Scarlet have green eyes in the novel?

    I have known several women with the name Scarlet's in my life time. One knows immediately what book was being read at the time of their births. One woman used her middle name for years, then after her divorced went with her first name.

    Best,

    Doris

    Sylvia a.k.a Sea60
    Well...it was a situation that if I was a boy, my Mom would name him, and if I was a girl, my Dad would name the baby. Guess who won? My Mom wanted to name me Linda but since my Dad won, Sylvia it was. I personally like Linda way better ;)

    And I have to give credit for my nickmname which followed me until I was 13. I was just under 6 pounds at birth and a nurse kept calling me "PeeWee". It might have been cute while at the hospital however my parents thought it was a great nickname. Uhhhh...no. So thank you "mystery nurse", wherever you are, who happened to be working at the Nix hospital, in San Antonio, Texas on February 21st, 1960 at 11:15 AM...lol!

    The name "Sea60" are my initials and the year I was born but I happen to LOVE the ocean so I really dig my initials.
  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
    #38
    GreeneyedGirl said:

    Obvious~
    Melanie after "Gone with the Wind" (thank heaven my southern mama wasn't feeling Scarlet)..and GreenEyedGirl after my own green eyes~
    ~M

    Sylvia
    Love reading about your name! Love reading all of these posts. Very interesting and fun!

    Lex
  • Pinky68
    Pinky68 Member Posts: 206 Member
    #39
    Alexis F said:

    Sylvia
    Love reading about your name! Love reading all of these posts. Very interesting and fun!

    Lex

    Names
    I'm the youngest of three, and my brother and sisters names start with the letter "J"..One evening when my parents were playing poker with my grandparents and friends, my pregnant mom said "whoever wins this hand gets to choose the name" Her only condition being it has to start with J. My grandma won the hand and named me Joyce!
    I've had several nicknames over the years, some of them Joy, Joycie,JoJo,Juice,Airhead,Freckles and Pinky..I Love the color pink, always have and probably always will! I was born in '68...

    Fauxma--I almost named my daughter Penelope too, except her dad wouldn't go for it..So we decided on Stephanie! I tried hard for my second girl to be named Penelope, yet again I was turned down!!

    Fun,
    Joyce
  • TexasCharlie
    TexasCharlie Member Posts: 76
    #40
    Susie
    I was born in 1949. My mom was Canadian, dad 100% American. I came into the world not long after Prince Charles so my mom, having been enamored of the British Royal Family named me Charles. I became Charlie when I was old enough to demand a nickname. Since we live in Texas I figured TexasCharlie would work for a handle. I was called Chuck at one job but never really liked that nickname. When in High School some called me Choo Choo after a character in a Good & Plenty ad. My wife calls me Choo occasionaly and I used Choo Choo on stage when I was a working musician having it printed on my guitar strap. I'm 62 now and really don't care what people call me as long as they are nice about it. You're right too about the "What were they smoking". Like, how could Frank Zappa have named his kids Dweezil and Moon Unit?
    However I did give one of our boys the middle name Marshall after the amp I preferred running my guitars through.
  • pinkkari09
    pinkkari09 Member Posts: 877
    #41
    This is so much fun, and interesting.
    Well, I'm the youngest of four. My Dad's name is Ken, my moms name was Sharon, but she ALWAYS used Shari. So she took the K from Dad, and the ari from Shari. Making my name spelled Kari, which in the 70''s you never saw it spelled that way, even today it's rare that I find someone spelled the same as mine. My user name I made up really quick and I would have a different one had I taken my time. pinkkari09 pink for BC, Kari for me, and 09 for the year I was dx. Thanks everyone for sharing, this is fun.
    Miles of Love,
    ~Kari

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