Business Name Generator

Turn a keyword into dozens of brandable name ideas — blends, prefixes, suffixes, alliterations — with optional domain availability. Free, in your browser.

1–3 words, comma-separated. Two or more words unlock blends (travel + velocity → Travelocity).

Availability is checked over RDAP for the top 10 names only to respect registry rate limits — use each row's Check button for the rest. Available now ≠ a reservation; register promptly to be sure.

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Business Name Generator — guide & how to use

What it does

This free business name generator beats blank-page block: type a keyword you care about (brew, cloud, fit) and it assembles dozens of brandable name variations using five proven naming techniques, then ranks them by a brandability heuristic and — if you opt in — annotates each with live .com / .io / .co availability. The whole thing runs in your browser; name generation needs no network, no signup, and stores nothing.

How to use it

  1. Type one to three keywords (comma-separated). Two or more unlock blends like travel + velocity → Travelocity.
  2. Pick a Style — Auto runs every technique; the others steer which affixes and rules are favored.
  3. Set a Max length (12 is the .com-able sweet spot) and how many results you want.
  4. Leave Check domain availability on to annotate the top 10 with .com/.io/.co status, or turn it off for instant, fully offline results.
  5. Filter by technique or length, Copy any name, or Download .csv with name, length, technique, score and per-TLD status.

Worked example

Enter brand, android with Style = Modern and Max length = 12. The blend technique spots the shared and seam and overlap-merges the two words into Brandroid (9 chars — the Travelocity move). Alongside it the suffix bank adds Brandly and Brandhq, the prefix bank adds GetBrand and TryBrand, and — with a single short word like brand — the r suffix would give Brandr. Shorter, vowel-balanced names like Brandly tend to score above the longer blends, since the score penalizes every character past 7 and a Modern-style suffix earns a bonus. With availability on, a name's row shows a red .com taken chip and — depending on the registry — a green .io available chip. That tells you the brand is registrable on a startup-friendly TLD right now; it does not tell you the name is free of trademarks.

The five techniques

Suffix (Brew → Brewly, Brewify), Prefix (Brew → GetBrew), Blend / portmanteau (Travel + Velocity → Travelocity; needs ≥2 words), Alliteration (Fit → Fit Forge), and Respell / vowel-drop (Brewer → Brewr, the Flickr/Tumblr move; only when the result stays pronounceable). Every name carries a technique tag so you can filter the list down.

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Accuracy & legal notes — read before you commit

Not trademark clearance. An open .com is not the right to use a name. A name can have a free domain yet be a registered trademark in your class. Always run a USPTO/TESS (or local registry) trademark search and a state business-entity search first.

Availability is point-in-time. A domain shown "available" can be registered seconds later (or front-run). It is a signal, not a reservation — register promptly to be sure.

RDAP over DNS. We use RDAP registration data, not a DNS A-record lookup — a registered-but-parked domain has no DNS records and would falsely look "free". RDAP is the stronger signal.

"Taken" means registered, not unobtainable. A domain can be registered and for sale on the aftermarket; "taken" only means someone holds it today.

Graceful degradation. If RDAP is blocked by CORS or offline, every name still renders and the status shows "unknown / Check ↗". The tool's core value — generation — never depends on the network.

Frequently asked questions

Does an available domain mean I can legally use the name?

No. Domain availability is not legal clearance. A name can have an open .com and still be a registered trademark in your industry. Run a USPTO/TESS (or local registry) trademark search and a state business-entity search before committing.

How does the domain availability check work?

With the toggle on, the tool queries RDAP over HTTPS for the top-ranked names: 404 means unregistered (green "available"), 200 means registered (red "taken"). It is throttled and limited to the top 10; every other name has its own Check button.

Why do some names show "unknown" or a Check link?

RDAP can be blocked by CORS, offline, rate-limited (429), or absent for a TLD. When the result isn't a clear 404/200 for a TLD we know has RDAP, we mark it "unknown" and give you a Check link rather than guessing.

What is the brandability score?

A 0–100 heuristic used only to sort — favoring 5–8 chars, a balanced vowel ratio, and no harsh consonant clusters, with a small style-match bonus. It does not predict success or legal safety.

What naming techniques does it use?

Suffix (Brewly), prefix (GetBrew), blend/portmanteau (Travelocity), alliteration (Fit Forge), and vowel-drop respell (Brewr). Each result is tagged so you can filter by technique.

Is anything sent to a server or stored?

Generation is 100% client-side — no network, no account, nothing stored. The only requests happen when availability is on, and those go straight to public RDAP endpoints. Turn the toggle off for fully offline use.

Related tools

Names are generated entirely in your browser. Domain checks (when enabled) go directly to public RDAP endpoints. No account needed.