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May-26-2005 05:26
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Some of us have interesting reasons to pick a detective name. What is yours?

jstkdn which some people don't realize right away stands for JuST KiDding! It is something I tend to say a lot in real life after a lot of sentences. A good friend of mine in the US had jstkdn as a license plate of her car, so I wasn't that inventive myself.

My previous other agent was PM, which stands for Project/Program Manager, my profession in real life.

My only detective that I currently play with is freelancermountaineer. Only because Freelancer was taken. Sidney Bristow in the Alias series uses two call signs freelancer and mountaineer.

Sep-18-2006 06:32

Least you didn't call yourself Dr. Worm Linnell :D

Nov-21-2006 09:35

I was sent a PM to post here which was odd, but, *shrug* se la vie.

This will be a bit long, bear with me.

My detective name came from an email that had stuff in it like: to find your fly girl/guy name, put together the first letter of your first name and the first two or three letters of your middle name (tho I didn’t like Emar much as a girl’s name). Another was to find your detective name, your first is your fav color and last is your fav animal (I wasn’t crazy about Blue Frog as a name either, although I think it would be a good name for a pub or something). Somewhere in there or because of it, I put together the first letter of my first name and the first three of my mom’s first name and came out with Elin, either that or it was the first two letters of my first name and the first two letters of the name of the town I was born in, which comes out to the same thing oddly enough. When I was signing up for sleuth Elin didn’t seem to be enough, and Devonshire somehow tacked itself on. I have another detective here, whose name is Marie Williams. I was developing my character Elin’s bio (yeah I think in stories too much) and I decided she was going to have an associate. Marie is my middle name and I googled for common US surnames and Williams sounded good. In case you’re interested, Marie’s full name is Marie Suzette Williams (okay, so I think too much period)

Nov-21-2006 18:47

Ahhhh... I love this question....

First ... this isn't my first detective name. It's my 3 or 4th..YEAH, I had to start over a couple of times. The reason I choose my new name is because..... *show girls dance around, music sounding* I was filling out the form and I couldn't think of something unique... then I started laughing and wrote what'syourname...what do you know it WASN'T taken. I laughed the minute I wrote it and I laugh everytime I see it. I know wierd sense of humor. What can I say I live to amuse myself. :)

Nov-21-2006 22:26

Mine is easy enough.I'm a lifestyle mistress hench mistress & Epiphany is my modeling first name & I chose it b/c I'm a perceptive goddess (deity)

Nov-21-2006 23:10

I have a string of Peach color Pearls necklace! =-)

Nov-22-2006 03:04

I thought I'd combine detectives - Cordelia Gray from PD James' Unsuitable Job for a Woman and Marcus Didius Falco. Not very original, but I just liked the way it sounds!

Jul-3-2007 13:26

Hmm... I've been asked to try to explain my detective name, which could be tricky! I came up with it as a suggestion when some friends and I started writing a collaborative online thriller by taking turns posting chapters a couple of years ago. Unfortunately it was rejected in favour of something which made the protagonist seem a little less bonkers, which I can't quite remember now. Anyway, I was glad of the opportunity to resurrect it, so am quite keen to avoid losing my licence!

I really like Sevastopol as a first name. I can't explain the surname, except that it has a nice-sounding number of syllables and popped into my head for some bizarre reason. If I need a second detective I might have to resort to Lawrence Block for some assistance...

Jul-3-2007 16:50

It's a good name ... rolls off the tongue :)
(betcha can't say it 5 times real fast!)

Jul-4-2007 13:12

I was just picking a random name (this picture since i'm still young)

Jul-9-2007 13:24

Guess where i got my name?

Its one of the char of MIAMI INK. The odd looking Japanese apprentice of Ami. Lol me >.<