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Acronym Generator: Initials and Acronyms from Phrases

This free acronym generator makes an acronym from the first letters of the words in a phrase. You can skip small words such as of, and and the, add dots and handle a whole list of phrases at once.

By Debmedia Technologies LLP · Kolkata, India · Updated

What Is It and When Do You Need It?

An acronym compresses a phrase into its first letters. Organisations, projects, teams and technical terms all use them. The generator works out the initials for you, and for many phrases at once.

Paste one phrase per line and choose how to treat small words.

How to Use This Tool

  1. Type one phrase per line.
  2. Choose whether to skip small words and whether to use dots.
  3. Choose the letter case.
  4. Press Generate.

How the Calculation Works

Each phrase is split into words on spaces and hyphens. The first letter of each word is taken, unless the word is on the small-word list and skipping is on. The letters are joined, with optional dots, and converted to the case you choose.

Worked Example

Portable Document Format gives PDF. Republic of India gives RI if small words are skipped and ROI if they are kept.

Common Uses

  • Project and team names.
  • Study aids and mnemonics.
  • Business and technical writing.
  • Quiz and puzzle making.

Tips and Common Mistakes

  • Skip small words for classic acronyms.
  • Check that your acronym is not already in use.
  • Use the anagram checker to play with the letters.

Next, you may need the anagram checker, line sorter, text repeater, syllable counter.

Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, stored or sent to any outside service.

Frequently Asked Questions

A word made from the first letters of other words, and pronounced as a word, such as NASA. When letters are said one by one, as in FBI, it is an initialism. The tool makes both.
Yes. Choose Skip small words to leave out words such as of, and, the and for, as in USA for United States of America.
Write the words you want as lines, run the tool and look for a result that spells something memorable. Change the wording and try again.
Yes. Hyphenated words give one letter per part, so Wi-Fi network becomes WFN.

Disclaimer: results are calculated in your browser from the numbers you enter. Check important results before you rely on them for money, health, safety or legal decisions.