Your Names


I see all sorts of interesting names here. Share what they mean, how you ventured into creating the name, what inspired you, and if the name is what you had on IMDb.

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Well, I started by making a list of cool-sounding names of people and places from my favorite movies/series. Two of the best of the list were Princess Leia from Star Wars and Lothlorien, the beautiful Elven kingdom of Lord of the Rings. They sound glorious together, and my creative mind thought of how awesome it would be if Leia was an elf. So viola, my username was born.

I never actually had an account on IMDb, because I mostly lurked the message boards and looked up trivia.

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I somehow had a hunch that's what Leia stood for. šŸ˜‰

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Of course. Who else would it be? ;3

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That's a nice tribute to both franchises, though! Good call!

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Thank you! šŸ˜„

I thought about doing something with Game of Thrones, too, like Targaryen or Stormborn or First of Her Name... but it was getting long anyway and I like the alliteration as is. And I can never remember if it's TargaryAn or TargaryEn. I think it's the latter. šŸ™„šŸ¤”

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It's a beautiful name. It sounds even more beautiful as the 'r's roll off my tongue. I love saying it.

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I know, right? Tolkien's Elven language is so lyrical and beautiful. "Leia" fits right in.

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I'm the son of God. Pretty self-explanatory.

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Ok NotoriousRio, Iā€™m waiting for yours! šŸ‘

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Mine is after two songs from Duran Duran and also the title and location of an Alfred Hitchcock movie. I posted that already today. LOL

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I knew about the Titles but not the Hitchcock reference. I am a Duranie.

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Oh yeah, the Hitchcock connection was just by accident, that I only realised years later but it's cool so I'm sticking with my story that I planned that all along!

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King of lotuses. Parents. Parents. The same, but lowercase than the one I had on IMDb.

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My name is one of the pubs the gang goes to in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

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Well my name is literally there. Don't know, never did tried using other net screen names so thats that.

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Shubhendu is your real first name?

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Olio is creature in finnish language. I added the z because olio was already taken in imdb. I could have changed it now but I've been using it for over 13 years.

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You've used the same name for 13 years? Wow.

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Yes. I've used it since I first signed up to imdb in 2004. I've had no reason to change it. I guess I've grown attached to it. Plus I wanted to keep it here too if I bump into people I talked with back in imdb

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A language variation of my IMDB handle

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Stratego was also my username on IMDb since 2001. When I had to make up a name, I was sitting behind the computer in the attic staring at some old games on the shelves next to me. 'Stratego' actually wasn't one of them, but 'Guess Who?' was already taken and 'Fashion Wheel' sounded kind of lame...

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I thought it was your version of "Magneto"...X-men!

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I wish that had been my explanation!

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Lol that was funny

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