I badly need a nickname. I'm hitting my head against the wall, but nothing good seems to come up.

by theultimate1

Posted: 13 years ago 35 replies

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Hello Warriors,

So here I am... seeking help and pointers on what nickname to pick. I'm almost ready to launch into niche marketing (and eventually the IM-niche), but I don't want to go by my real name. I don't want an 'unreal' name either. I just need another name.. something catchy, something brandable, something different (so that when someone reads it, they reckon that it's this different guy), and something (umm..) credible.

Some of you might say that just about any nickname would do, as it's not the name but how you deliver your products/services and build your brand. I agree for the most part; it's just that I don't want to leave any corners out. So, let me get that superhot (

) name anyway.

Please help me with some pointers, my fellow Warriors

#badly #good #head #hitting #nickname #wall

Fernando Veloso 13 years ago

Originally Posted by theultimate1

I don't want to go by my real name. I don't want an 'unreal' name either

You got me lost right there. Is your desire even possible?
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- Targeted Traffic 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso
  
  You got me lost right there. Is your desire even possible?
  
  beats me too actually....
  
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UMS 13 years ago

So you're hitting your head against the wall, so how about:

headbanger
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JanG 13 years ago

So, you're looking for a pseudonym, a pen-name?

There are numerous generators out there, but I find this one to be really cool:
Generate a Random Name - Fake Name Generator

It gives you a whole identity including birthday, blood type, weight/height, and much more.
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- herrador 13 years ago
  
  That's cool, JanG
  
  I can spend more time pondering a name, which at the end of the day is not so important, than I can actually doing work...Thanks guy.
  
  And for you theultimate1 what is wrong with "The Ultimate One" ?
  
  ooorrrr...
  
  "Badly In Need" ?
  
  PS do I get a prize if you use either one :-)
  
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Britt Malka 13 years ago

Maybe you should find a "normal" sounding name, but rare, and then add something, a keyword relevant for your niche? It could be: Travis Bum Sago, or Dennis Becker the 5buckguy. How about "Julian 'Ghostrider' Knight"? That way, everybody will come to know and remember who you are.
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Tiptopcat 13 years ago

Are you looking for a male or female name? Is it just for one particualr product or will you be using it for years to come?

Tiptopcat
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- theultimate1 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso
  
  You got me lost right there. Is your desire even possible?
  
  Yes, it is possible. I wrote unreal within single quotes and unreal isn't the opposite of real.
  
  Anyway, what I'm actually asking for is for a name that would make me look like a real, ordinary person. I hope this helps
  
  Originally Posted by Tiptopcat
  
  Are you looking for a male or female name? Is it just for one particualr product or will you be using it for years to come?
  
  Tiptopcat
  
  I'm looking for a male name (going by my gender ), and it would ideally stick with me for years to come.
  
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highrank 13 years ago

Robin Banks

Hugh Jass

Seymore Butts

Phil D. Cupp

Jim Nasium

Mike Raphone

Neal Down

Any of those float your boat?
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- theultimate1 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by highrank
  
  Robin Banks
  
  Hugh Jass
  
  Seymore Butts
  
  Phil D. Cupp
  
  Jim Nasium
  
  Mike Raphone
  
  Neal Down
  
  Any of those float your boat?
  
  Thanks, these are good suggestions. However, the branding element is missing, in my opinion. I don't know how to explain that though
  
  P.S.: I get your message Mr.
  
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  highrank 13 years ago
  
  How about Randy Bumgardener?
  
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- rotten72 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by highrank
  
  Robin Banks
  
  Hugh Jass
  
  Seymore Butts
  
  Phil D. Cupp
  
  Jim Nasium
  
  Mike Raphone
  
  Neal Down
  
  Any of those float your boat?
  
  Is this the "G" rated version of the Lex & Terry paging game? LMFAO
  
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  Jill Carpenter 13 years ago
  
  I'm hitting my head against the wall
  
  Walley Headrum
  
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- bretski 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by highrank
  
  Robin Banks
  
  Hugh Jass
  
  Seymore Butts
  
  Phil D. Cupp
  
  Jim Nasium
  
  Mike Raphone
  
  Neal Down
  
  Any of those float your boat?
  
  Phil McCracken
  
  Buck Naked
  
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- Clara H 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by highrank
  
  Robin Banks
  
  Hugh Jass
  
  Seymore Butts
  
  Phil D. Cupp
  
  Jim Nasium
  
  Mike Raphone
  
  Neal Down
  
  Any of those float your boat?
  
  I see what you did there...
  
  I don't know, Calder Smith? Hayden Kite? o___O
  
  Thanks
  
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~kev~ 13 years ago

Originally Posted by theultimate1

I'm hitting my head against the wall, but nothing good seems to come up.

Wall hitter

Likes to hit walls

Hitter of walls

Head banger
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TheArticlePros 13 years ago

What's your real name? Online, I use the first two letters of my first name, middle name, and last name, JaRyCu. I even bought it as a domain and use it as a business now. Maybe you can look at your name and come up with something phonetically that works.
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- SozzledBoot 13 years ago
  
  Nick Name
  
  Sir Nick of Name
  
  Just in the Nick of Name
  
  Baron von NameNick
  
  Seriously though, make your name do a lot.
  
  I own Rockbottom engagement rings.
  
  1) it sounds like a wealthy but boorish Victorian aristocrat who puts snuff on his shirt cuff and whines like a child about politics and the lower class;
  
  2) it is a searchable term that means bargain prices or lowest discount;
  
  3) a diamond is a rock;
  
  4) I can put two close together dots over the first "o" to make it look like a diamond ring icon (ö).
  
  5) the perfect font and professionally done graphics will really stick in the visitors mind.
  
