How to Find Ideas For a New AOL Screen Name

Finding a new AOL screen name can be tough. Your first selection may already be taken, then your second, then third. You want to come up with something that no one else has thought of, but name after name is already registered. It can be a maddening experience. Fortunately, there are some clever ways to find ideas for a new AOL screen name and best of all, they probably aren’t already taken. Here are two ways to do it.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Using Smurf Name Generator or Sopranos Name Generator

1. 
   Smurf Name Generator

   Go to a name generator. You can find a large list of these on the web by typing “name generator” into the search box. Two popular generators to try are the Smurf Name Generator and the Mafia/Sopranos Name Generator.

2. 
   Your name

   Enter your first and last name in the required spaces, then click the submit button. You may wish to try both formal and familiar versions of the name to see if you get different results. For example, if your name is Rod, you may wish to try both Rod and Rodney.

3. 
   Screen Name

   Analyze the name that the name generator supplies you to see if it will make a suitable screen name.

Using Make Words

4. 
   Make Words

   Go to the Make Words web site at www.makewords.com

5. 
   More name ideas

   Click the “More name ideas” link that is situated in the top right corner of the screen.

6. 
   Screen Name Generators

   Under the “Name Generators” column, click the link for Screen Name Generators.

7. 
   Describe yourself

   On the screen name generator, type three adjectives that will tell the computer a little about yourself.

8. 
   Screen name ideas

   After you have entered your descriptive words, click the button marked “Create More Names.” The system will analyze your chosen words and provide you with a large list of suggested AOL screen names. Surely at least one of them will be available.

Tips & Warnings

• Finding a screen name you like isn't easy. Do not give up. Stick with it and you'll find a name that you are happy with.

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