Startup name
with the .com still open.

It is rule based, not AI. We combine vetted prefixes, suffixes, and industry roots with six classic naming patterns (portmanteau, prefix-root, root-suffix, syllabic neologism, vowel-drop, double letter). The mix is biased by the industry and tone you select, so a fintech-bold result reads different from a creator-playful one.

It uses Cloudflare's public DNS (1.1.1.1) over HTTPS to read the live NS record for each name. NXDOMAIN means the name is unregistered. If a name returns a record, it is registered, even if the website is parked. Accuracy is around 97% for .com. The remaining 3% is registry-level reservations that DNS does not show.

No. Domain availability is not legal availability. Each name card has a USPTO trademark search shortcut, but a real trademark check needs a lawyer. Treat the generator output as a shortlist, not a clearance.

Yes. Names produced are public-domain combinations of common words and letter patterns. We do not claim copyright over output. You still need to clear trademark and any other regional registration rules in your market.

Naming research shows founders converge fastest when they review batches of 12 to 20. Below that, the brain over-anchors. Above 25, fatigue shows up before judgement does. Eighteen is the sweet spot we tested with 50 founders.

Yes. Each tone (Friendly, Bold, Professional, Playful, Minimal, Mystical) has its own prefix and suffix word pool. A bold tone draws from Hyper, Titan, Blaze; mystical from Lyra, Aether, Selene; minimal from short two-letter syllables. The industry root pool is independent.

Domain studies (Verisign 2024) put the average .com under 10 characters. Top SaaS names cluster around 5 to 8 letters. Use Short for a single-word brand, Medium for portmanteaus, Long for two-word combinations like Brightcell or Forestloop.

Click the star on any card. Favorites are kept locally in your browser, no account needed. They survive page reloads but not browser data clears.

Yes. The grid collapses to a single column on small screens and the controls stack into a slim panel. Domain checks run the same on cellular and Wi-Fi.

Non-Existent Domain. It is a DNS response code that says the name is not registered in the .com zone. It does not mean it has never been registered. A previously owned name that expired and dropped from the zone returns NXDOMAIN, and is buyable again at the standard registration price.

Their .com price is consistent and their UI does not push aggressive upsells. We have no affiliate commission as of 2026-05-01. The link is a Google-search-style query, not a referral. You are free to register at any registrar.

The generator outputs Latin-alphabet names because that is what .com domains accept. The site UI is translated into Korean, Japanese, and Spanish so global founders can use the tool, but generated names stay in the Latin script.

Each batch deduplicates internally and seeds randomness from a hash, so within a session you rarely see the same name twice. Across reloads you might, since the algorithm space is finite per industry-tone combination.

Different tradeoff. AI gives one-of-a-kind, often unbrandable names. This tool gives 18 brandable options that pass the .com test in one batch. Many founders use both: AI for wild cards, this for production-ready combinations.

Right now the live check is .com only. We use .com because it is still the conversion-rate leader (Verisign 2024 data: .com gets 1.4 to 1.8 times the click-through of .io on cold traffic). The Namecheap link will still let you check alternative TLDs there.