diff --git a/eslint-suppressions.json b/eslint-suppressions.json
index 3cdac1d101..2e323dd73e 100644
--- a/eslint-suppressions.json
+++ b/eslint-suppressions.json
@@ -1430,11 +1430,6 @@
       "count": 1
     }
   },
-  "src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/index.tsx": {
-    "@typescript-eslint/no-misused-promises": {
-      "count": 1
-    }
-  },
   "src/screens/Signup/StepInfo/Policies.tsx": {
     "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": {
       "count": 1
diff --git a/src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/HandleSuggestions.tsx b/src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/HandleSuggestions/index.native.tsx
similarity index 74%
rename from src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/HandleSuggestions.tsx
rename to src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/HandleSuggestions/index.native.tsx
index 0b7c0fb93e..1dfb15e955 100644
--- a/src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/HandleSuggestions.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/HandleSuggestions/index.native.tsx
@@ -1,25 +1,23 @@
 import Animated, {Easing, FadeInDown, FadeOut} from 'react-native-reanimated'
-import {type ComAtprotoTempCheckHandleAvailability} from '@atproto/api'
-import {msg} from '@lingui/core/macro'
-import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
-import {Trans} from '@lingui/react/macro'
+import {Trans, useLingui} from '@lingui/react/macro'
 
 import {atoms as a, native, useTheme} from '#/alf'
 import {borderRadius} from '#/alf/tokens'
 import {Button} from '#/components/Button'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
+import {type HandleSuggestionsProps} from './shared'
 
+/**
+ * Native: suggestions render inline beneath the availability error, animating
+ * in with the surrounding requirement stack. See index.tsx for the web variant,
+ * which floats them in a Sift dropdown anchored to the input.
+ */
 export function HandleSuggestions({
   suggestions,
   onSelect,
-}: {
-  suggestions: ComAtprotoTempCheckHandleAvailability.Suggestion[]
-  onSelect: (
-    suggestions: ComAtprotoTempCheckHandleAvailability.Suggestion,
-  ) => void
-}) {
+}: HandleSuggestionsProps) {
   const t = useTheme()
-  const {_} = useLingui()
+  const {t: l} = useLingui()
 
   return (
     <Animated.View
@@ -39,13 +37,11 @@ export function HandleSuggestions({
       ]}>
       {suggestions.map((suggestion, index) => (
         <Button
-          label={_(
-            msg({
-              message: `Select ${suggestion.handle}`,
-              comment: `Accessibility label for a username suggestion in the account creation flow`,
-            }),
-          )}
-          key={index}
+          label={l({
+            message: `Select ${suggestion.handle}`,
+            comment: `Accessibility label for a username suggestion in the account creation flow`,
+          })}
+          key={suggestion.handle}
           onPress={() => onSelect(suggestion)}
           hoverStyle={[t.atoms.bg_contrast_25]}
           style={[
diff --git a/src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/HandleSuggestions/index.tsx b/src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/HandleSuggestions/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0efe113d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/HandleSuggestions/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import {type ComAtprotoTempCheckHandleAvailability} from '@atproto/api'
+import {Sift, SiftItem} from '@bsky.app/sift'
+import {Trans, useLingui} from '@lingui/react/macro'
+
+import {atoms as a, useTheme} from '#/alf'
+import {Portal} from '#/components/Portal'
+import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
+import {type HandleSuggestionsProps} from './shared'
+
+type Suggestion = ComAtprotoTempCheckHandleAvailability.Suggestion & {
+  key: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * Web: suggestions float in a Sift dropdown anchored to the handle input (see
+ * StepHandle/index.tsx for the anchor wiring). Rendering through a Portal as an
+ * absolutely-positioned popover means the requirements and Back/Next buttons
+ * below the input don't shift as suggestions appear and disappear. See
+ * index.native.tsx for the inline native variant.
+ */
+export function HandleSuggestions({
+  suggestions,
+  onSelect,
+  sift,
+}: HandleSuggestionsProps) {
+  const t = useTheme()
+
+  /*
+   * Sift keys its list rows by `item.key`; the suggestion handle is unique
+   * within a result set, so use it as the key.
+   */
+  const data: Suggestion[] = suggestions.map(s => ({...s, key: s.handle}))
+
+  return (
+    <Portal>
+      <Sift<Suggestion>
+        sift={sift}
+        data={data}
+        onSelect={onSelect}
+        outerStyle={[a.rounded_sm, a.w_full, t.atoms.shadow_sm]}
+        innerStyle={[
+          a.overflow_hidden,
+          a.rounded_sm,
+          a.border,
+          t.atoms.border_contrast_low,
+          t.atoms.bg,
+          a.w_full,
+        ]}
+        render={props => <SuggestionRow {...props} />}
+      />
+    </Portal>
+  )
+}
+
+function SuggestionRow({
+  active,
+  isLast,
+  props,
+  item,
+}: {
+  active: boolean
+  isLast: boolean
+  props: {role: string; 'aria-selected': boolean; onPress: () => void}
+  item: Suggestion
+}) {
+  const t = useTheme()
+  const {t: l} = useLingui()
+
+  return (
+    <SiftItem
+      {...props}
+      aria-label={l({
+        message: `Select ${item.handle}`,
+        comment: `Accessibility label for a username suggestion in the account creation flow`,
+      })}
+      style={s => [
+        a.w_full,
+        a.flex_row,
+        a.align_center,
+        a.justify_between,
+        a.p_md,
+        !isLast && a.border_b,
+        t.atoms.border_contrast_low,
+        (active || s.hovered || s.pressed) && t.atoms.bg_contrast_25,
+      ]}>
+      <Text style={[a.text_md]}>{item.handle}</Text>
+      <Text style={[a.text_sm, {color: t.palette.positive_700}]}>
+        <Trans comment="Shown next to an available username suggestion in the account creation flow">
+          Available
+        </Trans>
+      </Text>
+    </SiftItem>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/HandleSuggestions/shared.ts b/src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/HandleSuggestions/shared.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38644bdb93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/HandleSuggestions/shared.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import {type ComAtprotoTempCheckHandleAvailability} from '@atproto/api'
+import {type UseSiftReturn} from '@bsky.app/sift'
+
+export type HandleSuggestionsProps = {
+  suggestions: ComAtprotoTempCheckHandleAvailability.Suggestion[]
+  onSelect: (
+    suggestion: ComAtprotoTempCheckHandleAvailability.Suggestion,
+  ) => void
+  /**
+   * Web only: the Sift instance shared with the handle input. It carries the
+   * anchor/positioning refs and keyboard bindings for the floating dropdown.
+   * Ignored on native, which renders the suggestions inline.
+   */
+  sift: UseSiftReturn
+}
diff --git a/src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/index.tsx b/src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/index.tsx
index 9c95eb2b36..06927a0552 100644
--- a/src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/index.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Signup/StepHandle/index.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import Animated, {
   LayoutAnimationConfig,
   LinearTransition,
 } from 'react-native-reanimated'
+import {useSift} from '@bsky.app/sift'
 import {msg} from '@lingui/core/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 import {Plural, Trans} from '@lingui/react/macro'
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import {At_Stroke2_Corner0_Rounded as AtIcon} from '#/components/icons/At'
 import {Check_Stroke2_Corner0_Rounded as CheckIcon} from '#/components/icons/Check'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
 import {useAnalytics} from '#/analytics'
+import {IS_WEB} from '#/env'
 import {BackNextButtons} from '../BackNextButtons'
 import {HandleSuggestions} from './HandleSuggestions'
 
