My lovelies, I want to hear the wonderful stories of how your name came to you.

@bright_helpings @inherentlee Herik

@Willow It's right that my name came to me because it's less that I searched it on purpose and more I read it somewhere and it stuck with me. I just stumbled upon it, for a lack of better world

@Willow at the end of grade 8 after our final exams, my friends and I hung out at a park in our neighbourhood that had wooden benches painted a brick red sort of colour. I wanted to vandalize it but the only writing utensil I had that could be seen on that colour was a bright yellow pencil crayon. at the time I wanted to be cool and spell my rather plain birth name in a "unique" way, so I wrote "[that name] was here"—but the writing was so sloppy that my friends couldn't read it and instead thought it said "[half of that name that would give it away]nege wiener".

I went by that nickname for a bit, which was shortened to Nege. I've gone by other names at other times in other places but eventually I tacked -nege onto them as a hat tip to that moment, and that's why I just go by Nege now.

@inherentlee @theynege I do like Henrik, but that is just way too similar a name

@Willow @forestine

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@Willow Why does no one believe this is my real name???

@Willow i feel silly sometimes telling about it because it's a character from my favourite game (ness) though the game does actually want you to name them something else when you start it. and if anyone recognizes it, they're a total nerd anyway.

and it also has cryptid vibes, and also my wallet name was scottish and there are a lot of nesses on scotland

@Willow

"Mina" means "girl" or "woman" in Argentina, where I lived for some time.

So, besides being, at least I think so, a lovely name, it is also a statement.