Model nicknames

Quote from peterbuchanphoto
On the topic of model names and Ians point about uniqueness: The obsession with alt models calling themselves "european-sounding-name de/von play-on-words"... is this just people wanting to be dita von teese clones or is there a convention?

Quote from IainT
Although it may or may not necessarily apply to you, in that i dont know what your asperations are, for models who want to make a career out of modelling, choice of name is quite important. I think for an art nude model something memorable and classy helps with the image the model is trying to present. Ivory Flame is a good example. For glamour/adult, a believable, fairly unique name helps as your popularity depends on fan base and searchability. You want a name which will be fairly unique in terms of searchability, it also really needs to be a first and second name, rather than just a first, most webmasters now insist on this as i believe it is now pretty much a requirement for a lot of the promo gallery sites and helps greatly with searchability. Danielle Maye is a good example of a name for this genre

Quote from JennyWren
I wish I had picked a better name when I first signed up, bit worried that my model name is too linkable to me. It's not my real name, but it is a name I have been known as in my past. It's not so much an issue to me as I do not shoot above implied, but it could/can be an issue to girls who wish to pursue higher levels as IainT says.