Re:Ask HN: How do I choose my startup's name?
by kynikos on Thursday November 20, 2008 @01:07PM
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Here's a simple solution:
Think of adjectives that describe your company and what it represents.
Plug those into a translation program. See what the same word is in Chinese, Arabic, Swedish, etc.
Pick a word from whatever language sounds best to you.
Now you have a one-word name that may have been taken in the English language, but sounds unique and is descriptive (in a sense.) When people ask what it means, you don't need to give an exhaustive explanation of how you arrived at that name. You simple say it means "XXXX" in YYYY language.
Think of adjectives that describe your company and what it represents.
Plug those into a translation program. See what the same word is in Chinese, Arabic, Swedish, etc.
Pick a word from whatever language sounds best to you.
Now you have a one-word name that may have been taken in the English language, but sounds unique and is descriptive (in a sense.) When people ask what it means, you don't need to give an exhaustive explanation of how you arrived at that name. You simple say it means "XXXX" in YYYY language.