The Origins of Usernames!

Subject: The Origins of Usernames! Sat May 31, 2008 1:36 pm

Where did your username(s) originate from?

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Subject: Re: The Origins of Usernames! Sat May 31, 2008 2:02 pm

My username is also my real name. Smile

It has many meanings, but the meaning that Aryan means as my name is :

Since ancient times, Persians have used the term Aryan as a racial designation in an ethnic sense to describe their lineage and their language, and this tradition has continued into the present day amongst modern Iranians [6]. In fact, the name Iran is a cognate of Aryan and means "Land of the Aryans." [7] [8] [9] However, many of these usages are also intelligible if we understand the word Aryan in its sense of "noble" or "Spiritual".

This Iranian necklace was excavated from Gilan, Iran (1st millennium BCE, National Museum of Iran). Because of evidence of its use in several Indo-European cultures the swastika came to be identified as "the oldest Aryan symbol" by several writers in the late 19th century.[10]Darius the Great, King of Persia (521–486 BC), in an inscription in Naqsh-e Rustam (near Shiraz in present-day Iran), proclaims: "I am Darius the great King… A Persian, son of a Persian, an Aryan, having Aryan lineage...", although Herodotus claims that it was the Medes who were the Aryans, having changed their name after the arrival of Medea and potentially her son Medus[11] on the Iranian plateau.[12] He also calls his language the "Aryan language," commonly known today as Old Persian. According to the Encyclopedia Iranica, "the same ethnic concept was held in the later centuries" and was associated with "nobility and lordship." (p. 681)

The word has become a technical term in the theologies of Zoroastrianism, but has always been used by Iranians in the ethnic sense as well. In 1967, Iran's Pahlavi dynasty (overthrown in the 1979 Iranian revolution) added the title Āryāmehr "Light of the Aryans" to those of the monarch, known at the time as the Shahanshah (King of Kings).

The term "Airya-shayana" (abode of the Aryans) has also been used in the Avesta referring to all the lands where the Aryans dwell.

"Iranian Glory" (Airyana Khvarenah) occurs in the Avesta 23 times.

The term also remains a frequent element in modern Persian personal names, including Arya and Aryan (boy's and girl's name), Aryana (a common surname), Iran-Dokht (Aryan daughter, a girl's name),Aryanpour (or Aryanpur, a surname), Aryamane, Ary among many others. The terms "Aryan" and "Iranian" are sometimes used interchangeably, as in the Iranian bank chain, Aryan Bank.

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Subject: Re: The Origins of Usernames! Sat May 31, 2008 2:08 pm

Honestly, I skim-read the article.

My username originated from Aussie (as in Australian) and Jay (not my real name but similar).

I should check what my real name means...
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Young Gamer Age : 18 Joined : 25 Jun 2008 Posts : 10

Well...its my name lol.

Subject: Re: The Origins of Usernames! Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:34 pm

Just like mine Leon. I think it's more original that you choose your real name as your account ID.
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Subject: Re: The Origins of Usernames! Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:31 am

But also less secure, that's why I don't use my real name.
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Young Gamer Age : 18 Joined : 25 Jun 2008 Posts : 10

Well, my names all over the Internet Razz

Subject: Re: The Origins of Usernames! Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:27 pm

We should search google with our usernames. I did it for AussieJay and it displayed all of my memberships with other forums and websites.
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