Write Your Name In Reverse! It’s Your Demon Name

About

Write Your Name In Reverse! It’s Your Demon Name, is an exploitable image macro featuring a picture of a demon. The meme typically includes some type of wordplay revolved around a name spelled backward that leads into a joke and is commonly paired with a reaction image at the bottom coming from the perspective of the person named. The trend shares many similarities with other wordplay-based memes, such as Kid Named X, and various character-name-generator social games like “What is Your Werewolf Name?” that spawned the Moon Moon meme.

Origin

The top image used in the meme comes from the 2010 Canadian horror film The Shrine, depicting the statue of a demon. In the trailer for the movie (featured below), the statue can be seen right around the 38-second mark.

Although the exact first post of the demon being used with the text “Write your name in reverse! It’s your demon name,” is unknown, it appears to come from a trend on Facebook originally, appearing in 2016. One such example comes from a post on October 16th, 2016, by Facebook^[1] page Legit Lady Gamers (seen below), which was liked 81 times, commented on 619 times and shared 96 times.

Spread

After the initial wave of posts to Facebook where people used the image as a social game, it reappeared in April 2020 after Redditors began using it to include clever wordplay alongside a more traditional meme format. On April 22nd, 2020, Redditor^[2] inbred_bread posted one of these to the r/memes sub with the caption "dudes named Nerak". The post (shown below) received over 12,100 upvotes and 420 comments.

On April 23rd, 2020, Redditor^[3] organic crystal meth posted another variant (seen below) to the r/dankmemes sub referencing Mods Are Gay, which was upvoted over 68,500 times, commented on 543 times and gifted several Reddit awards.

These memes then crossed over to Facebook,^[4] where the page Pewdiepie Submissions uploaded one to their newsfeed on April 23rd, 2020. The upload (shown below) received over 4,000 likes, 3,000 shares and 245 comments.

On April 23rd, 2020, Redditor^[5] Kshit_ij received over 11,600 upvotes and 135 comments for their take on the meme, which was posted to the r/memes sub (seen below).

The Instagram^[6] account moicraw posted a version featuring "God" spelled backward on April 24th, 2020, (shown below) and received nearly 2,500 likes.

Due to the massive influx of these memes on various subreddits, Redditor^[7] Cattrovert posted an image with the title, “Stop posting this. Get some help.” The meme (seen below) was upvoted over 6,700 times and commented on 34 times.

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