Business Name Generator

How to use the business name generator

1. Type one or more Keywords that describe your business: what you sell, a value, a place, a feeling. Separate them with commas or spaces, for example “coffee, green, garden”.
2. Choose the Word parts: English or French prefixes, suffixes, nouns, endings and templates.
3. Tick the Patterns you like (all of them are on by default).
4. Click Generate names for 30 fresh ideas. Each idea shows the pattern that produced it. Use Copy next to a name, or Copy all to keep the whole list, and click again for more.

The list also updates as you type, so you can try several keywords quickly.

The naming patterns

With the keyword “cloud”, the patterns give ideas like these:

• Prefix + keyword: a short, positive prefix glued to your keyword, such as NovaCloud, BrightCloud or EverCloud.
• Keyword + suffix: your keyword followed by a business word, such as Cloud Labs, Cloud Works or Cloud Collective.
• Compound word: your keyword joined to an evocative noun, before or after it, such as CloudHarbor or CompassCloud. In French the two words stay separate, as in “Horizon Nuage”.
• Portmanteau (blend): two words fused into one, merging on shared letters: “cloud” + “dance” gives Cloudance. With two or more keywords the tool mostly blends your keywords together, which often gives the most original results.
• Modern ending (-ly, -ify, -io…): the startup style, such as Cloudify, Cloudly or Cloudio. A vowel ending replaces the keyword’s final vowel, so “data” + “-ify” gives Datify.
• Classic (& Co., Studio, Maison…): timeless templates such as Cloud & Co., The Cloud Company or Cloud Supply Co.; in French, Maison, Atelier, Comptoir, “& Cie” or “Conseil”.

All the prefixes, nouns and endings are curated lists written for this tool: short, neutral, easy to pronounce. Duplicates and ideas identical to your keywords are removed.

How to pick a good business name

• Say it out loud. A name that is easy to pronounce and spell is easier to recommend.
• Keep it short. Two or three syllables are easy to remember and fit on a logo, a sign and a social media handle.
• Think about the future. A name too tied to one product (“Cloud Mugs”) can become limiting if you expand.
• Test it in both languages if you work in Canada or another bilingual market: check that the name works, and means nothing awkward, in English and in French.
• Check availability early. Before falling in love with a name, search it (see below).

Checking the name before you use it

This tool only suggests ideas: it doesn’t check anything, because trademark, company and domain searches need a server. Before you choose, search yourself:

• the trademark database of your country (for example the Canadian Trademarks Database, the USPTO or the EUIPO);
• your business or company registry, and the name rules of your province or state;
• a domain name registrar, and the social networks you plan to use.

A lawyer or trademark agent can do a full clearance search if the name matters for your brand.