Meanings
nounusername (plural usernames)
plural usernames · alternative user name
- computingA name or string of characters used as a person's identification on an individual computer system.
His username and password on his Apple PC is VolvestarcXXX.
Synonyms: access, access code, credential, handle, identity, login name
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA name or string of characters used as a person's identification on an individual computer system.
Origin
Translations
Arabic اِسْم مُسْتَخْدِم
- اِسْم مُسْتَخْدِم (ism mustaḵdim)a person's identification on an individual computer system
Bulgarian потребителско име
- потребителско име (potrebitelsko ime)a person's identification on an individual computer system
Catalan nom d'usuari
- nom d'usuaria person's identification on an individual computer system
Chinese Mandarin 用戶名 /用户名, 使用者名稱 /使用者名称
- 用戶名 /用户名 (yònghùmíng)a person's identification on an individual computer system
- 使用者名稱 /使用者名称 (shǐyòngzhě míngchēng)a person's identification on an individual computer system
Danish brugernavn
- brugernavna person's identification on an individual computer system
Dutch gebruikersnaam
- gebruikersnaama person's identification on an individual computer system
Esperanto salutnomo
- salutnomoa person's identification on an individual computer system
Estonian kasutajanimi
- kasutajanimia person's identification on an individual computer system
Finnish käyttäjänimi, käyttäjätunnus
- käyttäjänimia person's identification on an individual computer system
- käyttäjätunnusa person's identification on an individual computer system
French nom d'utilisateur, identifiant
- nom d'utilisateura person's identification on an individual computer system
- identifianta person's identification on an individual computer system
German Benutzername
- Benutzernamea person's identification on an individual computer system
Greek χρηστώνυμο, όνομα χρήστη
- χρηστώνυμο (christónymo)a person's identification on an individual computer system
- όνομα χρήστη (ónoma chrísti)a person's identification on an individual computer system
Hebrew שם משתמש
- שם משתמשa person's identification on an individual computer system
Hungarian felhasználónév
- felhasználónéva person's identification on an individual computer system
Icelandic notandanafn
- notandanafna person's identification on an individual computer system
Irish ainm úsáideora
- ainm úsáideoraa person's identification on an individual computer system
Italian nome utente
- nome utentea person's identification on an individual computer system
Japanese ユーザー名, 利用者名
- ユーザー名 (yūzā-mei)a person's identification on an individual computer system
- 利用者名 (riyōshamei)a person's identification on an individual computer system
- ログイン (roguin)a person's identification on an individual computer system
Korean 로그인, 사용자명
- 로그인 (rogeu'in)a person's identification on an individual computer system
- 사용자명 (sayongjamyeong)a person's identification on an individual computer system
- 사용자 이름 (sayongja ireum)a person's identification on an individual computer system
Latin nōmen ūsitatōris
- nōmen ūsitatōrisa person's identification on an individual computer system
Malay nama pengguna
- nama penggunaa person's identification on an individual computer system
Māori ingoa kaiwhakamahi
- ingoa kaiwhakamahia person's identification on an individual computer system
Norwegian Bokmål brukernavn
- brukernavna person's identification on an individual computer system
Polish nazwa użytkownika, login
- nazwa użytkownikaa person's identification on an individual computer system
- logina person's identification on an individual computer system
Portuguese username, nome de usuário
- usernamea person's identification on an individual computer system
- nome de usuárioa person's identification on an individual computer system
- nome de utilizadora person's identification on an individual computer system
- usuárioa person's identification on an individual computer system
Romanian nume de utilizator
- nume de utilizatora person's identification on an individual computer system
Russian и́мя по́льзователя, и́мя учётной за́писи по́льзователя
- и́мя по́льзователя (ímja pólʹzovatelja)a person's identification on an individual computer system
- и́мя учётной за́писи по́льзователя (ímja učótnoj zápisi pólʹzovatelja)a person's identification on an individual computer system
- логи́н (logín)a person's identification on an individual computer system
Spanish nombre de usuario
- nombre de usuarioa person's identification on an individual computer system
Swahili jina la mtumiaji
- jina la mtumiajia person's identification on an individual computer system
Swedish användarnamn
- användarnamna person's identification on an individual computer system
Tagalog bansag
- bansaga person's identification on an individual computer system
Thai ชื่อผู้ใช้
- ชื่อผู้ใช้ (chʉ̂ʉ-pûu-chái)a person's identification on an individual computer system
Turkish kullanıcı adı, kullanıcı ismi
- kullanıcı adıa person's identification on an individual computer system
- kullanıcı ismia person's identification on an individual computer system
Welsh enw defnyddiwr
- enw defnyddiwra person's identification on an individual computer system
Cite this entry
APA
username. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/username
MLA
“username.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/username. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “username,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/username.
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