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  Gail_Curran 13 years ago
  
  Try to choose a name that suits your niche or the personality you want to convey. E.g. Dan if your niche is dating, Louis for golf, and Steve for automotive repair.
  
  You probably don't have access to a paper phone book, but that would give you a lot of good ideas for last names.
  
  When you find a name you like, Google it to make sure it's not also the name of a serial killer.
  
  Finally, ask an American (or other native English speaker) you trust whether the name has any negative associations or could be taken the wrong way.
  
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  Chris Grable 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Gail_Curran
  
  When you find a name you like, Google it to make sure it's not also the name of a serial killer.
  
  After I finished laughing.... I decided that this just might be the best advice I had read/heard all day!
  
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Ru1N 13 years ago

How about John Doe?

Do the Pornstar name game...The name of your first pet, and the name of the street you live/grew-up on.

Mine would Crystal Loveland.
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Tsnyder

13 years ago

Originally Posted by theultimate1

) name anyway.

Please help me with some pointers, my fellow Warriors

I think you're making the same mistake many make... you're way
over analyzing this. Exactly how would you know what name is "hot"
and which weren't? Seriously... pick a name and get on with it...

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Anthony C 13 years ago

How about some variation of your real name if that's an option. Bob for Robert, Tony for Anthony, Mike for Michael etc. Whether or not its catchy or brand-able is probably going to be more about target audience perspective and personal preference.
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christopher jon 13 years ago

I vote for Jim Dangle.
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- PatriciaS 13 years ago
  
  Good luck with that. I had wanted to keep a portion of my online business somewhat anonymous and failed utterly. It seemed like everything I wanted to do conspired to force me NOT to be anonymous. Gravatar showing up when it wasn't supposed to, Facebook sign-in required for one of the social bookmarking sites, etc., etc. Everywhere I turned it was like the internet was saying: We insist on knowing who you are and what you're doing by aggregating all your IDs.
  
  Or maybe I'm just not cunning enough. In any case, I quickly gave up -- submitted.
  
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EconomicalDomains 13 years ago

How about "nick name" as your nickname?
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Raja Kamil 13 years ago

Use your own name
If you don't want to, this domain tool can give some 'advices' on your nick name
Domain Search - Domain Name Generator - Domain Name Search | Nameboy.com
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arnel1427 13 years ago

Hi... here's my share of idea.

Theu Timone... from theultimate1 one
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Mike Hill 13 years ago

John Jones
Mary Munroe
Jenny Johnson
James Jackson

How about some of these. Also, it's not really called a nickname but rather a pen name.
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- packerfan 13 years ago
  
  Fin Leonard
  
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xavierfok 13 years ago

how about your favourite pet? goldfish, cat, dog

or movie? spiderman green goblin hulk

or phrase that you always use? OKAY whatever chill
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tpw 13 years ago

Just use a name that could pass as a real person, but make sure that the name you choose has a small Google footprint, so that you won't have to compete with others for the attention that you draw to yourself.

When I started using "Hunter Waterhouse" as one of my pen names, it had a Google footprint of only 6 search results.

"Hunter" is a first name that many people have. And "Waterhouse" is a last name that many people also share. So the name does not cause people to think my pen name is a fake person, just someone who has a name that not too many people share.
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aizaku 13 years ago

Too bad Rico Suave is taken;

‪Gerardo Mejía - Rico suave‬&rlm; -...

Here are some other good ones, some serious and some playful:

Charlie feathers

The Count mondego

Johnny Two times

Mike "the greek"

Johnny Peligro

The Dude

Gorgeous George

Baron Munchausen

Lu Kang

Robert-Francois Quesnay de Saint Germain

Lucius Vorenus

Peter North

Barak

Erik Lehnsherr

That Internet Guy?

Ok, Ok, in all seriousness - You should match up one of the most popular first names of 2011 which are here in order:

1. Jacob
2. Ethan
3. Michael
4. Jayden

with one of the 80 to 100 most common surnames in the U.S., here you go:

This way you will have something common and popular:

ROSS 238,752 0.09680 HENDERSON 236,265 0.09581 COLEMAN 236,265 0.09582 JENKINS 236,265 0.09583 PERRY 233,778 0.09484 POWELL 231,291 0.09385 LONG 228,804 0.09286 PATTERSON 228,804 0.09287 HUGHES 228,804 0.09288 FLORES 228,804 0.09289 WASHINGTON 228,804 0.09290 BUTLER 226,317 0.09191 SIMMONS 226,317 0.09192 FOSTER 226,317 0.09193 GONZALES 216,369 0.08794 BRYANT 216,369 0.08795 ALEXANDER 211,395 0.08596 RUSSELL 211,395 0.08597 GRIFFIN 208,908 0.08498 DIAZ 208,908 0.08499 HAYES 206,421 0.083100
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swilliams09

13 years ago

David Deangelo. Oh wait....

John Rothstien

Brandon Wilbanks

William "Billy" Bolen

Basically find a good normal name and go for it. Google search the top ten baby names of the year you were born and pick one and pick a last name from the street you grew up on or the high school you went to. Something like that.

Here is one that's got a crazy story behind it....

Her stage name, Whoopi, was taken from whoopee cushion; she has stated that "If you get a little gassy, you've got to let it go. So people used to say to me, 'You're like a whoopee cushion.' And that's where the name came from."[7][8] She adopted the traditionally German/Jewish surname Goldberg as a stage name because her mother felt the original surname of Johnson was not "Jewish enough" to make her a star.

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NoBSGuy 13 years ago

Will Armstrong

Brian Goodwill

Matt Power

I wish I`d have such names
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I badly need a nickname. I'm hitting my head against the wall, but nothing good seems to come up.

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