The Official Name Thread

[Leprucky Cougar]

Sup guys and gals. So for some of us who can't keep up, curious, or are puzzled about each other's names, I'd figure we let each other know. For those of you who are cool with referring to each other by username, that's fine too. But just post your names here. I'll go first.


I'm Shannon (If you're nosey and want the full just pm me--but I'd figure most of us don't mind giving up the first) :)

[La Chat Noire]

I'm Colleen...some people shorten it to Leen though.

[Leprucky Cougar]

Originally Posted by La Chat Noire

I'm Colleen...some people shorten it to Leen though.

I can relate I've been reffered to some by "Shan" or "Shanny"

[ChronoGrl]

My name is Amanda and I'm an al- .... *ahem* horror fan.

[Rayne]

Okay...Here goes


The name on my birth certificate is Catherine

It was my grandmother's middle name...I kinda dodged a bullet there, my grandmother's FIRST name was Gertrude, and my mother was afraid people might shorten it to 'Gerty', which made her think 'Dirty Gerty'

When I was 10 years old, I decided to change the spelling, and I started writing 'Kathryn' on all of my papers...I had a few reasons for that:

1) I don't really like the letter 'C'...It looks like it's incomplete...A circle with a piece missing, or lazily left hanging open...It also looks like a gluttonous slob, round and always with its mouth hanging open, just sitting there ready to eat up all of the other letters in my name

2) The letter 'K' is a more aggressive letter...It has legs, it's on the move, it is always standing up and it's a 'tall' letter, with a firm, straight back...It always looks like it's ready to kick the other letters if they get out of line, it keeps them moving...It's a motivational letter, and it just looks better (stronger) than the letter 'C'

3) 'Kathryn' in its entirety looks better than 'Catherine'...Kathryn is shorter, more precise, it doesn't waste letters, it doesn't take up as much space, and it looks more phonetically accurate


As with most 2 syllable names, it has been shortened in casual speaking

Kathryn = Kat + Rayne

My family tends to call me 'Kat', while my friends usually call me 'Rayne'


While I was playing the BloodRayne video game, my daughter was watching and she said "OMG, she's YOU"...She was referring to Rayne's demeanor, her attitude, her sarcasm, and often caustic wit...When she says "Ok, you can stop shooting me now" in a deadpan voice, my daughter said that I would say something along those lines in pretty much the same tone...BloodRayne also does things herself, and takes charge of the situation (NOT the MOVIE BloodRayne, that was NOT BloodRayne!...Uwe Boll should be shot for calling that character 'BloodRayne'...If for no other reason)...Also, everyone said that I looked like BloodRayne (Video Game Rayne, the REAL Rayne), until I started dying my hair black because I never really liked being a redhead (my natural color)....And so, my first ever forum name was BloodRayne (This was my first ever forum, btw)...And after Boll screwed up the association for me, I just shortened to Rayne


I'm sure that there's all sorts of psychology mixed into this litany of verbosity...But...It is what it is :)

[Leprucky Cougar]

Originally Posted by Rayne

Okay...Here goes


The name on my birth certificate is Catherine

It was my grandmother's middle name...I kinda dodged a bullet there, my grandmother's FIRST name was Gertrude, and my mother was afraid people might shorten it to 'Gerty', which made her think 'Dirty Gerty'

When I was 10 years old, I decided to change the spelling, and I started writing 'Kathryn' on all of my papers...I had a few reasons for that:

1) I don't really like the letter 'C'...It looks like it's incomplete...A circle with a piece missing, or lazily left hanging open...It also looks like a gluttonous slob, round and always with its mouth hanging open, just sitting there ready to eat up all of the other letters in my name

2) The letter 'K' is a more aggressive letter...It has legs, it's on the move, it is always standing up and it's a 'tall' letter, with a firm, straight back...It always looks like it's ready to kick the other letters if they get out of line, it keeps them moving...It's a motivational letter, and it just looks better (stronger) than the letter 'C'

3) 'Kathryn' in its entirety looks better than 'Catherine'...Kathryn is shorter, more precise, it doesn't waste letters, it doesn't take up as much space, and it looks more phonetically accurate


As with most 2 syllable names, it has been shortened in casual speaking

Kathryn = Kat + Rayne

My family tends to call me 'Kat', while my friends usually call me 'Rayne'


While I was playing the BloodRayne video game, my daughter was watching and she said "OMG, she's YOU"...She was referring to Rayne's demeanor, her attitude, her sarcasm, and often caustic wit...When she says "Ok, you can stop shooting me now" in a deadpan voice, my daughter said that I would say something along those lines in pretty much the same tone...BloodRayne also does things herself, and takes charge of the situation (NOT the MOVIE BloodRayne, that was NOT BloodRayne!...Uwe Boll should be shot for calling that character 'BloodRayne'...If for no other reason)...Also, everyone said that I looked like BloodRayne (Video Game Rayne, the REAL Rayne), until I started dying my hair black because I never really liked being a redhead (my natural color)....And so, my first ever forum name was BloodRayne (This was my first ever forum, btw)...And after Boll screwed up the association for me, I just shortened to Rayne


I'm sure that there's all sorts of psychology mixed into this litany of verbosity...But...It is what it is :)

Nice story. Love how you analyze the letters. Very Cool. My favorite letter is S.

I have a friend by the name of Catherine too. She also hated the C version and hated the name altogether. She also despised being called Cat, and Cathy. So she goes by Rin (rine part of catherine)

[bloodrayne]

Originally Posted by Leprucky Cougar

Nice story. Love how you analyze the letters. Very Cool. My favorite letter is S.

I have a friend by the name of Catherine too. She also hated the C version and hated the name altogether. She also despised being called Cat, and Cathy. So she goes by Rin (rine part of catherine)

Rin/Rayne...Pretty much the same, and likely for the same reasons :)

See? I'm not so eccentric after all :D

EDIT: WHOOPS...I was banning spammers on this ID :o

[jenna26]

Jennifer....most call me Jen. Jenna came from a character in one of my short stories, the 26 was because....I was 26 when I first joined here. So original...:rolleyes:

[Leprucky Cougar]

Originally Posted by jenna26

I was 26 when I first joined here. So original...:rolleyes:

Hey..I'm the same way about my aim screen name : Saghorse1218

Sag: short for my zodiac sagittarius
Horse: my chinese zodaic (1990)
1218: my birthday

So you're not alone

[Papillon Noir]

My name is also Katherine and I do go by the full Katherine.

Growing up, my family decided to give me the nickname "Kathy". Kathy reminds me of 40 year old spinsters with a lot of cats. I have never met anyone of my peers named Kathy, just people who have spinster aunts named Kathy, whose lives suck.

So, after trying out a few other nicknames: Kat, Kate, Kay, Rin, even Kathy Leigh (even though my middle name is Anne), I decided to just go with Katherine. It's easier, the name is already on my driver's license and it sounds nice. Not to mention lots of famous Katherines/Catherines.

I never tried "Katie" as I knew several Katies growing and they were all bitches.