Email address ideas for common names

[McFancyPants]

I have an absurdly common name and literally every combination of my
first, last and middle initial are taken. I want to avoid using numbers
and try to have a somewhat professional email address. Not for job hunting but in general. Preference is to
use Gmail. Also I cant buy my own domain because I don't have a credit
card and even if I did, my name is taken in .com and a few others I believe



I was thinking about using a prefix or suffix... so ___.firstname.lastname@gmail.com or firstname.lastname.___@gmail.com



Anyone have ideas to fill in the blanks?

[RaftPeople]

Add your initials at the end?

John.Smith.JS@blahblah.com

[ultrafilter]

So I guess John.Smith.monkey69@domain.tld is right out?

[EmilyG]

When signing up for a Youtube account, most permutations of my name were taken. I tried firstnamelastname, firstinitiallastname, firstnamelastinitial, etc. I finally settled on "emilygclarinet", emily being my fist name, g being my last-name initial, and clarinet being the instrument I play.

Not sure if this helps.

[Alan Smithee]

Either add your profession (garbageman.john.smith) or add a made up name (john.obadiah.smith) such as your father's name, his middle name, your pet's name (hint: john.mrsfluffybuns.smith is not professional sounding) etc. If somebody asks, you can either explain it, or just say it's a name you don't use.

[missbunny]

thejohnsmith@gmail
therealjohnsmith@gmail
officialjohnsmith@gmail (if you don't mind being viewed as high-falutin')
smithjohnsmith@gmail
z.johnsmith@gmail
a.johnsmith@gmail
onejohnsmith@gmail
johnsmithatlanta@gmail (substitute the appropriate city)
johnsmithGA@gmail (ditto)
jsinatlanta@gmail (ditto)
jsfromgeorgia@gmail (ditto)

[Sierra Indigo]

One I've seen a fair bit on complaint forms that I process recently is personname.is@domain.com

So something like johnsmith.is@hotmail.com or jon_g_smith_is@gmail.com.

[J Cubed]

My main address is a reasonably obscure, emotionally neutral English word that personally appeals to me, was available without numbers, and isn't too hard to spell. YMMV.

[Sri Theo]

A domain name doesn't have to be your name. Just choose anything then you can create "yourname@domainname.com" still easy to remember and write down.

My suggestion would be to try the first two letters of each name plus your date of birth. It should be short and easy to remember.

[Taomist]

Originally Posted by Sierra Indigo

One I've seen a fair bit on complaint forms that I process recently is personname.is@domain.com

So something like johnsmith.is@hotmail.com or jon_g_smith_is@gmail.com.

I like this idea.

[MeanOldLady]

My friend tacked "mail." in front of his e-mail address.

[MichaelEmouse]

FancyPants,

What's your profession?

Mine, in English, would read FirstnameLastnameEsq AT gmail com

[Farmer Jane]

Try "Q" as a middle initial.

[efyou]

message your name @gmail.com

[Joey Tightlips]

I'd go with SOLUTIONS. It's professional, yet generic enough that it works for just about any career (should you ever change jobs, etc). Not so stuffy that casual aquaintances will be put off by it either.

First.Last.Solutions@ domain.com

[Bootis]

j.o.h.n.s.m.i.t.h @ gmail.com

[Dag Otto]

nm

[Ethilrist]

OhnjayIthsmay@here.there.

[It's Not Rocket Surgery!]

ReachJohnSmith@gmail.com

[J Cubed]

Originally Posted by Bootis

j.o.h.n.s.m.i.t.h @ gmail.com

Gmail ignores periods, so this is the same as johnsmith @ gmail.com. This comes in handy if you want to give your address out with different dotting for sorting purposes, but all dot-based variations of this address already belong to johnsmith (or john.smith, however he originally signed up).

[Lord Il Palazzo]

I have a friend with a very common name who had the same problem. I believe he finally got [first name][last name][middle initial]@gmail.com to work. I've used [first initial][last name][home town or zip code]@domain.com before when I just wanted a secondary address; that might work.