Boring companies have boring names

Use your name to fit in, and you’ll spend your marketing budget trying to stand out.

We’ve been in the naming business since 1990. Naming is the first and best way to get people’s attention, so we built a process that creates captivating names. We take care of trademark, URL, cultural screening, and multiple stakeholders without letting them get in the way.

Our work

Holloway

The path to practical knowledge

eero

The WiFi cure-all

Dolby Atmos

Atmospheric audio

Okta

Air cover for cloud applications

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Naming

Naming keeps our lights on, so we’re dangerously good at it. We’ve tailored our process to avoid the pitfalls and play to your strengths. You’ll end up with a name that’s right for your business, speaks to your audience, and helps you stand out from the competition.

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Writing

A good name attracts an audience. But once you have their attention, you’ll need a good story to keep them around. Most people see writing as a line item. For us, it’s a way to keep people asking for more.

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Recent Happenings

BLOG // 03 JUL 2018

You’ve got the whole world in your brand

A name ≠ a brand. Selecting a name is hard. It’s hard to get two, or four, or seven people to agree on any one thing, especially if [...]

BLOG // 31 JAN 2018

Oops, it’s perfect

Brands are just like humans. Because we, as humans, have not evolved mental structures for dealing with brands in any other way. Brands [...]