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Random Name Generator
Generate a list of random usernames or screen names. It is generated locally in your browser.
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DownloadWhat is the use of Random Name Generator?
Random name Generators or Screen Name generators have several uses:
- For Signing up with fictional names on 3rd party sites to protect your privacy
- To generate new ideas for a Product, Game Character, Novel Character, Project, a Pet name or any Name for that matter
- As bulk test data for testing out Name fields in different applications
- Online Game Persona, Avatar, Player Name, Group Name
- Social Media Display Name, Chat, Messaging Apps wherever you want to maintain Anonymity
How do Random Name Generators Work?
Random name generators use a variety of algorithms to generate names.
- Markov Chain, N-Gram Sequence, Rule Based, Dictionaries with custom mash up are some of the common ways to generate names.
- In Markov, given a seed name, it generates nearly similar ones like if 'mbas' is the seed name, then it will generate like "smab", "basm", "abbas" or 'samb', sambas and so on..
- N-Gram uses a sequencing logic by combining a set of letters. Rule based defines rules for the frequency of letters and letter combinations, the order of letters in words based on the language.
- The version of Random Screen Name Generator tool used on this site maintains a dictionary of words, combines them in different ways to create realistic but absolutely random and unique names
