Nicknames, most influencers and their fans tend to use them more than their real names, So how exactly did their nicknames come about?
Nicknames are used for a few reasons some of them are; that they are catchy, easy, different and funny. Especially if it is unfamiliar and weird in a good way.
And nicknames always say a lot about a person. When it comes to influencers, it’s more often than not that we know them by their nicknames. So how exactly did their nicknames come about? Find out below:
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Ibrahim Abdulrahman(Ibrahim Basha):
He is a comedian and an actor. with more than 5 million followers on Instagram. He became famous after publishing a video on his channel on YouTube about Valentine day. He is a funny, joyful, and lovely person. He is able to make everyone smile when they see him.
His nickname is pineapple and he was given this nickname for the way his hairstyle looks like. And in a collaboration with Nada Dairy Company, his nickname was used to advertise for the new pineapple flavored milk.
Tareq Alharbi(Babosha):
Known as (General of Instagram) with more than 6 million followers. He is a comedian, dancer, and actor. that became famous for his lip sinking, dancing and how to become a…etc, videos on Instagram. His first-ever viral video was him lip sinking to Umbrella by Rihanna.He describes himself as a simple guy who loves social media so much. He is also one of the main presenters in (Action Ya Aeal) TV show in MBC Action.
Because he is only 165 cm which considered short; people called him the dwarf so he an adopted as his nickname and his fans are the dwarfs battalion and he is the leadership of the dwarfs. Some of his special funny characters that he plays are: (Mama Khairea, Tarqoof, and Dqeam).
Abu Hamdan:
Most of the people known him as Abu Hamdan and he is a Saudi Hero’s personality on YouTube. He has a funny and humorous character that gives him the ability to portrait reality in his own joyful way through his videos on Instagram with more than 3 million followers. His latest work is a song called (Awafi) which got more than 2 million views just in 3 days.
Abdullah Alqasim:
Saudi stands up comedian with more than 500k on Instagram. His nickname is (Bo8atte). The story of his nickname refers to when he was with his cousins and they have a Bugatti car. He asked them to drive it, but they challenged him to finish a whole round with the car in 3 seconds and if he did it then he is allowed to drive it.
Thunayyan Khalid:
Saudi vlogger that vlogs his life as a scholarship student in Canada on his channel on YouTube. His channel was created in 2010 but his real fame was in 2016 when the number subscribers he had grown to more than 1 million.
His nickname is Toun. This nickname came about when he used it as his screen name in Travian ( an online multiplayer strategy game ). Then it becomes easier to introduce himself to non-Arabic speaking people with his nickname instead of his real name.
Hisham Alhowayesh:
Saudi singer, host, and actor. Winner of Star Academy Lebanon in its second season. His famous nickname is (Abu Alhish) he just loves it and prefers to be called with it. His personality is everything. He won the social media star award at International Comedy Festival.
Taim Alfalasi:
Fatim well-known as (Taim) which is her media name. she has a visual communications Bachelor degree from Zayed University. The first Emirates girl that started an online radio show named “The Taim Show”, which has been rated as the most played show in the Arab region at spreader.com.
She is a Youtuber with more than 500k subscribers and 88 million views. Recently opened a restaurant called CHICBAE.
She aspires to become famous as Oprah Winfrey and become a symbol of success in her country.
Abdullah Alqafary:
He creates funny videos on Instagram. His followers call him (Qotna) it means cotton.
the reason for this nickname; is a disease he’s suffering from called Vitiligo which makes the skin very white, and because of he is white skin fans started calling him Qotna.
Nawaf Alqahtani:
His nickname (Bu qahten) refers to his family (Alqahtani). He has a channel on YouTube that blow up in one week with more than 80 thousand subscribers.
He became famous in social media because of his Mukbang videos, where he film himself eating food from different restaurants and then evaluate the food by giving it a number from 10 (like 5 from 10).
After two months from the first video (Challenge of Eating Spicy Chicken with Sauce). He got widespread in social media. This video is considered a spark of fame to him.
Using nicknames on the internet started many years ago science people start communicating on the internet. At first users of internet used nicknames that don’t relate to their real names because in that time the internet was something new and weird and most people were afraid to share their real names and personal information on websites and social networking (Facebook, Messenger, and Web sites) which results in having a huge number of funny and weird nicknames(screen name).