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    Okay, I’ve researched a bit more and I’ve found a few more names.

    1) “Evolvo”- Latin for “Progress”. I think it’s quite apt, considering my style is progressive. I like it cuz it is short and will be easy to adapt to a logo.

    2) “Profero”- Latin for “Reveal”. This is a really cool sounding name but there’s already a marketing company called Profero, and I have no intentions of ending up like Tonecraft.

    Of these two, I prefer Evolvo, but I’m still looking for ideas and suggestions.
    Please let me know what you think..

    #2153021
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    I kinda like Evolvo, even if you don’t speak latin. If you know english you can clearly make out the evolve (progress) in there.

    #2153191

    Just my luck, there’s already someone named Evolvo. Damn!

    I’ve been searching for a name ever since I started this thread (nope, I haven’t slept) but all the cool ones I come up with are taken by someone or something. I suppose a two worded name would be easier to come up with and I’ve thought of many of those till now. Password Pirate, Assorted Anomaly and of course Conjuring Constellations and the likes but I want just a single word.

    “Hello people, I am Conjuring Constellations!” Sounds like I’m declaring that I’m practising magic and it doesn’t sound like an introduction.

    Any ideas anyone?

    #2153461
    Jessica DeClute
    Participant

    I’ve thought of a few ideas that are actually very short and might work well

    Seiza – japanese for ‘constellation’. If you like your idea of ‘conjuring constellations’ I thought this was a simple, easy to say option. if anyone IS confused, it’s pronounced ‘Say-za’, but I thought it would be obvious.

    Koyo – Japanese for ‘uplifting’. you said you were looking for something with a positive image, so I thought of this word and translated it.

    I thought they were both pretty simple and sound kinda cool.

    #2153621

    Thanks for the suggestions, Sentri!

    I like Koyo, but there’s a company called Koyo. And I want to stay away from the explosive consonants like “s” and “z”.

    I’m not able to find a single worded name, so let’s expand our target. You know, now I’m looking for a name that may contain 2 words, although one would be preferable. I quite like the idea of “The” before a name. You know, like “The Blizzard” and “The Magician” that gives you an immediate sense of escalation and places you a bit higher than the others.

    Thoughts?

    #2153631
    Alex Moschopoulos
    Participant

    Go on dotster or some domain name service. Put all your name ideas in and see which one has an open domain for you to buy.

    Go search the blog here for handy tips on branding.

    #2154021

    Been there, done that D-Jam 🙂

    I came up with “Quicknight”, which sounds pretty cool but I’m not sure about the radio friendliness of it. What do you guys think?

    #2154061
    ScottoRobotto
    Participant

    Unless you’re following an ethnic theme I would avoid anything foreign. People won’t know how to spell it or pronounce it, won’t be able to find you online, and there is a good chance you’ll offend people if they think you’re appropriating their language or culture. Besides which if you don’t speak those languages natively there is a decent chance there will be connotations or contexts where it may need something you don’t expect or even homophones that could damage your reputation.

    One example, in Japanese Tamako is a girl’s name which in one reading would translate to “jewel child” somewhat equivalent to the English name “Jewel”. The -ko suffix means child so someone might just decide, “Okay, I’ll just use the name “Tama.” The problem is that if it is spelled with a different character, “Tama” means “round” and “Tama” is a common name for a pet cat.

    It’s very difficult to get a good name out of a single word because it’s low hanging fruit and most of them got picked 20 years ago when the Internet boom was just starting. Heck I’ve Googled my own nickname and there are at least two other people using it too.

    Your best shot is probably a compound word of two words that don’t currently go together. Strangely I’ve found that the “Engrish” phrases using in foreign songs, slogans and shirts can give you ideas on a new turn of phrase. Sometimes it gets a little weird though. “Pray to the gods of Bomex your speed over rival.”

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