Comments on: Name Games

Name Games

rongorongo — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:37:32 -0800

Why leave name choosing to the whim of marketing consultants, grandparents and significant others? Wordoid will name your company or designer drug so as to sound natural in a range of languages. Wordmixer and Company-Name-Generator may help too. Babynamegenie will conjure up a tag for your offspring. This dog name generator accounts for your pet's size and physique. FakenameGenerator (see previously) will surround you with credible sounding friends and colleagues. Thenameinspector blog may be able to help with find something unique.

By: smirkette

smirkette — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:42:07 -0800

Also possibly of interest: The NPR Name Generator and the Hobbit Name Generator. Why yes, I am a bit of a geek. What tipped you off?

By: Foosnark

Foosnark — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:42:10 -0800

I need a Taiko Song Name Generator. "Katsugi Boogie" is my current contender...

By: ambrosia

ambrosia — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:42:52 -0800

The dog name generator suggested "Deth" for my dog. That would go over real well at the dog park.

By: workerant

workerant — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:43:05 -0800

I'm not sure where the Dog Name Generator is based, but I'd consider it unwise to name my black dog "Spade" here in Tennessee.

By: supermedusa

supermedusa — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:45:28 -0800

the Dog Name Generator is completely ridiculous!!

By: tomswift

tomswift — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:47:25 -0800

the dog name generator sucks....

By: box

box — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:52:56 -0800

I look forward to linking to these in AskMe questions. Lilly? I'm not going to name a boy dog Lilly.

By: The otter lady

The otter lady — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:57:37 -0800

I use Rinkworks Fantasy Name Generator quite often.

By: monospace

monospace — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:03:23 -0800

I need a name for my band.

By: seanmpuckett

seanmpuckett — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:23:19 -0800

Here's mine!

By: asnider

asnider — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:38:50 -0800

That baby name genie is pretty terrible.

By: maryr

maryr — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:48:07 -0800

"Big Boy" is a very bad name suggestion for a female dog, Dog Name Generator.

By: Mars Saxman

Mars Saxman — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:56:28 -0800

I'd consider it unwise to name my black dog "Spade" here in Tennessee. ...why? does it have some racial meaning?

By: maryr

maryr — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:57:58 -0800

...Actually, I don't think I'd name any dog Spade. It'd be like naming one Newturd.

By: sciatica

sciatica — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:01:22 -0800

Thanks! Bought a new domain that I couldn't believe was available via a wordoid search. I mean, now I have to put something up there, but it is a very nice name. These sites could end up being very expensive...

By: Bora Horza Gobuchul

Bora Horza Gobuchul — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:16:38 -0800

Xenophon (and others) had the best dog names covered 2500 years ago.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:18:44 -0800

Mars, In parts of the US, there are some people who *say* spade, when what they mean is *nigger*. It is derogatory, and would be entirely inappropriate to name a dog that in those areas.

By: adso

adso — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:31:04 -0800

So, apparently, the best name for a white dog is "Clorox".

By: bwerdmuller

bwerdmuller — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:41:35 -0800

Must .. restrain .. from .. self-linking .. I may or may not run a site that hosts over fifteen thousand name generators (via a tool that lets people make their own). It's oddly popular among Indonesian teenage girls.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:44:55 -0800

Bwerdmuller, self-linking is a ban-hammer offense in a FPP, but as a rule, if you have hosted content that is relevant to the topic at hand, and you disclaim by noting that it's a self-link, then it's usually not an issue. So please show us your many generators, don't leave me hanging, dude!

By: bwerdmuller

bwerdmuller — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:48:19 -0800

Behold its magnificence (although be aware that this particular thing hasn't been updated since like 2003).

By: immlass

immlass — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:51:23 -0800

The FakeNameGenerator looks massively useful for tech writing.

By: ZaphodB

ZaphodB — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:27:32 -0800

The first three results I got from the baby name generator: Cason Joseph [lastname] Justice Gunner [lastname] Ulises Ezekiel [lastname] ....no.

By: wherever, whatever

wherever, whatever — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:40:46 -0800

BabyZoink! generates some gems as well.

By: monkeys with typewriters

monkeys with typewriters — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:17:49 -0800

I love the NameFinder at the Baby Name Wizard site and the Nymbler generator for this sort of thing.

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:41:48 -0800

Small, brown female dog...Woody. After my eyebrows shot up, I thought about it and laughed a little at the the brown/ wood connection, sorta like naming a brown dog "Stick." It would be different.

By: asnider

asnider — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:07:56 -0800

The first three results I got from the baby name generator: Mine are similarly awful. First two for a boy:

Jonathan Ryder
Gabriel Elmer

First two for a girl:

Samara Roselyn
Carmen Jewel

Maybe I'm just really picky, but I would not use any of those names.

By: axiom

axiom — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:07:59 -0800

Cason Joseph [lastname] Justice Gunner [lastname] Ulises Ezekiel [lastname] ....no. What are you talking about? JUSTICE GUNNER IS AWESOME.

By: hubs

hubs — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:37:58 -0800

It's not much but the Cute Nickname Generator will do exactly what is says it will do

By: Kid Charlemagne

Kid Charlemagne — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:50:42 -0800

there are some people who *say* spade...(it) would be entirely inappropriate to name a dog that in those areas. If had a second dog named Diamond, or maybe Archer, I think you could do this and it would work out alright. Otherwise, yeah.

By: Cocodrillo

Cocodrillo — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:29:52 -0800

"Chubsey" and "Maximus" are actually quite good names for my fat yellow male dogs.

By: ricochet biscuit

ricochet biscuit — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:18:01 -0800

My first result off the FakeName Generator was Ruth Victory, which isn't that convincing. The second was a more plausible name but the address was 1394 Dancing Dove Way in New York City. Ah, the celebrated streets of New York: Colombus Avenue, Wall Street, Broadway and Dancing Dove Way.

By: benito.strauss

benito.strauss — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:46:53 -0800

Doesn't the name 'columbus' derive from the Latin for 'dove'? I can't help you with the 'dancing' though.

By: benito.strauss

benito.strauss — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:52:29 -0800

Via the fake name generator I have developed a long-distance crush on Kateřina Brázdilová, who lives at 92 Shannon Way, Chiddingstone Causeway

By: DU

DU — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:13:25 -0800

a site that hosts over fifteen thousand name generators (via a tool that lets people make their own) That's nothing. I know a site that hosts over 15 million name generator generators (via a tool that supports infinite recursion).

By: benito.strauss

benito.strauss — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:53:48 -0800

I know a site that hosts over 15 million name generator generators This is starting to sound like Java programming.