I like names which sound plausible to be real names but they aren’t your actual name.
Maybe I’ll go for Bill Orly some day 
Nah I actually like Steve Stone as a name you know alliteration in the name 
never trust a guy with 2 first names.
My mate Adam plays out under the name ‘Ewam Hoozami’ which I do like …
I’ve been lucky that my nickname works well, and since i used to play a load of my mates parties etc, it stuck better than anything pretentious. (Belch = Matt Belcher)
My mate goes under the name Joshua Roberts, although his name is Josh Robert Stokely.. he says that people feel like the already know of someone with a name like Josh Roberts, which seems a valid way to justify it! i wouldnt have known if he hadnt invoiced me for an event!
go with whatever you feel comfortable writing autographs with
Lolz, Riley Jones is the name of my daughter. (Jones not even being a family name. 
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Gals with two first names are good
real name: max
some1 said i sould dj as mad max, so it stuck
i’ve been going through the same thing, thinking up a dj name. i’m pretty sold on not wanting “DJ” in front of it… and i’ve been tossing around this idea. let me know what you guys think:
brinco
brinko
kid brinco/brinko
my real name is brian and “brinco” is spanish for “jump”, which i think is pretty sweet. part of me thinks it’s too… candy-sounding or something.. thoughts?
(i like “anson” by the way)
i struggled for ages deciding whether to use my name
but since i was young i always used “cmster” as my internet name on anthing
logins, blogs, videos, pictures, networking ect
in the end this has stuck and now its DJ Cmster
i like brinko. reminds me of a wine producer or food or something which is good.
im also kind of stuck on this.
a old fellow DJ gave me “sleepy giant” as a dj name and i used that for a while.
now that im almost 30 that name just seems a bit silly. im leaning towards using a variation of my real name.
Eric Dean Towne
maybee just Dean? kind of makes me seem smart.
also thought about using a family name. my dads name is Harold Dean. sounds like a old man!
your thoughts?
Cut your real name in half and put a 'ster at the end of it. Thats what the pros do whistle
When I came up with my dj name 13 years ago, it wasn’t too naff to have DJ in front of it. Now I think it is a bit.
In fact if I could change it on here to just MaxOne in the settings then I would, but i’m not sure you can.
My name is Max and it was a bit lazy to just stick a “One” on the end of it. That was just a bit of a trend for DJs when I came up with it.
In a way i like it though cause it’s my real name but not my full name - a agree with DvlsAdvct about having a bit of privacy by using a moniker. Also I like that they are both 3 letter words.
However, it has stuck and everyone knows me as Max One.
When my MC used to shout Max One when I played old skool and drum and bass it just worked too.
Alister…hmmm…another ordinary forename.
And how about your real-name? It is “Je” ?