Business name generator

Real generator — runs entirely in your browser, deterministic combinatorial logic across 8 naming patterns and 7 curated word banks. Each re-roll picks fresh combinations. No AI calls, no rate limits, no signup. The tradeoff: it doesn't 'understand' your business — it generates structure-quality names from your seed word.

Two reasons: (1) most registrar APIs cost per call and would require us to gate this behind signup; (2) the 'available' status flips by the second as people register names, so a 'showing as available' result is misleading by the time you click the registrar link. We give you the proposed domain (e.g., 'lumin.ai'); you check it on Namecheap / Porkbun / Google Domains in 5 seconds.

Three traits: (1) say-able — you can pronounce it without spelling it; (2) memorable — distinctive enough to recall after one hearing; (3) trademark-able — not a generic dictionary word, not a celebrity or city, ideally 5-7 characters. Examples that hit all three: Stripe, Notion, Linear, Anthropic, Vercel, Lovable. Examples that don't: 'EasyAccountingSoftware.com' (not brandable), 'Apple' (you missed by 50 years).

.com is still the most credible by default. .ai is now mainstream for AI products. .io is fine for developer tools. .co is fine when .com is taken (Stripe, Airtable, Coinbase all started on .co). Avoid .xyz, .biz, .info, .online — they signal lower-budget. Whatever you pick, register the .com too if it's available, even if you don't use it (defensive registration is ~$12/year and prevents typo-traffic loss).

USPTO TESS database (uspto.gov) for US trademarks. WIPO Global Brand Database for international. EUIPO TMview for EU. Search the exact name + the close-sound-alikes. If you find a registered mark in a closely related category (e.g., your CRM name conflicts with someone else's CRM brand), pick another name. If the conflict is in a totally unrelated category (e.g., a coffee brand sharing a name with a software product), you're usually fine — but consult a trademark attorney before going to market.

5-9 characters is the sweet spot for invented names (Stripe, Notion, Vercel, Linear). 2-4 words work for descriptive names (Stack Overflow, Adobe Creative Cloud). Avoid >12 characters — hard to remember, hard to type, expensive to print on swag. Avoid <3 characters — usually unavailable as a domain unless you spend $100K+.

$10-15 for a fresh registration on Namecheap / Porkbun. $50-500 for a 'premium' single-word domain. $1,000-50,000 for an aged or category-defining .com on Sedo / GoDaddy aftermarket. Don't overspend at the start — pick a fresh registration, prove the business works, then upgrade the domain if needed. Most billion-dollar startups started on a fresh registration.

Pick the name with this tool. Then generate the website with Website Killer — describe your business in one line and the AI builds the full marketing site, conditioned on your name. The naming AND the building, end-to-end, in 15 minutes total.