2,464 Good Kik Names For Girls & Guys

There are a lot of messaging apps out there flooding the market. While for most people, your phone’s native messenger (the app that comes bundled on your phone) is good enough, there are some real advantages to third party apps. One major one that really shines in something like Kik Messenger is the app’s preference for working through screen names rather than through phone numbers.

This can help you put the “social” in social media without making yourself too vulnerable, because now, instead of giving someone your phone number (which is tied to a lot of official accounts and can really reveal a lot about you) when you want to get to know someone better, you can give them your Kik screen name instead, and give them more personal information the better you get to know them over Kik.

Of course, this means that your screen name is important. But screen names are already important in every venue that allows for them, come to think of it. For most of us, we carry the names our parents chose for us, and while we’ve come to wear them as identification over the years, sometimes it feels like they communicate our parents’ tastes more than they communicate anything about use. But now that we can self-determine our names through our choice of screen names, Twitter handles, and the like, it gives us a lot of power over our identity that we would have had to go to a registry office and get our name officially changed in order to have enjoyed previously.

But, as I was saying, this puts pressure on you to create the perfect screen name for whatever social media presence you set up. Take a look at Kik, which I had mentioned earlier. There are good Kik names and then there are great Kik names (the less said about bad Kik names, the better). Which one will you be and will it be memorable? With a bit of my help, you’ll be on your way.

Coming up with your very own name for girls or guys can be difficult depending on what is already taken or and whether it’s a good representation of yourself. It takes a bit of time and effort to get it right.

Before I present the master list of Kik usernames, I’ll walk you through some tips and tricks to create your very own unique and awesome name. Believe me, when you’re chatting with old friends or meeting new friends you’ll want a catchy name that rolls off the tongue.

“I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That’s like a free compliment and you don’t even gotta be smart to notice it.” – Mitch Helberg

How To Create Good Kik Usernames

If you’re not very creative like me, you may be not be thrilled about coming up with a good username, especially when a ton of them are taken. Believe me, all it takes is a few tips and you will be on your way. But first, why is it important to give a little thought to your choice?

It’s important that people remember your name when you introduce yourself when people are meeting you for the first time. I’m sure we’ve all forgotten someone’s name right after we meet them and are annoyed that we can’t remember it. Sometimes, it’s because the name is hard to remember or very long.

1. I recommend keeping your name shorter than 15 characters and ideally shorter than 10 characters so it’s not a ton for someone to remember. If it’s longer, try to make it a combination of several small words to help it roll off your tongue. I’m reminded of an episode of old-school Doctor Who in which the Doctor’s new assistant introduces herself as Romanadvoratrelundar, and the Doctor insists on calling her “Romana” because, if there were danger, by the time he called out “Look out Romanadvoratrelundar!” it would be too late. Names need to be short so you can use them easily for communication. And even though nobody has to say your Kik name aloud (except for you, when you first tell it to people), it should at least be something that can be reduced to a nickname.

2. Next, people often use their real name as part of their username. This can be good for people to find you but may not be ideal if you meet people online but would rather them not know your true name. It’s important to protect your identity, and remember what I said earlier: third-party messaging apps which use screen names (like Kik) are great for this sort of semi-anonymity. Don’t trade away one of the central graces of the messaging service because you can’t think of something more expressive.

3. Use a combination of adjectives, hobbies, attributes, and numbers to vary your name so that people can get to know you a bit more and you’re sure to not have the name already taken.

4. Lastly, make sure you have a back up option or multiple options since there are hundreds of millions of users on Kik which means there’s a good chance your first pick is actually taken. It’s a pain but true.

 Check Your Kik Name Availability

The next step will be to check whether the name you’ve chosen is actually available to use. Unfortunately, there is no way to do this online as the Kik servers do not allow external websites to check their username list.

Therefore, you will have to download the app on your iPhone or Android by heading over to the app store. From there, after you download it just tap to open and you will see an option to register or to login to your existing account.

Tap the register button and you will need to provide your first and last name, your username, password, email address, and an optional phone number.

At that point you can tap next and that’s the only time you will be told if your Kik username is already taken. It will come up with a message that you need to choose a different name so make sure you have several backup options.

2,464 Best Kik Usernames

Without further ado, I present the ultimate list of Kik names that will be sure to get the creative juices flowing. Of course, I haven’t checked these names to see whether they’re available so you’ll have to do so yourself.

This is a good starting point to get you in the mindset of coming up with your own. Alternatively, just use one of the choices below if you find something that works.

That wraps up this guide to the best Kik names of all time. Let us know whether you enjoyed these and found them helpful.

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