Soukougnan...

it's uncommon, and long. few people know what it means. it's rather unique. this is why i chose it, and used it for years. it's also why i need to go back and erase my identity from MANY MANY websites. "<< and for the record, every Soukougnan you see on the internet isn't me. ...just most of them.

it's actually a reference to a book whose title i've long forgotten. it was about black people living in Haiti around 200 or so years ago. one of the characters that struck me was a woman who people thought was a witch, or some even said a soukougnan.

"Soukougnan" is the word they used in the book, for an elderly woman that people think is spooky, who--during the night--takes off her skin, and floats around as something like a flying skull, to suck the souls of people. It made me think of some kind of vampire, and i loved it.

i can't for the life of me find anything to link you to but THIS.
i used to be obsessed with vampires, you see. ever since i was in elementary school. i started reading Anne Rice in my very early teens, and gobbled up every piece of literature on the matter i could come across. i have many many books about vampires, and i suppose it's still a little bit of an obsession for me. hn. just occurred to me that i don't know what i'd choose if it came between giving up vampires or SKU. ><

well, anyway, uhm, that's why eventually i chose the name Soukougnan. it doesn't obviously give away my gender, it's  not obviously vampire-related, and i like to say it. heh!

and for the record, i don't like Twilight. v_v

Necrooooooed. Just a little bit.

Apparently "Naji" is a male Arabic name meaning "survivor" and "Minkin" is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language. I thought they were just nonsense words!

Does that make me the only surviving speaker of Minkin, somehow? Maybe I was led to this username because of some greater purpose wherein it is my destiny to revive both the dialect (the knowledge of which is somewhere deep within me) and the sleeping souls of my fellow Minkin brethren so that we may rise up and conquer, enlighten, revolutionize and otherwise generally crack the shell of this, our rightful planet. And that time when I looked at the misty woods and just knew that I was supposed to be wandering through it with skins on my feet and a spear by my side was in fact a flashback to my former life as that survivor, the last of the Minkin clan! My disturbingly strange dreams are in fact auguaral messages from The Beyond! The feeling like I didn't belong, my inexplicable desire to combine radishes with chocolate and have it taste good even though it never does... It all makes sense now! The lost ancient prophecies will come to fruition! I am the slayer!

Hey now. Let's hope that's not sarcasm!

But I like that Japanese pseudo translation! Light seems to be a theme in a few of my names.

Accidentally making up a name that means something bad in another language is an on-going fear on mine, but it certainly is nice when it turns out to mean something neat!

Using the name Razara for has given me an unnatural liking for any names that go consonant-a-consonant-a-consonant-a. I saw the name "Nanaya" on a different forum and immediately thought it sounded really cool. ._.

I like your name as well, Hermine! Any name that has a connection to stabbing and prostitution is a good name in my book!

The letter Z is a nice letter, isn't it? Truly last is not least!

As seen above I go by Biohazard724 and also kyle724

my username comes from a song- Use me by Garbage. I would usually use my nickname for my username but i wanted to switch it up for once.

Neva Caruso was a character in a writing project that I was working on when I was fifteen and first started using the Internet regularly.  I haven't touched that particular project in years, but I still use the name for almost all my online activity, and have even asked that it be printed on my name badge at conventions.

Quite simple reasoning here. I like cherries. Not just to eat, I like them as a pattern or decoration, in much the same way some people like stars or love hearts or flowers or something.
There's a whole long load of stuff about the symbolism of cherries, mainly that they represent female sexuality, but I don't consider that anything to do with my username, or my fondness for the fruit. I read somewhere that they are also a symbol off immortality in some cultures, that's usually the reason I give if asked. :P
On most forums or games and such, I go by Killer Cherry (or Killah Cherry) because...well, back when I first started World of Warcraft, I needed a character name, decided I wanted a cherry-themed one, so I thought about all my cherry-themed possessions...and I had a top by Killah with cherries on, so...Killer Cherry was born and stuck! Kinda a dumb story really! xD
I don't know why I kept the "killer"part out when I registered for IRG.

Hah. My username is a little awkward, because I didn't even think of the possibility of coming off as really pretentious until after I'd picked it. It's Latin, which I make no pretensions to knowing, so the grammar could be off, but to the best of my knowledge it means "I read therefore I am." (The verb form lectito resembles cogito, as in "cogito ergo sum," so it's probably conjugated right.)

Definitely an accurate statement for me, though, so I like it.

I heard the name Shiori a while back but I didn't know to spell it. My friend and I tried our best and ended up with Shoroie. Later, I found out that I've misspelled it but I've gotten so use to it that I kept it.

A nonsense word from my early teens. Ahh, good times. Good times.

Tuxedo Kamen (Kamen = mask in Japanese, so Tuxedo Mask) from Sailor Moon. I wear a trenchcoat a lot. I made this persona up in high school, where I put on a mask and turn into Trench Kamen. I always liked Tuxedo Kamen quite a bit.