But because I chose "NomeDaBarbarian" as my Playstation network name most of two decades ago, and it's been the easy abbreviation thereof for years.
Likewise, I picked "Izaea" for Gaiaonline in 2005. I'm still known by that in several places.
I wonder if I've made myself too easily doxxable because I am Zulfuhai everywhere and rarely need variation. It's a name I made for myself when I was making a WoW character 13 years ago.
Relatedly, I relish the shocked looks from other parents about letting my kid pick their own name at 5 years old
When I had my Inkan made in Japan, I had to translate my name idiomatically to put it into Kanji.
It translates to "ancient but virile manly man who dwells under the hill."
About two decades ago I used a different name than what I do now, an homage to something I still hold very dear. I did and said things under that name that sullied it, and I discarded it entirely. A few years later I joined an entirely different community, and chose a different name./