What's the Origin of Your User Name?

[Wfahey]

Ummm, it is ME!

[seamusTX]

Sure and isn't Fahey a grand old Irish name?

Welcome to the forum.

- Jim

[nakedbike]

I've adopted NakedBike because I ride a sport bike that is normally fully covered in body work but does not have any on. :) I like it better that way.

[Wfahey]

Sure and isn't Fahey a grand old Irish name?

Welcome to the forum.

- Jim

Thanks for the welcome. I had a guy ask me the other day if it was Jewish!!?
I think the look on my face told him he was wrong.

[seamusTX]

I had a guy ask me the other day if it was Jewish!!?

What a schlemiel.

I am fascinated by name origins and linguistics in general. The polite way to ask is something like, "I haven't heard your name before. Where does it come from?"

I lot of Americans have anglicized names that had totally different origins. For example, Polish people named Sniegowski (which has something to do with snow) got renamed to Snow or White.

- Jim

[JGatz]

James Gatz, Jay Gatsby's real name from the novel 'The Great Gatsby.' My name starts with a J & Gat is also a slang for firearm.

[RailGun]

The model of my first Colt 1911, following that approach my middle name would be GoldCup and a last name of "BROKE"

[Arch Stanton]

Arch Stanton was a key character in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

[danlh]

My user name comes from a contraction of my first name (one of the less offensive nicknames my mother called me) and a letter from my last name.

[G26ster]

Thanks for the welcome. I had a guy ask me the other day if it was Jewish!!?
I think the look on my face told him he was wrong.

This upset you?

[Wfahey]

Thanks for the welcome. I had a guy ask me the other day if it was Jewish!!?
I think the look on my face told him he was wrong.

This upset you?

Didn't upset me, just threw me. In all the interactions I have had with people over the years, I have never had anyone see my last name and think that. I was at a dealership to buy a truck and this salesman wasn't listening to anything I said so he was probably just on autopilot and asking questions to engage me.

[TexasGuy]

Well, I am in Texas, a male, thus, TEXASGUY seems very logical.

[bowserb]

My Vietnam nickname.

[AJMag]

Combination of initials and a couple extra letters added to make it firearms related. Same name on a few different firearm forums. Been lurking this one for a while, figured it was time to join.

So howdy fellers

[dfwxd45]

Where I live and the gun I carry.