The more conventional advice is to read an excellent article like How to Name your Company. However I prefer the Xerox PARC method:
At PARC, we literally threw a dart at the map when we were starting a new project and needed a name. If it landed on a river or town, then that was the name of the project. I was looking at a map of this area and I noticed Adobe Creek – in fact, it runs right behind my house – and I said, "How about Adobe?" John thought about it and said, "Fine." And that’s how Adobe Systems came to be.
September 10th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
It’s quite cool choice. For naming my company which completely focused on university students I have been thinking more than two months but I haven’t come up with a name. All the good name that I have found has already been used. I want a name begin with Uni representing ‘university’ but all the words that I have found were being used by chinese.
September 25th, 2007 at 7:05 am
Please send me above mentioned projects relatedname
October 1st, 2007 at 11:11 am
I am looking for a unique and meeningfull name for my new company .My new company will be on “finshing” school on education and employment
October 1st, 2007 at 6:17 pm
i want the name related to my business. Am in minerals and mining business
please suggest me the short and unique name
October 9th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
I can only assume that there’s a map for sale somewhere with some exceptionally poor spelling on it. How else do you explain all the Web 2.0 nonsense like Flickr, Dopplr or Pownce?
December 8th, 2009 at 11:19 am
I’m launching a company that assists companies in developing business abroad, still looking for catchy and factual name