An Instagram handle is the first line of your bio. A savage username says you have attitude before anyone sees a post. It should be sharp, short and easy to type, with enough bite to remember.
Your Snapchat username sits under your name in every friend list and shows on every Snap Code. It is hard to change, so it is worth ten minutes now. A good one is short, easy to say out loud and still fits you in two years.
A fantasy name carries the whole world on its back. Readers meet it first, and it tells them whether this is a gentle realm or a bloody one before a single line of description.
An e-girl handle sets a mood before anyone reads your bio. Soft pastel, dark and moody, kawaii or gamer: the name does the first bit of work for your whole profile.
Puka Nacua is a Los Angeles Rams wide receiver, and his name is a gift to anyone who loves a pun. Puka sounds like pooka, puka shell necklaces and a hundred other things. That gives a fantasy owner plenty of room.
Nurses work long shifts, cover for each other and keep the ward calm. A good team name says that in a few words, and gets a laugh at the staff meeting.
The best nicknames start as a joke on a bad night and last for years. A good one fits a person so well that strangers use it by the end of the first meeting.
A surname records something about a family long gone: where it lived, what it did for a living, who its father was, or what the neighbours called it. Last names that start with A cover all four, from Archer and Arkwright to Ashby and Anderson.
Foxes get names that fit their reputation: quick, clever and a little bit sly. Whether you are naming a pet, a mascot, a storybook hero or a game character, the right fox name should sound quick on the tongue.