Creative ideas for the account
Finding a username is not always easy. Should it be serious or funny? Creative or do you want to disappear into anonymity? With the following tips you will find tips for the perfect username that has not yet been taken.
“LittleMouse77 and “muscle mummy 69″ are already taken in your targeted network and you are looking for an alternative? Or do you want these names for all networks and check beforehand whether your desired name is available? With some practical tools it’s pretty easy to do on the internet. We’ll tell you where to check and how to find the perfect username without having a seven-digit number after it. Elsewhere we also tell you how to change your username on Spotify and where you can define a new username on Twitter.
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Find username using online generator
If you don’t feel like searching for a long time for a name, online generators will do the work for you. here you can enter a term, for example your name or nickname and select a category. If you press “Go!”, you will receive a list of different suggestions for the username, suitable for the selected category.
The VPN provider also offers a name generator. There you can also check whether the suggested username is still available on various platforms such as YouTube, Reddit or Steam.
The provider of the popular password manager LastPass also offers a name generator. Here you can create a username using various options such as “Easy to pronounce” or “Easy to read”.
In the video you will find more tips for your own username:
In addition to a good username, you usually also need a secure password:
Find same username on all platforms
If you already have one great username came up with and you now always want to log in to Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr and Steam with the same name, but don’t want to deviate from your name, use the following websites to help:
- With Namechk.com you can for numerous networks and platforms check whether the respective username is still available. You see them logos of the common networks. Depending on availability, green ticks or greyed-out fields are then displayed. If the fields of the desired networks are green, you should be quick and create an account there to reserve the name for you.
- The site is also helpful Checkusernames.com. The portal offers a similar service and shows you numerous networks and the availability of your selected name at a glance. If you can still select the user name, you can click on a link next to the small network logo. This is how you become Registration at the relevant portal redirected.
Find the perfect username
We can’t actually put together a real guide to finding the perfect username, after all, the name depends on the portal you want to register on. In addition, a user name should be as individual as possible and you know yourself best. But we still have a few tricks up our sleeve:
- Leave out your date of birth or year. This is boring and even dangerous because scammers can do things on your behalf with your date of birth and other information.
- Do you have a sense of humor? Maybe one of the funny names we’ve compiled elsewhere will appeal to you.
- Unique nicknames, favorite songs, movie or series characters, superheroes or well-known names in a modified form are almost always suitable. However, they are also very popular.
- The username should accompany you for a few years. N00bKillah666 is rather embarrassing after puberty.
- If you can’t think of a great name right away, sleep on it. You might have better ideas later.
- If you still can’t think of a name after that: Use one name generator.
In another article we will tell you how you can find cool names for Instagram. And please: Don’t use any of our example names. Really not.
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