How to Create a Unique Email: Tips, Address Generators, & More

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Are you wondering how to create a smart, unique email address? Email is a popular source of communication and news, so it's important to have at least one email address you can check regularly. If your inbox is overflowing with newsletters and other messages, you might want to create another unique email address for specific websites and accounts. Continue reading to get tips for making a unique email address.

Ideas to Make a Unique Email Address

  • Use a play on your name along with something that reflects your personality.
  • If you have a common name, add a creative word to the beginning or end of your email address to make it stand out.
  • Shorter addresses are more memorable, so try to keep your email address concise.
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Tips to Create a Unique Email Address

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  1. What are you passionate about? Think of any hobbies, sports, or other activities you're involved with or love doing, and use words relating to those interests in your unique email address. Also, consider pet names, favorite songs, musical artists, etc., and work those elements into your email address .
    • An example for a volleyball fan could be 'volleygirl@yahoo.co.uk', and one for a Star Wars fan could be 'theforce96@aol.com'.
  2. Song titles are memorable, and choosing the right song name for your email address is a great way to reflect your personality. If your favorite song name is taken, consider your favorite lyrics from the song.
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  3. Don't pick an address that's long and cryptic. If you're making an email address on Gmail, for example, and it's flagged as taken, Gmail will suggest a variation of the address you chose with a string of numbers. This might seem like a great idea, but it's not! It'll be a lot harder for someone, including yourself, to remember all those numbers! For example, if volleygirl@gmail.com is taken, don't use volleygirl329823490234@gmail.com. Try something more creative like XvolleygirlX@gmail.com, volley.girl.uk@gmail.com, volleyqueen@gmail.com, or volleygirl.taylorsversion@gmail.com .
  4. For example, the email "janedoe@gmail.com" is probably taken, but "janemarydoe@gmail.com" may not be. You can also reverse the order, such as doejanemary@gmail.com.
  5. If you're creating a unique email address for your business, include your business name in the email. For example, an email like "pizzapalace@gmail.com" for a company called "Ceasar's Pizza" is too vague—caesarspizzapalace@gmail.com would be more unique and memorable.
  6. If the email address you want is taken, you might consider adding a unique character like "-" or "_" so you can still use a variation of it. While this can be a good way to get a version of the address you want to use, rare characters are more difficult to remember than common characters. For example, pizza_palace@outlook.com is harder to remember than pizzapalace@outlook.com. If you want an email address that's easy to remember, try adding another word to the address instead of symbols.
  7. Most email addresses end with @gmail.com, @outlook.com, and @yahoo.com, as services like Gmail , Yahoo , and Outlook are currently popular. If you want a more unique email address, you might consider a less popular email provider like ProtonMail or Mail.com.
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Unique Email Address Generators

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  1. Here are some online generators where you can get ideas for unique email addresses . For some of these generators, use your name to create similar email addresses, or use keywords, or areas of interest.

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    You cannot use the same email address as anyone else, but you can slightly modify it to make it unique.
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