diff --git a/lnbits/core/services/lightning_address.py b/lnbits/core/services/lightning_address.py
index 2c2f9faf0..51df5bea3 100644
--- a/lnbits/core/services/lightning_address.py
+++ b/lnbits/core/services/lightning_address.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ from lnbits.settings import settings
 MAX_SENDABLE_MSAT = 2_100_000_000_000_000_000
 COMMENT_ALLOWED = 799
 LIGHTNING_ADDRESS_REGEX = re.compile(r"^[a-z0-9_.-]{1,210}$")
+
+
 def normalize_lightning_address_local_part(local_part: str) -> str:
     return local_part.strip().lower()
 
diff --git a/lnbits/helpers.py b/lnbits/helpers.py
index 971e75de3..6abdbf543 100644
--- a/lnbits/helpers.py
+++ b/lnbits/helpers.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import json
 import re
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
-from random import SystemRandom
 from typing import Any
 from urllib import request
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ from fastapi.routing import APIRoute
 from loguru import logger
 from packaging import version
 from pydantic.schema import field_schema
+from random_username.generate import generate_username  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
 from starlette.templating import Jinja2Templates
 
 from lnbits.settings import settings
@@ -22,69 +22,9 @@ from lnbits.utils.exchange_rates import currencies
 
 from .db import FilterModel
 
-_RANDOM = SystemRandom()
-
-_PARTICIPLES = [
-    "asking",
-    "blazing",
-    "bouncing",
-    "charging",
-    "climbing",
-    "dancing",
-    "drifting",
-    "flying",
-    "glowing",
-    "hopping",
-    "jumping",
-    "laughing",
-    "leaping",
-    "racing",
-    "rising",
-    "running",
-    "shining",
-    "singing",
-    "skipping",
-    "sparking",
-    "spinning",
-    "sprinting",
-    "twirling",
-    "wandering",
-    "zipping",
-]
-
-_NOUNS = [
-    "anchor",
-    "beacon",
-    "bolt",
-    "comet",
-    "ember",
-    "falcon",
-    "flash",
-    "garden",
-    "harbor",
-    "lantern",
-    "market",
-    "meadow",
-    "meteor",
-    "orbit",
-    "phoenix",
-    "rabbit",
-    "rocket",
-    "signal",
-    "spark",
-    "summit",
-    "thunder",
-    "wallet",
-    "wave",
-    "zephyr",
-]
-
 
 def _generate_local_part() -> str:
-    participle = _RANDOM.choice(_PARTICIPLES)
-    noun = _RANDOM.choice(_NOUNS)
-    suffix = _RANDOM.randint(0, 999)
-    return f"{participle}.{noun}.{suffix:03d}"
+    return generate_username(1)[0].lower()
 
 
 def get_db_vendor_name():
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 9decab91d..2a9a66ebb 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -3954,6 +3954,18 @@ files = [
     {file = "pyyaml-6.0.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d76623373421df22fb4cf8817020cbb7ef15c725b9d5e45f17e189bfc384190f"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "random-username"
+version = "1.0.2"
+description = "Randomly generate compelling usernames."
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+groups = ["main"]
+files = [
+    {file = "random-username-1.0.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5fdc0604b5d1bdfe4acf4cd7491a9de1caf41bbdd890f646b434e09ae2a1b7ce"},
+    {file = "random_username-1.0.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2536feb63fecde7e01ede4a541aadb6f0b58794a7ab327ca5369d2a4b7664c06"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "referencing"
 version = "0.36.2"
@@ -5184,4 +5196,4 @@ migration = ["psycopg2-binary"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = ">=3.10,<3.13"
-content-hash = "b167368cde275d9b12ea2c352a9ca2558da1aa9476ada0795cfd4f45d2ca72bc"
+content-hash = "e41fd327115a1614f2e7b5dae7d7077e30f1cb723e1880a88132ec38df2b4b1a"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 023ae2dd5..d392f44a5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "urllib3>=2.7.0",
     "pyinstrument>=5.1.2",
     "wasmtime>=45.0.0",
+    "random-username~=1.0.2",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index bb02e17ff..24058c661 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1324,6 +1324,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "python-dotenv" },
     { name = "python-multipart" },
     { name = "pywebpush" },
+    { name = "random-username" },
     { name = "shortuuid" },
     { name = "slowapi" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy" },
@@ -1414,6 +1415,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "python-dotenv", specifier = "~=1.2.1" },
     { name = "python-multipart", specifier = "~=0.0.22" },
     { name = "pywebpush", specifier = "~=2.2.0" },
+    { name = "random-username", specifier = "~=1.0.2" },
     { name = "shortuuid", specifier = "~=1.0.13" },
     { name = "slowapi", specifier = "~=0.1.9" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy", specifier = "~=1.4.54" },
@@ -2392,6 +2394,15 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/1a/08/67bd04656199bbb51dbed1439b7f27601dfb576fb864099c7ef0c3e55531/pyyaml-6.0.3-cp312-cp312-win_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:64386e5e707d03a7e172c0701abfb7e10f0fb753ee1d773128192742712a98fd", size = 140344, upload-time = "2025-09-25T21:32:22.617Z" },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "random-username"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/be/84/7004e0038707827e7ebe91a09e0f46483e36134de3b20bc0d5cf864a4caa/random-username-1.0.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5fdc0604b5d1bdfe4acf4cd7491a9de1caf41bbdd890f646b434e09ae2a1b7ce", size = 3805, upload-time = "2019-01-11T22:57:45.038Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/92/d8/0f96b9bdea0683884b0ff2d8663b2580e2bad4418848540d1a12e1fd1d7b/random_username-1.0.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2536feb63fecde7e01ede4a541aadb6f0b58794a7ab327ca5369d2a4b7664c06", size = 6673, upload-time = "2019-01-11T22:57:43.656Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "referencing"
 version = "0.36.2"