@@ -39,6 +41,13 @@ export function StepHandle() {
   const [draftValue, setDraftValue] = useState(state.handle)
   const isNextLoading = useThrottledValue(state.isLoading, 500)
 
+  /*
+   * Web anchors a floating Sift dropdown of suggestions to the input; native
+   * renders them inline and ignores this. `offset` leaves a small gap below the
+   * anchor, matching the inline `mt_xs` spacing.
+   */
+  const sift = useSift({offset: a.p_xs.padding, placement: 'bottom-start'})
+
   const validCheck = validateServiceHandle(draftValue, state.userDomain)
 
   const {
@@ -137,13 +146,28 @@ export function StepHandle() {
     !validCheck.hyphenStartOrEnd ||
     !validCheck.totalLength
 
+  /*
+   * Web-only Sift wiring. The anchor is the input section, whose bottom edge in
+   * the taken-and-valid state sits right below the availability error, so the
+   * floating dropdown lands beneath it. The input ref feeds Sift's keyboard
+   * handling and the combobox a11y props describe the typeahead relationship.
+   * Native ignores all of this and renders suggestions inline.
+   */
+  const {ref: inputAnchorRef, ...comboboxProps} = sift.targetProps
+
   return (
     <>
-      <View style={[a.gap_sm, a.pt_lg, a.z_10]}>
+      <View
+        collapsable={false}
+        ref={IS_WEB ? sift.refs.setAnchor : undefined}
+        onLayout={IS_WEB ? () => void sift.updatePosition() : undefined}
+        style={[a.gap_sm, a.pt_lg, a.z_10]}>
         <View>
           <TextField.Root isInvalid={textFieldInvalid}>
             <TextField.Icon icon={AtIcon} />
             <TextField.Input
+              {...(IS_WEB ? comboboxProps : {})}
+              inputRef={IS_WEB ? inputAnchorRef : undefined}
               testID="handleInput"
               onChangeText={val => {
                 if (state.error) {
@@ -173,7 +197,8 @@ export function StepHandle() {
           </TextField.Root>
         </View>
         <LayoutAnimationConfig skipEntering skipExiting>
-          <View style={[a.gap_xs]}>
+          {/* Reserve space for one line of text to avoid layout shift. */}
+          <View style={[a.gap_xs, {minHeight: 21}]}>
             {state.error && (
               <Requirement>
                 <RequirementText>{state.error}</RequirementText>
@@ -192,6 +217,7 @@ export function StepHandle() {
                 {isHandleAvailable.suggestions &&
                   isHandleAvailable.suggestions.length > 0 && (
                     <HandleSuggestions
+                      sift={sift}
                       suggestions={isHandleAvailable.suggestions}
                       onSelect={suggestion => {
                         setDraftValue(
@@ -246,7 +272,7 @@ export function StepHandle() {
           isLoading={isNextLoading}
           isNextDisabled={isNextDisabled}
           onBackPress={onBackPress}
-          onNextPress={onNextPress}
+          onNextPress={() => void onNextPress()}
         />
       </Animated.View>
     </>