One of the trickiest and enjoyable parts of starting something new (be it a website, project, band) is naming it! Sometimes a good name can be quite elusive and cause more than the deserved share of brain ache. Here is a list of automated services around the internet that will help you get name suggestions.
Let us name a domain!
DomainTools takes a concept as input and comes up with domain name suggestions. Let us say you are starting a website about “Vacations in Mexico”. Go to their website and type in “Mexico Vacations” in the text box and click on the button to get suggestions.
Domain name suggestions for “Mexico Vacations”
MexicoFreeTours.com
GreatMexicoTrips.com
MexicoGreatBreaks.com
MyMexTrips.com
FunMexVacations.com
Not bad at all. I like GreatMexicoTrips.com.
Another tool out there is Noemata Domain name generator. This one gives random domain name suggestions. Not very impressive.
kawlant.com
phobolapa.com
jupidox.com
nitrurth.com
Doing a web2.0 start-up? Don’t sweat over the name
Flickr, tumblr, zoho - all taken up? Find more!
Gedel
Eavu
Plamba
Trilith
Zooveo
65pages
inclicks
type17
bubbledesks
Another one! - This one checks domain availability too. sweet.
Skiplounge
Mivee
2.0 is the new New. It’s all changing. Label what defies categorization. “ASL” is geezer speak. Podcasts. The words aren’t what they were. Clear that. Hack it. Faster. Faster! Float this. Roll your own roll-your-own. MSM just doesn’t get it. Always be launching. The buzz is loud and clear. You need someone who gets it. On-demand streams. Splog is an aggregate noun. We are on the brink of a new age. This will change everything. We’re about what Web 2.0 is about. Single. Word. Sentences! News clouds. An AJAX-driven GUI. Cry out, blogosphere! This is newer media. The new is old. Tag me. We shall transcend borders. Clustering. It’s all about community. Social is the new push. Folksonomy.
Starting a band? Check out the band name generator
B.A.N.G - Band automatic name generator!
Subtle Alphabet
Uncommon Elasticity
Notorious Sand
Crass Ink
Play Civ3? Want a name for your new city?
Agea
Byzernova
Genesini
Mercentia
Myruaror
The fantasy place name generator
Aldmeadow
Blacklake
Southshore
Wildecoast
Witchmead
The British town name generator
Cuddleballabridge, Cambridgeshire
Buttercanter Gate up the Snotty, Wiltshire
Old Chippingbeck, Shropshire
Dorkstrathsack in the Gloaming, Somerset
Game name generators
Gilder’s Airship
Ruby Law V
Sad Guardian
Star: Ghost of the Interstellar Air
Unnamed Peace XI
The Ultimate game name generator
Aqua Badger
Nuclear Dazzler
Castlevania - game name generator
Surf Saxophone of Dog Poo
Minuet of Skunky Beer
Bathroom Break of Stubbed Toes
Intelligent Kangaroo Park
Spectacular Dentist All-Stars
Master Chief’s Fantasy Rocket
Ageroth
Cheon
Hagiti
Roddareld
Name your dream gadget!
Atomic Chronostinker
Computerized Golfing Zapperion
Configurable Barfer
Configurable Electromagnetic Lithowhiner
Dimension Whiner
Name a corporation or government
Boyd Science Logistics Holdings
Cosmotechnics
Estrada Medical Transportation
Genetics Cosmosystems
Gold Informational Solutions
Ancient Imperial Unity
Constitutional Brotherhood
Dominion of States
Provincial Authority of Territories
Name the pub
The tenrec & indian
The boa constrictor & bar
The kudu & deal
The serval & guide
Cook up a research topic for your thesis :) !
A virtual high-speed agent embedded in a collaborative digital interface
An active mobile display embedded in a meta-level programmable solution
A high-level logical preprocessor related to an interactive concurrent theorem prover
A responsive high-speed preprocessor applied to an active proxy network
Throw some insults around!
Sneezefinger
Muckfoot
Bumface
Wadface
People names!
Turatia
Dodius
Struinaus
Kymius
Omira
Ayuro
Ekochiyu
Hetamuri
Cook up some colors
Cobalt Mesa
French Latte
Slate
Southern Maroon
Swirl Purple
I am sure there are many more around the web that I missed. If you find anything interesting, comment about it!