Find a name for your new business
Describe it, say what the name should convey, and we'll suggest names with free domain names, checked against registered trade marks.
How it works
Tell synym what your business does and what its name should suggest: trustworthy, playful, a Greek god. It gathers words that fit, in English, Latin and Ancient Greek, and turns them into many thousands of possible names: single words, words with a new ending, and pairs of words.
Then it does the dull part. Every promising name is checked to see whether its .com looks free, along with .net,
.org, .io, .ai and more, and against our daily copies of the US and EU trade mark registers. The best that pass
are judged again as whole names, and you get them best first, each with its own page explaining the score.
There’s more detail in how synym finds a name.
Before you fall in love with a name
A free domain and a clear register are a good start, not the finish line. Say it out loud, spell it over the phone, check what it means in the languages of your customers, and search for similar names in your trade. Our guides cover choosing a name, the styles of name and how well each protects you, trade mark basics, which domain ending to pick and what to do once you’ve decided.
- How synym finds a name
What happens between typing a description of your business and getting a ranked list of names with free domains and no matching trade marks. - How to choose a business name
A practical checklist for judging a business name before you commit to it, from the telephone test to how it reads in other languages. - Invented, altered or plain words: styles of business name
The main styles of business name, their strengths and weaknesses, and why the style you choose decides how easily you can protect the name. - Trade mark basics for a new business
What a trade mark protects, how to search the registers properly, and what it costs to register a name in the EU, the US, the UK and Switzerland. - Choosing a domain ending: .com, .io, .ai and the rest
What the main domain endings say about a business, what they cost, and the risks of the newer and country endings, so you can choose one with your eyes open. - You've chosen a name: what to do next
A checklist for the days after you choose a business name, in the order that keeps someone else from getting there first.