Where does your name come from

Belita · #1 February 8th, 2012, 10:57 AM

I've been thinking about posting this for a while...

Where does your username come from?

In my high school Spanish class, we got to pick Hispanic names to go by during class. On the list of names we got, it said Belita means Betty, which is my nana's name. I decided to go by that name since it honored Nana and I've just always loved it since.

humnck · #2 February 8th, 2012, 11:03 AM

I love where your username comes from

Mine was something my great grandmother called me - it means human c*ck...ummm, so the story behind this...my great grandmother was very prim and proper a regular Emily Post, but during her last few years, she became a very persnickety and rather vulgar woman. I was visiting her at the hospital one day and when I walked into the room, she looked up and said there is my little humnck...we all couldn't believe that was coming from our sweet old grandmother, we were cracking up, it all went downhill from there and that just stuck with me, for high school graduation, I got a personalized license plate with that on it. I have actually been stopped by police directing traffic, just to find out what it means. I don't have that license plate anymore, but it was pretty funny when I did

Belita · #3 February 8th, 2012, 11:04 AM

lol! Now I'll have to be changing how I see your name when I see it! That's a hilarious, but sad, story!

Lav · #4 February 8th, 2012, 12:59 PM

I read a book many years ago - I believe it was The Last Stand by Stephen King - where in the first few pages it was about a young family trying to get away from a horrible disease and their little babygirl was called Lavonne. I loved that name and thought Lav in short would be pronounced like love - just a lovable name

It's not a nickname I use very often. Usually I go by Kyria, which back when I chose that one, I thought I'd completely made that up, until a friend told me it was actually a word and means something like dominant or something like that lol

markswife · #5 February 8th, 2012, 07:56 PM

I know this will shock some people but DH's name is Mark. Crazy, I know!! I wasn't feeling particularly creative after my loss when I signed up for JM so that was apparently the first thing that came to mind.

martilynne · #6 February 8th, 2012, 10:41 PM

I'm not too creative either when it comes to my username...it's my first and middle names. Marti Lynne

LittleMomma09 · #7 February 9th, 2012, 03:02 AM

Mine is not original =). I started getting called little momma long before I had my daughter. I am super tiny, right at 5ft. My daughter is 2 and already comes passed my hip.

Lav · #8 February 9th, 2012, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by markswife

I know this will shock some people but DH's name is Mark. Crazy, I know!! I wasn't feeling particularly creative after my loss when I signed up for JM so that was apparently the first thing that came to mind.

It's nice though that the first thing you thought about is your husband

.:Shortcake:. · #9 February 9th, 2012, 05:57 AM

So mine is my nickname

I grew up with all the guys. In our neighborhood there were literally zero girls so I did all the things little boys do and we just continued our friendship throughout school and still now. They started off calling me shorty and then when we were teenagers the one said to me "I'm going to start calling you strawberry shortcake" ... I looked at him like he was crazy. He then said "well your short and sweet". All of the guys agreed so the nickname stuck

dindin · #10 February 9th, 2012, 09:15 AM

I love all the stories... mine is just my nickname from when i was 3!

seri0uslyc0nfused · #11 February 9th, 2012, 11:21 AM

I have had the same username since High School. I was also so confused about guys and which one I liked my friends would call me that. I still use it 12 years later. LOL. Too lazy to pick a new one I guess!

ninja_mommy · #12 February 9th, 2012, 01:36 PM

I use this handle for a lot of things where I need a user name. I am pretty sneaky like a ninja and have had the nickname for awhile in high school. It also sounds close to my name: Nena

And the mommy part you know for being a mommy!

Babybun · #13 February 9th, 2012, 01:51 PM

Mine's dorky...but I like it

I love the movie grease and especially part where riz is in the bathroom with Marti and they talk about her having a bun in the oven.....and when they come out the door she says hey watch out lady with a baby....I think its cute....so I am babybun

LoverlyJules · #14 February 9th, 2012, 02:32 PM

loverly is what my husband calls me and I've heard it as a quote from Jack on Will & Grace ... jules is a nickname from high school track ... even though my name is Jessica

StacieRN · #15 February 10th, 2012, 12:15 PM

Mine is super creative, too! Stacie is my name and I am....an RN! lol So aperently I don't have a creative bone in my body.. But hey, it is who I am! I love reading everyone's stories!

pepper73 · #16 February 10th, 2012, 01:58 PM

My dog's name is Pepper and I was born in '73 so that's how I chose that one. I am loving the stories behind the usernames. Great thread!!

MountainMomma · #17 February 12th, 2012, 06:45 AM

Mine comes from John Denver's 'Country Roads'. I am a West Virginia gal, born and raised, now stuck in the midwest. (I like it here too, but I miss my mountains!) The song is one of my all time favorites and I say all the time "You can take the girl out of the mountains, but you can never take the mountains out of the girl", so it seemed appropriate. I had a couple of others on here before this one, but they didn't feel right. This one does and it's been around for several years.