I remember that some upper mods did get have a name change as a experiment. I believe that Livewire removed some numbers from his name after they removed name changing due to server issues.
Yes, it's quite a contrast to my old account, but I felt I needed a refresh and a new chapter to my time here at PC. I do miss the green text though so I'm planning to donate again in the very near future.
Until then I'll still be using my old account on the VIP sections.