Three things should happen when you receive a call or text from your best friend: laugh, smile like a fool and respond ASAPingly. But these things can only happen if you’re intentional about how you saved their name in your contact list. Don’t know where to start? This list has some of the most hilarious and hilarious names to save your best friend’s contact.

Names for your male best friend

Gee

This is short for my guy.

Chief

For the best friend you met a football viewing centre and never bothered to ask for his real name. 

Wavy

If he’s always the highest in the room. 

Ovy

If your best friend doesn’t like his government name, Ovie.

Alaga

If your best friend is an egbon adugbo.

Musty

If your friend doesn’t like his real government name, Mustapha.

Bad guy

If he’s the bad influence that threatens your heavenly race. 

Zaddy

In the rare chance he’s a friend with benefit.

Don Pablo

If your best friend is into yahoo yahoo.

Rotam

Save your best friend’s name with this if he doesn’t like Chukwurotam. 

OG

Use this name if your best friend is older than you.

Sinzu Money

Use only if your best friend is rich rich. 

Nightcrawler

Save your best friend’s name like this if he’s always dragging you to nightclubs.

Carter

If your friend who’s never left Nigeria has an American accent.

Little finger

If you’ve got a sneaky AF negro as your best friend. 

Fly guy

Use this if your best friend is fashionable AF.

Declan

If your male bestie thinks of himself as a professional footballer.

Caveman

If you’ve got a male best friend who dreads going out.

Sly

For your male bestie who’s always bailing on plans.

Names to save your female best friend’s name

Angel

If she’s your God-sent guardian angel cosplaying your bestie. 

Arike

If she’s always linking you up with rich yahoo boys.

Bestie

If she’s the number one bestie above all others.

Best

If she’s the second closest friend to you. 

Babes

If she’s a girl’s girl.

Barbz

Save your female bestie’s name with this if she’s a Nicki Minaj fan.

Ginika

If your best friend doesn’t like her real name, Oginikachi.

Baby girl 

Is she not your baby?

Tipha

If she cringes anytime people call her Latifat. 

Queen

If she’s got some royal blood in her. 

Giggles

This is the perfect name for your best friend if she laughs more than she talks.

Sunshine

If she brightens up your world.

Munchkin

It’s one of the cutest names to save your best friend’s contact with if she’s a sweet soul. 

Boo

This one is oldie but goldie.

Rashy

If she doesn’t like her government name, Rasheedat.

Princess 

For your female bestie who acts like she’s from royalty.

Queen Lizzy

If she enjoys correcting your English.

My homegirl

If she’s dependable AF.

Honim

This is the Igbo version of “Honey”.

Ore

Basically means “friend” in Yoruba.

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