Actually, "Sty" looks to me like an abbreviation of "Stygian", which means: "of or pertaining to the river Styx or to Hades; dark, gloomy; infernal, hellish."
Which, by my reckoning, makes "Sty" (pronounced "stih") a "cool and awesome" name indeed. :)
BTW, your e-mail is being cranky again,
Che. Check your alternate addy. I sent you those name aliases you wanted.
-- Nanaea