Business name generator: find your perfect name

1. Enter keywords and a style. Add a few words that describe what you do, then pick an industry and naming style.
2. Generate and shortlist. Run several batches and save the names that are short, memorable, and easy to say out loud.
3. Check the .com. Use the per-name links to see if the domain is available - the .com still signals legitimacy.
4. Check social and trademark. Confirm the handles are free and run a basic trademark search to avoid conflicts.
5. Decide and secure it. Pick the name that's available everywhere and register the domain and handles the same day.

The names that age well share a handful of traits. Use them as a scorecard for your shortlist:

• Short. One or two syllables are easier to remember, type, and say.
• Spellable on first hearing. If people have to ask "how do you spell that?", you'll lose word-of-mouth traffic.
• Distinctive. A name that stands out in your category is easier to rank for and trademark than a generic descriptor.
• Available. A great name you can't own as a .com or trademark isn't really available.
• Room to grow. Avoid boxing yourself in ("Austin Cupcakes" is hard to extend to other cities or products).

• Hyphens and numbers. They're easy to mishear and look spammy ("get-fit-now-24").
• Hard-to-spell coined words. Inventive is good; unpronounceable is not.
• Trendy suffixes you'll outgrow. Some "-ly"/"-ify" names date quickly - use them deliberately.
• Names too close to a competitor - a trademark and SEO liability.
• Skipping the trademark check. The cheapest time to discover a conflict is before you print business cards.

Naming is only the first step. Once you've picked a winner, you need the domain, the social handles, and a clean trademark - ideally all at once, before you announce anything. Lock down the .com first (it's the hardest to get later), then claim your handles on the platforms you'll actually use, then verify there's no conflicting trademark in your category. If any of those is taken, it's usually faster to choose your second-favorite name than to fight for an unavailable one.