How did you find your mer-name?

[PearlieMae]

My inspiration for my mermaid name, Starfrit, is the most glorious and mystical of all!

... I got it off a frying pan I saw in a department store.

Oh yeah? Mine is from a decrepit laundromat that I wanted to photograph, and when I got around to it and went back, it was a frikkin' Dunkin Donuts!

Pearlie Mae reminds me to not pass the chance to do something awesome, because that chance might not come again.

[MerShellly]

Do you have a type of fish that you really like? Maybe you can look up the scientific name of the fish. A lot of them are too long or hard to pronounce but you may find a good one. That's the best advice I can think of :/

[Lostariel Telrunya]

I translated mine from the original Greek and Hebrew meanings into Sindarin, which is a form of Elvish from the Lord of the Rings. I have an extensive knowledge in translating into Sindarin, so I translated my own name. That is what I use for my Dungeons and Dragons character, usernames, Aliases, etc. I think, while it is a mouthful, it suits me

PearlieMae and Tieri: Yeah, my real name translates into 'Bush or Shrubbery'. Graceful!

[Cerulean]

Great suggestions, thank you!
I also like Cerulean....

Awwh, I like you too

Anyhow on topic... I was wondering what my screenname should be for a while. I lurked the site for a few weeks before I gathered the courage to finally join so it gave me plenty of time to think about it. 'Cerulean' just so happens to be my absolute favorite color and has been since I discovered it in my big crayon box when I was like four. It was just kind of like "Oh, well thats fitting" status. It bummed me out like crazy when people seemed to all of a sudden discover that color after pokemon came around hahaha

[Mermaid Adriel]

At the beginning I put "Mermaid" with my real name, then I've mixed Adriatic and Ariel and "Adriel" came out

[Mermaid Wesley]

I currently use my real name "mermaid Wesley" so I don't mess up while using two names and also bc I couldn't think of anything I liked


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[Varga]

I'm still thinking about it to. I kind of like my real name, Varga (which means "she wolf" in swedish) but I don't really know how it works for you people from other countries? I also use it as my modeling name so I don't know if that's positive or negative

Otherwise I'm thinking something Norse since my mermaid persona is swimming in the cold Baltic sea here in the European north...

[Mermaid Daenerys]

I barely needed to think - the moment I knew I needed a new name, where else to go to but the lovely, deadly ladies of A Song of Ice and Fire? (I did consider a Tail of Ice and Fire, but it might clash a bit.) Anyhow, Daenerys has been my favourite since I first read her chapters, and I decided it a) sounded sufficiently mystical and b) would help me channel a kind of badass persona I wanted for myself. Do you have any favourite characters from books or TV you could look to for inspiration?

[MermaidCecelia]

"cece" has been a nickname of mine for a long time dispite my real name being sarah. i liked the name cecelia and fiqured id pick that as a name for the mermaid persona

[Anahita]

I picked my name because it was culturally relevant. I had a few names I could have used, but I also knew a few of my friends who might actually get into mermaiding with me actually already had those names, and I didn't want to be the asshole that used their name before they got to claim it.

Besides that, Anahita was easier for non-Indo-Aryans to pronounce correctly than my birth name, and in addition to the cultural significance, it also held a strong religious and spiritual connection for me.

[Starfrit]

Oh yeah? Mine is from a decrepit laundromat that I wanted to photograph, and when I got around to it and went back, it was a frikkin' Dunkin Donuts!

Pearlie Mae reminds me to not pass the chance to do something awesome, because that chance might not come again.

You win this round, Pearlie... This round.

[PearlieMae]

You win this round, Pearlie... This round.

Hehehe!

[Rivertee]

Kaguria is the name of my kitsune persona, it's kanji translates to "Guardian Protector". Her story is that the godess of harvest and knowledge Inari, found a wounded fox that had escaped a fire and hunting party and was making it's way to her shrine deep in the woods. the Godess could see the heart of gold inside the creature who was willing to die to protect her home and family, taking pity on the poor thing she graced her with a human form and charged her with keeping the forest around the shrine safe and it's inhabitants peaceful.

Kaguria performed her duty faithfully for many years and with the turn of the era (she is from edo period Japan), more and more humans came to distroy her home. Once the shrine fell she fled to the seas, there she was discovered aboard a ship and thrown overboard for being a demon. By the grace of Inari a mermaid took kindness and gave her a stone of the sea that gave her the form of a mer sister.

[Mermaid Wishbone]

I know my name isn't ocean-original, but I loved watching "Wishbone" when I was younger, so... I just called myself "Mermaid Wishbone" for now! Or maybe I'll just keep it! :3

[Meghara July]

I just used my penname I really like July and it fits me, so I thought Mermaid July would be a good name for me if I went pro

[Echidna]

Mine was a nobrainer.
A snakewoman, whose vita fits me completely xD

(granted, a snaketail is just as common with european waterfolk as a fishtail, but it's not so known anymore, and "Nixe" wouldn't really set me apart from other performers.)

Now I'm just waiting for the namechange to actually happen

[SirenaBridge]

I'm still thinking about it to. I kind of like my real name, Varga (which means "she wolf" in swedish) but I don't really know how it works for you people from other countries? I also use it as my modeling name so I don't know if that's positive or negative

Otherwise I'm thinking something Norse since my mermaid persona is swimming in the cold Baltic sea here in the European north...

I like Varga! Sets you apart!

[SirenaBridge]

Awwh, I like you too

Anyhow on topic... I was wondering what my screenname should be for a while. I lurked the site for a few weeks before I gathered the courage to finally join so it gave me plenty of time to think about it. 'Cerulean' just so happens to be my absolute favorite color and has been since I discovered it in my big crayon box when I was like four. It was just kind of like "Oh, well thats fitting" status. It bummed me out like crazy when people seemed to all of a sudden discover that color after pokemon came around hahaha

Wow you and I are way too alike already.... Cerulean .... Crayons.... Being bummed when others "all of a sudden knew what the heck cerulean was" ... Teehee

Rock on, Cerulean.

[MermaidCelesteFL]

I'm a huge fan of My Little Pony. I loved the name of the goddess/princess in the series, responsible for the rising and the setting of the sun- Celestia. But, I didn't want to come off as too much of a brony, so I cut it a little bit. I find it to be a very beautiful and graceful name.

That, and if I used my real name as my mermaid name, I might violate some sort of copyright law.

[SIF]

I'd like to point out that under Aurthurian legend names Nimue was NOT the lady of the lake, she was a sorceress...