Anagram Maker

Make anagrams of your name or any phrase, then share your favorite.

Make an anagram of your name

Type your name the way you would write it; spaces and punctuation do not matter. Results that use fewer words come first, and among those, phrases made of everyday words rank higher. Found a word you love? Tap it. It stays in every result and the maker rearranges only the letters that are left, so you can build your anagram one word at a time.

Worked example: ISAAC NEWTON

ISAAC NEWTON has 11 letters. With the default of up to 3 words, the maker finds 530 anagrams, and the top three are contains awe, actions anew and oceans twain. Say you like ACTIONS. Tap it, and the maker keeps it and rearranges only the letters left over (A, E, W, N). That narrows the list to 6, such as actions anew, actions wane and actions wean. Press Share on the one you like best.

Why some names have more anagrams

Every letter you add opens up more ways to split the letters into words. JANE AUSTEN has 10 letters and 9 anagrams of up to 3 words; CHARLES DICKENS has 14 letters and 2,086. Rare letters matter too: of the 33,976 common US English words the maker builds phrases from, 65% contain an E but only 7% contain a J, Q, X or Z, so a name with one of those has fewer choices. If your name gives only a handful of results, add your middle name or try the name friends call you.

What makes a good name anagram

The ranking finds phrases made of everyday words, but only you know which one fits. The best name anagrams say something about the person: a hobby, a job, a joke your friends will get. Read past the first few results, tap a word that suits the person, and let the maker rearrange the rest around it. Two or three words usually read better than four or five, so the maker starts with up to 3.

Share it

Press Share next to a result to see a card that reads "your name is an anagram of" the phrase you picked, with our site name underneath and nothing else. Download the image (1200 by 630 pixels) for social media, or share the link: it opens this page with the same name and highlights your anagram at the top. On a phone, Share link opens your phone's share menu; elsewhere it copies the link so you can paste it into a message.

Ideas

• Pen names and usernames that are secretly your real name.
• Wedding signs, place cards and birthday cards with a hidden message.
• Character names for stories and games, with a clue hidden in plain sight.
• A team or club name made from the members' initials or surnames.
• A party game: share an anagram and let friends guess whose name it hides.
• Names for a new pet, a boat or a band, made from the owners' names.

Tips for a better name anagram

• Use your full name first. More letters give the maker more to work with.
• Try it with and without a middle initial; a single letter can change the results completely.
• Open Options and set Shortest word to 3 letters to skip phrases full of tiny words.
• Allow up to 5 words when a short name gives few results.
• Use Leave out for a word you never want to see in your anagram.
• Want a whole phrase rather than a name? The anagram generator opens with every option showing.

Your name stays on your device

The anagrams are worked out in your browser, and the maker does not send your name anywhere. Your name does appear in the page address, which is what makes a shared link work; our privacy policy explains what that means.