Nickname definition

A nickname is

• A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing
• A descriptive name for a place or thing
• An alternate name someone uses, or others use, to refer to that person instead of using that person's real or complete name
• The familiar form of company name (eg Bud for Budweiser, T-bird for Thunderbird etc)

More nickname definitions

At Princeton university's website the definition of nickname is: a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name).

At Wikipedia a nickname is defined like this: "A nickname (also spelled "nick name") is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official name of a person. Sometime a nickname is also referred to as a short name."

On many social networks, forums and other communities different nicks, avatars and screen names are used. Primarily to hide the users real identity. But also to make users stand out from the crowd, be easily distinguished from others or just to sound cool by having a cool name.

How to create a nickname

A nickname can be generated in several ways. You can use adjectives with either sweet or nasty meanings. Those adjectives you can combine with animal names, pet names or words that otherwise send human signals to create a surprising, cute or cool nickname. Often it's not the word itself, but rather the combination of words that will generate a cute of fun nickname.

Other ways to create a good nickname is to use word suffixes and diminutive word forms.

Cool nickname. Cute nickname

The nickname generator has recently been updated with a new word lists with both cute and cool adjectives.

If the Nickname Generator creates a cool nickname, when you are looking for a cute nickname and vice versa. Just hit the make name button once again. Both the cute and cool nicknames are generated with a random function, so you'll probably get lucky in one of the the next tries.

Disclaimer

Be aware that my generators only are machines. They can't compete with the human mind in making good names. And the randomness also leads many bad names. Can't really be avoided. Also because I do take a lot of chances to be able to construct names with big variation. But if the first nick is rubbish, just make another one. Just takes a split second.

Nicknames in practical use

A generated nickname is often used to describe someone we love and care for. But we can really use them for all and everybody. Cool nicknames are used for friends, pets, lovers, boyfriends, girlfriend, sweethearts etc.

Nicknames among friends

Nicknames are commonly used between friends. Culture have great influence on which type of nicknames we use. In some names the tone can seem harsh or maybe even a bit evil and vicious. In other cultural groups nicknames might be cute, sweet and lovable.

In common for both types, is that a nickname express both love and affection. And the byname also brings a feeling of belonging to the group or community.

Nicknames on the Internet

The use of a nickname is also very common on the Internet. Nicknames are used on Internet forums, communities and also a lot of Social services like Facebook, messenger, Twitter, flikr, etc. The Internet nicknames are often more cool than personal nicknames. Friendship is often more superfluous and in many Internet communities cool nicks seems to give the use a lot of self esteem.

An interesting nickname makes you easier to remember and will distinguish you from other people on the Internet.

Download name generators script

Ever wanted to make you own personal name maker? I have made it easy for you.

Download a complete name generator script at my blog. The name generator script is very easy to use. It is thoroughly commented, and should be easy for even beginners to personalize and develop further.

Just download it, add a title and some some cool words and you are up and running.

The download script is complete and contains all necessary html, css and JavaScript. Just start your favorite browser and it run it from there.

Alternative nicks

Looking for alternatives also stop by the Superhero Name Generator.
Where you can generate alternatives nicknames - cool and heroic superhero names.

Evil Nicknames

You want dark, cool and evil nicknames? That's easy. Go visit the Evil Name Generator. The evil name generator makes pure evil nicknames.

The evil nicknames are based on fantasy names. Then a mean and evil nickname are added randomly to refine it.